1955/56 Northern Rugby League

Stats

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Champions: Hull
Runners Up: Halifax
League Leaders: Warrington
Wooden Spoon: Batley
Top Tryscorer: ()
Top Pointscorer: ()

No. Of Teams: 30
No. Of Games: 526
No. Of Players: 0
No. Of Tries: *
No. Of Goals: *
No. Of F.Goals: *

Total Attendance: 36,675 *
Average Crowd: 36,675 *
Average Crowd (Reg. Season): *
Highest Crowd: 36,675 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season): *
Lowest Crowd: 36,675 *

Mean Scoreline: 22-9
Median Scoreline: 20-9
Highest Scoreline: 66-15
Lowest Scoreline: 0-4
Highest Team Score: Halifax (68-0)
Average PPG: 40.4

Ladder

		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	W%	F/A%	FPG	APG
1.	Warrington	17	16	-	1	433	140	293	17	11	6	-	279	209	70	34	27	6	1	712	349	80.88	204%	20.94	10.26
2.	Halifax	18	18	-	-	516	116	400	18	10	6	2	245	190	55	36	28	6	2	761	306	80.55	249%	21.14	8.50
3.	St Helens	17	15	2	-	503	171	332	17	12	5	-	263	180	83	34	27	7	-	766	351	79.41	218%	22.53	10.32
4.	Hull	18	16	1	1	449	201	248	18	9	9	-	271	257	14	36	25	10	1	720	458	70.83	157%	20.00	12.72
5.	Wigan	17	12	3	2	352	192	160	17	10	7	-	244	210	34	34	22	10	2	596	402	67.64	148%	17.53	11.82
6.	Featherstone R.	18	16	1	1	371	197	174	18	7	10	1	208	267	-59	36	23	11	2	579	464	66.66	125%	16.08	12.89
7.	Barrow	17	13	4	-	405	194	211	17	8	7	2	271	312	-41	34	21	11	2	676	506	64.70	134%	19.88	14.88
8.	Bradford N.	18	14	2	2	401	205	196	18	8	10	-	221	250	-29	36	22	12	2	622	455	63.88	137%	17.28	12.64
9.	Oldham	17	15	2	-	404	190	214	17	5	12	-	254	265	-11	34	20	14	-	658	455	58.82	145%	19.35	13.38
10.	Swinton	17	12	4	1	250	146	104	17	7	9	1	191	227	-36	34	19	13	2	441	373	58.82	118%	12.97	10.97
11.	Leigh	17	11	6	-	298	254	44	17	8	7	2	290	311	-21	34	19	13	2	588	565	58.82	104%	17.29	16.62
12.	Leeds	18	13	5	-	391	243	148	18	8	10	-	307	321	-14	36	21	15	-	698	564	58.33	124%	19.39	15.67
13.	York	18	14	4	-	316	155	161	18	6	12	-	187	317	-130	36	20	16	-	503	472	55.55	107%	13.97	13.11
14.	Huddersfield	18	12	6	-	368	228	140	18	6	11	1	238	316	-78	36	18	17	1	606	544	51.38	111%	16.83	15.11
15.	Workington	17	12	5	-	316	188	128	17	5	12	-	216	332	-116	34	17	17	-	532	520	50.00	102%	15.65	15.29
16.	Keighley	18	12	6	-	304	207	97	18	6	12	-	191	318	-127	36	18	18	-	495	525	50.00	94%	13.75	14.58
17.	Wakefield T.	18	13	5	-	362	215	147	18	4	14	-	219	324	-105	36	17	19	-	581	539	47.22	108%	16.14	14.97
18.	Hunslet	18	12	6	-	344	249	95	18	5	13	-	167	339	-172	36	17	19	-	511	588	47.22	87%	14.19	16.33
19.	Bramley	17	11	6	-	311	244	67	17	5	12	-	224	361	-137	34	16	18	-	535	605	47.05	88%	15.74	17.79
20.	Rochdale H.	17	10	7	-	265	215	50	17	5	12	-	210	299	-89	34	15	19	-	475	514	44.11	92%	13.97	15.12
21.	Whitehaven	17	10	6	1	293	159	134	17	4	13	-	189	340	-151	34	14	19	1	482	499	42.64	97%	14.18	14.68
22.	Salford	17	8	9	-	204	222	-18	17	5	11	1	187	353	-166	34	13	20	1	391	575	39.70	68%	11.50	16.91
23.	Widnes	17	9	8	-	263	214	49	17	2	15	-	140	305	-165	34	11	23	-	403	519	32.35	78%	11.85	15.26
24.	Hull KR	18	9	8	1	218	233	-15	18	2	16	-	147	514	-367	36	11	24	1	365	747	31.94	49%	10.14	20.75
25.	Doncaster	17	6	9	2	162	219	-57	17	1	13	3	187	373	-186	34	7	22	5	349	592	27.94	59%	10.26	17.41
26.	Blackpool B.	17	7	10	-	240	255	-15	17	2	15	-	209	490	-281	34	9	25	-	449	745	26.47	60%	13.21	21.91
27.	Castleford	18	8	10	-	290	296	-6	18	1	17	-	172	455	-283	36	9	27	-	462	751	25.00	62%	12.83	20.86
28.	Liverpool C.	17	6	11	-	236	322	-86	17	2	15	-	139	363	-224	34	8	26	-	375	685	23.52	55%	11.03	20.15
29.	Dewsbury	17	4	13	-	160	294	-134	17	4	13	-	155	406	-251	34	8	26	-	315	700	23.52	45%	9.26	20.59
30.	Batley	17	5	11	1	193	231	-38	17	2	15	-	174	414	-240	34	7	26	1	367	645	22.05	57%	10.79	18.97

