| 1934–35 Challenge Cup | |
| Duration: | 5 rounds |
| Season: | 1934–35 |
| Season Champs: | Castleford |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Prevseason Link: | 1933–34 Challenge Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1933–34 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1935–36 Challenge Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1935–36 |
The 1934–35 Challenge Cup was the 35th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Feb | Astley & Tyldesley | 4 | Castleford | 33 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Barrow Marsh | 18 | Rochdale Hornets | 28 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Barrow | 28 | Sharlston Rovers | 3 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Featherstone Rovers | 2 | Broughton Rangers | 8 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Hunslet | 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Keighley | 24 | Bramley | 4 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Leeds | 3 | Huddersfield | 4 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Leigh | 0 | Wigan | 44 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Manchester SC | 9 | Dewsbury | 28 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Oldham | 3 | St Helens | 0 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Salford | 16 | Halifax | 11 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Swinton | 2 | Liverpool | 10 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 23 | St Helens Recs | 8 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Warrington | 11 | Hull FC | 11 | |||||
| 09 Feb | Widnes | 34 | Batley | 0 | |||||
| 09 Feb | York | 12 | Bradford Northern | 12 | |||||
| 13 Feb | Bradford Northern | 0 | York | 2 | |||||
| 14 Feb | Hull FC | 16 | Warrington | 2 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
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| 23 Feb | Barrow | 17 | York | 5 | |||||
| 23 Feb | Huddersfield | 6 | Oldham | 0 | |||||
| 23 Feb | Hull FC | 21 | Broughton Rangers | 0 | |||||
| 23 Feb | Hunslet | 22 | Salford | 2 | |||||
| 23 Feb | Liverpool | 2 | Castleford | 8 | |||||
| 23 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 18 | Keighley | 6 | |||||
| 23 Feb | Widnes | 13 | Rochdale Hornets | 4 | |||||
| 23 Feb | Wigan | 25 | Dewsbury | 5 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
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| 09 Mar | Barrow | 13 | Wigan | 4 | |||||
| 09 Mar | Castleford | 10 | Hunslet | 3 | |||||
| 09 Mar | Huddersfield | 4 | Widnes | 0 | |||||
| 09 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 0 | Hull FC | 7 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
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| 30 Mar | Castleford | 11 | Barrow | 5 | |||||
| 30 Mar | Huddersfield | 21 | Hull | 5 |
Castleford beat Huddersfield 11–8 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 39,000. This was Castleford’s first Challenge Cup final win in their first final appearance, and Huddersfield’s first defeat in six final appearances.[2]
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See main article: 1935 Cup Winners' Match. By agreement between the RFL and the French Rugby League, Castleford advanced to an international unification game against inaugural French Cup winners US Lyon-Villeurbanne, which was played near Paris and won by the English side on a score of 24–21.[3]