The 1949–50 Challenge Cup was the 49th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
First round
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
04 Feb
Barrow
5
Hull FC
10
04 Feb
Batley
10
Castleford
9
04 Feb
Belle Vue Rangers
20
Whitehaven
2
04 Feb
Broughton Moor
5
Wakefield Trinity
28
04 Feb
Cardiff
10
Salford
15
04 Feb
Featherstone Rovers
19
Bramley
2
04 Feb
Huddersfield
6
Dewsbury
9
04 Feb
Hull Kingston Rovers
2
Warrington
12
04 Feb
Leeds
14
Leigh
7
04 Feb
Oldham
5
Bradford Northern
16
04 Feb
St Helens
10
Halifax
6
04 Feb
Swinton
24
Liverpool
10
04 Feb
Widnes
15
Rochdale Hornets
2
04 Feb
Workington Town
0
Keighley
5
04 Feb
Boys Club
7
Hunslet
45
04 Feb
York
2
Wigan
38
11 Feb
Bradford Northern
6
Oldham
8
11 Feb
Bramley
5
Featherstone Rovers
2
11 Feb
Castleford
6
Batley
6
11 Feb
Dewsbury
4
Huddersfield
2
11 Feb
Halifax
2
St Helens
0
11 Feb
Hull FC
0
Barrow
11
11 Feb
Hunslet
18
Boys Club
9
11 Feb
Keighley
4
Workington Town
3
11 Feb
Leigh
7
Leeds
2
11 Feb
Liverpool
9
Swinton
25
11 Feb
Rochdale Hornets
0
Widnes
27
11 Feb
Salford
20
Cardiff
5
11 Feb
Wakefield Trinity
73
Broughton Moor
3
11 Feb
Warrington
24
Hull Kingston Rovers
4
11 Feb
Whitehaven
12
Belle Vue Rangers
0
11 Feb
Wigan
65
York
15
Second round
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
25 Feb
Barrow
6
Featherstone Rovers
2
25 Feb
Belle Vue Rangers
6
Hunslet
17
25 Feb
Leeds
7
Wigan
2
25 Feb
Salford
2
St Helens
9
25 Feb
Warrington
17
Swinton
2
02 Mar
Batley
4
Widnes
12
06 Mar
Bradford Northern
13
Keighley
2
06 Mar
Wakefield Trinity
2
Dewsbury
2
08 Mar
Dewsbury
10
Wakefield Trinity
15
Quarterfinals
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
11 Mar
Leeds
14
Wakefield Trinity
8
11 Mar
St Helens
0
Bradford Northern
0
11 Mar
Warrington
21
Hunslet
7
11 Mar
Widnes
12
Barrow
7
15 Mar
Bradford Northern
11
St Helens
0
Semifinals
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
01 Apr
Warrington
16
Leeds
4
01 Apr
Widnes
8
Bradford Northern
0
Final
Warrington beat Widnes 19–0 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 94,249. This was Warrington's third Cup final win in nine Final appearances. In the match Albert Naughton, at centre for Warrington opposed his older brother Johnny, who was in the Widnes second row.[2] This was the second successive Final that the losing side had failed to score.[3] The Warrington scrum-halfGerry Helme won the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.