Playoffs/Finals

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Semi Final

Apr 21

Semi Final

Final

May 12

Halifax

Hull

Maine Road

36,675

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Captain(s)					Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Barrow	7th	27	13	3	839	584	-	-	-	-	-	-	Craven Park	* 7,098
Batley	30th	7	28	1	380	688	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mount Pleasant	* 0	Wooden Spoon
Blackpool Borough	26th	9	27	1	490	799	-	-	-	-	-	-	St Anne's Road	* 12,502
Bradford Northern	8th	26	15	2	704	581	-	-	-	-	-	-	Odsal	* 5,271
Bramley	19th	17	20	0	566	660	-	-	-	-	-	-	Barley Mow	* 0
Castleford	27th	12	30	0	540	871	-	-	-	-	-	-	Wheldon Road	* 2,442
Dewsbury	29th	8	28	0	325	760	-	-	-	-	-	-	Crown Flatt	* 0
Doncaster	25th	7	24	5	372	627	-	-	-	-	-	-	Bentley Rd	* 0
Featherstone Rovers	6th	24	15	2	634	524	-	-	-	-	-	-	Post Office Road	* 4,042
Halifax	2nd	38	8	3	945	413	-	-	-	-	-	-	Thrum	* 12,492	Runners Up, Yorkshire Cup, Yorkshire League
Huddersfield	14th	22	19	1	691	631	-	-	-	-	-	-	Fartown	* 10,618
Hull	4th	30	13	2	833	544	-	-	-	-	-	-	Boulevard	* 0	League Champions
Hull Kingston Rovers	24th	12	26	1	391	790	-	-	-	-	-	-	Craven Park	* 0
Hunslet	18th	17	22	0	563	671	-	-	-	-	-	-	Parkside	* 0
Keighley	16th	19	20	1	555	577	-	-	-	-	-	-	Lawkholme Lane	* 3,881
Leeds	12th	23	18	0	757	638	-	-	-	-	-	-	Headingley	* 15,738
Leigh	11th	26	15	2	811	703	-	-	-	-	-	-	Kirkhall	* 3,536	Lancashire Cup
Liverpool City	28th	9	28	0	403	761	-	-	-	-	-	-	Knotty Ash	* 0
Oldham	9th	23	17	0	746	512	-	-	-	-	-	-	Watersheddings	* 0
Rochdale Hornets	20th	17	22	0	586	579	-	-	-	-	-	-	Athletic Ground	* 9,475
St Helens	3rd	33	9	1	946	429	-	-	-	-	-	-	Knowsley	* 11,327	Semi Final, Challenge Cup
Salford	22nd	13	23	1	404	645	-	-	-	-	-	-	The Willows	* 4,239
Swinton	10th	20	15	2	468	390	-	-	-	-	-	-	Station Road	* 0
Wakefield Trinity	17th	20	23	0	692	662	-	-	-	-	-	-	Belle Vue	* 4,907
Warrington	1st	32	9	1	864	461	-	-	-	-	-	-	Wilderspool	* 14,462	Semi Final, Lancashire League
Whitehaven	21st	14	21	1	503	533	-	-	-	-	-	-	Recreation Gnd	* 0
Widnes	23rd	14	25	0	475	584	-	-	-	-	-	-	Naughton	* 0
Wigan	5th	26	13	2	709	493	-	-	-	-	-	-	Central Park	* 19,386
Workington Town	15th	19	20	0	601	590	-	-	-	-	-	-	Borough Park	* 11,043
York	13th	21	18	0	530	527	-	-	-	-	-	-	Wigginton Rd	* 8,242

1955/56 Northern Rugby League

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Playoffs/Finals

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