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[[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] beat [[St Helens RLFC|St Helens]] 15-10 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,588.
[[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] beat [[St Helens RLFC|St Helens]] 15-10 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,588.


This was [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]]’s sixth Cup Final win in seven Final appearances, including one win during World War II. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65|title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour|accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref>
This was [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]]’s sixth Cup Final win in seven Final appearances, including one win during World War II. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65|title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour|accessdate=2009-08-07|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5jpntIcPV|archivedate=2009-09-16|deadurl=no}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:39, 16 September 2009

1952-53 Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby League
1952-53 Season
ChampionsSt Helens
League LeadersSt Helens

The 1952-53 Rugby Football League season was the fifty eighth season of rugby league football.

Season summary

St Helens won their second 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. [1]

Championship

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1 St Helens 36 32 2 2 769 273 66
2 Halifax 36 29 2 5 620 309 60
3 Bradford Northern 36 28 0 8 700 329 56
4 Huddersfield 36 27 2 7 747 366 56
5 Barrow 36 27 1 8 585 322 55
6 Leeds 36 24 0 12 690 452 48
7 Leigh 36 23 2 11 556 377 48
8 Oldham 36 22 2 12 599 280 46
9 Warrington 36 20 1 15 733 486 41
10 Whitehaven 36 19 3 14 465 486 41
11 Wigan 36 19 2 15 673 414 40
12 Hunslet 36 20 0 16 485 358 40
13 Salford 36 20 0 16 508 441 40
14 Swinton 36 18 0 18 441 401 36
15 Hull 36 17 2 17 461 451 36
16 Workington Town 36 16 2 18 453 460 34
17 Keighley 36 16 1 19 465 547 33
18 Wakefield Trinity 36 16 0 20 410 595 32
19 Dewsbury 36 15 1 20 410 440 31
20 Castleford 36 15 0 21 392 502 30
21 Batley 36 14 2 20 405 579 30
22 Rochdale Hornets 36 13 3 20 443 536 29
23 Widnes 36 13 2 21 336 478 28
24 Featherstone Rovers 36 12 1 23 415 535 25
25 York 36 10 0 26 370 496 20
26 Doncaster 36 10 0 26 377 665 20
27 Belle Vue Rangers 36 10 0 26 301 705 20
28 Hull Kingston Rovers 36 9 1 26 337 646 19
29 Bramley 36 6 0 30 293 898 12
30 Liverpool City 36 4 0 32 225 837 8
  Play-offs

Championship Play-Off

Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 St Helens 46
4 Huddersfield 0
St Helens 24
Halifax 14
2 Halifax 18
3 Bradford Northern 16

Challenge Cup

Huddersfield beat St Helens 15-10 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,588.

This was Huddersfield’s sixth Cup Final win in seven Final appearances, including one win during World War II. [2]

References

  1. ^ Warriors|Wigan%5d%5d.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=374 "1952-53 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Sources

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