The 1946–47 Challenge Cup was the 46th staging of rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup .[1]
First round [ edit ] Date Team one Score one Team two 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 [ edit ] Date Team one Score one Team two 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 [ edit ] Date Team one Score one Team two 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 [ edit ] Date Team one Score one Team two Score two 19 Apr Leeds 21 Wakefield Trinity 0 19 Apr Warrington 7 Bradford Northern 11
Bradford Northern 8 – 4 Leeds Try Walters, FosterDG E Ward [2] Goals Cook (2)
Leeds reached the Wembley final for the second time, doing so without conceding a single point in the final five rounds of the tournament.[3] 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.[4]
This was Bradford's third Cup final win in five Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.[5]
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