1947–48_Challenge_Cup

1947–48 Challenge Cup

1947–48 Challenge Cup

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The 1947–48 Challenge Cup was the 47th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

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The final was contested by Wigan and Bradford Northern at Wembley Stadium, and was the first ever rugby league match to be televised. Wigan won the match 8–3, with Bradford's Frank Whitcombe receiving the Lance Todd Trophy – the first time the trophy had been awarded to a player on the losing team.

First round

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Second round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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3 April 1948
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3 April 1948

Final

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1 May 1948
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 91,465
Referee: George Phillips (Widnes)[2]
Player of the Match: Frank Whitcombe[3]
FB1Martin Ryan
RW2Gordon Ratcliffe
RC3Ted Ward
LC4Ernie Ashcroft
LW5Jack Hilton
SO6Cecil Mountford
SH7Tommy Bradshaw
PR8Ken Gee
HK9Joe Egan (c)
PR10Frank Barton
SR11Les White
SR12Billy Blan
LF13Bill Hudson
Coach:
Jim Sullivan
FB1Billy Leake
RW2Eric Batten
RC3Des Case
LC4Ernest Ward (c)
LW5Alan Edwards
SO6Willie Davies
SH7Donald Ward
PR8Frank Whitcombe
HK9Vic Darlison
PR10Herbert Smith
SR11Barry Tyler
SR12Trevor Foster
LF13Ken Traill
Coach:
Dai Rees

Coverage

The final was broadcast live on BBC television, with George Duckworth providing commentary,[4] and was the first time a rugby league match had ever been televised.[5] The match was only broadcast to viewers in the London area, as the first television transmitter in the North of England was not completed until 1951.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Challenge Cup 1947/48". Rugby League Project.
  2. [2]
    "1st May 1948: Wigan 8 Bradford Northern 3 (1948 Challenge Cup Final)". cherryandwhite.co.uk. RLFANS.COM. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Wigan's Challenge Cup Victory: Bradford Beat Themselves in Game of Many Errors Wigan 8, Bradford 3". The Manchester Guardian. 3 May 1948. p. 6.
  4. [4]
    "Rugby League Challenge Cup Final: Bradford Northern v. Wigan". BBC Genome. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Key Dates & Anniversaries". The Rugby Football League. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  6. [6]
    "From the archive, 10 October 1951: The North gets its first television transmitter". The Guardian. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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