1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season


The 1951–52 Rugby Football League season was the 57th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

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.
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Huddersfield won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Leigh 14–6 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Keighley 17–3 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Championship

Final standings
TeamPldWDLPts
1Bradford Northern36281757
2Wigan36271855
3Hull36261953
4Huddersfield362601052
5Oldham362511051
6Warrington362411149
7Leigh362321148
8Workington Town362301346
9Hunslet362211345
10Barrow362121344
11Doncaster362111443
12Widnes362021442
13Leeds361921540
14Swinton361831539
15Salford361821638
16Wakefield Trinity361901738
17Batley361811737
18Dewsbury361801836
19Whitehaven361641636
20St. Helens361621834
21Halifax361621834
22Featherstone Rovers361422030
23Belle Vue Rangers361232127
24York361232127
25Hull Kingston Rovers361012521
26Rochdale Hornets361012521
27Bramley361012521
28Castleford36812717
29Keighley36812717
30Cardiff36503110
31Liverpool City3640328


Source: .

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

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. Three Australians, Tony Paskins, John Mudge and Bevan Wilson came up with decisive plays to help relative newcomers Workington to victory. It was the club's first Cup Final win in their first Final appearance. Billy Ivison, Workington Town's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

European Championship

This was the twelfth competition and was won for the fourth time by France on points difference.

Results

Final standings