1927–28 Challenge Cup
Rugby league competition
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The 1927â28 Challenge Cup was the 28th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
| Duration | 5 rounds |
|---|---|
| Winners |  Swinton |
| Runners-up |  Warrington |
First round
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 February | Barrow | 20â5 | York |
| 11 February | Batley | 31â2 | Cottingham |
| 11 February | Bradford Northern | 17â0 | Twelve Apostles |
| 11 February | Bramley[a] | 2â5 | Hull FC |
| 11 February | Castleford | 7â3 | Salford |
| 11 February | Dewsbury | 20â2 | Broughton Rangers |
| 11 February | Featherstone Rovers | 28â0 | Keighley |
| 11 February | Halifax | 4â4 | Hunslet |
| 11 February | Hull Kingston Rovers | 19â0 | Widnes |
| 11 February | Oldham | 15â5 | St Helens |
| 11 February | Rochdale Hornets | 5â2 | Leigh |
| 11 February | St Helens Recs | 12â0 | Wakefield Trinity |
| 11 February | Warrington | 43â2 | Kinsley[b] |
| 11 February | Whitehaven Recs | 0â44 | Swinton |
| 11 February | Wigan Highfield | 2â13 | Leeds |
| 11 February | Wigan | 2â13 | Huddersfield |
| Source:[2] | |||
- game played at Headingley
- Kinsley ceded home advantage
In the single first round replay Halifax beat Hunslet 16â2 on 15 February.[3]
Second round
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 February | Barrow | 8â11 | Oldham |
| 25 February | Batley | 12â6 | Bradford Northern |
| 25 February | Castleford | 3â0 | Featherstone Rovers |
| 25 February | Dewsbury | 7-7 | Huddersfield |
| 25 February | Halifax | 2â3 | Swinton |
| 25 February | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0â5 | Warrington |
| 25 February | Leeds | 13â12 | St Helens Recs |
| 25 February | Rochdale Hornets | 3â3 | Hull FC |
| Source:[4] | |||
In the two replays Huddersfield beat Dewsbury 16â8 on 29 February and Hull FC beat 16â0 on 1 March.[5][6]
Third round
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 March | Castleford | 0â3 | Swinton |
| 10 March | Hull FC | 0â0 | Batley |
| 10 March | Leeds | 10â5 | Oldham |
| 10 March | Warrington | 10â3 | Huddersfield |
| Source:[7] | |||
Having played out a scoreless game Batley and Hull FC repeated the score in a replay on 20 March and the tie went to a second replay which Hull won 6â2 on neutral territory, Headingley, on 26 March.[8][9]
Semi-finals
| Date | Drawn first | Score | Drawn second | Venue | Attendance | Receipts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March | Swinton | 5â3 | Hull FC | Fartown, Huddersfield | 12,000 | £794 |
| 31 March | Warrington | 9â2 | Leeds | Athletic Grounds, Rochdale | 22,000 | £1,463 |
| Source:[10] | ||||||
Final
Swinton beat Warrington 5â3 in the final played at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 14 April 1928.[11] The game generated receipts of £3159 1s 11d and the attendance of 33,909 set a new record for a game at Central Park.[12]
This was Swinton's third Challenge Cup Final win from four Final appearances and completed a League and Cup double for the club.[13]
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