1919-20 Northern Rugby Football League Championship

Hull F.C. beat table leaders Huddersfield 3–2 in the Final at Headingley, Leeds, to win their first Championship — the top-4 knockout playoff resumed this season after the wartime break.

Championship 1919-20 ▾

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Huddersfield	34	29	0	5	759	215	+544	58
2	Hull	34	25	1	8	587	276	+311	51
3	Leeds	32	23	0	9	445	208	+237	46
4	Widnes	30	21	1	8	250	115	+135	43
5	Barrow	32	22	1	9	477	202	+275	45
6	Halifax	34	23	1	10	390	168	+222	47
7	Rochdale Hornets	34	22	1	11	363	203	+160	45
8	Oldham	34	21	1	12	333	226	+107	43
9	Dewsbury	32	18	2	12	299	262	+37	38
10	Warrington	30	15	2	13	236	198	+38	32
11	St Helens Recs	28	13	3	12	329	196	+133	29
12	Batley	32	15	2	15	223	319	-96	32
13	Wigan	32	15	1	16	281	266	+15	31
14	Leigh	28	12	2	14	175	228	-53	26
15	Salford	32	14	1	17	202	269	-67	29
16	St Helens	30	12	2	16	278	285	-7	26
17	Swinton	30	12	1	17	201	274	-73	25
18	Wakefield Trinity	32	11	4	17	229	494	-265	26
19	Hull Kingston Rovers	32	10	2	20	250	325	-75	22
20	Bramley	30	8	4	18	163	372	-209	20
21	York	30	8	1	21	213	422	-209	17
22	Hunslet	34	9	0	25	167	384	-217	18
23	Broughton Rangers	32	7	2	23	184	460	-276	16
24	Bradford Northern	32	7	1	24	177	479	-302	15
25	Keighley	32	6	0	26	106	471	-365	12

Qualified for the finals series — the Championship knockout playoff that season.

Championship playoff

Semi-Final

Date	Result	Venue
17 Apr 1920	Huddersfield 7–5 Widnes	Fartown, Huddersfield
17 Apr 1920	Hull 11–0 Leeds	The Boulevard, Hull

Final

Date	Result	Venue
24 Apr 1920	Hull 3–2 Huddersfield	Headingley, Leeds

Sources

Northern Rugby Football Union 1919-20 — Rugby League Project

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