1953–54 Northern Rugby Football League season
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The 1953–54 Rugby Football League season was the 59th season of rugby league football played in England. The championship, which involved thirty teams, started in August, 1953 and culminated in a finals play-off series in April, 1954 which resulted in a championship final between Warrington and Halifax. The season was also punctuated by the 1954 Rugby League World Cup, the first ever, and is also notable for its Challenge Cup final, which was drawn and had to be re-played, attracting a world record crowd for a rugby football match of either code.[1]
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1953–54 Northern Rugby Football League season | |
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League | Northern Rugby Football League |
Champions | Warrington |
League Leaders | Halifax |
Top point-scorer(s) | Peter Metcalfe 369 |
Top try-scorer(s) | Brian Bevan 67 |
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