1950–51 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1950–51 Rugby Football League season was the 56th season of rugby league football.

1950–51 Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League
Champions Workington Town
League Leaders Warrington
Top point-scorer(s) Bert Cook 332
Top try-scorer(s) Brian Bevan 68

Season summary

Workington Town won their first, and to date, only Championship when they beat Warrington 26-11 in the play-off final. Warrington had finished the regular season as the league leaders.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Wigan who beat Barrow 10-0 in the final.[1]

Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Wigan beat Warrington 28–5 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Huddersfield beat Castleford 16–3 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

Team Pld W D L Pts
1Warrington36300660
2Wigan36291659
3Workington Town36270954
4Leigh362421050
5Leeds362401248
6St. Helens362211345
7Hunslet362211345
8Batley362111443
9Huddersfield362021442
10Wakefield Trinity361931441
11Halifax362001640
12Belle Vue Rangers361921540
13Dewsbury361921540
14Bradford Northern361901738
15Oldham361721736
16Keighley361631735
17Swinton361611933
18Hull361521932
19Salford361512031
20Barrow361422030
21Whitehaven361332029
22Rochdale Hornets361412129
23Hull Kingston Rovers361222226
24Bramley361132225
25Castleford361212325
26Featherstone Rovers361212325
27Widnes361012521
28York36812717
29Liverpool Stanley3621335

Play-offs

Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 Warrington 15
4 Leigh 9
Warrington 11
Workington Town 26
2 Wigan 5
3 Workington Town 8

Challenge Cup

Wigan beat Barrow 10–0 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 94,262. This was Wigan's fourth Cup Final win in nine Final appearances. It was also the third successive final that the losing team had failed to score.[2] Cec Mountford, Wigan's stand-off half back was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

European Championship

This was the eleventh European Championships and was won for the third time by France on points difference.[3]

Results

14 October
England  22–4  Wales
11 November
England  14–9  France
10 December
France  16–3   Other nationalities
31 March
Other nationalities   27–21  Wales
11 April
Other nationalities   35–10  England
15 April
France  28–13  Wales

Final standings

TeamPlayedWonDrewLostForAgainstDiffPoints
 France32015330+234
  Other nationalities32016547+184
 England32014648−24
 Wales30033877−390

Sources

References

  1. "1950-51 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 424. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
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