1931–32 Northern Rugby Football League season

1931–32 Northern Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Number of teams 28
Champions St Helens
League Leaders Huddersfield
Top point-scorer(s) Jim Sullivan 249
Top try-scorer(s) "Ernie" Mills 50
< 1930–31 Seasons 1932–33 >

The 1931–32 Rugby Football League season was the 37th season of rugby league football in northern England.

Season summary

St.Helens won their first championship when they defeated Huddersfield 9-5 in the play-off final.

Huddersfield had finished the regular season as league leaders. [1]

The Challenge Cup Winners were Leeds who beat Swinton 11-8 in the final.

St.Helens won the Lancashire League, and Hunslet won the Yorkshire League. Salford beat Swinton 10–8 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Hunslet 4–2 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Championship

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1Huddersfield38301763636861
2St Helens38292769927960
3Leeds382711060330755
4Hunslet382711067235955
5Salford382621055121154
6Swinton382611152325353
7Wigan382221455936146
8Warrington382221449541246
9York382221445538246
10Wakefield Trinity382131454538845
11Oldham382021646143742
12Rochdale Hornets381921745845840
13St Helens Recs381811952352337
14Hull Kingston Rovers381802040941336
15Dewsbury381721942146736
16Halifax381712043237935
17Batley381612135843333
18Broughton Rangers381612135138233
19Featherstone Rovers381522137441532
20Widnes381442036345832
21Hull381432141546131
22Castleford381412340251529
23Barrow381412336856029
24Leigh381322335348728
25Bramley381212533375125
26Keighley381002822863020
27Wigan Highfield38623035070714
28Bradford Northern38513231385411

Championship Play-Off

Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 Huddersfield 12
4 Hunslet 9
Huddersfield 5
St Helens 9
2 St Helens 9
3 Leeds 0

Challenge Cup

Leeds beat Swinton 11-8 in the Challenge Cup final played at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 9 April 1932 before a crowd of 29,000.

This was Leeds’ third Cup Final win in as many Cup Final appearances.[2]

Sources

References

  1. "1931-32 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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