1946–47 Challenge Cup
{{short description|Rugby league competition}}
{{Infobox Rugby football league challenge cup
|title = 1946–47 Challenge Cup
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|duration = 5 rounds
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|season = 1946–47
|season_champs = {{leagueicon|Bradford|16px}} Bradford Northern
|season_champ_name = Winners
|second_place = {{leagueicon|Leeds|16px}} Leeds
|MVP =
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|prevseason_link = 1945–46 Challenge Cup
|prevseason_year = 1945–46
|nextseason_link = 1947–48 Challenge Cup
|nextseason_year = 1947–48
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The 1946–47 Challenge Cup was the 46th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1946-47/results.html|title=Challenge Cup 1946/47|publisher=Rugby League Project}}
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb | Warrington | 46 | Brookland | 3 |
| 22 Feb | Castleford | 19 | Swinton | 2 |
| 22 Feb | Leigh | 3 | Wakefield Trinity | 3 |
| 22 Feb | Liverpool | 27 | Pemberton Rovers | 6 |
| 22 Feb | Oldham | 3 | Belle Vue Rangers | 10 |
| 22 Feb | Salford | 5 | Bradford Northern | 2 |
| 22 Feb | Widnes | 13 | Rochdale Hornets | 2 |
| 22 Feb | Wigan | 24 | Featherstone Rovers | 11 |
| 22 Feb | Workington Town | 48 | Widnes Dragons | 0 |
| 01 Mar | Brookland | 3 | Warrington | 32 |
| 01 Mar | Hunslet | 2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3 |
| 01 Mar | Pemberton Rovers | 5 | Liverpool | 20 |
| 01 Mar | Swinton | 8 | Castleford | 7 |
| 01 Mar | Wheldale | 0 | Halifax | 25 |
| 01 Mar | Widnes Dragons | 5 | Workington Town | 21 |
| 08 Mar | Belle Vue Rangers | 0 | Oldham | 0 |
| 08 Mar | Dewsbury | 0 | Huddersfield | 3 |
| 08 Mar | Hull FC | 11 | Bramley | 3 |
| 08 Mar | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 | Hunslet | 6 |
| 08 Mar | Leeds | 12 | Barrow | 0 |
| 08 Mar | St Helens | 17 | Keighley | 7 |
| 10 Mar | Huddersfield | 3 | Dewsbury | 0 |
| 11 Mar | Keighley | 8 | St Helens | 5 |
| 12 Mar | Bradford Northern | 10 | Salford | 0 |
| 12 Mar | Bramley | 2 | Hull FC | 28 |
| 12 Mar | Halifax | 20 | Wheldale | 10 |
| 12 Mar | Rochdale Hornets | 0 | Widnes | 11 |
| 12 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 5 | Leigh | 0 |
| 12 Mar | York | 3 | Batley | 6 |
| 13 Mar | Batley | 11 | York | 0 |
| 13 Mar | Featherstone Rovers | 7 | Wigan | 13 |
| 13 Mar | Barrow | 0 | Leeds | 6 |
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Mar | Batley | 2 | Castleford | 13 |
| 22 Mar | Halifax | 3 | Workington Town | 10 |
| 22 Mar | Huddersfield | 0 | Bradford Northern | 8 |
| 22 Mar | Leeds | 5 | Hunslet | 0 |
| 22 Mar | Liverpool | 10 | Hull FC | 5 |
| 22 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 8 | Widnes | 5 |
| 22 Mar | Warrington | 24 | St Helens | 2 |
| 22 Mar | Wigan | 12 | Belle Vue Rangers | 5 |
Quarterfinals
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Mar | Bradford Northern | 10 | Workington Town | 3 |
| 29 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 15 | Liverpool | 0 |
| 29 Mar | Warrington | 5 | Castleford | 0 |
| 29 Mar | Wigan | 0 | Leeds | 5 |
Semifinals
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| width=100| Date
!width=250| Team one !width=50| Score one !width=250| Team two !width=50| Score two | ||||
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| 19 Apr | Leeds | 21 | Wakefield Trinity | 0 |
| 19 Apr | Warrington | 7 | Bradford Northern | 11 |
Final
{{Rugbyleaguebox
|date = 3 May 1947
|time =
|team1 = Bradford Northern
|score = 8 – 4
|team2 = Leeds
|points1 = Try Walters, Foster
DG E Ward
|points2 = Goals Cook (2)
|attendance = 77,605
|referee = P Cowell (Warrington)
|manofmatch = Willie Davies
|report = {{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS33899685&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=Our Rugby Football Correspondent, and Our Special Correspondent. "Rugby Football." Times [London, England] 5 May 1947|work=The Times}}
}}
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| width="25"| | |
|---|---|
| 1 | George Carmichael |
| 2 | Eric Batten |
| 3 | Jack Kitching |
| 4 | Ernest Ward |
| 5 | Emlyn Walters |
| 6 | Willie Davies |
| 7 | Donald Ward |
| 8 | Frank Whitcombe |
| 9 | Vic Darlison |
| 10 | Herbert Smith |
| 11 | Barry Tyler |
| 12 | Trevor Foster |
| 13 | Hagan Evans |
| colspan=3|Coach: | |
| colspan="4"| Dai Rees |
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|---|---|
| 1 | {{sortname|Bert|Cook|Bert Cook (rugby)}} |
| 2 | {{sortname|E. C.|Whitehead}} |
| 3 | {{sortname|Gareth|Price|Gareth Price (rugby league)}} |
| 4 | {{sortname|T. L.|Williams}} |
| 5 | {{sortname|A. T.|Cornelius}} |
| 6 | {{sortname|Dickie|Williams}} |
| 7 | {{sortname|Dai|Jenkins}} |
| 8 | {{sortname|C|Brereton}} |
| 9 | {{sortname|Con|Murphy|Con Murphy (rugby, born 1908)}} |
| 10 | {{sortname|Dai|Prosser}} |
| 11 | {{sortname|Arthur|Clues}} |
| 12 | {{sortname|Alf|Watson|Alf Watson (rugby league)}} |
| 13 | {{sortname|Ike|Owens}} |
| colspan=3|Coach: | |
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Leeds reached the Wembley final for the second time, doing so without conceding a single point in the final five rounds of the tournament.{{cite news
| last = Demsteader
| first = Christine
| title = Rugby League's home from home
| work = BBC Sport
| place =UK
| publisher = BBC
| date = 2000-10-01
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/wembley/944481.stm
| access-date = 2009-12-04}} However Bradford Northern beat Leeds 8-4 in the final in front of a crowd of 77,605. Trevor Foster and Emlyn Walters scored Bradford's tries and were converted by Ernest Ward. Willie Davies, Bradford Northern's stand-off half back, won the Lance Todd Trophy for man of the match.{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3559/1940%20-%201950:%20Wartime%20&%20Wembley |title=Bradford Bulls History |access-date=2009-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422180544/http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3559/1940%20-%201950:%20Wartime%20&%20Wembley |archive-date=2009-04-22 |url-status=dead }}
This was Bradford's third Cup final win in five Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=64 |title=RFL All Time Records |access-date=2009-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144104/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=64 |archive-date=2009-04-03 |url-status=dead }}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Bradford Northern - 1946–47 Challenge Cup winners}}
{{Challenge Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1946-47 Challenge Cup}}