1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season
1958–59 Rugby Football League season | |
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League | Northern Rugby Football League |
League Leaders | St. Helens |
Top point-scorer(s) | Fred Griffiths 394 |
Top try-scorer(s) | Tom van Vollenhoven (62) |
The 1958–59 Northern
Season summary
The Challenge Cup winners were Wigan who beat Hull F.C. 30–13 in the final.[1]
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League.
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 | |
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1 | St. Helens | 38 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 63 |
2 | Wigan | 38 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 58 |
3 | Hunslet | 38 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 57 |
4 | Oldham | 38 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 57 |
5 | Wakefield Trinity | 38 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 55 |
6 | Swinton | 38 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 55 |
7 | Hull | 38 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 51 |
8 | Widnes | 38 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 46 |
9 | Warrington | 38 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 44 |
10 | Bradford Northern | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 42 |
11 | York |
38 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 41 |
12 | Halifax |
38 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 40 |
13 | Featherstone Rovers | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 39 |
14 | Leeds | 38 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 38 |
15 | Keighley | 38 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 37 |
16 | Leigh |
38 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 36 |
17 | Barrow | 38 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 36 |
18 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 38 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 36 |
19 | Huddersfield | 38 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 36 |
20 | Workington Town | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 35 |
21 | Whitehaven | 38 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 34 |
22 | Salford | 38 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 33 |
23 | Bramley |
38 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 31 |
24 | Blackpool Borough | 38 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 30 |
25 | Castleford | 38 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 26 |
26 | Rochdale Hornets | 38 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 23 |
27 | Batley | 38 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 21 |
28 | Liverpool City | 38 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 16 |
29 | Dewsbury | 38 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 14 |
30 | Doncaster | 38 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 10 |
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 |
Final
16 May 1959
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St Helens | 44 – 22 | Hunslet |
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Tries: Van Vollenhoven (3), Murphy (2), Prinsloo, Smith, Huddart Goals: Rhodes (10) |
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Tries: Stockdill, Doyle, Poole, Gunney Goals: Langton (5) |
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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,[3] 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.[4]
This was Wigan's sixth Challenge Cup Final win in ten Final appearances and their second in successive years.[5] Brian McTigue, their second-row forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.
County cups
Oldham beat St. Helens 12–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 24–20 to win the Yorkshire Cup.
References
- ^ "1958-59 season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ProQuest 480343455.
- ^ news.bbc.co.uk (27 February 2004). "Cup heroes: Eric Ashton". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
Sources
- Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.64 1958–1959. League Publications.
- 1958-59 Rugby Football League season at Wigan.rlfans.com
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website