1951–52 Challenge Cup

1951–52 Challenge Cup
Duration 5 rounds
Winners Workington Town
Runners-up Featherstone Rovers

The 1951–52 Challenge Cup was the 51st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

First Round

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
09 FebBatley9Bramley9
09 FebBradford Northern6Doncaster5
09 FebCardiff7Dewsbury7
09 FebCastleford4Swinton5
09 FebHuddersfield5Halifax13
09 FebHull FC8Oldham6
09 FebLeeds44Hull Kingston Rovers14
09 FebLeigh11Keighley4
09 FebRochdale Hornets7Featherstone Rovers8
09 FebSt Helens6Belle Vue Rangers5
09 FebSalford13Hunslet6
09 FebWakefield Trinity18Wigan13
09 FebWarrington28Liverpool4
09 FebWhitehaven16Rylands Recs0
09 FebWidnes5Barrow5
09 FebYork7Workington Town18
16 FebBarrow8Widnes2
16 FebBelle Vue Rangers4St Helens9
16 FebBramley0Batley9
16 FebDewsbury16Cardiff0
16 FebDoncaster4Bradford Northern7
16 FebFeatherstone Rovers17Rochdale Hornets2
16 FebHalifax5Huddersfield5
16 FebHull Kingston Rovers3Leeds5
16 FebHunslet6Salford3
16 FebKeighley0Leigh8
16 FebLiverpool6Warrington6
16 FebOldham24Hull FC0
16 FebRylands Recs9Whitehaven9
16 FebSwinton2Castleford9
16 FebWigan40Wakefield Trinity3
16 FebWorkington Town42York5

Second Round

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
01 MarBatley4Featherstone Rovers11
01 MarCastleford6Leigh7
01 MarLeeds12Oldham9
01 MarSalford6Barrow11
01 MarWarrington26Dewsbury9
01 MarWhitehaven7Halifax5
01 MarWigan28Bradford Northern12
08 MarWorkington Town15St Helens4

Quarter Finals

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
15 MarFeatherstone Rovers14Wigan11
15 MarLeigh9Leeds5
15 MarWhitehaven2Barrow10
15 MarWorkington Town14Warrington0

Semi Finals

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
29 MarBarrow2Workington Town5
29 MarFeatherstone Rovers6Leigh2

Final

Workington Town beat Featherstone Rovers 18-10 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 19 April 1952 in front of a crowd of 72,093. Workington full-back and captain-coach Gus Risman became the oldest player to appear in a Cup final at age 41.[2] Three Australians, Tony Paskins, John Mudge and Bevan Wilson came up with decisive plays to help relative newcomers Workington to victory.[3] It was the club's first Cup Final win in their first Final appearance.[4] Billy Ivison, Workington Town's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

Final

19 April 1952
Workington Town 18 – 10 Featherstone Rovers
Try Lawrenson (2), Mudge, Wilson
Goals Risman (3)		 [5] Try Batten, Evans
Goals Miller (2)
Wembley, London
Attendance: 72,093
Referee: A F Appleton (Warrington)
Man of the Match: Billy Ivison
1Gus Risman (c)
2Johnny H. Lawrenson
3Tony Paskins
4Eppie Gibson
5George Wilson
6John H. Thomas
7Albert Pepperell
8Jimmy Hayton
9Vince McKeating
10James "Jimmy" V. Wareing
11Rupert Mudge
12Bevan Wilson
13Billy Ivison
Coach:
Gus Risman
1Freddie Miller
2Eric Batten (c)
3Donald Metcalfe
4Alan Tennant
5Norman Mitchell
6Ray Cording
7Ray Evans
8Ken Welburn
9Bill Bradshaw
10John Daly
11Laurie Gant
12Fred Hulme
13Cliff Lambert
Coach:
Eric Batten

References

  1. ↑ "Challenge Cup 1951/52". Rugby League Project.
  2. ↑ news.bbc.co.uk (11 May 2004). "Cup final facts". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. ↑ AAP (London) (1952-04-21). "Australians star in Cup Final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  4. ↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  5. ↑ "OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. "Rugby League Cup Final." Times [London, England] 21 Apr. 1952". The Times Digital Archive.
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