1952–53 Northern Rugby Football League season

Rugby league 1952–53 Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby Football League st helens 16 St. Helens Champions st helens 16 St. Helens League Leaders warrington 16 Harry Bath 379 warrington 16 Brian Bevan 72 1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season 1951–52 1953–54 Northern Rugby Football League season 1953–54 The 1952–53 Rugby Football League season was the 58th season of rugby league football. Season summary St. Helens won their second Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Halifax 24–14 in the play-off final. They also ended the regular season as league leaders. The Challenge Cup Winners were Huddersfield who beat St. Helens 15–10 in the final. Cardiff dropped out of the league.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=374 1952-53 Season summary 2009-08-08 St. Helens won the Lancashire League, and Halifax won the Yorkshire League. Leigh beat St. Helens 22–5 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Huddersfield beat Batley 18–8 to win the Yorkshire County Cup. Championship TeamPldWDLPFPAPts1St. Helens363222769273662Halifax362925620309603Bradford Northern362808700329564Huddersfield362727747366565Barrow362718585322556Leeds3624012690452487Leigh3623211556377488Oldham3622212599280469Warrington36201157334864110Whitehaven36193144654864111Wigan36192156734144012Hunslet36200164853584013Salford36200165084414014Swinton36180184414013615Hull36172174614513616Workington Town36162184534603417Keighley36161194655473318Wakefield Trinity36160204105953219Dewsbury36151204104403120Castleford36150213925023021Batley36142204055793022Rochdale Hornets36133204435362923Widnes36132213364782824Featherstone Rovers36121234155352525York36100263704962026Doncaster36100263776652027Belle Vue Rangers36100263017052028Hull Kingston Rovers3691263376461929Bramley3660302938981230Liverpool City3640322258378  Play-offs Play-off Semi-finals Championship final 1 St. Helens 46 4 Huddersfield 0 2 Halifax 18 3 Bradford Northern 16 St. Helens 24 Halifax 14 1 May 1953 St Helens 24 – 14 Halifax Blakemore (2), Moses, Greenall, Metcalfe, Cale Metcalfe (3) Lynch, Wilkinson Griffiths (4) Maine Road, Manchester 51,083 A. Hill (Dewsbury) St. Helens 24, Halifax 14 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/match.php?seq=2551 Saints Heritage Society 16 March 2025St Helens 24-14 Halifax https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=116053 Rugby League Records 16 March 2025 St HelensNumberHalifax Teams Glyn Moses1Tuss GriffithsSteve Llewellyn2Brian VierodDuggie Greenall3Tommy LynchDon Gullick4Martin CreeneyStan McCormick5Terry CookPeter Metcalfe6Ken DeanJohn Dickinson7Stan KieltyAlan Prescott8Mike CondonReg Blakemore9Alvin AckerleyGeorge Parr10Jack WilkinsonGeorge Parsons11Harry GreenwoodBill Bretherton12Albert FearnleyRay Cale13Des ClarksonJim SullivanCoach Challenge Cup 1952–53 Challenge Cup A club record 69,429 people watch the Challenge Cup 3rd Round tie at Odsal between Bradford Northern and Huddersfield. Larger crowds had watched matches at Odsal, but this was the largest involving the home side.http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3560/1951%20-%201963:%20Decline%20&%20Fall Bradford Bulls History 2009-10-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20090425162738/http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3560/1951%20-%201963%3A%20Decline%20%26%20Fall 2009-04-25 dead In the Final, Huddersfield beat St. Helens 15–10 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,588. This produced a record gate taking for a Challenge Cup final of £31,000.Goodman Tom St. Helen's hooted in R.L. Cup final https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4J5VAAAAIBAJ&pg=3693,3547534 11 June 2011 The Sydney Morning Herald 27 April 1953 This was Huddersfield’s sixth Cup Final win in seven Final appearances, including one win during the Second World War.Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7817-2 191 Peter Ramsden, their stand-off half, became the youngest player to win the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match at 19. 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 the Huddersfield team also featured Australian Pat Devery and New Zealand's Peter Henderson. County cups 1952–53 Lancashire Cup 1952–53 Yorkshire Cup References Sources 1952-53 Rugby Football League season at Wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1952 in English rugby league Category:1953 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons