1927–28 Challenge Cup
{{short description|Rugby league competition}}
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|season = 1927–28
|season_champs = {{leagueicon|Swinton|16px}} Swinton
|season_champ_name = Winners
|second_place = {{leagueicon|Warrington|16px}} Warrington
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|prevseason_link = 1926–27 Challenge Cup
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The 1927–28 Challenge Cup was the 28th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1927-28/results.html|title=Challenge Cup 1927/28|publisher=Rugby League Project}}
First round
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Home !width=50| Score !width=250| Away | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 February | Barrow | 20–5 | York |
| 11 February | Batley | 31–2 | Cottingham |
| 11 February | Bradford Northern | 17–0 | Twelve Apostles |
| 11 February | Bramley{{efn|game played at Headingley}} | 2–5 | Hull FC |
| 11 February | Castleford | 7–3 | Salford |
| 11 February | Dewsbury | 20–2 | Broughton Rangers |
| 11 February | Featherstone Rovers | 28–0 | Keighley |
| 11 February | Halifax | 4–4 | Hunslet |
| 11 February | Hull Kingston Rovers | 19–0 | Widnes |
| 11 February | Oldham | 15–5 | St Helens |
| 11 February | Rochdale Hornets | 5–2 | Leigh |
| 11 February | St Helens Recs | 12–0 | Wakefield Trinity |
| 11 February | Warrington | 43–2 | Kinsley{{efn|Kinsley ceded home advantage}} |
| 11 February | Whitehaven Recs | 0–44 | Swinton |
| 11 February | Wigan Highfield | 2–13 | Leeds |
| 11 February | Wigan | 2–13 | Huddersfield |
| colspan="4"|Source:{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000986/19280213/014/0002 |title=Rugby League Challenge Cup: First Round |newspaper=Athletic News |date=13 February 1928 |page=2 |issue=((2,731)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}} |
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In the single first round replay Halifax beat Hunslet 16–2 on 15 February.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19280216/426/0019 |title=Summary of Results |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=16 February 1928 |page=19 |issue=((25,148)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
Second round
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Home !width=50| Score !width=250| Away | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 February | Barrow | 8–11 | Oldham |
| 25 February | Batley | 12–6 | Bradford Northern |
| 25 February | Castleford | 3–0 | Featherstone Rovers |
| 25 February | Dewsbury | 7-7 | Huddersfield |
| 25 February | Halifax | 2–3 | Swinton |
| 25 February | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0–5 | Warrington |
| 25 February | Leeds | 13–12 | St Helens Recs |
| 25 February | Rochdale Hornets | 3–3 | Hull FC |
| colspan="4"|Source:{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000748/19280227/036/0002 |title=Rugby League: Challenge Cup-Second Round |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |date=27 February 1928 |page=2 |issue=((27,549)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}} |
In the two replays Huddersfield beat Dewsbury 16–8 on 29 February and Hull FC beat 16–0 on 1 March.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000748/19280301/202/0009 |title=Football Results: Rugby League |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |date=1 March 1928 |page=9 |issue=((27,552)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/19280302/017/0005 |title=Rugby League Cup |newspaper=Western Daily Press |date=2 March 1928 |page=5 |issue=((23,442)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
Third round
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Home !width=50| Score !width=250| Away | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 March | Castleford | 0–3 | Swinton |
| 10 March | Hull FC | 0–0 | Batley |
| 10 March | Leeds | 10–5 | Oldham |
| 10 March | Warrington | 10–3 | Huddersfield |
| colspan="4" |Source:{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19280312/020/0002 |title=Rugby League Challenge Cup: Third Round |newspaper=Athletic News |date=12 March 1928 |page=2 |issue=((2,735)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}} |
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 6–2 on neutral territory, Headingley, on 26 March.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000748/19280321/246/0011 |title=Rugby League: Challenge Cup Replay |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |date=21 March 1928 |page=11 |issue=((27,569)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19280327/039/0008 |title=Hull as R.L. Cup Semi-Finalists |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |date=27 March 1928 |page=8 |issue=((13,251)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
Semi-finals
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Drawn first !width=50| Score !width=250| Drawn second !width=100| Venue !width=100| Attendance !width=50| Receipts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March | Swinton | 5–3 | Hull FC | Fartown, Huddersfield | 12,000 | £794 |
| 31 March | Warrington | 9–2 | Leeds | Athletic Grounds, Rochdale | 22,000 | £1,463 |
| colspan="7"|Source:{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000687/19280402/160/0005 |title=Rugby League Cup |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=2 April 1928 |page=5 |issue=((25,187)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}} |
Final
Swinton beat Warrington 5–3 in the final played at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 14 April 1928.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/258944928/ |title=Rugby League Cup. Swinton's Third Success in the Final |newspaper=The Manchester Guardian |date=16 April 1928 |page=4 |issue=((25,469)) |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}} The game generated receipts of £3159 1s 11d and the attendance of 33,909 set a new record for a game at Central Park.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19280418/046/0008 |title=R.L. Cup Final |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |date=18 April 1928 |page=8 |issue=((13,269)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
This was Swinton's third Challenge Cup Final win from four Final appearances and completed a League and Cup double for the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour |access-date=7 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |archive-date=3 April 2009|url-status=dead }}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Swinton - 1927–28 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
{{Challenge Cup}}
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