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Rugby Competition Season
The 1956β57 Challenge Cup was the 56th staging of
rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the
Challenge Cup .
[1]
First round
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
09 Feb
Barrow
53
Wakefield Loco
12
09 Feb
Bradford Northern
20
Dewsbury
7
09 Feb
Doncaster
5
Castleford
15
09 Feb
Halifax
48
Widnes St Maries
0
09 Feb
Hull FC
15
Keighley
12
09 Feb
Hull Kingston Rovers
2
Salford
10
09 Feb
Hunslet
14
Batley
7
09 Feb
Leeds
13
Wigan
11
09 Feb
Leigh
17
Featherstone Rovers
11
09 Feb
Liverpool
2
Widnes
11
09 Feb
Rochdale Hornets
10
Blackpool
18
09 Feb
Swinton
5
Huddersfield
5
09 Feb
Wakefield Trinity
37
York
15
09 Feb
Warrington
14
Bramley
2
09 Feb
Whitehaven
9
St Helens
8
09 Feb
Workington Town
5
Oldham
14
13 Feb
Huddersfield
5
Swinton
0
Second round
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
23 Feb
Castleford
2
Barrow
9
23 Feb
Hull FC
3
Halifax
9
23 Feb
Leeds
28
Warrington
6
23 Feb
Leigh
5
Oldham
0
23 Feb
Salford
2
Huddersfield
6
23 Feb
Whitehaven
7
Hunslet
0
27 Feb
Bradford Northern
8
Widnes
10
27 Feb
Wakefield Trinity
9
Blackpool
11
Quarterfinals
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
09 Mar
Barrow
10
Huddersfield
0
09 Mar
Blackpool
13
Leigh
24
09 Mar
Halifax
10
Leeds
16
09 Mar
Whitehaven
2
Widnes
0
Semifinals
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
30 Mar
Barrow
2
Leigh
2
30 Mar
Leeds
10
Whitehaven
9
28 Apr
Leigh
10
Barrow
15
Final
Leeds
9 β 7
Barrow
Try Quinn, Hodgkinson, Robinson
[2]
Try Jackson Goals Horne (2)
Leeds beat
Barrow 9-7 in the
Challenge Cup Final played at
Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 76,318.
This was
Leeds ' seventh Challenge Cup final win in nine Final appearances.
[3]
[4]
Jeff Stevenson , their scrum half back, was awarded the
Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.
References
External links
Years
2021 β22
2022 β23
2023 β24
2024 β25
2025 -26
2026β27 Β· 2027β28 Β· 2028β29 Β· 2029β30 Β· 2030β31
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