1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season

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1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby League
1951–52 Season
Champions
 Wigan
League Leaders Bradford Northern
Top point-scorer(s) Willie Horne 313
Top try-scorer(s) Lionel Cooper 71

The 1951–52 Rugby Football League season was the 57th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Wigan won their eighth Championship when they beat Bradford Northern 13-6 in the play-off final. Bradford had ended the regular season as the league leaders.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Workington Town who beat Featherstone Rovers 18-10 in the final.

Liverpool Stanley was renamed Liverpool City, and Cardiff, and Doncaster joined the league.[1]

Yorkshire Cup
.

Championship

Final standings

Team Pld W D L Pts
1 Bradford Northern 36 28 1 7 57
2 Wigan 36 27 1 8 55
3 Hull 36 26 1 9 53
4 Huddersfield 36 26 0 10 52
5 Oldham 36 25 1 10 51
6 Warrington 36 24 1 11 49
7
Leigh
 36 23 2 11 48
8 Workington Town 36 23 0 13 46
9 Hunslet 36 22 1 13 45
10 Barrow 36 21 2 13 44
11 Doncaster 36 21 1 14 43
12 Widnes 36 20 2 14 42
13 Leeds 36 19 2 15 40
14 Swinton 36 18 3 15 39
15 Salford 36 18 2 16 38
16 Wakefield Trinity 36 19 0 17 38
17 Batley 36 18 1 17 37
18 Dewsbury 36 18 0 18 36
19 Whitehaven 36 16 4 16 36
20 St. Helens 36 16 2 18 34
21
Halifax
 36 16 2 18 34
22 Featherstone Rovers 36 14 2 20 30
23 Belle Vue Rangers 36 12 3 21 27
24
York
 36 12 3 21 27
25 Hull Kingston Rovers 36 10 1 25 21
26 Rochdale Hornets 36 10 1 25 21
27
Bramley
 36 10 1 25 21
28 Castleford 36 8 1 27 17
29 Keighley 36 8 1 27 17
30 Cardiff 36 5 0 31 10
31 Liverpool City 36 4 0 32 8
  Play-offs

Source: wigan.rlfans.com.
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = League points.

Play-offs

Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Bradford Northern 18
4 Huddersfield 15
Bradford Northern 6
Wigan 13
2 Wigan 13
3 Hull 9

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1951–52 Challenge Cup

Workington Town beat Featherstone Rovers 18-10 in the

Bevan Wilson came up with decisive plays to help relative newcomers Workington to victory.[3] It was the club's first Cup Final win in their first Final appearance.[4] Billy Ivison, Workington Town's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy
for man-of-the-match.

European Championship

Main article: 1951–52 European Rugby League Championship

This was the twelfth competition and was won for the fourth time by France on points difference.[5][6]

Results

19 September
England 35–11 Wales
St. Helens
3 November
Other nationalities  17–14 France
Hull
25 November
Marseilles
1 December
Other nationalities  22–11 Wales
Abertillery
6 April
France 20–12 Wales
Bordeaux
23 April
England 31–18  Other nationalities
Wigan

Final standings

Team Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff Points
 France 3 2 0 1 76 42 +34 4
 England 3 2 0 1 79 71 +8 4
  Other nationalities 3 2 0 1 57 56 +1 4
 Wales 3 0 0 3 34 77 −43 0

References

  1. ^ "1951-52 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. ^ news.bbc.co.uk (11 May 2004). "Cup final facts". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. ^ AAP (London) (1952-04-21). "Australians star in Cup Final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-12-27 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  5. ^ European Championship 1951-52 at rugbyleagueproject.org
  6. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2
    .

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