1957–58 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1957–58 Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby Football League hull 16 Hull Champions oldham 16 Oldham League Leaders oldham 16 Bernard Ganley 453 wigan 16 Mick Sullivan 50 1956–57 Northern Rugby Football League season 1956–57 1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season 1958–59 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.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=379 1957-58 season summary 2009-08-08 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 TeamPldWDLPts1Oldham383314672St. Helens383206643Workington Town382828584Hull382729565Wigan3827011546Halifax3825211527Leigh3824014488Featherstone Rovers3823114479Wakefield Trinity38222144610Widnes38230154611Hunslet38221154512York38194154213Warrington38191183914Leeds38181193715Salford38181193716Hull Kingston Rovers38172193617Whitehaven38171203518Huddersfield38171203519Rochdale Hornets38171203520Bradford Northern38162203421Barrow38162203422Keighley38152213223Bramley38142223024Swinton38133222925Blackpool Borough38120262426Batley38100282027Liverpool City3891281928Dewsbury3864281629Castleford3871301530Doncaster3840348  Play-offs Play-offs Semi-finals Championship final 1 Oldham 8 4 Hull 20 2 Workington Town 14 3 St. Helens 13 Hull 20 Workington Town 3 Final 17 May 1958 Hull 20 – 3 Workington Town Cooper, Finn, Scott, Whiteley Bateson (4) Southward Odsal Stadium, Bradford 57,699 R. Gelder (Wakefield) Hull 20-3 Workington Town - 17.05.1958 https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=119644 Rugby League Records 3 May 2025Throwback: 1958 Championship Final https://www.hullfc.com/blog/2020/07/06/throwback-1958-championship-final/ Hull F.C. 3 May 2025 HullNumberWorkington Town Teams Peter Bateson1John McAvoyIvor Watts2Ike SouthwardBrian Cooper3John O'NeilBrian Saville4Danny LeatherbarrowGeoff Dannatt5K. FaulderFrank Broadhurst6Harry ArcherTommy Finn7Sol RoperMick Scott8Norman HerbertAlan Holdstock9Bert EdenBrian Hambling10Tommy StamperCyril Sykes11Brian EdgarPeter Whiteley12Cec ThompsonJohnny Whiteley13Benny EveRoy FrancisCoachJim Brough Challenge Cup 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, news.bbc.co.uk Cup heroes: Eric Ashton BBC Sport UK BBC 27 February 2004 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/challenge_cup/3361205.stm 6 March 2011 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.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 Rees Thomas, Wigan's scrum half back won the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance. References Sources 1957-58 Rugby Football League season at Wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1957 in English rugby league Category:1958 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons