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Rugby Competition Season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1956–57 Challenge Cup was the 56th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
Duration | 5 rounds |
---|---|
Winners | Leeds |
Runners-up | Barrow |
Lance Todd Trophy | Jeff Stevenson |
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
---|---|---|---|---|
09 Feb | Barrow | 53 | Wakefield Loco | 12 |
09 Feb | Bradford Northern | 20 | Dewsbury | 7 |
09 Feb | Doncaster | 5 | Castleford | 15 |
09 Feb | Halifax | 48 | Widnes St Maries | 0 |
09 Feb | Hull FC | 15 | Keighley | 12 |
09 Feb | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 | Salford | 10 |
09 Feb | Hunslet | 14 | Batley | 7 |
09 Feb | Leeds | 13 | Wigan | 11 |
09 Feb | Leigh | 17 | Featherstone Rovers | 11 |
09 Feb | Liverpool | 2 | Widnes | 11 |
09 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | 10 | Blackpool | 18 |
09 Feb | Swinton | 5 | Huddersfield | 5 |
09 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 37 | York | 15 |
09 Feb | Warrington | 14 | Bramley | 2 |
09 Feb | Whitehaven | 9 | St Helens | 8 |
09 Feb | Workington Town | 5 | Oldham | 14 |
13 Feb | Huddersfield | 5 | Swinton | 0 |
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
---|---|---|---|---|
23 Feb | Castleford | 2 | Barrow | 9 |
23 Feb | Hull FC | 3 | Halifax | 9 |
23 Feb | Leeds | 28 | Warrington | 6 |
23 Feb | Leigh | 5 | Oldham | 0 |
23 Feb | Salford | 2 | Huddersfield | 6 |
23 Feb | Whitehaven | 7 | Hunslet | 0 |
27 Feb | Bradford Northern | 8 | Widnes | 10 |
27 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 9 | Blackpool | 11 |
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
---|---|---|---|---|
09 Mar | Barrow | 10 | Huddersfield | 0 |
09 Mar | Blackpool | 13 | Leigh | 24 |
09 Mar | Halifax | 10 | Leeds | 16 |
09 Mar | Whitehaven | 2 | Widnes | 0 |
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
---|---|---|---|---|
30 Mar | Barrow | 2 | Leigh | 2 |
30 Mar | Leeds | 10 | Whitehaven | 9 |
28 Apr | Leigh | 10 | Barrow | 15 |
Leeds | 9 – 7 | Barrow |
---|---|---|
Try Quinn, Hodgkinson, Robinson | [2] |
Try Jackson Goals Horne (2) |
11 May 1957 |
Leeds beat Barrow 9-7 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 76,318.
This was Leeds' seventh Challenge Cup final win in nine Final appearances.[3][4] Jeff Stevenson, their scrum half back, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.
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