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1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1955–56 Rugby Football League season |
| league | Northern Rugby Football League |
| season_champs | Hull |
| season_champ_name | Champions |
| league_leaders | Warrington |
| league_leaders_name | League Leaders |
| top_scorer | Harry Bath 344 |
| top try scorer | Jack McLean 61 |
| season3 | |
| season_champs3 | |
| season_champ_name3 | |
| prevseason_link | 1954–55 Northern Rugby Football League season |
| prevseason_year | 1954–55 |
| nextseason_link | 1956–57 Northern Rugby Football League season |
| nextseason_year | 1956–57 |
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.
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.
ITV Floodlit Competition winners were Warrington who beat Leigh 43–18 in the final.
Hull F.C. won their fourth Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Halifax 10–9 in the play-off final. Warrington had finished the regular season as league leaders.
The Challenge Cup winners were St. Helens who beat Halifax 13–2 in the final.
Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Halifax won the Yorkshire League. Leigh beat Widnes 26–9 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Halifax beat Hull F.C. 10–10 (replay 7–0) to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warrington | 34 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 55 |
| 2 | Halifax | 36 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 58 |
| 3 | St. Helens | 34 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 54 |
| 4 | Hull | 36 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 51 |
| 5 | Wigan | 34 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Featherstone Rovers | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 48 |
| 7 | Barrow | 34 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 44 |
| 8 | Bradford Northern | 36 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 46 |
| 9 | Oldham | 34 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 40 |
| 10 | Swinton | 34 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 40 |
| 11 | Leigh | 34 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 40 |
| 12 | Leeds | 36 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 42 |
| 13 | York | 36 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 40 |
| 14 | Huddersfield | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 37 |
| 15 | Workington Town | 34 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 34 |
| 16 | Keighley | 36 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 38 |
| 17 | Wakefield Trinity | 36 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 34 |
| 18 | Hunslet | 36 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 34 |
| 19 | Bramley | 34 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 32 |
| 20 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 30 |
| 21 | Whitehaven | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 29 |
| 22 | Salford | 34 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 27 |
| 23 | Widnes | 34 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 22 |
| 24 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 36 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 23 |
| 25 | Doncaster | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 19 |
| 26 | Blackpool Borough | 34 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 18 |
| 27 | Castleford | 36 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 18 |
| 28 | Liverpool City | 34 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 16 |
| 29 | Dewsbury | 34 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 16 |
| 30 | Batley | 34 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 15 |
| Play-offs |
|---|
Play-offs
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Warrington | RD1-score1= 0 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Hull | RD1-score2=17 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Halifax | RD1-score3=23 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=St. Helens | RD1-score4=8 | RD2-team1=Hull | RD2-score1=10 | RD2-team2=Halifax | RD2-score2=9
Final
| Hull | Number | Halifax |
|---|---|---|
| Teams | ||
| Colin Hutton | 1 | Peter Briers |
| Brian Darlington | 2 | Arthur Daniels |
| Brian Cooper | 3 | Tommy Lynch |
| Jack Watkinson | 4 | Geoff Palmer |
| Keith Bowman | 5 | Johnny Freeman |
| Carl Turner | 6 | Ken Dean |
| Tommy Finn | 7 | Stan Kielty |
| Mick Scott | 8 | John Thorley |
| Tommy Harris | 9 | Alvin Ackerley |
| Bob Coverdale | 10 | Jack Wilkinson |
| Harry Markham | 11 | John Henderson |
| Bill Drake | 12 | Derrick Schofield |
| Johnny Whiteley | 13 | Ken Traill |
| Roy Francis | Coach |
Challenge Cup
Main article: 1955–56 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.
European Championship
This was the fifteenth European Championship and was won for the second time by the Other Nationalities.
Results
date = 12 September | home = Other nationalities | score = 33–16 | away = | stadium = Wigan | date = 19 October | home = Other nationalities | score = 32–19 | away = | stadium = Leigh | date = 10 May | home = | score = 23–9 | away = | stadium = Lyon |
Final standings
| Team | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other nationalities | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 0 |
References
Sources
References
- "1955-56 Season summary".
- "Halifax 9-10 Hull - 12.05.1956".
- "1956 Challenge Cup final". Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates.
- "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".
- Jeff Hill, Jack Williams. (1996). "Sport and Identity in the North of England". [[Keele University]] Press.
- (1995). "Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996". Headline Book Publishing.
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