1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season

1958–59 Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
League Leaders St Helens
Top point-scorer(s) Fred Griffiths 394
Top try-scorer(s) Tom van Vollenhoven (62)
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The 1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 64th season of rugby league football. Thirty clubs from across Northern England competed for the Championship, culminating in a final between St Helens and Hunslet.

Season summary

St. Helens won their third Championship when they beat Hunslet 44-22 in the Championship Final. They had also finished the regular season as the league leaders.

The Challenge Cup winners were Wigan who beat Hull 30-13 in the final.[1]

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat St.Helens 12–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 24–20 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

This season, St. Helens winger Tom van Vollenhoven set a new record for most tries in a season, with 62.

Championship

Team Pld W D L Pts
1St Helens38311663
2Wigan38290958
3Hunslet38273857
4Oldham38281957
5Wakefield Trinity382711055
6Swinton382711055
7Hull382511251
8Widnes382301546
9Warrington382201644
10Bradford Northern382021642
11York382011741
12Halifax381921740
13Featherstone Rovers381831739
14Leeds381901938
15Keighley381811937
16Leigh381802036
17Barrow381802036
18Hull Kingston Rovers381802036
19Huddersfield381802036
20Workington Town381631935
21Whitehaven381702134
22Salford381612233
23Bramley381512231
24Blackpool Borough381502330
25Castleford381302526
26Rochdale Hornets381112623
27Batley381012721
28Liverpool City38803016
29Dewsbury38703114
30Doncaster38503310
  Play-offs

Play-offs

Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 St. Helens 42
4 Oldham 4
St. Helens 44
Hunslet 22
2 Wigan 11
3 Hunslet 22

Challenge Cup

Wigan reached the final by beating Leeds 12-5 at home on 21 Feb in Round 1; Hunslet 22-4 at home on 7 Mar in Round 2; Halifax 26-0 away on 21 Mar in the quarter-finals and Swinton 5-0 on 11 Apr in the semi-final played at Leigh. Captained by Eric Ashton,[2] they then beat Hull 30-13 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 79,811 with tries from Boston (2), Bolton, Holden, McTigue and Sullivan and six goals from Griffiths.[3]

This was Wigan’s sixth Challenge Cup Final win in ten Final appearances and their second in successive years.[4] Brian McTigue, their second-row forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

Wigan 30

Wigan Tries: Billy Boston 2, Keith Holden, Mick Sullivan, Dave Bolton, Brian McTigue

Wigan Goals: Fred Griffiths 6

Hull FC 13

Hull FC Tries: Tommy Finn

Hull FC Goals: Arthur Keegan 5

Half-time 20-4

Attendance: 79,811

Teams:

Wigan: Fred Griffiths, Billy Boston, Eric Ashton, Keith Holden, Mick Sullivan, Dave Bolton, Rees Thomas, Bill Bretherton, Bill Sayer, John Barton, Brian McTigue, Norman Cherrington, Roy Evans

Hull FC: Arthur Keegan, Stan Cowan, Brian Cooper, Brian Saville, Ivor Watts, George Matthews, Tommy Finn, Michael Scott, Tommy Harris, Jim Drake, Cyril Sykes, Bill Drake, Johnny Whiteley

References

  1. "1958-59 season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. news.bbc.co.uk (27 February 2004). "Cup heroes: Eric Ashton". BBC Sport (UK: BBC). Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Sources

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