1929–30_Challenge_Cup

1929–30 Challenge Cup

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]

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First round

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Second round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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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]

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3 May 1930
Wembley, London
Attendance: 36,544
1Bob Fraser[3]
2Jack Dennett[4]
3Albert Ratcliffe[5]
4Peter Topping[6]
5Harry Owen
6Paddy Douglas[7] (c)
7Jerry Laughton[8]
8Nat Silcock
9George Stevens[9]
10Fred Kelsall
11Harry Millington
12George van Rooyen[10]
13Jimmy Hoey
1Charlie Crooks[11]
2Roy Hardgrave[12]
3George Lewis (c)
4Billy Mercer
5Alf Ellaby
6Les Fairclough
7Walter 'Plodder' Groves[13]
8Lou Hutt[14]
9William "Bill" Clarey[15]
10Louis Houghton
11Trevor Hall
12Ben Halfpenny
13Robert "Bob" 'Slosher' Harrison[16]

References

  1. [1]
    "Challenge Cup 1929/30". Rugby League Project.
  2. [2]
    "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. [3]
    "Bob Fraser Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Jack Dennett Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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    "Albert Ratcliffe Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Peter Topping Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Paddy Douglas Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. [8]
    "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.
  9. [9]
    "George Stevens Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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    "George van Rooyen Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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    "Charlie Crooks Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  12. [12]
    "Roy Hardgrave Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  13. [13]
    "Walter Groves Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  14. [14]
    "Lou Hutt Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  15. [15]
    "William Clarey Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  16. [16]
    "Robert Harrison Statistics at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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