1932–33 Northern Rugby Football League season
League | Northern Rugby Football League | |||
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Number of teams | 28 | |||
Champions | Salford | |||
League Leaders | Salford | |||
Top point-scorer(s) | Jim Sullivan 307 | |||
Top try-scorer(s) | Eric Harris 57 | |||
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The 1932–33 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 38th season of rugby league football. Salford won their second Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Swinton 15-5 in the play-off final. They had also finished the regular season as league leaders.[1] The Challenge Cup winners were Huddersfield who beat Warrington 21-17 in the final. Salford won the Lancashire League, and Castleford won the Yorkshire League. Warrington beat St.Helens 10–9 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 8–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup. This season, Widnes' Jimmy Hoey became rugby league's first player to play and score in every one of his club's matches in an entire season.[2]
Championship
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
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1 | Salford | 38 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 751 | 165 | 64 |
2 | Swinton | 38 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 412 | 247 | 54 |
3 | York | 38 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 571 | 273 | 52 |
4 | Wigan | 38 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 717 | 411 | 52 |
5 | Warrington | 38 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 625 | 426 | 52 |
6 | Barrow | 38 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 508 | 332 | 50 |
7 | Hunslet | 38 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 529 | 365 | 46 |
8 | Castleford | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 403 | 326 | 46 |
9 | Huddersfield | 38 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 504 | 333 | 42 |
10 | Leeds | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 544 | 423 | 42 |
11 | St Helens | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 554 | 494 | 42 |
12 | Widnes | 38 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 446 | 406 | 40 |
13 | Broughton Rangers | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 289 | 322 | 40 |
14 | Oldham | 38 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 438 | 464 | 39 |
15 | Rochdale Hornets | 38 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 497 | 533 | 39 |
16 | St Helens Recs | 38 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 419 | 416 | 36 |
17 | Keighley | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 418 | 428 | 35 |
18 | Hull | 38 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 467 | 460 | 34 |
19 | Wakefield Trinity | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 370 | 483 | 34 |
20 | Halifax | 38 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 434 | 392 | 33 |
21 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 38 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 383 | 490 | 30 |
22 | Bradford Northern | 38 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 377 | 587 | 30 |
23 | Leigh | 38 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 364 | 610 | 30 |
24 | Dewsbury | 38 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 361 | 503 | 28 |
25 | Batley | 38 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 293 | 450 | 25 |
26 | Featherstone Rovers | 38 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 302 | 594 | 18 |
27 | Wigan Highfield | 38 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 240 | 734 | 18 |
28 | Bramley | 38 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 219 | 768 | 13 |
Play-off
Semi-finals | Championship Final | ||||||||
1 | Salford | 14 | |||||||
4 | Wigan | 2 | |||||||
Salford | 15 | ||||||||
Swinton | 5 | ||||||||
2 | Swinton | 11 | |||||||
3 | York | 4 | |||||||
Challenge Cup
Huddersfield beat Warrington 21-17 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 41,784. This was Huddersfield’s third Cup Final win in as many Cup Final appearances. This was also the fifth Cup Final defeat for Warrington.[3]
References
- ↑ "1932-33 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ↑ "Jimmy Hoey". Hall of Fame. rugby.widnes.tv. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
Sources
- 1932-33 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website