1954–55 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1954–55 Rugby Football League season was the 60th season of rugby league football.

1954–55 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League
Champions Warrington
League Leaders Warrington
Top point-scorer(s) Jimmy Ledgard 374
Top try-scorer(s) Lionel Cooper 66

Season summary

Warrington won their second successive, third overall and to date final Championship when they beat Oldham 7-3 in the play-off final. They also ended the regular season as league leaders.

The Challenge Cup winners were Barrow who beat Workington Town 21-12 in the final.

Blackpool Borough joined the competition.[1]

Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Barrow beat Oldham 12–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Halifax beat Hull F.C. 22–14 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L Pts
1Warrington36292560
2Oldham36292560
3Leeds36262854
4Halifax36261953
5Wigan36261953
6Leigh36252952
7St. Helens362511051
8Barrow362401248
9Featherstone Rovers362311247
10Workington Town362301346
11Huddersfield362201444
12Rochdale Hornets362031343
13York362101542
14Hunslet362001640
15Whitehaven361831539
16Wakefield Trinity361801836
17Bradford Northern361721736
18Keighley361801836
19Hull361631735
20Swinton361611933
21Castleford361341930
22Widnes361302326
23Bramley361112423
24Liverpool City361112423
25Hull Kingston Rovers361002620
26Salford36732617
27Doncaster36812717
28Batley36702914
29Blackpool Borough36702914
30Belle Vue Rangers36702914
31Dewsbury36503110
  Play-offs

Play-offs
Semi-finals Championship final
      
1 Warrington 17
4 Halifax 9
Warrington 7
Oldham 3
2 Oldham 25
3 Leeds 6

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1954–55 Challenge Cup

This was also the first time that there was an all-Cumbrian Final.[2] Barrow beat Workington Town 21-12 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 66,513. Captained by former Great Britain skipper Willie Horne, this was Barrow’s first Challenge Cup Final win, although have been runners-up on four other occasions. Jack Grundy, Barrow's Second-row was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

Barrow: Clive Best, Jimmy Lewthwaite, Phil Jackson, Dennis Goodwin, Frank Castle, Willie Horne, Edward Toohey, Les Belshaw, Vince McKeating, Frank Barton, Jack Grundy, Reg Parker, and Bill Healey.

References
  1. "1954-55 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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