1952–53 Northern Rugby Football League season

1952–53 Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Champions St. Helens
League Leaders St. Helens
Top point-scorer(s) Harry Bath 379
Top try-scorer(s) Brian Bevan 72
< 1951–52 Seasons 1953–54 >

The 1952–53 Rugby Football League season was the 58th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

St Helens won their second Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Halifax 24-14 in the play-off final. They also ended the regular season as league leaders.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Huddersfield who beat St. Helens 15-10 in the final.

Cardiff dropped out of the league.[1]

St.Helens won the Lancashire League, and Halifax won the Yorkshire League. Leigh beat St.Helens 22–5 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Batley 18–8 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Championship

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1St Helens36322276927366
2Halifax36292562030960
3Bradford Northern36280870032956
4Huddersfield36272774736656
5Barrow36271858532255
6Leeds362401269045248
7Leigh362321155637748
8Oldham362221259928046
9Warrington362011573348641
10Whitehaven361931446548641
11Wigan361921567341440
12Hunslet362001648535840
13Salford362001650844140
14Swinton361801844140136
15Hull361721746145136
16Workington Town361621845346034
17Keighley361611946554733
18Wakefield Trinity361602041059532
19Dewsbury361512041044031
20Castleford361502139250230
21Batley361422040557930
22Rochdale Hornets361332044353629
23Widnes361322133647828
24Featherstone Rovers361212341553525
25York361002637049620
26Doncaster361002637766520
27Belle Vue Rangers361002630170520
28Hull Kingston Rovers36912633764619
29Bramley36603029389812
30Liverpool City3640322258378
  Play-offs

Play-off

Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 St Helens 46
4 Huddersfield 0
St Helens 24
Halifax 14
2 Halifax 18
3 Bradford Northern 16

Challenge Cup

A club record 69,429 people watch the Challenge Cup 3rd Round tie at Odsal between Bradford Northern and Huddersfield. Larger crowds had watched matches at Odsal, but this was the largest involving the home side.[2]

In the Final, Huddersfield beat St Helens 15-10 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,588. This produced a record gate taking for a Challenge Cup final of £31,000.[3]

This was Huddersfield’s sixth Cup Final win in seven Final appearances, including one win during World War II.[4] Peter Ramsden, their stand-off half, became the youngest player to win the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match at 19.[5] the Huddersfield team also featured Australian Pat Devery and New Zealand's Peter Henderson.

References

  1. "1952-53 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "Bradford Bulls History". Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  3. Goodman, Tom (27 April 1953). "St. Helen's hooted in R.L. Cup final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  4. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  5. news.bbc.co.uk (11 May 2004). "Cup final facts". BBC Sport (UK: BBC). Retrieved 6 March 2011.

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