The 1913–14 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the 19th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
Salford won the play-off final 5-3 against Huddersfield to record their first Championship.
Huddersfield ended the regular season with the best record and were trying for their third title in a row. During their campaign, Albert Rosenfeld scored the most tries in a league season (80) for Huddersfield .
The Challenge Cup Winners were Hull F.C. who beat Wakefield Trinity 6-0.
This season saw Hull F.C. pay a then World Record £600 plus £14 per week for Billy Batten, a three-quarter at Hunslet. Jack Harrison set a Hull F.C. club record 52 tries during this season.
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat Wigan 5–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Bradford Northern 19–3 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
At the end of the season, several of the Northern Rugby Football Union's players were selected to go on the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Championship
TeamPldWDLPFPAPtsPct1Huddersfield3428248302585885.292Salford3225163201405179.693Wigan3425276762525276.474Hull3424195072644972.065Barrow30200103352564066.666Hull Kingston Rovers34202123932984261.767Rochdale Hornets34184123562704058.838Widnes32171142622413554.699Leeds34181153422903754.4210Hunslet34181154373973754.4211Warrington34172152803323652.9412Dewsbury36182163783773852.7813Swinton30151142432323151.6614Oldham3417017403265345015Batley32143152532763148.4316Broughton Rangers32140182352642843.7517Wakefield Trinity34123192573822739.7118Halifax32121193593202539.0619St. Helens32121193764402539.0620Leigh30100201653292033.3321Runcorn30100201654422033.3322Keighley3091201593851931.6423Bramley3070231634641423.3324Bradford Northern3471262234921522.0625York3460282376881217.65
Championship play-off
Challenge Cup
A Hull team featuring Billy Batten and Jim Devereux defeated Wakefield Trinity 6-0. This was Hull's first Challenge Cup win in their fourth Final appearance.
Hull: 6
Tries: Jack Harrison, Alfred Francis
Wakefield Trinity: 0
Half-time: 0-0
Attendance: 19,000 (at Thrum Hall, Halifax)
Teams:
Hull: Rogers, Jack Harrison, Billy Batten, Herb Gilbert, Alfred Francis, Jim Devereux, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, William Holder, Dick Taylor, Percy Oldham, Joe Hammill, Steve Darmody
Wakefield Trinity: Leonard Land, Benjamin Johnson, William "Billy" Lynch, Thomas "Tommy" Poynton, Bruce Howarth, Jonty Parkin, William Milligan/Millican, Albert Dixon, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, William Beattie, Herbert Kershaw, Ernest Parkin, Arthur Burton
Sources 1913-14 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
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