1932–33 Challenge Cup
# 1932–33 Challenge Cup

The 1932–33 Challenge Cup was the 33rd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

## First round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 Feb | Askern | 0 | Wigan | 46 |
| 11 Feb | Barrow | 19 | Bramley | 0 |
| 11 Feb | Batley | 9 | Featherstone Rovers | 6 |
| 11 Feb | Bradford Northern | 3 | St Helens | 24 |
| 11 Feb | Broughton Rangers | 5 | Wakefield Trinity | 6 |
| 11 Feb | Halifax | 42 | Uno's Dabs | 5 |
| 11 Feb | Huddersfield | 19 | Dewsbury | 7 |
| 11 Feb | Hull FC | 37 | Higginshaw | 9 |
| 11 Feb | Hull Kingston Rovers | 4 | Keighley | 4 |
| 11 Feb | Leeds | 36 | Wigan Highfield | 0 |
| 11 Feb | Oldham | 13 | Rochdale Hornets | 8 |
| 11 Feb | St Helens Recs | 5 | Hunslet | 19 |
| 11 Feb | Salford | 11 | Castleford | 0 |
| 11 Feb | Swinton | 5 | Widnes | 2 |
| 11 Feb | Warrington | 34 | Leigh | 3 |
| 11 Feb | York | 35 | Barrow Marsh | 6 |
| 14 Feb | Keighley | 23 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 7 |

## Second round

| Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 Feb | Barrow | 0 | Huddersfield | 0 |
| 01 Mar | Salford | 3 | Leeds | 4 |
| 01 Mar | Wigan | 5 | Oldham | 3 |
| 01 Mar | York | 0 | Swinton | 3 |
| 02 Mar | Halifax | 10 | Keighley | 0 |
| 02 Mar | St Helens | 14 | Hunslet | 3 |
| 06 Mar | Huddersfield | 2 | Barrow | 0 |
| 07 Mar | Batley | 10 | Warrington | 20 |
| 08 Mar | Hull FC | 9 | Wakefield Trinity | 4 |

## Quarter finals

| Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 Mar | Leeds | 12 | Hull FC | 0 |
| 11 Mar | St Helens | 18 | Halifax | 6 |
| 11 Mar | Swinton | 5 | Huddersfield | 12 |
| 11 Mar | Wigan | 7 | Warrington | 9 |

## Semi-finals

| Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 Mar | Warrington | 11 | St Helens | 5 |
| 25 Mar | Huddersfield | 30 | Leeds | 8 |

## Final

Huddersfield beat Warrington 21-17 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 41,784. This was Huddersfield’s fourth Challenge Cup Final win in as many appearances, and they became the first team to win the trophy more than three times. This was also the fifth Challenge Cup Final defeat for Warrington.

* 6 May 1933

| Huddersfield | 21–17 | Warrington |
| - | - | - |
| Tries: Brindle, Mills, Adams Goals: Bowkett (6) | Report | Tries: Dingsdale, Davies (2) Goals Holding (4) |

* Wembley, London Attendance: 41,784 Referee: F Fairhurst (Wigan)

| 1 | Tommy Scourfield |
| - | - |
| 2 | Ernie Mills |
| 3 | Stan Brogden |
| 4 | Len Bowkett (c) |
| 5 | Ray Markham |
| 6 | Gwyn Richards |
| 7 | Les Adams |
| 8 | Herbert Sherwood |
| 9 | Cyril Halliday |
| 10 | Thomas Banks |
| 11 | Henry Tiffany |
| 12 | Frederick Talbot |
| 13 | Frederick Brindle |
| Coach: |
| Chris Brockbank |
| 1 | Billy Holding |
| 2 | Tom Blinkhorn |
| 3 | Bill Shankland (c) |
| 4 | Billy Dingsdale |
| 5 | Tommy Thompson |
| 6 | Jack Oster |
| 7 | David Davies |
| 8 | Jack Miller |
| 9 | Nat Bentham |
| 10 | Sammy Hardman |
| 11 | Candy Evans |
| 12 | Bob Smith |
| 13 | Charlie Seeling Jr. |
