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1925–26 Challenge Cup

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1925–26 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Swinton
Runners-up Oldham

The 1925–26 Challenge Cup was the 26th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

First round

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
13 Feb Barnsley Utd 0 Hull Kingston Rovers 28
13 Feb Barrow 44 Barrow Cambridge St 0
13 Feb Bradford Northern 2 Keighley 2
13 Feb Bramley 0 Rochdale Hornets 11
13 Feb Castleford 12 St Helens Recs 18
13 Feb Featherstone Rovers 7 Broughton Rangers 8
13 Feb Halifax 16 Dewsbury 0
13 Feb Hensingham 0 Huddersfield 33
13 Feb Hull FC 27 Pemberton Rovers 3
13 Feb Hunslet 7 Warrington 11
13 Feb Leigh 6 Oldham 18
13 Feb Salford 2 Leeds 3
13 Feb Swinton 19 Batley 9
13 Feb Widnes 7 St Helens 10
13 Feb Wigan Highfield 7 Wakefield Trinity 2
13 Feb Wigan 45 York 10
17 Feb Keighley 5 Bradford Northern 5
22 Feb Bradford Northern 9 Keighley 4

Second round

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
27 Feb Barrow 0 Halifax 3
27 Feb Bradford Northern 3 Hull Kingston Rovers 6
27 Feb Leeds 17 Wigan 10
27 Feb Oldham 12 Rochdale Hornets 3
27 Feb St Helens 7 Hull FC 10
27 Feb Swinton 8 Broughton Rangers 8
27 Feb Warrington 17 St Helens Recs 12
27 Feb Wigan Highfield 5 Huddersfield 3
03 Mar Broughton Rangers 3 Swinton 20

Quarterfinals

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
13 Mar Hull FC 15 Warrington 2
13 Mar Oldham 8 Halifax 5
13 Mar Swinton 24 Hull Kingston Rovers 3
13 Mar Wigan Highfield 11 Leeds 2

Semifinals

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
27 Mar Oldham 15 Wigan Highfield 6
27 Mar Swinton 13 Hull FC 2

Final

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Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.

This was Swinton's second appearance in the final and their second Cup final win. Their previous victory was in 1900.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Challenge Cup 1925/26". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.