The 1946–47 Challenge Cup was the 46th staging of
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
's oldest knockout competition, the
Challenge Cup.
First Round
Second Round
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Final
Leeds reached the Wembley final for the second time, doing so without conceding a single point in the final five rounds of the tournament. However Bradford Northern beat Leeds 8-4 in the final in front of a crowd of 77,605.
Trevor Foster and
Emlyn Walters scored Bradford's tries and were converted by
Ernest Ward.
Willie Davies, Bradford Northern's stand-off half back, won the
Lance Todd Trophy
The Lance Todd Trophy is a trophy in rugby league, awarded to the annual Challenge Cup Final's man of the match. Introduced in 1945–46, the trophy was named in memory of Lance Todd, the New Zealand-born player and administrator, who was killed i ...
for man of the match.
This was Bradford's third Cup Final win in five Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.
References
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