1927–28 Challenge Cup
| Duration | 5 rounds |
|---|---|
| Winners |  Swinton |
| Runners-up |  Warrington |
The 1927–28 Challenge Cup was the 28th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
First round[edit]
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 February | Barrow | 20–5 | York |
| 11 February | Batley | 31–2 | Cottingham |
| 11 February | Bradford Northern | 17–0 | Twelve Apostles |
| 11 February | Bramley[a] | 2–5 | Hull FC |
| 11 February | Castleford | 7–3 | Salford |
| 11 February | Dewsbury | 20–2 | Broughton Rangers |
| 11 February | Featherstone Rovers | 28–0 | Keighley |
| 11 February | Halifax | 4–4 | Hunslet |
| 11 February | Hull Kingston Rovers | 19–0 | Widnes |
| 11 February | Oldham | 15–5 | St Helens |
| 11 February | Rochdale Hornets | 5–2 | Leigh |
| 11 February | St Helens Recs | 12–0 | Wakefield Trinity |
| 11 February | Warrington | 43–2 | Kinsley[b] |
| 11 February | Whitehaven Recs | 0–44 | Swinton |
| 11 February | Wigan Highfield | 2–13 | Leeds |
| 11 February | Wigan | 2–13 | Huddersfield |
| Source:[2] | |||
- ^ game played at Headingley
- ^ Kinsley ceded home advantage
In the single first round replay Halifax beat Hunslet 16–2 on 15 February.[3]
Second round[edit]
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 February | Barrow | 8–11 | Oldham |
| 25 February | Batley | 12–6 | Bradford Northern |
| 25 February | Castleford | 3–0 | Featherstone Rovers |
| 25 February | Dewsbury | 7-7 | Huddersfield |
| 25 February | Halifax | 2–3 | Swinton |
| 25 February | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0–5 | Warrington |
| 25 February | Leeds | 13–12 | St Helens Recs |
| 25 February | Rochdale Hornets | 3–3 | Hull FC |
| Source:[4] | |||
In the two replays Huddersfield beat Dewsbury 16–8 on 29 February and Hull FC beat 16–0 on 1 March.[5][6]
Third round[edit]
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 March | Castleford | 0–3 | Swinton |
| 10 March | Hull FC | 0–0 | Batley |
| 10 March | Leeds | 10–5 | Oldham |
| 10 March | Warrington | 10–3 | Huddersfield |
| Source:[7] | |||
Having played out a scoreless game Batley and Hull FC repeated the score in a replay on 20 March and the tie went to a second replay which Hull won 6–2 on neutral territory, Headingley, on 26 March.[8][9]
Semi-finals[edit]
| Date | Drawn first | Score | Drawn second | Venue | Attendance | Receipts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March | Swinton | 5–3 | Hull FC | Fartown, Huddersfield | 12,000 | £794 |
| 31 March | Warrington | 9–2 | Leeds | Athletic Grounds, Rochdale | 22,000 | £1,463 |
| Source:[10] | ||||||
Final[edit]
Swinton beat Warrington 5–3 in the final played at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 14 April 1928.[11] The game generated receipts of £3159 1s 11d and the attendance of 33,909 set a new record for a game at Central Park.[12]
This was Swinton's third Challenge Cup Final win from four Final appearances and completed a League and Cup double for the club.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ "Challenge Cup 1927/28". Rugby League Project.
- ^ "Rugby League Challenge Cup: First Round". Athletic News. No. 2,731. 13 February 1928. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Summary of Results". Yorkshire Post. No. 25,148. 16 February 1928. p. 19 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby League: Challenge Cup-Second Round". Leeds Mercury. No. 27,549. 27 February 1928. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Football Results: Rugby League". Leeds Mercury. No. 27,552. 1 March 1928. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby League Cup". Western Daily Press. No. 23,442. 2 March 1928. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby League Challenge Cup: Third Round". Athletic News. No. 2,735. 12 March 1928. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby League: Challenge Cup Replay". Leeds Mercury. No. 27,569. 21 March 1928. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hull as R.L. Cup Semi-Finalists". Hull Daily Mail. No. 13,251. 27 March 1928. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby League Cup". Yorkshire Post. No. 25,187. 2 April 1928. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby League Cup. Swinton's Third Success in the Final". The Manchester Guardian. No. 25,469. 16 April 1928. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "R.L. Cup Final". Hull Daily Mail. No. 13,269. 18 April 1928. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.