1946–47 Challenge Cup

1946–47 Challenge Cup
Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Bradford Northern
Runners-up	Leeds
	← 1945–46; 1947–48 →;

The 1946–47 Challenge Cup was the 46th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

First round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
15 Feb	Warrington	46	Brookland	3
22 Feb	Castleford	19	Swinton	2
22 Feb	Leigh	3	Wakefield Trinity	3
22 Feb	Liverpool	27	Pemberton Rovers	6
22 Feb	Oldham	3	Belle Vue Rangers	10
22 Feb	Salford	5	Bradford Northern	2
22 Feb	Widnes	13	Rochdale Hornets	2
22 Feb	Wigan	24	Featherstone Rovers	11
22 Feb	Workington Town	48	Widnes Dragons	0
01 Mar	Brookland	3	Warrington	32
01 Mar	Hunslet	2	Hull Kingston Rovers	3
01 Mar	Pemberton Rovers	5	Liverpool	20
01 Mar	Swinton	8	Castleford	7
01 Mar	Wheldale	0	Halifax	25
01 Mar	Widnes Dragons	5	Workington Town	21
08 Mar	Belle Vue Rangers	0	Oldham	0
08 Mar	Dewsbury	0	Huddersfield	3
08 Mar	Hull FC	11	Bramley	3
08 Mar	Hull Kingston Rovers	0	Hunslet	6
08 Mar	Leeds	12	Barrow	0
08 Mar	St Helens	17	Keighley	7
10 Mar	Huddersfield	3	Dewsbury	0
11 Mar	Keighley	8	St Helens	5
12 Mar	Bradford Northern	10	Salford	0
12 Mar	Bramley	2	Hull FC	28
12 Mar	Halifax	20	Wheldale	10
12 Mar	Rochdale Hornets	0	Widnes	11
12 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	5	Leigh	0
12 Mar	York	3	Batley	6
13 Mar	Batley	11	York	0
13 Mar	Featherstone Rovers	7	Wigan	13
13 Mar	Barrow	0	Leeds	6

Second round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
22 Mar	Batley	2	Castleford	13
22 Mar	Halifax	3	Workington Town	10
22 Mar	Huddersfield	0	Bradford Northern	8
22 Mar	Leeds	5	Hunslet	0
22 Mar	Liverpool	10	Hull FC	5
22 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	8	Widnes	5
22 Mar	Warrington	24	St Helens	2
22 Mar	Wigan	12	Belle Vue Rangers	5

Quarterfinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
29 Mar	Bradford Northern	10	Workington Town	3
29 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	15	Liverpool	0
29 Mar	Warrington	5	Castleford	0
29 Mar	Wigan	0	Leeds	5

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
19 Apr	Leeds	21	Wakefield Trinity	0
19 Apr	Warrington	7	Bradford Northern	11

Final

3 May 1947

Bradford Northern	8 – 4	Leeds
Try Walters, Foster DG E Ward	^[2]	Goals Cook (2)

Wembley, London
Attendance: 77,605
Referee: P Cowell (Warrington)
Player of the Match: Willie Davies


1	George Carmichael
2	Eric Batten
3	Jack Kitching
4	Ernest Ward
5	Emlyn Walters
6	Willie Davies
7	Donald Ward
8	Frank Whitcombe
9	Vic Darlison
10	Herbert Smith
11	Barry Tyler
12	Trevor Foster
13	Hagan Evans
Coach:
Dai Rees


1	Bert Cook
2	E. C. Whitehead
3	Gareth Price
4	T. L. Williams
5	A. T. Cornelius
6	Dickie Williams
7	Dai Jenkins
8	C Brereton
9	Con Murphy
10	Dai Prosser
11	Arthur Clues
12	Alf Watson
13	Ike Owens
Coach:

Leeds reached the Wembley final for the second time, doing so without conceding a single point in the final five rounds of the tournament.^[3] However Bradford Northern beat Leeds 8-4 in the final in front of a crowd of 77,605. Trevor Foster and Emlyn Walters scored Bradford's tries and were converted by Ernest Ward. Willie Davies, Bradford Northern's stand-off half back, won the Lance Todd Trophy for man of the match.^[4]

This was Bradford's third Cup final win in five Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.^[5]

References

^ "Challenge Cup 1946/47". Rugby League Project.
^ "Our Rugby Football Correspondent, and Our Special Correspondent. "Rugby Football." Times [London, England] 5 May 1947". The Times.
^ Demsteader, Christine (2000-10-01). "Rugby League's home from home". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
^ "Bradford Bulls History". Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
^ "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

[1] "Challenge Cup 1946/47". Rugby League Project.

[2] "Our Rugby Football Correspondent, and Our Special Correspondent. "Rugby Football." Times [London, England] 5 May 1947". The Times.

[3] Demsteader, Christine (2000-10-01). "Rugby League's home from home". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 2009-12-04.

[4] "Bradford Bulls History". Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2009-10-24.

[5] "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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