1929–30 Challenge Cup

The 1929–30 Challenge Cup was the 30th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1929–30 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Widnes
Runners-up St Helens

First round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
08 FebBarrow15York4
08 FebBatley5Hull Kingston Rovers3
08 FebCastleford11Bramley4
08 FebCottingham0Leigh48
08 FebDewsbury24Rochdale Hornets10
08 FebFeatherstone Jrs9Halifax74
08 FebHuddersfield2Warrington5
08 FebHull FC44Bickershaw10
08 FebHunslet8Oldham3
08 FebKeighley6Great Clifton5
08 FebLeeds27Featherstone Rovers5
08 FebSt Helens9St Helens Recs7
08 FebSalford0Wigan Highfield5
08 FebSwinton5Wakefield Trinity5
08 FebWidnes20Bradford Northern0
08 FebWigan19Broughton Rangers7
12 FebWakefield Trinity2Swinton7

Second round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
22 FebBarrow7Keighley5
22 FebCastleford3Hull FC6
22 FebHunslet15Batley0
22 FebLeeds5St Helens18
22 FebSwinton7Widnes7
226 FebWarrington12Leigh3
22 FebWigan Highfield0Dewsbury0
22 FebWigan14Halifax5
25 FebDewsbury7Wigan Highfield5
27 FebWidnes6Swinton5

Quarterfinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
08 MarBarrow13Dewsbury7
08 MarSt Helens22Hunslet7
08 MarWidnes19Hull FC5
08 MarWigan16Warrington5

Semifinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
29 MarWidnes10Barrow3
29 MarSt Helens5Wigan5
02 AprWigan10St Helens22

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]

3 May 1930
Widnes 10 - 3 St Helens
Tries: Ratcliffe, Dennett
Goals: Hoey (2)		 Report
 Tries: Houghton
Wembley, London
Attendance: 36,544
1Bob Fraser[3]
2Jack Dennett[4]
3Albert Ratcliffe[5]
4Peter Topping[6]
5Harry Owen
6Paddy Douglas[7] (c)
7Jerry Laughton[8]
8Nat Silcock
9George Stevens[9]
10Fred Kelsall
11Harry Millington
12George van Rooyen[10]
13Jimmy Hoey
1Charlie Crooks[11]
2Roy Hardgrave[12]
3George Lewis (c)
4Billy Mercer
5Alf Ellaby
6Les Fairclough
7Walter 'Plodder' Groves[13]
8Lou Hutt[14]
9William "Bill" Clarey[15]
10Louis Houghton
11Trevor Hall
12Ben Halfpenny
13Robert "Bob" 'Slosher' Harrison[16]

References
  1. "Challenge Cup 1929/30". Rugby League Project.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. "Bob Fraser Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Jack Dennett Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. "Albert Ratcliffe Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. "Peter Topping Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. "Paddy Douglas Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. "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.
  9. "George Stevens Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  10. "George van Rooyen Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  11. "Charlie Crooks Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  12. "Roy Hardgrave Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  13. "Walter Groves Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  14. "Lou Hutt Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  15. "William Clarey Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  16. "Robert Harrison Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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