1955–56 Challenge Cup
The 1955–56 Challenge Cup was the 55th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
Duration | 5 rounds |
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Winners | |
Runners-up | |
Lance Todd Trophy | Alan Prescott |
First Round
Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
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11 Feb | Castleford | 12 | Blackpool | 9 |
11 Feb | Huddersfield | 8 | Whitehaven | 4 |
11 Feb | Hull FC | 4 | Leeds | 9 |
11 Feb | Hunslet | 9 | Bradford Northern | 10 |
11 Feb | Keighley | 33 | Triangle Valve | 8 |
11 Feb | Leigh | 19 | Doncaster | 10 |
11 Feb | Oldham | 31 | Dewsbury | 2 |
11 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | 55 | Stanningley | 0 |
11 Feb | St Helens | 15 | Warrington | 6 |
11 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 30 | Bramley | 10 |
11 Feb | Widnes | 10 | Halifax | 22 |
11 Feb | Wigan | 24 | Featherstone Rovers | 11 |
11 Feb | Workington Town | 16 | Salford | 0 |
11 Feb | York | 2 | Barrow | 26 |
15 Feb | Liverpool | 13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 |
15 Feb | Swinton | 18 | Batley | 0 |
Second Round
Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
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03 Mar | Barrow | 47 | Liverpool | 5 |
03 Mar | Halifax | 10 | Workington Town | 3 |
03 Mar | Keighley | 3 | Wigan | 12 |
03 Mar | Leeds | 12 | Oldham | 7 |
03 Mar | Leigh | 5 | Wakefield Trinity | 11 |
03 Mar | Rochdale Hornets | 2 | Bradford Northern | 5 |
03 Mar | St Helens | 48 | Castleford | 5 |
03 Mar | Swinton | 6 | Huddersfield | 8 |
Quarter Finals
Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
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24 Mar | Leeds | 9 | Halifax | 14 |
24 Mar | St Helens | 53 | Bradford Northern | 6 |
24 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 10 | Barrow | 14 |
24 Mar | Wigan | 24 | Huddersfield | 2 |
Semi Finals
Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
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07 Apr | Halifax | 11 | Wigan | 10 |
07 Apr | St Helens | 5 | Barrow | 5 |
11 Apr | St Helens | 10 | Barrow | 5 |
Final
In the Challenge Cup tournament's final St. Helens faced Halifax. Played on 28 April 1956 at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 79,341, St Helens won 13-2.[2] This was Saints' first Challenge Cup final win in five Final appearances.[3] Alan Prescott, their prop forward was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.
The St Helens team was greeted enthusiastically upon their return to the North. After detraining at Liverpool the team's open-top coach ride to St Helens attracted an estimated 100,000 people despite pouring rain.[4]
28 April 1956 |
St Helens | 13 – 2 | Halifax |
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Try Carlton, Llewellyn, Prescott Goals Rhodes (2) |
[5] | Goals Griffiths |
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References
- "Challenge Cup 1955/56". Rugby League Project.
- "1956 Challenge Cup final". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- Jeff Hill, Jack Williams (1996). Sport and Identity in the North of England. UK: Keele University Press. p. 98 & 99.
- "Our Rugby Football Correspondent. "London Welsh Win Middlesex Seven-A-Sides." Times [London, England] 30 Apr. 1956". The Times Digital Archive.
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