1957–58 Northern Rugby Football League season

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

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

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
1	Oldham	38	33	1	4	67
2	St. Helens	38	32	0	6	64
3	Workington Town	38	28	2	8	58
4	Hull	38	27	2	9	56
5	Wigan	38	27	0	11	54
6	Halifax	38	25	2	11	52
7	Leigh	38	24	0	14	48
8	Featherstone Rovers	38	23	1	14	47
9	Wakefield Trinity	38	22	2	14	46
10	Widnes	38	23	0	15	46
11	Hunslet	38	22	1	15	45
12	York	38	19	4	15	42
13	Warrington	38	19	1	18	39
14	Leeds	38	18	1	19	37
15	Salford	38	18	1	19	37
16	Hull Kingston Rovers	38	17	2	19	36
17	Whitehaven	38	17	1	20	35
18	Huddersfield	38	17	1	20	35
19	Rochdale Hornets	38	17	1	20	35
20	Bradford Northern	38	16	2	20	34
21	Barrow	38	16	2	20	34
22	Keighley	38	15	2	21	32
23	Bramley	38	14	2	22	30
24	Swinton	38	13	3	22	29
25	Blackpool Borough	38	12	0	26	24
26	Batley	38	10	0	28	20
27	Liverpool City	38	9	1	28	19
28	Dewsbury	38	6	4	28	16
29	Castleford	38	7	1	30	15
30	Doncaster	38	4	0	34	8

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 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Sources

• 1957-58 Rugby Football League season at Wigan.rlfans.com
• The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website