The 1956–57 Challenge Cup was the 56th staging of rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup .[1]
First Round [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
09 Feb
Barrow
53
Wakefield Loco
12
09 Feb
Bradford Northern
20
Dewsbury
7
09 Feb
Doncaster
5
Castleford
15
09 Feb
Halifax
48
Widnes St Maries
0
09 Feb
Hull FC
15
Keighley
12
09 Feb
Hull Kingston Rovers
2
Salford
10
09 Feb
Hunslet
14
Batley
7
09 Feb
Leeds
13
Wigan
11
09 Feb
Leigh
17
Featherstone Rovers
11
09 Feb
Liverpool
2
Widnes
11
09 Feb
Rochdale Hornets
10
Blackpool
18
09 Feb
Swinton
5
Huddersfield
5
09 Feb
Wakefield Trinity
37
York
15
09 Feb
Warrington
14
Bramley
2
09 Feb
Whitehaven
9
St Helens
8
09 Feb
Workington Town
5
Oldham
14
13 Feb
Huddersfield
5
Swinton
0
Second Round [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
23 Feb
Castleford
2
Barrow
9
23 Feb
Hull FC
3
Halifax
9
23 Feb
Leeds
28
Warrington
6
23 Feb
Leigh
5
Oldham
0
23 Feb
Salford
2
Huddersfield
6
23 Feb
Whitehaven
7
Hunslet
0
27 Feb
Bradford Northern
8
Widnes
10
27 Feb
Wakefield Trinity
9
Blackpool
11
Quarter Finals [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
09 Mar
Barrow
10
Huddersfield
0
09 Mar
Blackpool
13
Leigh
24
09 Mar
Halifax
10
Leeds
16
09 Mar
Whitehaven
2
Widnes
0
Semi Finals [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
30 Mar
Barrow
2
Leigh
2
30 Mar
Leeds
10
Whitehaven
9
28 Apr
Leigh
10
Barrow
15
Final [ ]
Leeds
9 – 7
Barrow
Try Quinn, Hodgkinson, Robinson
[2]
Try Jackson Goals Horne (2)
Leeds beat Barrow 9-7 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 76,318.
This was Leeds ’ eighth Challenge Cup Final win in ten Final appearances.[3] [4] Jeff Stevenson , their scrum half back, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.
References [ ]
Years
1890–91 · 1891–92 · 1892–93 · 1893–94 · 1894–95 · 1895–96
1897 –02
1898 –02
1899 –02
1900 –02
2021 –22
2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25 · 2025–26 · 2026–27 · 2027–28 · 2028–29 · 2029–30 · 2030–31
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