The 1922–23

Rugby Football League The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for rugby league in England. Founded in 1895 as the Northern Rugby Football Union following 22 clubs resigning from the Rugby Football Union, it changed its name in 1922 to the Rugby Footb ...

season was the 28th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Pre-season the Northern Rugby Football Union decided to drop the 'Union' in favour of 'League' and the first annual conference of the League is held at Keswick.

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of B ...

moved from their Craven Street ground to Craven Park at the eastern end of Holderness Road this season. Their first game against

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier o ...

on 2 September ended in a 3-0 defeat. Wigan Highfield joined the League.

won their first ever Championship when they defeated

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees 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 confl ...

15-5 in the play-off final. Hull F.C. had finished the regular season as the league leaders and were the first in that position not to contend a play-off final. The Challenge Cup was won by

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

when they defeated Hull F.C. 28-3 in the final.

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its ad ...

won the Lancashire League, and Hull F.C. won the Yorkshire League.

beat

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20–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and

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beat

Batley Batley is a market town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield, in the Heavy Woollen District. In 2011, the popu ...

5–0 to win the

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County Cup.

Championship

Championship play-off

Challenge Cup

defeat Hull F.C. 28-3 in the final at Belle Vue,

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...

to win their second Challenge Cup in their second appearance. Leeds: 28 Leeds Tries: Syd Walmsley, Harold Buck, Billy Bowen, Joe Brittain, Davies, Ashton Leeds Goals: Joe Thompson 5 Hull FC: 3 Hull FC Tries: Jimmy Kennedy Half-time: 10-0 Attendance: 29,335 (at Belle Vue,

)

References

Sources

1922-23 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.comThe Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
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