1951–52 Challenge Cup

The 1951–52 Challenge Cup was the 51st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1951–52 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Workington Town
Runners-up Featherstone Rovers

First round

First leg
First round, first leg scores
Date Home Score Away
9 Feb 1952Batley9–9Bramley
9 Feb 1952Bradford Northern6–5Doncaster
9 Feb 1952Cardiff7–7Dewsbury
9 Feb 1952Castleford4–5Swinton
9 Feb 1952Huddersfield5–13Halifax
9 Feb 1952Hull FC8–6Oldham
9 Feb 1952Leeds44–14Hull Kingston Rovers
9 Feb 1952Leigh11–4Keighley
9 Feb 1952Rochdale Hornets7–8Featherstone Rovers
9 Feb 1952St Helens6–5Belle Vue Rangers
9 Feb 1952Salford13–6Hunslet
9 Feb 1952Wakefield Trinity18–13Wigan
9 Feb 1952Warrington28–4Liverpool
9 Feb 1952Whitehaven16–0Rylands Recs
9 Feb 1952Widnes5–5Barrow
9 Feb 1952York7–18Workington Town

Second leg
First round, second leg scores
Date Home Score Away
16 Feb 1952Barrow8–2Widnes
16 Feb 1952Belle Vue Rangers4–9St Helens
16 Feb 1952Bramley0–9Batley
16 Feb 1952Dewsbury16–0Cardiff
16 Feb 1952Doncaster4–7Bradford Northern
16 Feb 1952Featherstone Rovers17–2Rochdale Hornets
16 Feb 1952Halifax5–5Huddersfield
16 Feb 1952Hull Kingston Rovers3–5Leeds
16 Feb 1952Hunslet6–3Salford
16 Feb 1952Keighley0–8Leigh
16 Feb 1952Liverpool6–6Warrington
16 Feb 1952Oldham24–0Hull FC
16 Feb 1952Rylands Recs[lower-alpha 1]9–9Whitehaven
16 Feb 1952Swinton2–9Castleford
16 Feb 1952Wigan40–3Wakefield Trinity
16 Feb 1952Workington Town42–5York
  1. Match played at Warrington's ground, Wilderspool

Second round
Second round scores
Date Home Score Away
1 Mar 1952Batley4–11Featherstone Rovers
1 Mar 1952Castleford6–7Leigh
1 Mar 1952Leeds12–9Oldham
1 Mar 1952Salford6–11Barrow
1 Mar 1952Warrington26–9Dewsbury
1 Mar 1952Whitehaven7–5Halifax
1 Mar 1952Wigan28–12Bradford Northern
8 Mar 1952Workington Town15–4St Helens

Quarter-finals
Quarter-final scores
Date Home Score Away
15 Mar 1952Featherstone Rovers14–11Wigan
15 Mar 1952Leigh9–5Leeds
15 Mar 1952Whitehaven2–10Barrow
15 Mar 1952Workington Town14–0Warrington

Semi-finals
Semi-final scores
Date Home Score Away
29 Mar 1952Barrow2–5Workington Town
29 Mar 1952Featherstone Rovers6–2Leigh

Final

Workington Town beat Featherstone Rovers 18–10 in the final played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 19 April 1952 in front of a crowd of 72,093. Workington full-back and captain-coach Gus Risman became the oldest player to appear in a Cup final at age 41.[2] Three Australians, Tony Paskins, John Mudge and Bevan Wilson came up with decisive plays to help relative newcomers Workington to victory.[3] It was the club's first Challenge Cup win in their first appearance in the final.[4] Billy Ivison, Workington Town's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

19 April 1952
Workington Town 18 – 10 Featherstone Rovers
Try Lawrenson (2), Mudge, Wilson
Goals Risman (3)		 [5] Try Batten, Evans
Goals Miller (2)
Wembley, London
Attendance: 72,093
Referee: A F Appleton (Warrington)
Man of the Match: Billy Ivison
1Gus Risman (c)
2Johnny H. Lawrenson
3Tony Paskins
4Eppie Gibson
5George Wilson
6John H. Thomas
7Albert Pepperell
8Jimmy Hayton
9Vince McKeating
10Jimmy Wareing
11Rupert Mudge
12Bevan Wilson
13Billy Ivison
Coach:
Gus Risman
1Freddie Miller
2Eric Batten (c)
3Donald Metcalfe
4Alan Tennant
5Norman Mitchell
6Ray Cording
7Ray Evans
8Ken Welburn
9Bill Bradshaw
10John Daly
11Laurie Gant
12Fred Hulme
13Cliff Lambert
Coach:
Eric Batten

References
  1. "Challenge Cup 1951/52". Rugby League Project.
  2. news.bbc.co.uk (11 May 2004). "Cup final facts". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. AAP (London) (1952-04-21). "Australians star in Cup Final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  4. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  5. "Workington's Speed Tells". The Manchester Guardian (32, 915). 21 April 1952. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
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