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.[1]

Qualifier

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
03 MarCastleford5Halifax8
10 MarHalifax8Castleford3

First Round

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
17 MarBatley7Wakefield Trinity10
17 MarFeatherstone Rovers4Oldham18
17 MarHalifax10Wigan11
17 MarHull FC13Dewsbury18
17 MarKeighley11Hunslet8
17 MarLeeds5Huddersfield21
17 MarSt Helens8Bradford Northern15
17 MarYork12Barrow21
24 MarBarrow19York5
24 MarBradford Northern34St Helens13
24 MarDewsbury23Hull FC9
24 MarHuddersfield17Leeds3
24 MarHunslet4Keighley2
24 MarOldham8Featherstone Rovers7
24 MarWakefield Trinity24Batley12
24 MarWigan6Halifax21

Second Round

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
31 MarBradford Northern18Wakefield Trinity8
31 MarDewsbury5Halifax11
31 MarHuddersfield13Barrow3
31 MarKeighley11Oldham0
02 AprBarrow6Huddersfield9
02 AprHalifax19Dewsbury5
02 AprOldham8Keighley9
02 AprWakefield Trinity10Bradford Northern3

Semi Finals

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
14 AprHalifax6Huddersfield0
14 AprKeighley5Bradford Northern0
21 AprBradford Northern35Keighley3
21 AprHuddersfield10Halifax3

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 AprHuddersfield7Bradford Northern4
05 MayBradford Northern5Huddersfield6

References

  1. ↑ "Challenge Cup 1944/45". Rugby League Project.
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