1957–58 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1957–58 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 63rd season of rugby league football.

1957–58 Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League
Champions Hull
League Leaders Oldham
Top point-scorer(s) Bernard Ganley 453
Top try-scorer(s) Mick Sullivan 50

Season summary

Hull F.C. won their fifth Championship when they beat Workington Town 20–3 in the play-off final. Oldham had finished the regular season as the league leaders.

The Challenge Cup winners were Wigan who beat Workington Town 13–9 in the final.[1]

Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Halifax won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat Wigan 13–8 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Huddersfield beat York 15–8 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L Pts
1Oldham38331467
2St. Helens38320664
3Workington Town38282858
4Hull38272956
5Wigan382701154
6Halifax382521152
7Leigh382401448
8Featherstone Rovers382311447
9Wakefield Trinity382221446
10Widnes382301546
11Hunslet382211545
12York381941542
13Warrington381911839
14Leeds381811937
15Salford381811937
16Hull Kingston Rovers381721936
17Whitehaven381712035
18Huddersfield381712035
19Rochdale Hornets381712035
20Bradford Northern381622034
21Barrow381622034
22Keighley381522132
23Bramley381422230
24Swinton381332229
25Blackpool Borough381202624
26Batley381002820
27Liverpool City38912819
28Dewsbury38642816
29Castleford38713015
30Doncaster3840348
  Play-offs

Play-offs
Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 Oldham 8
4 Hull 20
Hull 20
Workington Town 3
2 Workington Town 14
3 St. Helens 13

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1957–58 Challenge Cup

Wigan reached the final by beating Whitehaven 39–10 at home in the first round; Wakefield Trinity 11–5 away in the second round; Oldham 8–0 away in the quarter -finals and Rochdale Hornets 5–3 in the semi-final played at Station Road, Swinton. Captained by Eric Ashton,[2] Wigan then beat Workington Town 13–9 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 66,109, with tries from Barton, McTigue and Sullivan and two goals from Cunliffe.

This was Wigan’s fifth Cup Final win in nine Final appearances. To date, this was Workington Town's last appearance in the Challenge Cup Final.[3] Rees Thomas, Wigan's scrum half back won the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

References
  1. "1957-58 season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. news.bbc.co.uk (27 February 2004). "Cup heroes: Eric Ashton". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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