1944–45 Challenge Cup

1944–45 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Huddersfield
Runners-up	Bradford Northern

The 1944–45 Challenge Cup was the 44th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

Qualifier

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
03 Mar	Castleford	5	Halifax	8
10 Mar	Halifax	8	Castleford	3

First round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
17 Mar	Batley	7	Wakefield Trinity	10
17 Mar	Featherstone Rovers	4	Oldham	18
17 Mar	Halifax	10	Wigan	11
17 Mar	Hull FC	13	Dewsbury	18
17 Mar	Keighley	11	Hunslet	8
17 Mar	Leeds	5	Huddersfield	21
17 Mar	St Helens	8	Bradford Northern	15
17 Mar	York	12	Barrow	21
24 Mar	Barrow	19	York	5
24 Mar	Bradford Northern	34	St Helens	13
24 Mar	Dewsbury	23	Hull FC	9
24 Mar	Huddersfield	17	Leeds	3
24 Mar	Hunslet	4	Keighley	2
24 Mar	Oldham	8	Featherstone Rovers	7
24 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	24	Batley	12
24 Mar	Wigan	6	Halifax	21

Second round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
31 Mar	Bradford Northern	18	Wakefield Trinity	8
31 Mar	Dewsbury	5	Halifax	11
31 Mar	Huddersfield	13	Barrow	3
31 Mar	Keighley	11	Oldham	0
02 Apr	Barrow	6	Huddersfield	9
02 Apr	Halifax	19	Dewsbury	5
02 Apr	Oldham	8	Keighley	9
02 Apr	Wakefield Trinity	10	Bradford Northern	3

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
14 Apr	Halifax	6	Huddersfield	0
14 Apr	Keighley	5	Bradford Northern	0
21 Apr	Bradford Northern	35	Keighley	3
21 Apr	Huddersfield	10	Halifax	3

Final

In the final of the Rugby league Challenge Cup, Huddersfield beat Bradford Northern 13-9 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,541.

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
28 Apr	Huddersfield	7	Bradford Northern	4
05 May	Bradford Northern	5	Huddersfield	6