The 1929–30 Challenge Cup was the 30th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
First round
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
08 Feb | Barrow | 15 | York | 4 |
08 Feb | Batley | 5 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3 |
08 Feb | Castleford | 11 | Bramley | 4 |
08 Feb | Cottingham | 0 | Leigh | 48 |
08 Feb | Dewsbury | 24 | Rochdale Hornets | 10 |
08 Feb | Featherstone Jrs | 9 | Halifax | 74 |
08 Feb | Huddersfield | 2 | Warrington | 5 |
08 Feb | Hull FC | 44 | Bickershaw | 10 |
08 Feb | Hunslet | 8 | Oldham | 3 |
08 Feb | Keighley | 6 | Great Clifton | 5 |
08 Feb | Leeds | 27 | Featherstone Rovers | 5 |
08 Feb | St Helens | 9 | St Helens Recs | 7 |
08 Feb | Salford | 0 | Wigan Highfield | 5 |
08 Feb | Swinton | 5 | Wakefield Trinity | 5 |
08 Feb | Widnes | 20 | Bradford Northern | 0 |
08 Feb | Wigan | 19 | Broughton Rangers | 7 |
12 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 2 | Swinton | 7 |
Second round
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
22 Feb | Barrow | 7 | Keighley | 5 |
22 Feb | Castleford | 3 | Hull FC | 6 |
22 Feb | Hunslet | 15 | Batley | 0 |
22 Feb | Leeds | 5 | St Helens | 18 |
22 Feb | Swinton | 7 | Widnes | 7 |
226 Feb | Warrington | 12 | Leigh | 3 |
22 Feb | Wigan Highfield | 0 | Dewsbury | 0 |
22 Feb | Wigan | 14 | Halifax | 5 |
25 Feb | Dewsbury | 7 | Wigan Highfield | 5 |
27 Feb | Widnes | 6 | Swinton | 5 |
Quarterfinals
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
08 Mar | Barrow | 13 | Dewsbury | 7 |
08 Mar | St Helens | 22 | Hunslet | 7 |
08 Mar | Widnes | 19 | Hull FC | 5 |
08 Mar | Wigan | 16 | Warrington | 5 |
Semifinals
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
29 Mar | Widnes | 10 | Barrow | 3 |
29 Mar | St Helens | 5 | Wigan | 5 |
02 Apr | Wigan | 10 | St Helens | 22 |
Final
Widnes beat St Helens 10-3 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley played before a crowd of 36,544.
This was Widnes' first Cup final appearance and thus their first Cup final win.[2]
Widnes | 10 - 3 | St Helens |
Tries: Ratcliffe, Dennett Goals: Hoey (2) | Report | Tries: Houghton |
Wembley, London Attendance: 36,544 |
| 1 | Bob Fraser[3] | 2 | Jack Dennett[4] | 3 | Albert Ratcliffe[5] | 4 | Peter Topping[6] | 5 | Harry Owen | 6 | Paddy Douglas[7] (c) | 7 | Jerry Laughton[8] | 8 | Nat Silcock | 9 | George Stevens[9] | 10 | Fred Kelsall | 11 | Harry Millington | 12 | George van Rooyen[10] | 13 | Jimmy Hoey | | | 1 | Charlie Crooks[11] | 2 | Roy Hardgrave[12] | 3 | George Lewis (c) | 4 | Billy Mercer | 5 | Alf Ellaby | 6 | Les Fairclough | 7 | Walter 'Plodder' Groves[13] | 8 | Lou Hutt[14] | 9 | William "Bill" Clarey[15] | 10 | Louis Houghton | 11 | Trevor Hall | 12 | Ben Halfpenny | 13 | Robert "Bob" 'Slosher' Harrison[16] | |
References
- ^ "Challenge Cup 1929/30". Rugby League Project.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Bob Fraser Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Jack Dennett Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Albert Ratcliffe Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Peter Topping Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Paddy Douglas Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Jerry Laughton Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "George Stevens Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "George van Rooyen Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Charlie Crooks Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Roy Hardgrave Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Walter Groves Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Lou Hutt Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "William Clarey Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Robert Harrison Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
Widnes squad – 1929–30 Challenge Cup Final winners
- 1 Bob Fraser
- 2 Jack Dennett
- 3 Albert Ratcliffe
- 4 Peter Topping
- 5 Harry Owen
- 6 Paddy Douglas (c)
- 7 Jerry Laughton
- 8 Nat Silcock
- 9 George Stevens
- 10 Fred Kelsall
- 11 Harry Millington
- 12 George van Rooyen
- 13 Jimmy Hoey
- Coach: Peter Lyons
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