1937–38 Challenge Cup Explained

1937–38 Challenge Cup
Duration:	5 Rounds
No Of Teams:	32
Highest Attendance:	51,243
Season:	1937–38
Season Champs:	Salford
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Second Place:	Barrow
Prevseason Link:	1936–37 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:	1936–37
Nextseason Link:	1938–39 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:	1938–39

The 1937–38 Challenge Cup was the 38th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

The final was contested by Salford and Barrow at Wembley in front of a crowd of 51,243.^[2] Salford won the match 7–4.

The trophy was presented by Australian Test cricketer Don Bradman.^[3]

First round

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19 Feb	Barrow	83	Maryport	3
19 Feb	Bradford Northern	7	Featherstone Rovers	2
19 Feb	Bramley	23	Leigh	5
19 Feb	Castleford	18	Newcastle (UK)	9
19 Feb	Glass Houghton	2	Rochdale Hornets	50
19 Feb	Halifax	4	Warrington	4
19 Feb	Huddersfield	2	Broughton Rangers	0
19 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	0	Keighley	2
19 Feb	Leeds	27	Wigan	4
19 Feb	Liverpool	6	Hunslet	5
19 Feb	Oldham	7	Batley	8
19 Feb	St Helens Recs	11	Dewsbury	10
19 Feb	St Helens	39	Pendlebury Jnrs	0
19 Feb	Salford	38	Hull FC	2
19 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	7	Widnes	3
19 Feb	York	2	Swinton	12
23 Feb	Warrington	9	Halifax	16

Second round

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12 Mar	Barrow	26	Bramley	4
12 Mar	Batley	8	Keighley	6
12 Mar	Castleford	18	St Helens	2
12 Mar	Halifax	5	Bradford Northern	5
12 Mar	Leeds	11	Huddersfield	7
12 Mar	Liverpool	3	Salford	11
12 Mar	St Helens Recs	18	Rochdale Hornets	10
12 Mar	Swinton	10	Wakefield Trinity	5
16 Mar	Bradford Northern	2	Halifax	10

Quarterfinals

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26 Mar	Barrow	7	Leeds	5
26 Mar	Batley	3	Swinton	9
26 Mar	Castleford	7	Halifax	7
26 Mar	Salford	19	St Helens Recs	0
30 Mar	Halifax	11	Castleford	7

Semifinals

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09 Apr	Barrow	4	Halifax	2
09 Apr	Salford	6	Swinton	0

Final


FB	1	Harold Osbaldestin
RW	2	Barney Hudson
RC	3	Albert Gear
LC	4	Bob Brown
LW	5	Alan Edwards
SO	6	Gus Risman (c)
SH	7	Billy Watkins
PR	8	Billy Williams
HK	9	Bert Day
PR	10	Dai Davies
SR	11	Paddy Dalton
SR	12	Harold Thomas
LF	13	Jack Feetham
Coach:
Lance Todd


FB	1	Freddie French
RW	2	Val Cumberbatch
RC	3	John Higgin
LC	4	Des McDonnell
LW	5	Jim Thornburrow
SO	6	Ian Lloyd
SH	7	Billy Little
PR	8	Gordon Rawlings
HK	9	Danny McKeating
PR	10	Bill Skelly
SR	11	Alex Troup (c)
SR	12	Bob Ayres
LF	13	Alf Marklew
Coach:

References

Book: Platt. Darrell. A History of Salford Rugby League Club. 1991. Salford Rugby League Club.

External links

Web site: No title. North West Evening Mail. CN Media. 25 August 2017. 11 July 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20170825150337/http://test.cnmedia.co.uk/no-title-1.581659. 25 August 2017. dead.
Challenge Cup official website
Challenge Cup 1937/38 results at Rugby League Project

Notes and References

Web site: Challenge Cup 1937/38. Rugby League Project. 2018-01-08. 2018-01-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233536/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1937-38/results.html. live.
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 .
Platt 1991, p. 60.