1925–26 Challenge Cup

1925–26 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Swinton
Runners-up	Oldham
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

The 1925–26 Challenge Cup was the 26th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

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.^[2][3][4]

1 May 1926

Swinton	9 – 3	Oldham
Tries: Blewer Goals: Morris (3)	[5]	Tries: Corsi

Athletic Grounds, Rochdale Attendance: 27,800 Referee: A. Brown (Wakefield)

FB 1 Jack Pearson RW 2 Frank Evans RC 3 Wilf Sulway LC 4 Jack Evans LW 5 William Rees SO 6 Chris Brockbank SH 7 Bryn Evans PR 8 Miller Strong HK 9 Henry Blewer PR 10 Herbert Morris SR 11 Tom Halliwell SR 12 Harry Entwistle LF 13 Fred Beswick Coach:

FB 1 Ernest Knapman RW 2 Albert Brough RC 3 Sid Rix LC 4 Alf Higgs LW 5 Joe Corsi SO 6 Reg Jones SH 7 George Hesketh PR 8 Rothwell Marlor HK 9 Bert Lister PR 10 Jack Read SR 11 Percy Carter SR 12 Bob Sloman LF 13 Ambrose Baker Coach:

References

1. "Challenge Cup 1925/26". Rugby League Project.
2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
3. "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
4. "Oldham v Swinton". Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
5. "Oldham 3-9 Swinton - 01.05.1926". Rugby League Records. Retrieved 12 August 2025.