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1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1958–59 Rugby Football League season |
| league | Northern Rugby Football League |
| season_champ_name | Champions |
| league_leaders | St. Helens |
| league_leaders_name | League Leaders |
| top_scorer | Fred Griffiths 394 |
| top try scorer | Tom van Vollenhoven (62) |
| season3 | |
| season_champs3 | |
| season_champ_name3 | |
| prevseason_link | 1957–58 Northern Rugby Football League season |
| prevseason_year | 1957–58 |
| nextseason_link | 1959–60 Northern Rugby Football League season |
| nextseason_year | 1959–60 |
The 1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 64th season of rugby league football. Thirty clubs from across Northern England competed for the Championship, culminating in a final between St. Helens and Hunslet.
Season summary
St. Helens won their third Championship when they beat Hunslet 44–22 in the Championship Final. They had also finished the regular season as the league leaders.
The Challenge Cup winners were Wigan who beat Hull F.C. 30–13 in the final.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **St. Helens** | 38 | 31 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Wigan | 38 | 29 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Hunslet | 38 | 27 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Oldham | 38 | 28 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Wakefield Trinity | 38 | 27 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Swinton | 38 | 27 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Hull | 38 | 25 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Widnes | 38 | 23 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Warrington | 38 | 22 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Bradford Northern | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | York | 38 | 20 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Halifax | 38 | 19 | 2 | 17 |
| 13 | Featherstone Rovers | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 |
| 14 | Leeds | 38 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 15 | Keighley | 38 | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 16 | Leigh | 38 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| 17 | Barrow | 38 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 38 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | Huddersfield | 38 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| 20 | Workington Town | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 21 | Whitehaven | 38 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| 22 | Salford | 38 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 23 | Bramley | 38 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
| 24 | Blackpool Borough | 38 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 25 | Castleford | 38 | 13 | 0 | 25 |
| 26 | Rochdale Hornets | 38 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 27 | Batley | 38 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 28 | Liverpool City | 38 | 8 | 0 | 30 |
| 29 | Dewsbury | 38 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| 30 | Doncaster | 38 | 5 | 0 | 33 |
| Play-offs |
|---|
Play-offs
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=St. Helens | RD1-score1=42 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Oldham | RD1-score2=4 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Wigan | RD1-score3=11 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Hunslet | RD1-score4=22 | RD2-team1=St. Helens | RD2-score1=44 | RD2-team2=Hunslet | RD2-score2=22
Final
| Jim Sullivan |
|---|
| Jack Walkington |
|---|
|}
Challenge Cup
Main article: 1958–59 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,{{Cite news | access-date = 6 March 2011}} 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.
This was Wigan's sixth Challenge Cup Final win in ten Final appearances and their second in successive years. Brian McTigue, their second-row forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.
County cups
Main article: 1958–59 Lancashire Cup
Main article: 1958–59 Yorkshire Cup
Oldham beat St. Helens 12–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 24–20 to win the Yorkshire Cup.
References
Sources
- 1958-59 Rugby Football League season at Wigan.rlfans.com
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
References
- "1958-59 season summary".
- (18 May 1959). "St Helens Make No Mistake". The Manchester Guardian.
- "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".
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