1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season


The 1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 64th season of rugby league football. Thirty clubs from across Northern England competed for the Championship, culminating in a final between St. Helens and Hunslet.

Season summary

won their third Championship when they beat Hunslet 44-22 in the Championship Final. They had also finished the regular season as the league leaders.
The Challenge Cup winners were Wigan who beat Hull F.C. 30-13 in the final.
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat St. Helens 12–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 24–20 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
This season, St. Helens winger Tom van Vollenhoven set a new record for most tries in a season, with 62.

Championship

TeamPldWDLPts
1St. Helens38311663
2Wigan38290958
3Hunslet38273857
4Oldham38281957
5Wakefield Trinity382711055
6Swinton382711055
7Hull382511251
8Widnes382301546
9Warrington382201644
10Bradford Northern382021642
11York382011741
12Halifax381921740
13Featherstone Rovers381831739
14Leeds381901938
15Keighley381811937
16Leigh381802036
17Barrow381802036
18Hull Kingston Rovers381802036
19Huddersfield381802036
20Workington Town381631935
21Whitehaven381702134
22Salford381612133
23Bramley381512231
24Blackpool Borough381502330
25Castleford381302526
26Rochdale Hornets381112623
27Batley381012721
28Liverpool City38803016
29Dewsbury38703114
30Doncaster38503310

Play-offs

Challenge Cup

reached the final by beating Leeds 12–5 at home on 21 Feb in Round 1; Hunslet 22–4 at home on 7 Mar in Round 2; Halifax 26–0 away on 21 Mar in the quarter-finals and Swinton 5–0 on 11 Apr in the semi-final played at Leigh. Captained by Eric Ashton, they then beat Hull 30–13 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 79,811 with tries from Boston, Bolton, Holden, McTigue and Sullivan and six goals from Griffiths.
This was Wigan's sixth Challenge Cup Final win in ten Final appearances and their second in successive years. Brian McTigue, their second-row forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.