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1946–47 Challenge Cup

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1946–47 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Bradford Northern
Runners-up Leeds

The 1946–47 Challenge Cup was the 46th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

First round

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
15 Feb Warrington 46 Brookland 3
22 Feb Castleford 19 Swinton 2
22 Feb Leigh 3 Wakefield Trinity 3
22 Feb Liverpool 27 Pemberton Rovers 6
22 Feb Oldham 3 Belle Vue Rangers 10
22 Feb Salford 5 Bradford Northern 2
22 Feb Widnes 13 Rochdale Hornets 2
22 Feb Wigan 24 Featherstone Rovers 11
22 Feb Workington Town 48 Widnes Dragons 0
01 Mar Brookland 3 Warrington 32
01 Mar Hunslet 2 Hull Kingston Rovers 3
01 Mar Pemberton Rovers 5 Liverpool 20
01 Mar Swinton 8 Castleford 7
01 Mar Wheldale 0 Halifax 25
01 Mar Widnes Dragons 5 Workington Town 21
08 Mar Belle Vue Rangers 0 Oldham 0
08 Mar Dewsbury 0 Huddersfield 3
08 Mar Hull FC 11 Bramley 3
08 Mar Hull Kingston Rovers 0 Hunslet 6
08 Mar Leeds 12 Barrow 0
08 Mar St Helens 17 Keighley 7
10 Mar Huddersfield 3 Dewsbury 0
11 Mar Keighley 8 St Helens 5
12 Mar Bradford Northern 10 Salford 0
12 Mar Bramley 2 Hull FC 28
12 Mar Halifax 20 Wheldale 10
12 Mar Rochdale Hornets 0 Widnes 11
12 Mar Wakefield Trinity 5 Leigh 0
12 Mar York 3 Batley 6
13 Mar Batley 11 York 0
13 Mar Featherstone Rovers 7 Wigan 13
13 Mar Barrow 0 Leeds 6

Second round

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
22 Mar Batley 2 Castleford 13
22 Mar Halifax 3 Workington Town 10
22 Mar Huddersfield 0 Bradford Northern 8
22 Mar Leeds 5 Hunslet 0
22 Mar Liverpool 10 Hull FC 5
22 Mar Wakefield Trinity 8 Widnes 5
22 Mar Warrington 24 St Helens 2
22 Mar Wigan 12 Belle Vue Rangers 5

Quarterfinals

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
29 Mar Bradford Northern 10 Workington Town 3
29 Mar Wakefield Trinity 15 Liverpool 0
29 Mar Warrington 5 Castleford 0
29 Mar Wigan 0 Leeds 5

Semifinals

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
19 Apr Leeds 21 Wakefield Trinity 0
19 Apr Warrington 7 Bradford Northern 11

Final

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3 May 1947
Bradford Northern 8 – 4 Leeds
Try Walters, Foster
DG E Ward
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Goals Cook (2)
Wembley, London
Attendance: 77,605
Referee: P Cowell (Warrington)
Player of the Match: Willie Davies
1 George Carmichael
2 Eric Batten
3 Jack Kitching
4 Ernest Ward
5 Emlyn Walters
6 Willie Davies
7 Donald Ward
8 Frank Whitcombe
9 Vic Darlison
10 Herbert Smith
11 Barry Tyler
12 Trevor Foster
13 Hagan Evans
Coach:
Dai Rees
1 Bert Cook
2 E. C. Whitehead
3 Gareth Price
4 T. L. Williams
5 A. T. Cornelius
6 Dickie Williams
7 Dai Jenkins
8 C Brereton
9 Con Murphy
10 Dai Prosser
11 Arthur Clues
12 Alf Watson
13 Ike Owens
Coach:

Leeds reached the Wembley final for the second time, doing so without conceding a single point in the final five rounds of the tournament.[3] However Bradford Northern beat Leeds 8-4 in the final in front of a crowd of 77,605. Trevor Foster and Emlyn Walters scored Bradford's tries and were converted by Ernest Ward. Willie Davies, Bradford Northern's stand-off half back, won the Lance Todd Trophy for man of the match.[4]

This was Bradford's third Cup final win in five Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Challenge Cup 1946/47". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ "Our Rugby Football Correspondent, and Our Special Correspondent. "Rugby Football." Times [London, England] 5 May 1947". The Times.
  3. ^ Demsteader, Christine (2000-10-01). "Rugby League's home from home". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  4. ^ "Bradford Bulls History". Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  5. ^ "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.