# 1946–47 Challenge Cup

The 1946–47 Challenge Cup was the 46th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

## First round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 15 Feb | Warrington | 46 | Brookland | 3 |
| 22 Feb | Castleford | 19 | Swinton | 2 |
| 22 Feb | Leigh | 3 | Wakefield Trinity | 3 |
| 22 Feb | Liverpool | 27 | Pemberton Rovers | 6 |
| 22 Feb | Oldham | 3 | Belle Vue Rangers | 10 |
| 22 Feb | Salford | 5 | Bradford Northern | 2 |
| 22 Feb | Widnes | 13 | Rochdale Hornets | 2 |
| 22 Feb | Wigan | 24 | Featherstone Rovers | 11 |
| 22 Feb | Workington Town | 48 | Widnes Dragons | 0 |
| 01 Mar | Brookland | 3 | Warrington | 32 |
| 01 Mar | Hunslet | 2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3 |
| 01 Mar | Pemberton Rovers | 5 | Liverpool | 20 |
| 01 Mar | Swinton | 8 | Castleford | 7 |
| 01 Mar | Wheldale | 0 | Halifax | 25 |
| 01 Mar | Widnes Dragons | 5 | Workington Town | 21 |
| 08 Mar | Belle Vue Rangers | 0 | Oldham | 0 |
| 08 Mar | Dewsbury | 0 | Huddersfield | 3 |
| 08 Mar | Hull FC | 11 | Bramley | 3 |
| 08 Mar | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 | Hunslet | 6 |
| 08 Mar | Leeds | 12 | Barrow | 0 |
| 08 Mar | St Helens | 17 | Keighley | 7 |
| 10 Mar | Huddersfield | 3 | Dewsbury | 0 |
| 11 Mar | Keighley | 8 | St Helens | 5 |
| 12 Mar | Bradford Northern | 10 | Salford | 0 |
| 12 Mar | Bramley | 2 | Hull FC | 28 |
| 12 Mar | Halifax | 20 | Wheldale | 10 |
| 12 Mar | Rochdale Hornets | 0 | Widnes | 11 |
| 12 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 5 | Leigh | 0 |
| 12 Mar | York | 3 | Batley | 6 |
| 13 Mar | Batley | 11 | York | 0 |
| 13 Mar | Featherstone Rovers | 7 | Wigan | 13 |
| 13 Mar | Barrow | 0 | Leeds | 6 |

## Second round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 22 Mar | Batley | 2 | Castleford | 13 |
| 22 Mar | Halifax | 3 | Workington Town | 10 |
| 22 Mar | Huddersfield | 0 | Bradford Northern | 8 |
| 22 Mar | Leeds | 5 | Hunslet | 0 |
| 22 Mar | Liverpool | 10 | Hull FC | 5 |
| 22 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 8 | Widnes | 5 |
| 22 Mar | Warrington | 24 | St Helens | 2 |
| 22 Mar | Wigan | 12 | Belle Vue Rangers | 5 |

## Quarterfinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 29 Mar | Bradford Northern | 10 | Workington Town | 3 |
| 29 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 15 | Liverpool | 0 |
| 29 Mar | Warrington | 5 | Castleford | 0 |
| 29 Mar | Wigan | 0 | Leeds | 5 |

## Semifinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 19 Apr | Leeds | 21 | Wakefield Trinity | 0 |
| 19 Apr | Warrington | 7 | Bradford Northern | 11 |

## Final

* 3 May 1947
| Bradford Northern | 8 – 4 | Leeds |
| Try Walters, Foster DG E Ward | | Goals Cook (2) |
* Wembley, London Attendance: 77,605 Referee: P Cowell (Warrington) Player of the Match: Willie Davies
| 1 | George Carmichael |
| 2 | Eric Batten |
| 3 | Jack Kitching |
| 4 | Ernest Ward |
| 5 | Emlyn Walters |
| 6 | Willie Davies |
| 7 | Donald Ward |
| 8 | Frank Whitcombe |
| 9 | Vic Darlison |
| 10 | Herbert Smith |
| 11 | Barry Tyler |
| 12 | Trevor Foster |
| 13 | Hagan Evans |
| Coach: |
| Dai Rees |
| 1 | Bert Cook |
| 2 | E. C. Whitehead |
| 3 | Gareth Price |
| 4 | T. L. Williams |
| 5 | A. T. Cornelius |
| 6 | Dickie Williams |
| 7 | Dai Jenkins |
| 8 | C Brereton |
| 9 | Con Murphy |
| 10 | Dai Prosser |
| 11 | Arthur Clues |
| 12 | Alf Watson |
| 13 | Ike Owens |
| Coach: |
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 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.