1934–35 Challenge Cup

1934–35 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Castleford
Runners-up Huddersfield

The 1934–35 Challenge Cup was the 35th 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 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

Second round

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
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

Quarterfinals

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
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

Semifinals

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
30 Mar Castleford 11 Barrow 5
30 Mar Huddersfield 21 Hull 5

Final

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]

4 May 1935
Castleford 11 - 8 Huddersfield
Tries: Askin, Adams, Cunliffe
Goals: Atkinson 		Report
 Tries: Towill, Fiddes
Goals Sherwood
Wembley, London
Attendance: 39,000 (HT 5-3)
Referee: A E Harding
1 George Lewis
2 Bernard Cunniffe
3 Arthur Atkinson (c)
4 James "Jim" A. Croston
5 Tom Askin
6 William H. Davies
7 Leslie "Les" Adams
8 Patrick B. McManus
9 Harold Haley
10 Thomas "Tommy" L. Taylor
11 James Crossley
12 Frank Smith
13 Edward Sadler
Coach:
William "Billy" Rhodes
1 Tommy Scourfield
2 Stanley "Stan" J. Mountain
3 Idriss A. Towill
4 Alexander Erskine Fiddes (c)
5 Ray T. Markham
6 Gwyn Richards
7 David Morgan "Dai" Davies
8 Reginald S. Roberts
9 William "Billy" Watson
10 Herbert Sherwood
11 Henry Tiffany
12 John Fuller
13 Frederick Talbot
Coach:
Chris Brockbank

Cup Winners' Match

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]

References

  1. ^ "Challenge Cup 1934/35". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. ^ Bardet, O. (13 May 1935). "Castleford a éprouvé une peine infinie à vaincre l'US Lyon-Villeurbanne". L'Auto (in French). Paris. p. 4.