1928–29 Challenge Cup Explained

1928–29 Challenge Cup
Duration:	5 rounds
No Of Teams:	32
Highest Attendance:	41,500
Season:	1928–29
Season Champs:	Wigan
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Second Place:	Dewsbury
Prevseason Link:	1927–28 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:	1927–28
Nextseason Link:	1929–30 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:	1929–30

The 1928–29 Challenge Cup was the 29th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

The final was contested by Wigan and Dewsbury at Wembley Stadium in London. This was the first Challenge Cup final to be held at Wembley.^[1]

The final was played on Saturday 4 May 1929, where Wigan beat Dewsbury 13–2 in front of a crowd of 41,500.^[2]

First round

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9 Feb	Bradford Northern	2	Halifax	5
9 Feb	Bramley	0	Oldham	16
9 Feb	Broughton Rangers	2	St Helens Recs	13
9 Feb	Castleford	31	Whitehaven Recs	7
9 Feb	Dewsbury	37	Cottingham	0
9 Feb	Huddersfield	21	Widnes	11
9 Feb	Hull FC	11	Wakefield Trinity	5
9 Feb	Hunslet	16	Hull Kingston Rovers	7
9 Feb	Lindley	2	St Helens	32
9 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	2	Barrow	6
9 Feb	Salford	5	Keighley	9
9 Feb	Swinton	5	Leigh	2
9 Feb	Warrington	8	Leeds	0
9 Feb	Wigan Highfield	45	Uno's Dabs	0
9 Feb	Wigan	25	Batley	0
9 Feb	York	0	Featherstone Rovers		10

Second round

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23 Feb	Castleford	8	Huddersfield	0
23 Feb	Dewsbury	14	Swinton	7
23 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	0	St Helens Recs	13
23 Feb	Halifax	16	Barrow	0
23 Feb	St Helens	26	Keighley	5
23 Feb	Warrington	7	Oldham	0
23 Feb	Wigan	16	Hunslet	0
4 Mar	Wigan Highfield	17	Hull FC	5

Quarterfinals

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9 Mar	Castleford	8	Wigan Highfield	0
9 Mar	Halifax	0	St Helens Recs	21
9 Mar	St Helens	2	Wigan	2
9 Mar	Warrington	4	Dewsbury	10
13 Mar	Wigan	25	St Helens	5

Semifinals

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6 Apr		9		3
6 Apr		7		7
10 Apr		12			13

Final


FB	1	Jim Sullivan
RW	2	Johnny Ring
RC	3	Tommy Parker
LC	4	Roy Kinnear
LW	5	Lou Brown
SO	6
SH	7
PR	8	Wilf Hodder
HK	9	Jack Bennett
PR	10	Tom Beetham
SR	11	Frank Stephens
SR	12	Len Mason
LF	13	John Sherrington


FB	1	Jack Davies
RW	2	Tommy Bailey
RC	3	Clifford Smith
LC	4	Herbert Hirst
LW	5	Henry Coates
SO	6	John Woolmore
SH	7	Jim Rudd
PR	8	James Hobson
HK	9	Percy Brown
PR	10	William Rhodes
SR	11	Harry Bland
SR	12	Joe Malkin
LF	13	Joe Lyman

External links

Challenge Cup official website
Challenge Cup 1928/29 results at Rugby League Project

Notes and References

Web site: Rugby League's home from home. BBC Sport. 18 August 2017. 1 October 2000.
Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 27 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 3 April 2009 . dead .