1927–28 Challenge Cup
# 1927–28 Challenge Cup

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

## 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 | 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 |
| 11 February | Whitehaven Recs | 0–44 | Swinton |
| 11 February | Wigan Highfield | 2–13 | Leeds |
| 11 February | Wigan | 2–13 | Huddersfield |
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* ↑ game played at Headingley
* ↑ Kinsley ceded home advantage

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

## 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 |
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In the two replays Huddersfield beat Dewsbury 16–8 on 29 February and Hull FC beat 16–0 on 1 March.

## 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 |
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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.

## 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 |
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## Final

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

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

