1959-60 Northern Rugby Football League season

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The 1959-60 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 65th season of rugby league football played in England. The regular season started in August 1959 and culminated in a finals play-off series in May 1960 which resulted in a Grand Final between Wigan and Wakefield Trinity.

Contents

[edit] Season summary

  • League Champions: Wigan (27-3 v Wakefield)
  • Challenge Cup Winners: Wakefield Trinity (38-5 v Hull)
  • Lancashire Cup Winners: Warrington (5-4 v St Helens)
  • Lancashire League Winners: St Helens

[edit] Ladder

Club P W D L PF PA D Pts
1 St Helens RLFC 38 34 1 3 947 343 604 69
2 Wakefield Trinity 38 32 0 6 831 348 483 64
3 Hull FC 38 28 1 9 758 474 284 57
4 Wigan 38 27 2 9 828 390 438 56
5 Featherstone Rovers 38 27 0 11 730 437 293 54
6 Whitehaven 38 22 3 13 594 533 61 47
7 Warrington 38 22 2 14 650 482 168 46
8 Swinton 38 22 2 14 654 503 151 46
9 Oldham 38 22 1 15 744 461 283 45
10 Hunslet 38 21 3 14 595 488 107 45
11 Leigh 38 20 4 14 600 502 98 44
12 Huddersfield 38 21 1 16 603 510 93 43
13 Hull Kingston Rovers 38 20 1 17 517 575 (58) 41
14 Leeds 38 20 0 18 641 573 68 40
15 Salford 38 19 2 17 629 583 46 40
16 Batley 38 18 3 17 476 506 (30) 39
17 Widnes 38 18 1 19 598 519 79 37
18 Castleford 38 18 0 20 561 630 (69) 36
19 Workington Town 38 18 0 20 448 530 (82) 36
20 Keighley 38 17 1 20 575 659 (84) 35
21 York 38 17 0 21 579 698 (119) 34
22 Halifax 38 15 2 21 627 561 66 32
23 Rochdale Hornets 38 15 0 23 435 519 (84) 30
24 Barrow 38 13 1 24 422 562 (140) 27
25 Bramley 38 10 2 26 393 673 (280) 22
26 Bradford Northern 38 9 3 26 450 645 (195) 21
27 Liverpool City 38 9 3 26 383 720 (337) 21
28 Blackpool Borough 38 9 1 28 400 819 (419) 19
29 Dewsbury 38 4 1 33 337 982 (645) 9
30 Doncaster 38 2 1 35 284 1,084 (800) 5

[edit] Championship Play-offs

[edit] Semi-finals

  • Wigan 19 beat St Helens 9.
  • Wakefield Trinity 24 beat Hull 4.

[edit] Final

The Championship Final was played at 3 o'clock on a warm afternoon on Saturday, 21st May 1960 at Odsal Stadium, Bradford. A crowd of 83,190 turned out for the game which was refereed by Eric Clay (Leeds).

  • Wigan: 27

Tries (5): Billy Boston (2), Eric Ashton (2), Bill Sayer
Goals: Fred Griffiths (6)

  • Wakefield Trinity: 3

Try: Fred Smith

[edit] Sources

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