1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season

1958–59 Rugby Football League season
League	Northern Rugby Football League
League Leaders	St. Helens
Top point-scorer(s)	Fred Griffiths 394
Top try-scorer(s)	Tom van Vollenhoven (62)

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.^[1]

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat St.Helens 12–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 24–20 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

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	63
2	Wigan	38	29	0	9	58
3	Hunslet	38	27	3	8	57
4	Oldham	38	28	1	9	57
5	Wakefield Trinity	38	27	1	10	55
6	Swinton	38	27	1	10	55
7	Hull	38	25	1	12	51
8	Widnes	38	23	0	15	46
9	Warrington	38	22	0	16	44
10	Bradford Northern	38	20	2	16	42
11	York	38	20	1	17	41
12	Halifax	38	19	2	17	40
13	Featherstone Rovers	38	18	3	17	39
14	Leeds	38	19	0	19	38
15	Keighley	38	18	1	19	37
16	Leigh	38	18	0	20	36
17	Barrow	38	18	0	20	36
18	Hull Kingston Rovers	38	18	0	20	36
19	Huddersfield	38	18	0	20	36
20	Workington Town	38	16	3	19	35
21	Whitehaven	38	17	0	21	34
22	Salford	38	16	1	21	33
23	Bramley	38	15	1	22	31
24	Blackpool Borough	38	15	0	23	30
25	Castleford	38	13	0	25	26
26	Rochdale Hornets	38	11	1	26	23
27	Batley	38	10	1	27	21
28	Liverpool City	38	8	0	30	16
29	Dewsbury	38	7	0	31	14
30	Doncaster	38	5	0	33	10

	Play-offs

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Championship Final


1	St. Helens	42

4	Oldham	4
			St. Helens	44

			Hunslet	22
2	Wigan	11

3	Hunslet	22

St Helens RLFC squad – 1958–59 Championship Final Winners
1 Austin Rhodes 2 Tom van Vollenhoven 3 Doug Greenall 4 Brian McGinn 5 Jan Prinsloo 6 Wilf Smith 7 Alex Murphy 8 Abe Terry 9 Tom McKinney 10 Alan Prescott (c) 11 Brian Briggs 12 Dick Huddart 13 Vince Karalius Coach: Jim Sullivan

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,^[2] 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.^[3]

This was Wigan’s sixth Challenge Cup Final win in ten Final appearances and their second in successive years.^[4] Brian McTigue, their second-row forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

Wigan 30

Wigan Tries: Billy Boston 2, Keith Holden, Mick Sullivan, Dave Bolton, Brian McTigue

Wigan Goals: Fred Griffiths 6

Hull FC 13

Hull FC Tries: Tommy Finn

Hull FC Goals: Arthur Keegan 5

Half-time 20-4

Attendance: 79,811

Teams:

Wigan: Fred Griffiths, Billy Boston, Eric Ashton, Keith Holden, Mick Sullivan, Dave Bolton, Rees Thomas, Bill Bretherton, Bill Sayer, John Barton, Brian McTigue, Norman Cherrington, Roy Evans

Hull FC: Arthur Keegan, Stan Cowan, Brian Cooper, Brian Saville, Ivor Watts, George Matthews, Tommy Finn, Michael Scott, Tommy Harris, Jim Drake, Cyril Sykes, Bill Drake, Johnny Whiteley

Wigan RLFC squad – 1959 Challenge Cup Final winners
1 Fred Griffiths 2 Billy Boston 3 Eric Ashton (c) 4 Keith Holden 5 Mick Sullivan 6 Dave Bolton 7 Rees Thomas 8 Bill Bretherton 9 Bill Sayer 10 John Barton 11 Brian McTigue 12 Norman Cherrington 13 Roy Evans Coach: Joe Egan
see also 1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season

Hull F.C. squad – 1959 Challenge Cup Final runners-up
1 Arthur Keegan 2 Stan Cowan 3 Brian Cooper 4 Brian Saville 5 Ivor Watts 6 George Matthews 7 Tommy Finn 8 Mike Scott 9 Tommy Harris 10 Jim Drake 11 Cyril Sykes 12 Bill Drake 13 Johnny Whiteley (c) Coach: Roy Francis

References

↑ "1958-59 season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
↑ news.bbc.co.uk (27 February 2004). "Cup heroes: Eric Ashton". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
↑ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Sources

1958-59 Rugby Football League season at Wigan.rlfans.com
The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website

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St Helens
Est. 1873 in St Helens, England
The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame
Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890-2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Totally Wicked Stadium (2012-Present)
Hall of Fame	Alex Murphy Vince Karalius Tom van Vollenhoven
League	Super League
World Club Challenge (2)	2001 2007
Championships (13)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014
Challenge Cup (12)	1955–56 1960–61 1965–66 1971–72 1975–76 1996 1997 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008
Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire County Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award (2006)
Seasons (120)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member Rivalry with Wigan Testimonials
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)

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