1926–27 Challenge Cup

1926–27 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Oldham
Runners-up	Swinton

The 1926–27 Challenge Cup was the 27th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

First round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
12 Feb	Batley	32	Cottingham	5
12 Feb	Broughton Rangers	18	Castleford	5
12 Feb	Dearham	5	Dewsbury	20
12 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	14	Barrow	0
12 Feb	Halifax	37	Bramley	5
12 Feb	Hull FC	6	St Helens Recs	5
12 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	22	Keighley	3
12 Feb	Hunslet	10	Bradford Northern	5
12 Feb	Oldham	8	Salford	0
12 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	8	Leigh	2
12 Feb	Swinton	11	Huddersfield	2
12 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	13	Wigan Highfield	5
12 Feb	Warrington	3	Leeds	12
12 Feb	Widnes	23	Pontypridd	2
12 Feb	Wigan	51	Pemberton Rovers	11
12 Feb	York	9	St Helens	3

Second round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
26 Feb	Batley	7	Featherstone Rovers	0
26 Feb	Hull FC	29	Broughton Rangers	15
26 Feb	Hunslet	3	Oldham	15
26 Feb	Leeds	13	Wigan	3
26 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	0	Hull Kingston Rovers	14
26 Feb	Swinton	10	York	8
26 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	7	Halifax	2
26 Feb	Widnes	2	Dewsbury	2
01 Mar	Dewsbury	13	Widnes	2

Quarterfinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
12 Mar	Dewsbury	7	Hull Kingston Rovers	2
12 Mar	Leeds	5	Oldham	11
12 Mar	Swinton	19	Hull FC	2
12 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	10	Batley	6

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
02 Apr	Dewsbury	0	Swinton	10
02 Apr	Oldham	7	Wakefield Trinity	3

Final

In the Challenge Cup tournament's final Oldham faced Swinton. It was the first radio broadcast of the Challenge Cup final by the BBC. Oldham won 26-7 in the final played at Wigan in front of a crowd of 33,448. This was Oldham’s fourth consecutive appearance in the final and their second win in that period. It was their seventh overall appearance in a Challenge Cup final and their third success overall.