The 1914–15
Northern Rugby Football Union
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season was the 20th season of
rugby league football
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. It featured
Huddersfield
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's "Team of all talents" which became the second team to win
all four cups.
Season summary
The 1914-15 season began just a month after Britain had declared War on Germany following their invasion of Belgium in early August. Tensions across Europe had seen a full scale "World War" develop in late July but despite this the 1914-1915 season was played to its conclusion before competitive competition was finally suspended. In fact the season kicked off on 5 September, the same day the first big battle of World War I (the Battle of the Marne) began in which the Franco-British defeated the Germans.
Huddersfield
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finished the regular season on top of the league and added their third Championship by defeating
Leeds
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35-2 in the play-off final.
The
Challenge Cup
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winners were
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
who beat St Helens 37-3. In the final
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
scored a Final’s record nine tries.
During their Cup run they recorded the largest win in any Cup Round when they trounced the amateurs of Swinton Park 119-2.
Wigan
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won the
Lancashire League, and
Huddersfield
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won the
Yorkshire League.
Rochdale Hornets
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beat
Wigan
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3–2 to win the
Lancashire Cup, and
Huddersfield
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beat
Hull F.C.
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31–0 to win the
Yorkshire County Cup
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.
Championship
Championship Play-Off
Challenge Cup
Huddersfield
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defeated
St. Helens 37-3 in the
Challenge Cup
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Final, on 1 May, held at
Watersheddings
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,
Oldham
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before a crowd of 8,000.
This was Huddersfield’s second Challenge Cup win in as many Final appearances.
St Helens team -
1 Bert Roberts, 2 Tom Barton, 3 Jimmy Flanagan, 4 Tom White, 5 Henry Greenall, 6 Matt Creevey, 7 Fred Trenwith, 8 George Farrimond, 9 Sam Daniels – Try, 10 James Shallcross, 11 William Jackson, 12 Tom Durkin, 13 William Myers
Sources
1914-15 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.comThe Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
References
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1914 in English rugby league
1915 in English rugby league
Northern Rugby Football Union seasons