1929–30 Challenge Cup

1929–30 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	St Helens

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

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.

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 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

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