1954–55 Challenge Cup

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|season = 1954–55

|season_champs = {{leagueicon|Barrow|16px}} Barrow

|season_champ_name = Winners

|second_place = {{leagueicon|Workington Town|16px}} Workington Town

|MVP = Jack Grundy

|MVP_link = Lance Todd Trophy

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|prevseason_link = 1953–54 Challenge Cup

|prevseason_year = 1953–54

|nextseason_link = 1955–56 Challenge Cup

|nextseason_year = 1955–56

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The 1954–55 Challenge Cup was the 54th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1954-55/results.html|title=Challenge Cup 1954/55|publisher=Rugby League Project}}

First round

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12 Feb	Batley	2	St Helens	15
12 Feb	Bradford Northern	9	Warrington	4
12 Feb	Bramley	4	Halifax	9
12 Feb	Dewsbury	8	Barrow	11
12 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	39	Belle Vue Rangers	6
12 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	7	York	6
12 Feb	Hunslet	43	Whitehaven	10
12 Feb	Keighley	17	Blackpool	8
12 Feb	Leeds	8	Huddersfield	3
12 Feb	Leigh	19	Doncaster	8
12 Feb	Liverpool	6	Widnes	3
12 Feb	Oldham	5	Wigan	2
12 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	11	Wakefield Trinity	9
12 Feb	Salford	13	Castleford	5
12 Feb	Swinton	8	Hull FC	16
12 Feb	Workington Town	43	Dewsbury Celtic	0

Second round

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05 Mar	Bradford Northern	2	Featherstone Rovers	7
05 Mar	Hull FC	4	Halifax	0
05 Mar	Hull Kingston Rovers	2	Hunslet	33
05 Mar	Keighley	2	St Helens	3
05 Mar	Leigh	5	Oldham	3
05 Mar	Rochdale Hornets	13	Liverpool	5
05 Mar	Salford	0	Barrow	13
05 Mar	Workington Town	13	Leeds	7

Quarterfinals

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19 Mar	Hull FC	5	Hunslet	7
19 Mar	Leigh	9	Featherstone Rovers	13
19 Mar	Rochdale Hornets	2	Barrow	15
19 Mar	Workington Town	14	St Helens	4

Semifinals

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02 Apr	Barrow	9	Hunslet	6
02 Apr	Featherstone Rovers	2	Workington Town	13

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02 Apr

Barrow

Hunslet

02 Apr

Featherstone Rovers

Workington Town

Final

This is the only all-Cumbrian Final to date, although its occurrence predates the creation of Cumbria by 20 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour |access-date=2009-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |archive-date=2009-04-03 |url-status=dead }} Barrow beat Workington Town 21-12 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 66,513. Captained by former Great Britain skipper Willie Horne, this was Barrow’s first Challenge Cup final win, although have been runners-up on four other occasions. Jack Grundy, Barrow's {{rlp|SR}} was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

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|date = 30 April 1955

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|team1 = Barrow

|score = 21 – 12

|team2 = Workington Town

|try1 = McKeating, Goodwin, Castle

|goal1 = Horne (5)

|drop1 = Horne

|try2 = Faulder, Gibson

|goal2 = Paskins (3)

|stadium = Wembley, London

|attendance = 66,513 (HT 2-2)

|referee =

|manofmatch = Jack Grundy

|report = {{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS85284002&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title="Rugby League Cup For Barrow." Times [London, England] 2 May 1955|work=The Times Digital Archive}}

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1	Clive Best
2	Jimmy Lewthwaite
3	Phil Jackson
4	Dennis Goodwin
5	Frank Castle
6	Willie Horne
7	Ted Toohey
8	Les Belshaw
9	Vince McKeating
10	Frank Barton
11	Jack Grundy
12	Reg Parker
13	Bill Healey
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\| Frank Hill

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1	Joe Vickers
2	Ike Southward
3	Tony Paskins
4	Eppie Gibson
5	Ken Faulder
6	Bill Wookey
7	Sol Roper
8	Jimmy Hayton
9	Bill Lymer
10	Andy Key
11	Brian Edgar
12	Rupert Mudge
13	Billy Ivison
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\| Jim Brough

References

Category:Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup