1927–28 Challenge Cup

The 1927–28 Challenge Cup was the 28th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1927–28 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Swinton
Runners-up Warrington

First round
Date Home Score Away
11 FebruaryBarrow20–5York
11 FebruaryBatley31–2Cottingham
11 FebruaryBradford Northern17–0Twelve Apostles
11 FebruaryBramley[lower-alpha 1]2–5Hull FC
11 FebruaryCastleford7–3Salford
11 FebruaryDewsbury20–2Broughton Rangers
11 FebruaryFeatherstone Rovers28–0Keighley
11 FebruaryHalifax4–4Hunslet
11 FebruaryHull Kingston Rovers19–0Widnes
11 FebruaryOldham15–5St Helens
11 FebruaryRochdale Hornets5–2Leigh
11 FebruarySt Helens Recs12–0Wakefield Trinity
11 FebruaryWarrington43–2Kinsley[lower-alpha 2]
11 FebruaryWhitehaven Recs0–44Swinton
11 FebruaryWigan Highfield2–13Leeds
11 FebruaryWigan2–13Huddersfield
Source:[2]
  1. game played at Headingley
  2. Kinsley ceded home advantage

In the single first round replay Halifax beat Hunslet 16–2 on 15 February.[3]

Second round
Date Home Score Away
25 FebruaryBarrow8–11Oldham
25 FebruaryBatley12–6Bradford Northern
25 FebruaryCastleford3–0Featherstone Rovers
25 FebruaryDewsbury7-7Huddersfield
25 FebruaryHalifax2–3Swinton
25 FebruaryHull Kingston Rovers0–5Warrington
25 FebruaryLeeds13–12St Helens Recs
25 FebruaryRochdale Hornets3–3Hull 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
Date Home Score Away
10 MarchCastleford0–3Swinton
10 MarchHull FC0–0Batley
10 MarchLeeds10–5Oldham
10 MarchWarrington10–3Huddersfield
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
Date Drawn first Score Drawn second Venue Attendance Receipts
31 MarchSwinton5–3Hull FCFartown, Huddersfield12,000£794
31 MarchWarrington9–2LeedsAthletic Grounds, Rochdale22,000£1,463
Source:[10]

Final

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
  1. "Challenge Cup 1927/28". Rugby League Project.
  2. "Rugby League Challenge Cup: First Round". Athletic News (2, 731). 13 February 1928. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Summary of Results". Yorkshire Post (25, 148). 16 February 1928. p. 19 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Rugby League: Challenge Cup-Second Round". Leeds Mercury (27, 549). 27 February 1928. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Football Results: Rugby League". Leeds Mercury (27, 552). 1 March 1928. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Rugby League Cup". Western Daily Press (23, 442). 2 March 1928. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Rugby League Challenge Cup: Third Round". Athletic News (2, 735). 12 March 1928. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Rugby League: Challenge Cup Replay". Leeds Mercury (27, 569). 21 March 1928. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Hull as R.L. Cup Semi-Finalists". Hull Daily Mail (13, 251). 27 March 1928. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Rugby League Cup". Yorkshire Post (25, 187). 2 April 1928. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Rugby League Cup. Swinton's Third Success in the Final". The Manchester Guardian (25, 469). 16 April 1928. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "R.L. Cup Final". Hull Daily Mail (13, 269). 18 April 1928. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
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