1932–33 Challenge Cup

The 1932–33 Challenge Cup was the 33rd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1932–33 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Huddersfield
Runners-up Warrington

First round

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
11 Feb Askern 0 Wigan 46
11 Feb Barrow 19 Bramley 0
11 Feb Batley 9 Featherstone Rovers 6
11 Feb Bradford Northern 3 St Helens 24
11 Feb Broughton Rangers 5 Wakefield Trinity 6
11 Feb Halifax 42 Uno's Dabs 5
11 Feb Huddersfield 19 Dewsbury 7
11 Feb Hull FC 37 Higginshaw 9
11 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers 4 Keighley 4
11 Feb Leeds 36 Wigan Highfield 0
11 Feb Oldham 13 Rochdale Hornets 8
11 Feb St Helens Recs 5 Hunslet 19
11 Feb Salford 11 Castleford 0
11 Feb Swinton 5 Widnes 2
11 Feb Warrington 34 Leigh 3
11 Feb York 35 Barrow Marsh 6
14 Feb Keighley 23 Hull Kingston Rovers 7

Second round

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Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
25 Feb Barrow 0 Huddersfield 0
01 Mar Salford 3 Leeds 4
01 Mar Wigan 5 Oldham 3
01 Mar York 0 Swinton 3
02 Mar Halifax 10 Keighley 0
02 Mar St Helens 14 Hunslet 3
06 Mar Huddersfield 2 Barrow 0
07 Mar Batley 10 Warrington 20
08 Mar Hull FC 9 Wakefield Trinity 4

Quarter finals

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Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
11 Mar Leeds 12 Hull FC 0
11 Mar St Helens 18 Halifax 6
11 Mar Swinton 5 Huddersfield 12
11 Mar Wigan 7 Warrington 9

Semi-finals

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Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
25 Mar Warrington 11 St Helens 5
25 Mar Huddersfield 30 Leeds 8

Final

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Huddersfield beat Warrington 21-17 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 41,784. This was Huddersfield’s fourth Challenge Cup Final win in as many appearances, and they became the first team to win the trophy more than three times. This was also the fifth Challenge Cup Final defeat for Warrington.[2]

6 May 1933
Huddersfield 21–17 Warrington
Tries: Brindle, Mills, Adams
Goals: Bowkett (6)
Report
Tries: Dingsdale, Davies (2)
Goals Holding (4)
Wembley, London
Attendance: 41,784
Referee: F Fairhurst (Wigan)
1 Tommy Scourfield
2 Ernie Mills
3 Stan Brogden
4 Len Bowkett (c)
5 Ray Markham
6 Gwyn Richards
7 Les Adams
8 Herbert Sherwood
9 Cyril Halliday
10 Thomas Banks
11 Henry Tiffany
12 Frederick Talbot
13 Frederick Brindle
Coach:
Chris Brockbank
1 Billy Holding
2 Tom Blinkhorn
3 Bill Shankland (c)
4 Billy Dingsdale
5 Tommy Thompson
6 Jack Oster
7 David Davies
8 Jack Miller
9 Nat Bentham
10 Sammy Hardman
11 Candy Evans
12 Bob Smith
13 Charlie Seeling Jr.

References

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  1. ^ "Challenge Cup 1932/33". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.