1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season
1955–56 Rugby Football League season | |
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League | Northern Rugby Football League |
Jack McLean 61 | |
The 1955–56 Rugby Football League season was the leagues's 61st season.
Season summary
Belle Vue Rangers dropped out of the competition shortly before the start of the season. There was no time to reschedule and so percentages were used.[1]
In 1955-56 Wigan took part in the Independent Television Association Trophy. This was a series of televised floodlit matches played in London and shown on the newly launched ITV. It only lasted one year but the idea would be picked up again by the BBC in 1965.[citation needed]
The
Championship
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Pct | |
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1 | Warrington | 34 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 80.88 |
2 | Halifax |
36 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 58 | 80.55 |
3 | St. Helens | 34 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 79.41 |
4 | Hull | 36 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 51 | 70.83 |
5 | Wigan | 34 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 67.64 |
6 | Featherstone Rovers | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 66.66 |
7 | Barrow | 34 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 44 | 64.70 |
8 | Bradford Northern | 36 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 46 | 63.88 |
9 | Oldham | 34 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 40 | 58.82 |
10 | Swinton | 34 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 40 | 58.82 |
11 | Leigh |
34 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 40 | 58.82 |
12 | Leeds | 36 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 42 | 58.33 |
13 | York |
36 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 40 | 55.55 |
14 | Huddersfield | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 37 | 51.37 |
15 | Workington Town | 34 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 34 | 50.00 |
16 | Keighley | 36 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 38 | 50.00 |
17 | Wakefield Trinity | 36 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 34 | 47.22 |
18 | Hunslet | 36 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 34 | 47.22 |
19 | Bramley |
34 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 32 | 47.05 |
20 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 44.11 |
21 | Whitehaven | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 29 | 42.64 |
22 | Salford | 34 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 27 | 39.70 |
23 | Widnes | 34 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 32.35 |
24 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 36 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 31.94 |
25 | Doncaster | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 27.94 |
26 | Blackpool Borough | 34 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 26.47 |
27 | Castleford | 36 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 25.00 |
28 | Liverpool City | 34 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 23.52 |
29 | Dewsbury | 34 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 23.52 |
30 | Batley | 34 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 22.05 |
Play-offs |
Play-offs
Semi-finals | Championship final - 12 May 1956 | ||||||||
1 | Warrington | 0 | |||||||
4 | Hull | 17 | |||||||
Hull | 10 | ||||||||
Halifax
| 9 | ||||||||
2 | Halifax
| 23 | |||||||
3 | St. Helens | 8 |
Challenge Cup
The St Helens team was greeted enthusiastically upon their return to the North. After detraining at Liverpool the team's open-top coach ride to St Helens attracted an estimated 100,000 people despite pouring rain.[4]
European Championship
This was the fifteenth European Championship and was won for the second time by the Other Nationalities.[5]
Results
Final standings
Team | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Other nationalities | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 4 |
France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 2 |
England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 0 |
References
- ^ "1955-56 Season summary". Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ "1956 Challenge Cup final". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ISBN 9781853310829.
- ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.