First Round
Date |
Team One |
Score One |
Team Two |
Score Two |
11 Feb | Castleford | 12 | Blackpool | 9 |
11 Feb | Huddersfield | 8 | Whitehaven | 4 |
11 Feb | Hull FC | 4 | Leeds | 9 |
11 Feb | Hunslet | 9 | Bradford Northern | 10 |
11 Feb | Keighley | 33 | Triangle Valve | 8 |
11 Feb | Leigh | 19 | Doncaster | 10 |
11 Feb | Oldham | 31 | Dewsbury | 2 |
11 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | 55 | Stanningley | 0 |
11 Feb | St Helens | 15 | Warrington | 6 |
11 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 30 | Bramley | 10 |
11 Feb | Widnes | 10 | Halifax | 22 |
11 Feb | Wigan | 24 | Featherstone Rovers | 11 |
11 Feb | Workington Town | 16 | Salford | 0 |
11 Feb | York | 2 | Barrow | 26 |
15 Feb | Liverpool | 13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 |
15 Feb | Swinton | 18 | Batley | 0 |
Second Round
Date |
Team One |
Score One |
Team Two |
Score Two |
03 Mar | Barrow | 47 | Liverpool | 5 |
03 Mar | Halifax | 10 | Workington Town | 3 |
03 Mar | Keighley | 3 | Wigan | 12 |
03 Mar | Leeds | 12 | Oldham | 7 |
03 Mar | Leigh | 5 | Wakefield Trinity | 11 |
03 Mar | Rochdale Hornets | 2 | Bradford Northern | 5 |
03 Mar | St Helens | 48 | Castleford | 5 |
03 Mar | Swinton | 6 | Huddersfield | 8 |
Quarter Finals
Date |
Team One |
Score One |
Team Two |
Score Two |
24 Mar | Leeds | 9 | Halifax | 14 |
24 Mar | St Helens | 53 | Bradford Northern | 6 |
24 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 10 | Barrow | 14 |
24 Mar | Wigan | 24 | Huddersfield | 2 |
Semi Finals
Date |
Team One |
Score One |
Team Two |
Score Two |
07 Apr | Halifax | 11 | Wigan | 10 |
07 Apr | St Helens | 5 | Barrow | 5 |
11 Apr | St Helens | 10 | Barrow | 5 |
Final
A marching band provides entertainment at Wembley Stadium before the 1956 Challenge Cup final.
In the Challenge Cup tournament's final St. Helens faced Halifax. Played on 28 April 1956 at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 79,341, St Helens won 13-2.[2] This was Saints' first Challenge Cup final win in five Final appearances.[3] Alan Prescott, their prop forward was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.
The St Helens team was greeted enthusiastically upon their return to the North. After detraining at Liverpool the team's open-top coach ride to St Helens attracted an estimated 100,000 people despite pouring rain.[4]
St Helens |
13 – 2 |
Halifax |
Try Carlton, Llewellyn, Prescott Goals Rhodes (2) |
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Goals Griffiths |
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1 | T Griffiths |
2 | A H Daniels |
3 | T W Lynch |
4 | G Palmer |
5 | J Freeman |
6 | K Dean |
7 | S Kelley |
8 | K Traill |
9 | A Fearnley |
10 | L Pearce |
11 | J Wilkinson |
12 | A Ackerley (c) |
13 | J Henderson |
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