1944–45 Challenge Cup
{{short description|Rugby league competition}}
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|title = 1944–45 Challenge Cup
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|duration = 5 rounds
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|season = 1944–45
|season_champs = {{leagueicon|Huddersfield|16px}} Huddersfield
|season_champ_name = Winners
|second_place = {{leagueicon|Bradford|16px}} Bradford Northern
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|prevseason_link = 1943–44 Challenge Cup
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|nextseason_link = 1945–46 Challenge Cup
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The 1944–45 Challenge Cup was the 44th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1944-45/results.html|title=Challenge Cup 1944/45|publisher=Rugby League Project}}
Qualifier
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Mar | Castleford | 5 | Halifax | 8 |
| 10 Mar | Halifax | 8 | Castleford | 3 |
First round
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar | Batley | 7 | Wakefield Trinity | 10 |
| 17 Mar | Featherstone Rovers | 4 | Oldham | 18 |
| 17 Mar | Halifax | 10 | Wigan | 11 |
| 17 Mar | Hull FC | 13 | Dewsbury | 18 |
| 17 Mar | Keighley | 11 | Hunslet | 8 |
| 17 Mar | Leeds | 5 | Huddersfield | 21 |
| 17 Mar | St Helens | 8 | Bradford Northern | 15 |
| 17 Mar | York | 12 | Barrow | 21 |
| 24 Mar | Barrow | 19 | York | 5 |
| 24 Mar | Bradford Northern | 34 | St Helens | 13 |
| 24 Mar | Dewsbury | 23 | Hull FC | 9 |
| 24 Mar | Huddersfield | 17 | Leeds | 3 |
| 24 Mar | Hunslet | 4 | Keighley | 2 |
| 24 Mar | Oldham | 8 | Featherstone Rovers | 7 |
| 24 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 24 | Batley | 12 |
| 24 Mar | Wigan | 6 | Halifax | 21 |
Second round
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar | Bradford Northern | 18 | Wakefield Trinity | 8 |
| 31 Mar | Dewsbury | 5 | Halifax | 11 |
| 31 Mar | Huddersfield | 13 | Barrow | 3 |
| 31 Mar | Keighley | 11 | Oldham | 0 |
| 02 Apr | Barrow | 6 | Huddersfield | 9 |
| 02 Apr | Halifax | 19 | Dewsbury | 5 |
| 02 Apr | Oldham | 8 | Keighley | 9 |
| 02 Apr | Wakefield Trinity | 10 | Bradford Northern | 3 |
Semifinals
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr | Halifax | 6 | Huddersfield | 0 |
| 14 Apr | Keighley | 5 | Bradford Northern | 0 |
| 21 Apr | Bradford Northern | 35 | Keighley | 3 |
| 21 Apr | Huddersfield | 10 | Halifax | 3 |
Final
In the final of the Rugby league Challenge Cup, Huddersfield beat Bradford Northern 13-9 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,541.
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr | Huddersfield | 7 | Bradford Northern | 4 |
| 05 May | Bradford Northern | 5 | Huddersfield | 6 |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Challenge Cup}}
{{Huddersfield - 1944–45 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1944-45 Challenge Cup}}