The 1927–28 Challenge Cup was the 28th staging of rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup .[ 1]
First round
Date
Home
Score
Away
11 February
Barrow
20–5
York
11 February
Batley
31–2
Cottingham
11 February
Bradford Northern
17–0
Twelve Apostles
11 February
Bramley[ a]
2–5
Hull FC
11 February
Castleford
7–3
Salford
11 February
Dewsbury
20–2
Broughton Rangers
11 February
Featherstone Rovers
28–0
Keighley
11 February
Halifax
4–4
Hunslet
11 February
Hull Kingston Rovers
19–0
Widnes
11 February
Oldham
15–5
St Helens
11 February
Rochdale Hornets
5–2
Leigh
11 February
St Helens Recs
12–0
Wakefield Trinity
11 February
Warrington
43–2
Kinsley[ b]
11 February
Whitehaven Recs
0–44
Swinton
11 February
Wigan Highfield
2–13
Leeds
11 February
Wigan
2–13
Huddersfield
Source:[ 2]
In the single first round replay Halifax beat Hunslet 16–2 on 15 February.[ 3]
Second round
Date
Home
Score
Away
25 February
Barrow
8–11
Oldham
25 February
Batley
12–6
Bradford Northern
25 February
Castleford
3–0
Featherstone Rovers
25 February
Dewsbury
7-7
Huddersfield
25 February
Halifax
2–3
Swinton
25 February
Hull Kingston Rovers
0–5
Warrington
25 February
Leeds
13–12
St Helens Recs
25 February
Rochdale Hornets
3–3
Hull FC
Source:[ 4]
In the two replays Huddersfield beat Dewsbury 16–8 on 29 February and Hull FC beat 16–0 on 1 March.[ 5] [ 6]
Third round
Date
Home
Score
Away
10 March
Castleford
0–3
Swinton
10 March
Hull FC
0–0
Batley
10 March
Leeds
10–5
Oldham
10 March
Warrington
10–3
Huddersfield
Source:[ 7]
Having played out a scoreless game Batley and Hull FC repeated the score in a replay on 20 March and the tie went to a second replay which Hull won 6–2 on neutral territory, Headingley, on 26 March.[ 8] [ 9]
Semi-finals
Date
Drawn first
Score
Drawn second
Venue
Attendance
Receipts
31 March
Swinton
5–3
Hull FC
Fartown , Huddersfield
12,000
£794
31 March
Warrington
9–2
Leeds
Athletic Grounds , Rochdale
22,000
£1,463
Source:[ 10]
Final
Swinton beat Warrington 5–3 in the final played at Central Park , Wigan on Saturday 14 April 1928.[ 11] The game generated receipts of £3159 1s 11d and the attendance of 33,909 set a new record for a game at Central Park.[ 12]
This was Swinton's third Challenge Cup Final win from four Final appearances and completed a League and Cup double for the club.[ 13]
References
^ "Challenge Cup 1927/28" . Rugby League Project.
^ "Rugby League Challenge Cup: First Round" . Athletic News . No. 2,731. 13 February 1928. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Summary of Results" . Yorkshire Post . No. 25,148. 16 February 1928. p. 19 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Rugby League: Challenge Cup-Second Round" . Leeds Mercury . No. 27,549. 27 February 1928. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Football Results: Rugby League" . Leeds Mercury . No. 27,552. 1 March 1928. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Rugby League Cup" . Western Daily Press . No. 23,442. 2 March 1928. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Rugby League Challenge Cup: Third Round" . Athletic News . No. 2,735. 12 March 1928. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Rugby League: Challenge Cup Replay" . Leeds Mercury . No. 27,569. 21 March 1928. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Hull as R.L. Cup Semi-Finalists" . Hull Daily Mail . No. 13,251. 27 March 1928. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Rugby League Cup" . Yorkshire Post . No. 25,187. 2 April 1928. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Rugby League Cup. Swinton's Third Success in the Final" . The Manchester Guardian . No. 25,469. 16 April 1928. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "R.L. Cup Final" . Hull Daily Mail . No. 13,269. 18 April 1928. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour" . Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009 .
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