1954–55 Northern Rugby Football League season
| 1954–55 Northern Rugby Football League season | ||
|---|---|---|
| League | Champions  Warrington | |
| League Leaders | Warrington | |
| Top point-scorer(s) |  Jimmy Ledgard 374 | |
| Top try-scorer(s) |  Lionel Cooper 66 | |
The 1954–55 Rugby Football League season was the 60th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
Warrington won their second successive, third overall and to date final Championship when they beat Oldham 7–3 in the play-off final. They also ended the regular season as league leaders.
The Challenge Cup winners were Barrow who beat Workington Town 21–12 in the final.
Blackpool Borough joined the competition.[1]
.Championship
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warrington | 36 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 60 |
| 2 | Oldham | 36 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 60 |
| 3 | Leeds | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 54 |
| 4 | Halifax |
36 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 53 |
| 5 | Wigan | 36 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 53 |
| 6 | Leigh |
36 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 52 |
| 7 | St. Helens | 36 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 51 |
| 8 | Barrow | 36 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 48 |
| 9 | Featherstone Rovers | 36 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 47 |
| 10 | Workington Town | 36 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 46 |
| 11 | Huddersfield | 36 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 44 |
| 12 | Rochdale Hornets | 36 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 43 |
| 13 | York |
36 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 42 |
| 14 | Hunslet | 36 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 40 |
| 15 | Whitehaven | 36 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 39 |
| 16 | Wakefield Trinity | 36 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 36 |
| 17 | Bradford Northern | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 36 |
| 18 | Keighley | 36 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 36 |
| 19 | Hull | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 35 |
| 20 | Swinton | 36 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 33 |
| 21 | Castleford | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 30 |
| 22 | Widnes | 36 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 26 |
| 23 | Bramley |
36 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 23 |
| 24 | Liverpool City | 36 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 23 |
| 25 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 36 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 20 |
| 26 | Salford | 36 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 17 |
| 27 | Doncaster | 36 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 17 |
| 28 | Batley | 36 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 14 |
| 29 | Blackpool Borough | 36 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 14 |
| 30 | Belle Vue Rangers | 36 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 14 |
| 31 | Dewsbury | 36 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 10 |
| Play-offs |
Play-offs
| Semi-finals | Championship final | ||||||||
| 1 | Warrington | 17 | |||||||
| 4 | Halifax
| 9 | |||||||
| Warrington | 7 | ||||||||
| Oldham | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Oldham | 25 | |||||||
| 3 | Leeds | 6 | |||||||
Challenge Cup
This was also the first time that there was an all-
Jack Grundy, Barrow's Second-row was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy
for man-of-the-match.
Barrow:
Jack Grundy, Reg Parker, and Bill Healey
.
References
- ^ "1954-55 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.