The 1951–52 Challenge Cup was the 51st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
First round
First leg
First round, first leg scores Date | Home | Score | Away |
9 Feb 1952 | Batley | 9–9 | Bramley |
9 Feb 1952 | Bradford Northern | 6–5 | Doncaster |
9 Feb 1952 | Cardiff | 7–7 | Dewsbury |
9 Feb 1952 | Castleford | 4–5 | Swinton |
9 Feb 1952 | Huddersfield | 5–13 | Halifax |
9 Feb 1952 | Hull FC | 8–6 | Oldham |
9 Feb 1952 | Leeds | 44–14 | Hull Kingston Rovers |
9 Feb 1952 | Leigh | 11–4 | Keighley |
9 Feb 1952 | Rochdale Hornets | 7–8 | Featherstone Rovers |
9 Feb 1952 | St Helens | 6–5 | Belle Vue Rangers |
9 Feb 1952 | Salford | 13–6 | Hunslet |
9 Feb 1952 | Wakefield Trinity | 18–13 | Wigan |
9 Feb 1952 | Warrington | 28–4 | Liverpool |
9 Feb 1952 | Whitehaven | 16–0 | Rylands Recs |
9 Feb 1952 | Widnes | 5–5 | Barrow |
9 Feb 1952 | York | 7–18 | Workington Town |
Second leg
First round, second leg scores Date | Home | Score | Away |
16 Feb 1952 | Barrow | 8–2 | Widnes |
16 Feb 1952 | Belle Vue Rangers | 4–9 | St Helens |
16 Feb 1952 | Bramley | 0–9 | Batley |
16 Feb 1952 | Dewsbury | 16–0 | Cardiff |
16 Feb 1952 | Doncaster | 4–7 | Bradford Northern |
16 Feb 1952 | Featherstone Rovers | 17–2 | Rochdale Hornets |
16 Feb 1952 | Halifax | 5–5 | Huddersfield |
16 Feb 1952 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3–5 | Leeds |
16 Feb 1952 | Hunslet | 6–3 | Salford |
16 Feb 1952 | Keighley | 0–8 | Leigh |
16 Feb 1952 | Liverpool | 6–6 | Warrington |
16 Feb 1952 | Oldham | 24–0 | Hull FC |
16 Feb 1952 | Rylands Recs[a] | 9–9 | Whitehaven |
16 Feb 1952 | Swinton | 2–9 | Castleford |
16 Feb 1952 | Wigan | 40–3 | Wakefield Trinity |
16 Feb 1952 | Workington Town | 42–5 | York |
- ^ Match played at Warrington's ground, Wilderspool
Second round
Second round scores Date | Home | Score | Away |
1 Mar 1952 | Batley | 4–11 | Featherstone Rovers |
1 Mar 1952 | Castleford | 6–7 | Leigh |
1 Mar 1952 | Leeds | 12–9 | Oldham |
1 Mar 1952 | Salford | 6–11 | Barrow |
1 Mar 1952 | Warrington | 26–9 | Dewsbury |
1 Mar 1952 | Whitehaven | 7–5 | Halifax |
1 Mar 1952 | Wigan | 28–12 | Bradford Northern |
8 Mar 1952 | Workington Town | 15–4 | St Helens |
Quarter-finals
Quarter-final scores Date | Home | Score | Away |
15 Mar 1952 | Featherstone Rovers | 14–11 | Wigan |
15 Mar 1952 | Leigh | 9–5 | Leeds |
15 Mar 1952 | Whitehaven | 2–10 | Barrow |
15 Mar 1952 | Workington Town | 14–0 | Warrington |
Semi-finals
Semi-final scores Date | Home | Score | Away |
29 Mar 1952 | Barrow | 2–5 | Workington Town |
29 Mar 1952 | Featherstone Rovers | 6–2 | Leigh |
Final
Workington Town beat Featherstone Rovers 18–10 in the final played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 19 April 1952 in front of a crowd of 72,093. Workington full-back and captain-coach Gus Risman became the oldest player to appear in a Cup final at age 41.[2] Three Australians, Tony Paskins, John Mudge and Bevan Wilson came up with decisive plays to help relative newcomers Workington to victory.[3] It was the club's first Challenge Cup win in their first appearance in the final.[4] Billy Ivison, Workington Town's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.
Workington Town | 18 – 10 | Featherstone Rovers |
Try Lawrenson (2), Mudge, Wilson Goals Risman (3) | [5] | Try Batten, Evans Goals Miller (2) |
Wembley, London Attendance: 72,093 Referee: Charles F Appleton (Warrington) Player of the Match: Billy Ivison |
| 1 | Gus Risman (c) | 2 | Johnny H. Lawrenson | 3 | Tony Paskins | 4 | Eppie Gibson | 5 | George Wilson | 6 | John H. Thomas | 7 | Albert Pepperell | 8 | Jimmy Hayton | 9 | Vince McKeating | 10 | Jimmy Wareing | 11 | Rupert Mudge | 12 | Bevan Wilson | 13 | Billy Ivison | Coach: | Gus Risman | | |
References
- ^ "Challenge Cup 1951/52". Rugby League Project.
- ^ news.bbc.co.uk (11 May 2004). "Cup final facts". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ AAP (London) (1952-04-21). "Australians star in Cup Final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-12-27 – via Trove.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Workington's Speed Tells". The Manchester Guardian. No. 32, 915. 21 April 1952. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
Workington Town squad – 1951–52 Challenge Cup Final winners |
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