1929–30 Challenge Cup

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The 1929–30 Challenge Cup was the 30th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

First round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
08 Feb	Barrow	15	York	4
08 Feb	Batley	5	Hull Kingston Rovers	3
08 Feb	Castleford	11	Bramley	4
08 Feb	Cottingham	0	Leigh	48
08 Feb	Dewsbury	24	Rochdale Hornets	10
08 Feb	Featherstone Jrs	9	Halifax	74
08 Feb	Huddersfield	2	Warrington	5
08 Feb	Hull FC	44	Bickershaw	10
08 Feb	Hunslet	8	Oldham	3
08 Feb	Keighley	6	Great Clifton	5
08 Feb	Leeds	27	Featherstone Rovers	5
08 Feb	St Helens	9	St Helens Recs	7
08 Feb	Salford	0	Wigan Highfield	5
08 Feb	Swinton	5	Wakefield Trinity	5
08 Feb	Widnes	20	Bradford Northern	0
08 Feb	Wigan	19	Broughton Rangers	7
12 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	2	Swinton	7

Second round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
22 Feb	Barrow	7	Keighley	5
22 Feb	Castleford	3	Hull FC	6
22 Feb	Hunslet	15	Batley	0
22 Feb	Leeds	5	St Helens	18
22 Feb	Swinton	7	Widnes	7
226 Feb	Warrington	12	Leigh	3
22 Feb	Wigan Highfield	0	Dewsbury	0
22 Feb	Wigan	14	Halifax	5
25 Feb	Dewsbury	7	Wigan Highfield	5
27 Feb	Widnes	6	Swinton	5

Quarterfinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
08 Mar	Barrow	13	Dewsbury	7
08 Mar	St Helens	22	Hunslet	7
08 Mar	Widnes	19	Hull FC	5
08 Mar	Wigan	16	Warrington	5

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
29 Mar	Widnes	10	Barrow	3
29 Mar	St Helens	5	Wigan	5
02 Apr	Wigan	10	St Helens	22

Final

Widnes beat St Helens 10-3 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley played before a crowd of 36,544.

This was Widnes' first Cup final appearance and thus their first Cup final win.^[2]

3 May 1930

Widnes	10 - 3	St Helens
Tries: Ratcliffe, Dennett Goals: Hoey (2)	Report	Tries: Houghton

Wembley, London
Attendance: 36,544


1	Bob Fraser^[3]
2	Jack Dennett^[4]
3	Albert Ratcliffe^[5]
4	Peter Topping^[6]
5	Harry Owen
6	Paddy Douglas^[7] (c)
7	Jerry Laughton^[8]
8	Nat Silcock
9	George Stevens^[9]
10	Fred Kelsall
11	Harry Millington
12	George van Rooyen^[10]
13	Jimmy Hoey


1	Charlie Crooks^[11]
2	Roy Hardgrave^[12]
3	George Lewis (c)
4	Billy Mercer
5	Alf Ellaby
6	Les Fairclough
7	Walter 'Plodder' Groves^[13]
8	Lou Hutt^[14]
9	William "Bill" Clarey^[15]
10	Louis Houghton
11	Trevor Hall
12	Ben Halfpenny
13	Robert "Bob" 'Slosher' Harrison^[16]

References

^ "Challenge Cup 1929/30". Rugby League Project.
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^ "Bob Fraser Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Jack Dennett Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Albert Ratcliffe Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Peter Topping Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Paddy Douglas Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Jerry Laughton Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "George Stevens Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "George van Rooyen Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Charlie Crooks Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Roy Hardgrave Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Walter Groves Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Lou Hutt Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "William Clarey Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Robert Harrison Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

Widnes squad – 1929–30 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Bob Fraser
2 Jack Dennett
3 Albert Ratcliffe
4 Peter Topping
5 Harry Owen
6 Paddy Douglas (c)
7 Jerry Laughton
8 Nat Silcock
9 George Stevens
10 Fred Kelsall
11 Harry Millington
12 George van Rooyen
13 Jimmy Hoey
Coach: Peter Lyons

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