1928–29 Challenge Cup

The 1928–29 Challenge Cup was the 29th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

1928–29 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Number of teams	32
Highest attendance	41,500
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Dewsbury

The final was contested by Wigan and Dewsbury at Wembley Stadium in London. This was the first Challenge Cup final to be held at Wembley.

The final was played on Saturday 4 May 1929, where Wigan beat Dewsbury 13–2 in front of a crowd of 41,500.

First round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
9 Feb	Bradford Northern	2	Halifax	5
9 Feb	Bramley	0	Oldham	16
9 Feb	Broughton Rangers	2	St Helens Recs	13
9 Feb	Castleford	31	Whitehaven Recs	7
9 Feb	Dewsbury	37	Cottingham	0
9 Feb	Huddersfield	21	Widnes	11
9 Feb	Hull FC	11	Wakefield Trinity	5
9 Feb	Hunslet	16	Hull Kingston Rovers	7
9 Feb	Lindley	2	St Helens	32
9 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	2	Barrow	6
9 Feb	Salford	5	Keighley	9
9 Feb	Swinton	5	Leigh	2
9 Feb	Warrington	8	Leeds	0
9 Feb	Wigan Highfield	45	Uno's Dabs	0
9 Feb	Wigan	25	Batley	0
9 Feb	York	0	Featherstone Rovers	10

Second round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
23 Feb	Castleford	8	Huddersfield	0
23 Feb	Dewsbury	14	Swinton	7
23 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	0	St Helens Recs	13
23 Feb	Halifax	16	Barrow	0
23 Feb	St Helens	26	Keighley	5
23 Feb	Warrington	7	Oldham	0
23 Feb	Wigan	16	Hunslet	0
4 Mar	Wigan Highfield	17	Hull FC	5

Quarterfinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
9 Mar	Castleford	8	Wigan Highfield	0
9 Mar	Halifax	0	St Helens Recs	21
9 Mar	St Helens	2	Wigan	2
9 Mar	Warrington	4	Dewsbury	10
13 Mar	Wigan	25	St Helens	5

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
6 Apr	Dewsbury	9	Castleford	3
6 Apr	Wigan	7	St Helens Recs	7
10 Apr	St Helens Recs	12	Wigan	13

Final

4 May 1929

Wigan	13 – 2	Dewsbury
Try: Abram, Brown, Kinnear Goal: Sullivan (2)	Report	Goal: Davies

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Bob Robinson (Bradford)

FB 1 Jim Sullivan RW 2 Johnny Ring RC 3 Tommy Parker LC 4 Roy Kinnear LW 5 Lou Brown SO 6 Arthur Binks SH 7 Syd Abram PR 8 Wilf Hodder HK 9 Jack Bennett PR 10 Tom Beetham SR 11 Frank Stephens SR 12 Len Mason LF 13 John Sherrington

FB 1 Jack Davies RW 2 Tommy Bailey RC 3 Clifford Smith LC 4 Herbert Hirst LW 5 Henry Coates SO 6 John Woolmore SH 7 Jim Rudd PR 8 James Hobson HK 9 Percy Brown PR 10 William Rhodes SR 11 Harry Bland SR 12 Joe Malkin LF 13 Joe Lyman

External links

• Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Challenge Cup 1928/29 results at Rugby League Project