1927–28 Challenge Cup Explained

1927–28 Challenge Cup
Duration:	5 rounds
Season:	1927–28
Season Champs:	Swinton
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Prevseason Link:	1926–27 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:	1926–27
Nextseason Link:	1928–29 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:	1928–29

The 1927–28 Challenge Cup was the 28th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

First round

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11 February	Barrow	20–5	York
11 February	Batley	31–2	Cottingham
11 February	Bradford Northern	17–0	Twelve Apostles
11 February	Bramley	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
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

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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

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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

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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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Challenge Cup 1927/28. Rugby League Project.
2. News: Rugby League Challenge Cup: First Round . . 13 February 1928 . 2 . ((2,731)) . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
3. News: Summary of Results . . 16 February 1928 . 19 . ((25,148)) . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
4. News: Rugby League: Challenge Cup-Second Round . . 27 February 1928 . 2 . ((27,549)) . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
5. News: Football Results: Rugby League . . 1 March 1928 . 9 . ((27,552)) . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
6. News: Rugby League Cup . . 2 March 1928 . 5 . ((23,442)) . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
7. News: Rugby League Challenge Cup: Third Round . . 12 March 1928 . 2 . ((2,735)) . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
8. News: Rugby League: Challenge Cup Replay . . 21 March 1928 . 11 . ((27,569)) . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
9. News: Hull as R.L. Cup Semi-Finalists . . 27 March 1928 . 8 . ((13,251)) . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
10. News: Rugby League Cup . . 2 April 1928 . 5 . ((25,187)) . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
11. News: Rugby League Cup. Swinton's Third Success in the Final . . 16 April 1928 . 4 . ((25,469)) . subscription . Newspapers.com.
12. News: R.L. Cup Final . . 18 April 1928 . 8 . ((13,269)) . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
13. Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 7 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 3 April 2009. dead .