1925–26 Challenge Cup Explained

1925–26 Challenge Cup
Duration:	5 rounds
Season:	1925–26
Season Champs:	Swinton
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Prevseason Link:	1924-25 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:	1924–25
Nextseason Link:	1926–27 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:	1926–27

The 1925–26 Challenge Cup was the 26th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

First round

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13 Feb	Barnsley Utd	0	Hull Kingston Rovers	28
13 Feb	Barrow	44	Barrow Cambridge St	0
13 Feb	Bradford Northern	2	Keighley	2
13 Feb	Bramley	0	Rochdale Hornets	11
13 Feb	Castleford	12	St Helens Recs	18
13 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	7	Broughton Rangers	8
13 Feb	Halifax	16	Dewsbury	0
13 Feb	Hensingham	0	Huddersfield	33
13 Feb	Hull FC	27	Pemberton Rovers	3
13 Feb	Hunslet	7	Warrington	11
13 Feb	Leigh	6	Oldham	18
13 Feb	Salford	2	Leeds	3
13 Feb	Swinton	19	Batley	9
13 Feb	Widnes	7	St Helens	10
13 Feb	Wigan Highfield	7	Wakefield Trinity	2
13 Feb	Wigan	45	York	10
17 Feb	Keighley	5	Bradford Northern	5
22 Feb	Bradford Northern	9	Keighley	4

Second round

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27 Feb	Barrow	0	Halifax	3
27 Feb	Bradford Northern	3	Hull Kingston Rovers	6
27 Feb	Leeds	17	Wigan	10
27 Feb	Oldham	12	Rochdale Hornets	3
27 Feb	St Helens	7	Hull FC	10
27 Feb	Swinton	8	Broughton Rangers	8
27 Feb	Warrington	17	St Helens Recs	12
27 Feb	Wigan Highfield	5	Huddersfield	3
03 Mar	Broughton Rangers	3	Swinton	20

Quarterfinals

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13 Mar	Hull FC	15	Warrington	2
13 Mar	Oldham	8	Halifax	5
13 Mar	Swinton	24	Hull Kingston Rovers	3
13 Mar	Wigan Highfield	11	Leeds	2

Semifinals

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27 Mar	Oldham	15	Wigan Highfield	6
27 Mar	Swinton	13	Hull FC	2

Final

Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.

This was Swinton's second appearance in the final and their second Cup final win. Their previous victory was in 1900.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Challenge Cup 1925/26. Rugby League Project.
2. Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 2009-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 2009-04-03 . dead .