1955–56 Challenge Cup

The 1955–56 Challenge Cup was the 55th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1955–56 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners St Helens
Runners-up Halifax
Lance Todd Trophy Alan Prescott

First Round
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
11 FebCastleford12Blackpool9
11 FebHuddersfield8Whitehaven4
11 FebHull FC4Leeds9
11 FebHunslet9Bradford Northern10
11 FebKeighley33Triangle Valve8
11 FebLeigh19Doncaster10
11 FebOldham31Dewsbury2
11 FebRochdale Hornets55Stanningley0
11 FebSt Helens15Warrington6
11 FebWakefield Trinity30Bramley10
11 FebWidnes10Halifax22
11 FebWigan24Featherstone Rovers11
11 FebWorkington Town16Salford0
11 FebYork2Barrow26
15 FebLiverpool13Hull Kingston Rovers5
15 FebSwinton18Batley0

Second Round
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
03 MarBarrow47Liverpool5
03 MarHalifax10Workington Town3
03 MarKeighley3Wigan12
03 MarLeeds12Oldham7
03 MarLeigh5Wakefield Trinity11
03 MarRochdale Hornets2Bradford Northern5
03 MarSt Helens48Castleford5
03 MarSwinton6Huddersfield8

Quarter Finals
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
24 MarLeeds9Halifax14
24 MarSt Helens53Bradford Northern6
24 MarWakefield Trinity10Barrow14
24 MarWigan24Huddersfield2

Semi Finals
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
07 AprHalifax11Wigan10
07 AprSt Helens5Barrow5
11 AprSt Helens10Barrow5

Final
A marching band provides entertainment at Wembley Stadium before the 1956 Challenge Cup final.

In the Challenge Cup tournament's final St. Helens faced Halifax. Played on 28 April 1956 at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 79,341, St Helens won 13-2.[2] This was Saints' first Challenge Cup final win in five Final appearances.[3] Alan Prescott, their prop forward was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

The St Helens team was greeted enthusiastically upon their return to the North. After detraining at Liverpool the team's open-top coach ride to St Helens attracted an estimated 100,000 people despite pouring rain.[4]

28 April 1956
St Helens 13 – 2 Halifax
Try Carlton, Llewellyn, Prescott
Goals Rhodes (2)		 [5] Goals Griffiths
Wembley, London
Attendance: 79,341 (HT 0-0)
Man of the Match: Alan Prescott
1Glyn Moses
2Steve Llewellyn
3Duggie Greenall
4Brian Howard
5Frank Carlton
6Bill Finnan
7Austin Rhodes
8Alan Prescott (c)
9Len McIntyre
10Nat Silcock Jr.
11George Parsons
12Roy Robinson
13Vince Karalius
Coach:
Jim Sullivan
1Tyssul Griffiths
2Arthur Daniels
3Thomas Lynch
4Geoffrey "Geoff" Palmer
5John Freeman
6Ken Dean
7Stan Kielty
8Ken Traill
9Albert Fearnley
10Les Pearce
11Jack Wilkinson
12Alvin Ackerley (c)
13John Henderson
Coach:

References
  1. "Challenge Cup 1955/56". Rugby League Project.
  2. "1956 Challenge Cup final". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. Jeff Hill, Jack Williams (1996). Sport and Identity in the North of England. UK: Keele University Press. p. 98 & 99. ISBN 9781853310829.
  5. "Our Rugby Football Correspondent. "London Welsh Win Middlesex Seven-A-Sides." Times [London, England] 30 Apr. 1956". The Times Digital Archive.
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