1954–55 Northern Rugby Football League season

1954–55 Northern Rugby Football League season
League	Northern Rugby Football League
Champions	Warrington
League Leaders	Warrington
Top point-scorer	Jimmy Ledgard 374
Top try-scorer	Lionel Cooper 66

The 1954–55 Rugby Football League season was the 60th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

Warrington won their second successive, third overall and to date final Championship when they beat Oldham 7–3 in the play-off final. They also ended the regular season as league leaders.

The Challenge Cup winners were Barrow who beat Workington Town 21–12 in the final.

Blackpool Borough joined the competition.

Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Barrow beat Oldham 12–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Halifax beat Hull F.C. 22–14 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Warrington	36	29	2	5	60
2	Oldham	36	29	2	5	60
3	Leeds	36	26	2	8	54
4	Halifax	36	26	1	9	53
5	Wigan	36	26	1	9	53
6	Leigh	36	25	2	9	52
7	St. Helens	36	25	1	10	51
8	Barrow	36	24	0	12	48
9	Featherstone Rovers	36	23	1	12	47
10	Workington Town	36	23	0	13	46
11	Huddersfield	36	22	0	14	44
12	Rochdale Hornets	36	20	3	13	43
13	York	36	21	0	15	42
14	Hunslet	36	20	0	16	40
15	Whitehaven	36	18	3	15	39
16	Wakefield Trinity	36	18	0	18	36
17	Bradford Northern	36	17	2	17	36
18	Keighley	36	18	0	18	36
19	Hull	36	16	3	17	35
20	Swinton	36	16	1	19	33
21	Castleford	36	13	4	19	30
22	Widnes	36	13	0	23	26
23	Bramley	36	11	1	24	23
24	Liverpool City	36	11	1	24	23
25	Hull Kingston Rovers	36	10	0	26	20
26	Salford	36	7	3	26	17
27	Doncaster	36	8	1	27	17
28	Batley	36	7	0	29	14
29	Blackpool Borough	36	7	0	29	14
30	Belle Vue Rangers	36	7	0	29	14
31	Dewsbury	36	5	0	31	10

Play-offs

Play-offs

	Semi-finals					Championship final
	1	Warrington	17
	4	Halifax	9
						Warrington		7
						Oldham		3
	2	Oldham	25
	3	Leeds	6

Final

14 May 1955

Warrington	7 – 3	Oldham
Tries: Bevan Goals: Bath (2)		Tries: Pitchford

Maine Road, Manchester Attendance: 49,434 Referee: A. Hill (Dewsbury)

Warrington	Number	Oldham
	Teams
Eric Frodsham	1	Frank Stirrup
Brian Bevan	2	Roland Barrow
Jim Challinor	3	Dick Cracknell
Albert Naughton	4	Alan Davies
Len Horton	5	Terry O'Grady
Jimmy Honey	6	Frank Daley
Gerry Helme	7	Frank Pitchford
Danny Naughton	8	Harry Ogden
Tom McKinney	9	Jack Keith
Gerry Lowe	10	Ken Jackson
Harry Bath	11	Charlie Winslade
Syd Phillips	12	Sid Little
Bob Ryan	13	Bryn Goldswain
	0
Ces Mountford	Coach

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1954–55 Challenge Cup

Barrow beat Workington Town 21–12 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 66,513. Captained by former Great Britain skipper Willie Horne, this was Barrow’s first Challenge Cup Final win, although have been runners-up on four other occasions. Jack Grundy, Barrow's Second-row was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

Barrow: Clive Best, Jimmy Lewthwaite, Phil Jackson, Dennis Goodwin, Frank Castle, Willie Horne, Edward Toohey, Les Belshaw, Vince McKeating, Frank Barton, Jack Grundy, Reg Parker, and Bill Healey.

Sources

• 1954-55 Rugby Football League season Archived 2010-08-13 at the Wayback Machine at Wigan.rlfans.com
• The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website