Duration | 5 rounds |
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Winners |
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Runners-up |
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The 1927β28 Challenge Cup was the 28th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. [1]
Date | Home | Score | Away |
---|---|---|---|
11 February | Barrow | 20β5 | York |
11 February | Batley | 31β2 | Cottingham |
11 February | Bradford Northern | 17β0 | Twelve Apostles |
11 February | Bramley [a] | 2β5 | Hull FC |
11 February | Castleford | 7β3 | Salford |
11 February | Dewsbury | 20β2 | Broughton Rangers |
11 February | Featherstone Rovers | 28β0 | Keighley |
11 February | Halifax | 4β4 | Hunslet |
11 February | Hull Kingston Rovers | 19β0 | Widnes |
11 February | Oldham | 15β5 | St Helens |
11 February | Rochdale Hornets | 5β2 | Leigh |
11 February | St Helens Recs | 12β0 | Wakefield Trinity |
11 February | Warrington | 43β2 | Kinsley [b] |
11 February | Whitehaven Recs | 0β44 | Swinton |
11 February | Wigan Highfield | 2β13 | Leeds |
11 February | Wigan | 2β13 | Huddersfield |
Source: [2] |
In the single first round replay Halifax beat Hunslet 16β2 on 15 February. [3]
Date | Home | Score | Away |
---|---|---|---|
25 February | Barrow | 8β11 | Oldham |
25 February | Batley | 12β6 | Bradford Northern |
25 February | Castleford | 3β0 | Featherstone Rovers |
25 February | Dewsbury | 7-7 | Huddersfield |
25 February | Halifax | 2β3 | Swinton |
25 February | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0β5 | Warrington |
25 February | Leeds | 13β12 | St Helens Recs |
25 February | Rochdale Hornets | 3β3 | Hull FC |
Source: [4] |
In the two replays Huddersfield beat Dewsbury 16β8 on 29 February and Hull FC beat 16β0 on 1 March. [5] [6]
Date | Home | Score | Away |
---|---|---|---|
10 March | Castleford | 0β3 | Swinton |
10 March | Hull FC | 0β0 | Batley |
10 March | Leeds | 10β5 | Oldham |
10 March | Warrington | 10β3 | 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 6β2 on neutral territory, Headingley, on 26 March. [8] [9]
Date | Drawn first | Score | Drawn second | Venue | Attendance | Receipts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 March | Swinton | 5β3 | Hull FC | Fartown, Huddersfield | 12,000 | Β£794 |
31 March | Warrington | 9β2 | Leeds | Athletic Grounds, Rochdale | 22,000 | Β£1,463 |
Source: [10] |
Swinton beat Warrington 5β3 in the final played at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 14 April 1928. [11] The game generated receipts of Β£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]
Duration | 5 rounds |
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Winners |
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Runners-up |
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The 1927β28 Challenge Cup was the 28th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. [1]
Date | Home | Score | Away |
---|---|---|---|
11 February | Barrow | 20β5 | York |
11 February | Batley | 31β2 | Cottingham |
11 February | Bradford Northern | 17β0 | Twelve Apostles |
11 February | Bramley [a] | 2β5 | Hull FC |
11 February | Castleford | 7β3 | Salford |
11 February | Dewsbury | 20β2 | Broughton Rangers |
11 February | Featherstone Rovers | 28β0 | Keighley |
11 February | Halifax | 4β4 | Hunslet |
11 February | Hull Kingston Rovers | 19β0 | Widnes |
11 February | Oldham | 15β5 | St Helens |
11 February | Rochdale Hornets | 5β2 | Leigh |
11 February | St Helens Recs | 12β0 | Wakefield Trinity |
11 February | Warrington | 43β2 | Kinsley [b] |
11 February | Whitehaven Recs | 0β44 | Swinton |
11 February | Wigan Highfield | 2β13 | Leeds |
11 February | Wigan | 2β13 | Huddersfield |
Source: [2] |
In the single first round replay Halifax beat Hunslet 16β2 on 15 February. [3]
Date | Home | Score | Away |
---|---|---|---|
25 February | Barrow | 8β11 | Oldham |
25 February | Batley | 12β6 | Bradford Northern |
25 February | Castleford | 3β0 | Featherstone Rovers |
25 February | Dewsbury | 7-7 | Huddersfield |
25 February | Halifax | 2β3 | Swinton |
25 February | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0β5 | Warrington |
25 February | Leeds | 13β12 | St Helens Recs |
25 February | Rochdale Hornets | 3β3 | Hull FC |
Source: [4] |
In the two replays Huddersfield beat Dewsbury 16β8 on 29 February and Hull FC beat 16β0 on 1 March. [5] [6]
Date | Home | Score | Away |
---|---|---|---|
10 March | Castleford | 0β3 | Swinton |
10 March | Hull FC | 0β0 | Batley |
10 March | Leeds | 10β5 | Oldham |
10 March | Warrington | 10β3 | 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 6β2 on neutral territory, Headingley, on 26 March. [8] [9]
Date | Drawn first | Score | Drawn second | Venue | Attendance | Receipts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 March | Swinton | 5β3 | Hull FC | Fartown, Huddersfield | 12,000 | Β£794 |
31 March | Warrington | 9β2 | Leeds | Athletic Grounds, Rochdale | 22,000 | Β£1,463 |
Source: [10] |
Swinton beat Warrington 5β3 in the final played at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 14 April 1928. [11] The game generated receipts of Β£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]