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The 1926–27 Challenge Cup was the 27th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
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.[2] 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.
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