Champions Oldham Top point-scorer(s) Lewis Jones 496 Start date 1956 | League Leaders Oldham Top try-scorer(s) Billy Boston 60 Champion Oldham Roughyeds | |
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The 1956–57 Rugby Football League season was the 62nd season of rugby league football.
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Season summary
Oldham finished the regular season as the league leaders and then won their fourth Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Hull 15-14 in the play-off final.
The Challenge Cup winners were Leeds who beat Barrow 9-7 in the final.
Oldham won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat St.Helens 10–3 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Hunslet 23–5 to win the Yorkshire Cup.
Challenge Cup
Leeds beat Barrow 9-7 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 76,318.
This was Leeds’ eighth Challenge Cup Final win in ten Final appearances. Jeff Stevenson, their scrum half back, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.