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1938β39 Challenge Cup Duration 5 rounds Winners
Halifax Runners-up
Salford
The 1938β39 Challenge Cup was the 39th staging of
rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the
Challenge Cup .
[1]
First round
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
04 Feb
Featherstone Rovers
3
Batley
0
04 Feb
Halifax
8
Barrow
3
04 Feb
Higginshaw
3
Swinton
46
04 Feb
Hull Kingston Rovers
8
Hull FC
5
04 Feb
Hunslet
48
United Glass Bottle
5
04 Feb
Keighley
11
York
9
04 Feb
Leeds
9
Huddersfield
2
04 Feb
Oldham
10
Castleford
3
04 Feb
Rochdale Hornets
3
Warrington
29
04 Feb
Salford
11
St Helens
0
04 Feb
Sharlston Rovers
5
Bramley
23
04 Feb
Widnes
10
Dewsbury
5
04 Feb
Wigan
33
Leigh
0
08 Feb
Bradford Northern
37
Seaton Rangers
7
08 Feb
Broughton Rangers
5
Wakefield Trinity
5
08 Feb
Liverpool
2
St Helens Recs
2
13 Feb
St Helens Recs
12
Liverpool
3
13 Feb
Wakefield Trinity
23
Broughton Rangers
5
Second round
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
18 Feb
Bradford Northern
2
Oldham
0
18 Feb
Halifax
6
Hull Kingston Rovers
2
18 Feb
Keighley
10
Featherstone Rovers
0
18 Feb
Leeds
6
Widnes
2
18 Feb
St Helens Recs
3
Wigan
8
18 Feb
Salford
18
Hunslet
2
18 Feb
Swinton
0
Bramley
5
18 Feb
Wakefield Trinity
7
Warrington
2
Quarter-finals
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
11 Mar
Keighley
0
Leeds
2
11 Mar
Salford
20
Bramley
0
11 Mar
Wakefield Trinity
5
Halifax
5
11 Mar
Wigan
7
Bradford Northern
0
15 Mar
Halifax
15
Wakefield Trinity
12
Semi-finals
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
01 Apr
Halifax
10
Leeds
4
01 Apr
Salford
11
Wigan
2
Final
Halifax beat
Salford 20-3 in the final played at Wembley on Saturday 6 May 1939 in front of a crowd of 55,453.
[2] There would be no Challenge Cup competition in 1939β40.
This was Halifaxβs fourth Cup Final win in five Final appearances.
This was Salfordβs fifth Final appearance and second in consecutive years, having won the Cup the previous season
[3]
Final
Halifax
20 β 3
Salford
Try Smith, Treen, Todd, Bevan Goals Lockwood (4)
Try Risman
1
Lockwood
2
Bevan
3
Smith
4
Treen
5
Bassett
6
Todd
7
Goodall
8
Baynham
9
Field
10
Irving
11
Cox
12
Chadwick
13
Beverley
(c)
Coach:
1
Osbaldestin
2
Hudson
3
Miller
4
Risman
(c)
5
Edwards
6
Kenny
7
Watkins
8
Bradbury
9
Day
10
Davies
11
Dalton
12
Thomas
13
Feetham
Coach:
References
Years
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2023 β24
2024 β25
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