# 1934–35 Challenge Cup

The 1934–35 Challenge Cup was the 35th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

## First round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 09 Feb | Astley & Tyldesley | 4 | Castleford | 33 |
| 09 Feb | Barrow Marsh | 18 | Rochdale Hornets | 28 |
| 09 Feb | Barrow | 28 | Sharlston Rovers | 3 |
| 09 Feb | Featherstone Rovers | 2 | Broughton Rangers | 8 |
| 09 Feb | Hunslet | 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 |
| 09 Feb | Keighley | 24 | Bramley | 4 |
| 09 Feb | Leeds | 3 | Huddersfield | 4 |
| 09 Feb | Leigh | 0 | Wigan | 44 |
| 09 Feb | Manchester SC | 9 | Dewsbury | 28 |
| 09 Feb | Oldham | 3 | St Helens | 0 |
| 09 Feb | Salford | 16 | Halifax | 11 |
| 09 Feb | Swinton | 2 | Liverpool | 10 |
| 09 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 23 | St Helens Recs | 8 |
| 09 Feb | Warrington | 11 | Hull FC | 11 |
| 09 Feb | Widnes | 34 | Batley | 0 |
| 09 Feb | York | 12 | Bradford Northern | 12 |
| 13 Feb | Bradford Northern | 0 | York | 2 |
| 14 Feb | Hull FC | 16 | Warrington | 2 |

## Second round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 23 Feb | Barrow | 17 | York | 5 |
| 23 Feb | Huddersfield | 6 | Oldham | 0 |
| 23 Feb | Hull FC | 21 | Broughton Rangers | 0 |
| 23 Feb | Hunslet | 22 | Salford | 2 |
| 23 Feb | Liverpool | 2 | Castleford | 8 |
| 23 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 18 | Keighley | 6 |
| 23 Feb | Widnes | 13 | Rochdale Hornets | 4 |
| 23 Feb | Wigan | 25 | Dewsbury | 5 |

## Quarterfinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 09 Mar | Barrow | 13 | Wigan | 4 |
| 09 Mar | Castleford | 10 | Hunslet | 3 |
| 09 Mar | Huddersfield | 4 | Widnes | 0 |
| 09 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 0 | Hull FC | 7 |

## Semifinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 30 Mar | Castleford | 11 | Barrow | 5 |
| 30 Mar | Huddersfield | 21 | Hull | 5 |

## Final

Castleford beat Huddersfield 11–8 in the final at Wembley before a crowd of 39,000. This was Castleford’s first Challenge Cup final win in their first final appearance, and Huddersfield’s first defeat in six final appearances.
* 4 May 1935
| Castleford | 11 - 8 | Huddersfield |
| Tries: Askin, Adams, Cunliffe Goals: Atkinson | Report | Tries: Towill, Fiddes Goals Sherwood |
* Wembley, London Attendance: 39,000 (HT 5-3) Referee: A E Harding
| 1 | George Lewis |
| 2 | Bernard Cunniffe |
| 3 | Arthur Atkinson (c) |
| 4 | James "Jim" A. Croston |
| 5 | Tom Askin |
| 6 | William H. Davies |
| 7 | Leslie "Les" Adams |
| 8 | Patrick B. McManus |
| 9 | Harold Haley |
| 10 | Thomas "Tommy" L. Taylor |
| 11 | James Crossley |
| 12 | Frank Smith |
| 13 | Edward Sadler |
| Coach: |
| William "Billy" Rhodes |
| 1 | Tommy Scourfield |
| 2 | Stanley "Stan" J. Mountain |
| 3 | Idriss A. Towill |
| 4 | Alexander Erskine Fiddes (c) |
| 5 | Ray T. Markham |
| 6 | Gwyn Richards |
| 7 | David Morgan "Dai" Davies |
| 8 | Reginald S. Roberts |
| 9 | William "Billy" Watson |
| 10 | Herbert Sherwood |
| 11 | Henry Tiffany |
| 12 | John Fuller |
| 13 | Frederick Talbot |
| Coach: |
| Chris Brockbank |

## Cup Winners' Match

By agreement between the RFL and the French Rugby League, Castleford advanced to an international unification game against inaugural French Cup winners US Lyon-Villeurbanne, which was played near Paris and won by the English side on a score of 24–21.