1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby League 1951–52 Season wigan 16 Wigan Champions bradford 16 Bradford Northern League Leaders barrow 16 Willie Horne 313 huddersfield 16 Lionel Cooper 71 1950–51 Northern Rugby Football League season 1950–51 1952–53 Northern Rugby Football League season 1952–53 The 1951–52 Rugby Football League season was the 57th season of rugby league football. Season summary Wigan won their eighth Championship when they beat Bradford Northern 13–6 in the play-off final. Bradford had ended the regular season as the league leaders. The Challenge Cup Winners were Workington Town who beat Featherstone Rovers 18–10 in the final. Liverpool Stanley was renamed Liverpool City, and Cardiff, and Doncaster joined the league.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=371 1951-52 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826204001/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=371 2009-08-26 live Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Championship Final standings TeamPldWDLPts1Bradford Northern362817572Wigan362718553Hull362619534Huddersfield3626010525Oldham3625110516Warrington3624111497Leigh3623211488Workington Town3623013469Hunslet36221134510Barrow36212134411Doncaster36211144312Widnes36202144213Leeds36192154014Swinton36183153915Salford36182163816Wakefield Trinity36190173817Batley36181173718Dewsbury36180183619Whitehaven36164163620St. Helens36162183421Halifax36162183422Featherstone Rovers36142203023Belle Vue Rangers36123212724York36123212725Hull Kingston Rovers36101252126Rochdale Hornets36101252127Bramley36101252128Castleford3681271729Keighley3681271730Cardiff3650311031Liverpool City3640328  Play-offs Source: wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090826204001/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=371 2009-08-26 . League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0. Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = League points. Play-offs Semi-finals Championship final 1 Bradford Northern 18 4 Huddersfield 15 2 Wigan 13 3 Hull 9 Bradford Northern 6 Wigan 13 10 May 1952 Wigan 13 – 6 Bradford Northern Ryan, Cunliffe, Silcock Gee (2) Phillips (3) Leeds Road, Huddersfield 48,684 C.F. Appleton (Warrington) WiganNumberBradford Northern Teams Martin Ryan1Joseph PhillipsJack Hilton2Bob HawesJack Broome3Joe MageenGeorge Roughley4Norman HastingsBrian Nordgren5Jack McLeanJack Cunliffe6Len HaleyJohnny Alty7Gwylfa JonesKen Gee8Bill ShreeveRonnie Mather9Norman HaleyGeorge Woosey10Brian RadfordNat Silcock Jr.11Barry TylerJack Large12Trevor FosterHarry Street13Ken TraillJim SullivanCoachDai Rees Challenge Cup 1951–52 Challenge Cup Workington Town beat Featherstone Rovers 18–10 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 19 April 1952 in front of a crowd of 72,093. Workington full-back and captain-coach Gus Risman became the oldest player to appear in a Cup final at age 41. news.bbc.co.uk Cup final facts BBC Sport UK BBC 11 May 2004 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/challenge_cup/3705131.stm 6 March 2011 Three Australians, Tony Paskins, John Mudge and Bevan Wilson came up with decisive plays to help relative newcomers Workington to victory. AAP (London) Australians star in Cup Final The Sydney Morning Herald 1952-04-21 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18259080 2023-12-27 Trove It was the club's first Cup Final win in their first Final appearance.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 2009-04-03 dead Billy Ivison, Workington Town's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match. County cups 1951–52 Lancashire Cup 1951–52 Yorkshire Cup Wigan beat Leigh 14–6 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Keighley 17–3 to win the Yorkshire Cup. European Championship 1951–52 European Rugby League Championship This was the twelfth competition and was won for the fourth time by France on points difference.European Championship 1951-52 at rugbyleagueproject.orgRothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7817-2 424 Results 19 September England 35–11 Wales St. Helens 3 November Other nationalities 17–14 France Hull 25 November France 42–13 England Marseille 1 December Other nationalities 22–11 Wales Abertillery 6 April France 20–12 Wales Bordeaux 23 April England 31–18 Other nationalities Wigan Final standings Team Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff Points France 3 2 0 1 76 42 +34 4 England 3 2 0 1 79 71 +8 4 Other nationalities 3 2 0 1 57 56 +1 4 Wales 3 0 0 3 34 77 −43 0 References Sources 1951-52 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090826204001/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=371 2009-08-26 The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1951 in English rugby league Category:1952 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons