1949–50 Challenge Cup

The 1949–50 Challenge Cup was the 49th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1949–50 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Warrington
Runners-up Widnes

First round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
04 FebBarrow5Hull FC10
04 FebBatley10Castleford9
04 FebBelle Vue Rangers20Whitehaven2
04 FebBroughton Moor5Wakefield Trinity28
04 FebCardiff10Salford15
04 FebFeatherstone Rovers19Bramley2
04 FebHuddersfield6Dewsbury9
04 FebHull Kingston Rovers2Warrington12
04 FebLeeds14Leigh7
04 FebOldham5Bradford Northern16
04 FebSt Helens10Halifax6
04 FebSwinton24Liverpool10
04 FebWidnes15Rochdale Hornets2
04 FebWorkington Town0Keighley5
04 FebBoys Club7Hunslet45
04 FebYork2Wigan38
11 FebBradford Northern6Oldham8
11 FebBramley5Featherstone Rovers2
11 FebCastleford6Batley6
11 FebDewsbury4Huddersfield2
11 FebHalifax2St Helens0
11 FebHull FC0Barrow11
11 FebHunslet18Boys Club9
11 FebKeighley4Workington Town3
11 FebLeigh7Leeds2
11 FebLiverpool9Swinton25
11 FebRochdale Hornets0Widnes27
11 FebSalford20Cardiff5
11 FebWakefield Trinity73Broughton Moor3
11 FebWarrington24Hull Kingston Rovers4
11 FebWhitehaven12Belle Vue Rangers0
11 FebWigan65York15

Second round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
25 FebBarrow6Featherstone Rovers2
25 FebBelle Vue Rangers6Hunslet17
25 FebLeeds7Wigan2
25 FebSalford2St Helens9
25 FebWarrington17Swinton2
02 MarBatley4Widnes12
06 MarBradford Northern13Keighley2
06 MarWakefield Trinity2Dewsbury2
08 MarDewsbury10Wakefield Trinity15

Quarterfinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
11 MarLeeds14Wakefield Trinity8
11 MarSt Helens0Bradford Northern0
11 MarWarrington21Hunslet7
11 MarWidnes12Barrow7
15 MarBradford Northern11St Helens0

Semifinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
01 AprWarrington16Leeds4
01 AprWidnes8Bradford Northern0

Final

Warrington beat Widnes 19–0 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 94,249. This was Warrington's third Cup final win in nine Final appearances. In the match Albert Naughton, at centre for Warrington opposed his older brother Johnny, who was in the Widnes second row.[2] This was the second successive Final that the losing side had failed to score.[3] The Warrington scrum-half Gerry Helme won the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

6 May 1950
Warrington 19 – 0 Widnes
Try Ryder, Bath, Knowelden
Goals Palin (3)
DG Palin		 [4]
Wembley, London
Attendance: 94,249
Referee: A S Dobson (Pontefract)
Player of the Match: Gerry Helme
1Les 'Cowboy' Jones
2Brian Bevan
3Ron Ryder
4Albert Naughton
5Albert E. Johnson
6Bryn Knowelden
7Gerry Helme
8William "Billy" Derbyshire
9Harold H. 'Ike' Fishwick
10Ron Fisher
11Harry Bath (c)
12Gerry Lowe
13Harold Palin
Coach:
Chris Brockbank
1Frank Bradley[5]
2John Parkes[6]
3Colin Hutton
4Tommy Sale (c)
5xAustin 'Gus' Malone
6Jackie Fleming
7Harry 'Tich' Anderson[7]
8Charlie Reynolds[8]
9Johnny Naughton[9]
10Fred Leigh[10]
11Charlie Wilcox[11]
12Robert Band[12]
13Ron Rowbottom[13]
Coach:

References
  1. "Challenge Cup 1949/50". Rugby League Project.
  2. news.bbc.co.uk (11 May 2004). "Cup final facts". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. "OUR RUGBY FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENT. "Rugby League Cup." Times [London, England] 8 May 1950". The Times Digital Archive.
  5. "Frank Bradley Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. "John ParkesStatistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. "Harry 'Tich' Anderson Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. "Charlie Reynolds Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  9. "Johnny Naughton Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  10. "Fred Leigh Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  11. "Charlie Wilcox Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  12. "Robert Band Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  13. "Ron Rowbottom Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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