1956–57 Northern Rugby Football League season

1956–57 Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Champions Oldham
League Leaders Oldham
Top point-scorer(s) Lewis Jones 496
Top try-scorer(s) Billy Boston 60
< 1955–56 Seasons 1957–58 >

The 1956–57 Rugby Football League season was the 62nd season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Oldham finished the regular season as the league leaders and then won their fourth Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Hull 15-14 in the play-off final.

The Challenge Cup winners were Leeds who beat Barrow 9-7 in the final.[1]

Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat St.Helens 10–3 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Hunslet 23–5 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Championship

Team Pld W D L Pts
1Oldham38330566
2Hull38292760
3Barrow38290958
4Leeds382801056
5St Helens382531053
6Wigan382601252
7Hunslet382601252
8Wakefield Trinity382311447
9Huddersfield382301546
10Warrington382111643
11York382101742
12Halifax382101742
13Salford381921740
14Workington Town382001840
15Featherstone Rovers381901938
16Rochdale Hornets381901938
17Leigh381811937
18Whitehaven381811937
19Swinton381802036
20Keighley381712035
21Bradford Northern381702134
22Bramley381422230
23Widnes381502330
24Blackpool Borough381402428
25Castleford381122524
26Hull Kingston Rovers381122524
27Liverpool City38912819
28Batley38803016
29Dewsbury38513211
30Doncaster3830356
  Play-offs

Play-offs

Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 Oldham 22
4 Leeds 12
Oldham 15
Hull 14
2 Barrow 14
3 Hull 45

Challenge Cup

Leeds beat Barrow 9-7 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 76,318.

This was Leeds’ eighth Challenge Cup Final win in ten Final appearances.[2]

The winning Leeds team line-up was:

Pat Quinn, Del Hodgkinson, Keith McLellan (c), Lewis Jones, George Broughton, Jr, John Lendill, Jeffrey "Jeff" Stevenson, Joe Anderson, Bernard Prior, William "Bill" Hopper, Bernard Poole, Don Robinson, Harry Street.[3]

Jeff Stevenson, their scrum half back, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

Barrow: Joe Ball, Jimmy Lewthwaite, Phil Jackson, John Rea, Frank Castle, Willie Horne, John "Dinks" Harris, George Woosey, Maurice Redhead, Reg Parker, Jack Grundy, Don Wilson, Bill Healey.

References

  1. "1956-57 season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. "Leeds Cup Winning Line-up". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Sources

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