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.

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.