1925–26 Challenge Cup

1925–26 Challenge Cup
Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Swinton
Runners-up	Oldham

The 1925–26 Challenge Cup was the 26th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

First round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
13 Feb	Barnsley Utd	0	Hull Kingston Rovers	28
13 Feb	Barrow	44	Barrow Cambridge St	0
13 Feb	Bradford Northern	2	Keighley	2
13 Feb	Bramley	0	Rochdale Hornets	11
13 Feb	Castleford	12	St Helens Recs	18
13 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	7	Broughton Rangers	8
13 Feb	Halifax	16	Dewsbury	0
13 Feb	Hensingham	0	Huddersfield	33
13 Feb	Hull FC	27	Pemberton Rovers	3
13 Feb	Hunslet	7	Warrington	11
13 Feb	Leigh	6	Oldham	18
13 Feb	Salford	2	Leeds	3
13 Feb	Swinton	19	Batley	9
13 Feb	Widnes	7	St Helens	10
13 Feb	Wigan Highfield	7	Wakefield Trinity	2
13 Feb	Wigan	45	York	10
17 Feb	Keighley	5	Bradford Northern	5
22 Feb	Bradford Northern	9	Keighley	4

Second round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
27 Feb	Barrow	0	Halifax	3
27 Feb	Bradford Northern	3	Hull Kingston Rovers	6
27 Feb	Leeds	17	Wigan	10
27 Feb	Oldham	12	Rochdale Hornets	3
27 Feb	St Helens	7	Hull FC	10
27 Feb	Swinton	8	Broughton Rangers	8
27 Feb	Warrington	17	St Helens Recs	12
27 Feb	Wigan Highfield	5	Huddersfield	3
03 Mar	Broughton Rangers	3	Swinton	20

Quarterfinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
13 Mar	Hull FC	15	Warrington	2
13 Mar	Oldham	8	Halifax	5
13 Mar	Swinton	24	Hull Kingston Rovers	3
13 Mar	Wigan Highfield	11	Leeds	2

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
27 Mar	Oldham	15	Wigan Highfield	6
27 Mar	Swinton	13	Hull FC	2

Final

Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.

This was Swinton's second appearance in the final and their second Cup final win. Their previous victory was in 1900.^[2]^[3]^[4]

1 May 1926

Swinton	9 – 3	Oldham
Tries: Blewer Goals: Morris (3)	^[5]	Tries: Corsi

Athletic Grounds, Rochdale
Attendance: 27,800
Referee: A. Brown (Wakefield)


FB	1	Jack Pearson
RW	2	Frank Evans
RC	3	Wilf Sulway
LC	4	Jack Evans
LW	5	William Rees
SO	6	Chris Brockbank
SH	7	Bryn Evans
PR	8	Miller Strong
HK	9	Henry Blewer
PR	10	Herbert Morris
SR	11	Tom Halliwell
SR	12	Harry Entwistle
LF	13	Fred Beswick
Coach:


FB	1	Ernest Knapman
RW	2	Albert Brough
RC	3	Sid Rix
LC	4	Alf Higgs
LW	5	Joe Corsi
SO	6	Reg Jones
SH	7	George Hesketh
PR	8	Rothwell Marlor
HK	9	Bert Lister
PR	10	Jack Read
SR	11	Percy Carter
SR	12	Bob Sloman
LF	13	Ambrose Baker
Coach:

References

^ "Challenge Cup 1925/26". Rugby League Project.
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
^ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
^ "Oldham v Swinton". Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
^ "Oldham 3-9 Swinton - 01.05.1926". Rugby League Records. Retrieved 12 August 2025.

[1] "Challenge Cup 1925/26". Rugby League Project.

[2] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.

[A_complete_history_of_Hull_FC's_Challenge_Cup_finals-3] "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

[4] "Oldham v Swinton". Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust. Retrieved 12 August 2025.

[5] "Oldham 3-9 Swinton - 01.05.1926". Rugby League Records. Retrieved 12 August 2025.

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