1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season

none January 2022 1955–56 Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby Football League hull 16 Hull Champions warrington 16 Warrington League Leaders warrington 16 Harry Bath 344 bradford 16 Jack McLean 61 1954–55 Northern Rugby Football League season 1954–55 1956–57 Northern Rugby Football League season 1956–57 The 1955–56 Rugby Football League season was the leagues's 61st season. Season summary Belle Vue Rangers dropped out of the competition shortly before the start of the season. There was no time to reschedule and so percentages were used.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=377 1955-56 Season summary 2009-08-08 In 1955-56 Wigan took part in the Independent Television Association Trophy. This was a series of televised floodlit matches played in London and shown on the newly launched ITV. It only lasted one year but the idea would be picked up again by the BBC in 1965.January 2022 ITV Floodlit Competition winners were Warrington who beat Leigh 43–18 in the final.January 2022 Hull F.C. won their fourth Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Halifax 10–9 in the play-off final. Warrington had finished the regular season as league leaders.January 2022 The Challenge Cup winners were St. Helens who beat Halifax 13–2 in the final.January 2022 Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Halifax won the Yorkshire League. Leigh beat Widnes 26–9 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Halifax beat Hull F.C. 10–10 (replay 7–0) to win the Yorkshire County Cup.January 2022 Championship TeamPldWDLPtsPct1Warrington3427165580.882Halifax3628265880.553St. Helens3427075479.414Hull36251105170.835Wigan34222104667.646Featherstone Rovers36232114866.667Barrow34212114464.708Bradford Northern36222124663.889Oldham34200144058.8210Swinton34192134058.8211Leigh34192134058.8212Leeds36210154258.3313York36200164055.5514Huddersfield36181173751.3715Workington Town34170173450.0016Keighley36180183850.0017Wakefield Trinity36170193447.2218Hunslet36170193447.2219Bramley34160183247.0520Rochdale Hornets34150193044.1121Whitehaven34141192942.6422Salford34131202739.7023Widnes34110232232.3524Hull Kingston Rovers36111242331.9425Doncaster3475221927.9426Blackpool Borough3490251826.4727Castleford3690271825.0028Liverpool City3480261623.5229Dewsbury3480261623.5230Batley3471261522.05  Play-offs Play-offs Semi-finals Championship final - 12 May 1956 1 Warrington 0 4 Hull 17 2 Halifax 23 3 St. Helens 8 Hull 10 Halifax 9 Final 12 May 1956 Hull 10 – 9 Halifax Finn, Harris Hutton (2) Daniels, Palmer, Freeman Maine Road, Manchester 36,675 C. F. Appleton (Warrington) Halifax 9-10 Hull - 12.05.1956 https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=103048 Rugby League Records 30 April 2025 HullNumberHalifax Teams Colin Hutton1Peter BriersBrian Darlington2Arthur DanielsBrian Cooper3Tommy LynchJack Watkinson4Geoff PalmerKeith Bowman5Johnny FreemanCarl Turner6Ken DeanTommy Finn7Stan KieltyMick Scott8John ThorleyTommy Harris9Alvin AckerleyBob Coverdale10Jack WilkinsonHarry Markham11John HendersonBill Drake12Derrick SchofieldJohnny Whiteley13Ken TraillRoy FrancisCoach Challenge Cup 1955–56 Challenge Cup thumb|right|200px|A marching band provides entertainment at Wembley Stadium before the 1956 Challenge Cup final.In the Challenge Cup tournament's final St. Helens faced Halifax. Played on 28 April 1956 at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 79,341, St Helens won 13–2.1956 Challenge Cup final http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1955/final/st-helens-vs-halifax/summary.html rugbyleagueproject.org Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates 2 January 2014 This was Saints' first Challenge Cup final win in five Final appearances.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 Alan Prescott, their prop forward was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match. The St Helens team was greeted enthusiastically upon their return to the North. After detraining at Liverpool the team's open-top coach ride to St Helens attracted an estimated 100,000 people despite pouring rain.Jeff Hill, Jack Williams Sport and Identity in the North of England 1996 Keele University Press UK 98 & 99 9781853310829 https://books.google.com/books?id=i2W27jWxgZQC European Championship This was the fifteenth European Championship and was won for the second time by the Other Nationalities.Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7817-2 425 Results 12 September Other nationalities 33–16 England Wigan 19 October Other nationalities 32–19 France Leigh 10 May France 23–9 England Lyon Final standings Team Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff Points Other nationalities 2 2 0 0 65 35 +30 4 France 2 1 0 1 42 41 +1 2 England 2 0 0 2 25 56 −31 0 References Sources 1955-56 Rugby Football League seasonFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes at Wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1955 in English rugby league Category:1956 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons