1933–34 Challenge Cup Explained

1933–34 Challenge Cup
Duration:	5 rounds
Season:	1933–34
Season Champs:	Hunslet
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Prevseason Link:	1932–33 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:	1932–33
Nextseason Link:	1934–35 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:	1934–35

The 1933–34 Challenge Cup was the 34th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup during the 1933–34 season.^[1]

First round

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10 Feb	Batley	11	Halifax	12
10 Feb	Bradford Northern	6	St Helens	34
10 Feb	Bramley	20	Dearham	11
10 Feb	Broughton Rangers	3	Castleford	9
10 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	4	Huddersfield	19
10 Feb	Hull FC	6	Rochdale Hornets	5
10 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	18	Wigan Rangers	2
10 Feb	Hull St Mary's	2	London	32
10 Feb	Keighley	4	Warrington	4
10 Feb	Leigh	6	Hunslet	8
10 Feb	Oldham	19	Dewsbury	2
10 Feb	Pendlebury Jnrs	3	St Helens Recs	32
10 Feb	Salford	15	Barrow	2
10 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	7	Wigan	14
10 Feb	Widnes	12	Leeds	3
10 Feb	York	0	Swinton	0
14 Feb	Swinton	5	York	15
14 Feb	Warrington	15	Keighley	9

Second round

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24 Feb	Bramley	17	St Helens	12
24 Feb	Castleford	4	Hunslet	4
24 Feb	Huddersfield	11	Hull FC	7
24 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	0	Widnes	10
24 Feb	London	19	Warrington	5
24 Feb	St Helens Recs	7	Oldham	7
24 Feb	Salford	5	Halifax	9
24 Feb	Wigan	7	York	13
28 Feb	Hunslet	23	Castleford	0
28 Feb	Oldham	18	St Helens Recs	5

Quarterfinals

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10 Mar	Huddersfield	21	London	2
10 Mar	Hunslet	2	York	0
10 Mar	Oldham	8	Bramley	6
15 Mar	Halifax	3	Widnes	5

Semifinals

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24 Mar	Widnes	7	Oldham	4
24 Mar	Hunslet	12	Huddersfield	7

Final

Hunslet defeated Widnes 11-5 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 41,280.

This was Hunslet’s second Cup final win, the first being in 1907–08, in their third Cup final appearance.^[2]

1 Jack Walkington (c) 2 George Dennis 3 Cyril Morrell 4 Ernest Winter 5 George Broughton 6 George Todd 7 William S. Thornton 8 Len Smith 9 Leslie White 10 Mark Tolson 11 Hector Crowther 12 Harry Beverley 13 Frank 'Dolly' Dawson

1 Walter Bradley^[3] 2 Harry Owen 3 Peter Topping^[4] 4 Percy Jacks^[5] 5 Alf Gallimore^[6] 6 Thomas Shannon 7 Tommy McCue 8 Nat Silcock (c) 9 Jimmy Jones 10 Alec Higgins 11 Hugh McDowell 12 Harry Millington 13 Albert Ratcliffe^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Challenge Cup 1933/34. 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 .
3. Web site: Walter Bradley Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv. rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
4. Web site: Peter Topping Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv. rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
5. Web site: Percy Jacks Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv. rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
6. Web site: Alf Gallimore Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv. rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
7. Web site: Albert Ratcliffe Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv. rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.