1934–35 Challenge Cup

The 1934–35 Challenge Cup was the 35th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

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

First Round

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
09 FebAstley & Tyldesley4Castleford33
09 FebBarrow Marsh18Rochdale Hornets28
09 FebBarrow28Sharlston Rovers3
09 FebFeatherstone Rovers2Broughton Rangers8
09 FebHunslet11Hull Kingston Rovers0
09 FebKeighley24Bramley4
09 FebLeeds3Huddersfield4
09 FebLeigh0Wigan44
09 FebManchester SC9Dewsbury28
09 FebOldham3St Helens0
09 FebSalford16Halifax11
09 FebSwinton2Liverpool10
09 FebWakefield Trinity23St Helens Recs8
09 FebWarrington11Hull FC11
09 FebWidnes34Batley0
09 FebYork12Bradford Northern12
13 FebBradford Northern0York2
14 FebHull FC16Warrington2

Second Round

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
23 FebBarrow17York5
23 FebHuddersfield6Oldham0
23 FebHull FC21Broughton Rangers0
23 FebHunslet22Salford2
23 FebLiverpool2Castleford8
23 FebWakefield Trinity18Keighley6
23 FebWidnes13Rochdale Hornets4
23 FebWigan25Dewsbury5

Quarter Finals

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
09 MarBarrow13Wigan4
09 MarCastleford10Hunslet3
09 MarHuddersfield4Widnes0
09 MarWakefield Trinity0Hull FC7

Semi Finals

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
30 MarCastleford11Barrow5
30 MarHuddersfield21Hull5

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.

This was Huddersfield’s first defeat in six Final’s appearances.[2]

04 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
1George Lewis
2Bernard Cunniffe
3Arthur Atkinson (c)
4James "Jim" A. Croston
5Tom Askin
6William H. Davies
7Leslie "Les" Adams
8Patrick B. McManus
9Harold Haley
10Thomas "Tommy" L. Taylor
11James Crossley
12Herbert Smith
13Edward Sadler
Coach:
William "Billy" Rhodes
1Tommy Scourfield
2Stanley "Stan" J. Mountain
3Idriss A. Towill
4Alexander Erskine Fiddes (c)
5Ray T. Markham
6Gwyn Richards
7David Morgan "Dai" Davies
8Reginald S. Roberts
9William "Billy" Watson
10Herbert Sherwood
11Henry Tiffany
12John Fuller
13Frederick Talbot
Coach:
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References

  1. "Challenge Cup 1934/35". Rugby League Project.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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