1927–28 Challenge Cup

The 1927–28 Challenge Cup was the 28th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

1927–28 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Swinton
Runners-up	Warrington
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

First round

Date	Home	Score	Away
11 February	Barrow	20–5	York
11 February	Batley	31–2	Cottingham
11 February	Bradford Northern	17–0	Twelve Apostles
11 February	Bramley[a]	2–5	Hull FC
11 February	Castleford	7–3	Salford
11 February	Dewsbury	20–2	Broughton Rangers
11 February	Featherstone Rovers	28–0	Keighley
11 February	Halifax	4–4	Hunslet
11 February	Hull Kingston Rovers	19–0	Widnes
11 February	Oldham	15–5	St Helens
11 February	Rochdale Hornets	5–2	Leigh
11 February	St Helens Recs	12–0	Wakefield Trinity
11 February	Warrington	43–2	Kinsley[b]
11 February	Whitehaven Recs	0–44	Swinton
11 February	Wigan Highfield	2–13	Leeds
11 February	Wigan	2–13	Huddersfield
Source:[2]

1. game played at Headingley
2. Kinsley ceded home advantage

In the single first round replay Halifax beat Hunslet 16–2 on 15 February.^[3]

Second round

Date	Home	Score	Away
25 February	Barrow	8–11	Oldham
25 February	Batley	12–6	Bradford Northern
25 February	Castleford	3–0	Featherstone Rovers
25 February	Dewsbury	7-7	Huddersfield
25 February	Halifax	2–3	Swinton
25 February	Hull Kingston Rovers	0–5	Warrington
25 February	Leeds	13–12	St Helens Recs
25 February	Rochdale Hornets	3–3	Hull FC
Source:[4]

In the two replays Huddersfield beat Dewsbury 16–8 on 29 February and Hull FC beat 16–0 on 1 March.^[5][6]

Third round

Date	Home	Score	Away
10 March	Castleford	0–3	Swinton
10 March	Hull FC	0–0	Batley
10 March	Leeds	10–5	Oldham
10 March	Warrington	10–3	Huddersfield
Source:[7]

Having played out a scoreless game Batley and Hull FC repeated the score in a replay on 20 March and the tie went to a second replay which Hull won 6–2 on neutral territory, Headingley, on 26 March.^[8][9]

Semi-finals

Date	Drawn first	Score	Drawn second	Venue	Attendance	Receipts
31 March	Swinton	5–3	Hull FC	Fartown, Huddersfield	12,000	£794
31 March	Warrington	9–2	Leeds	Athletic Grounds, Rochdale	22,000	£1,463
Source:[10]

Final

Swinton beat Warrington 5–3 in the final played at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 14 April 1928.^[11] The game generated receipts of £3159 1s 11d and the attendance of 33,909 set a new record for a game at Central Park.^[12]

This was Swinton's third Challenge Cup Final win from four Final appearances and completed a League and Cup double for the club.^[13]