1955–56 Challenge Cup

Rugby league competition June 2021 1955–56 Challenge Cup 5 rounds 1955–56 St Helens 16px St Helens Winners Halifax 16px Halifax Alan Prescott Lance Todd Trophy 1954–55 Challenge Cup 1954–55 1956–57 Challenge Cup 1956–57 The 1955–56 Challenge Cup was the 55th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1955-56/results.html Challenge Cup 1955/56 Rugby League Project First round Date Team one Score one Team two Score two11 FebCastleford 12 Blackpool 911 FebHuddersfield 8 Whitehaven 411 FebHull FC 4 Leeds 911 FebHunslet 9 Bradford Northern 1011 FebKeighley 33 Triangle Valve 811 FebLeigh 19 Doncaster 1011 FebOldham 31 Dewsbury 211 FebRochdale Hornets 55 Stanningley 011 FebSt Helens 15 Warrington 611 FebWakefield Trinity 30 Bramley 1011 FebWidnes 10 Halifax 2211 FebWigan 24 Featherstone Rovers 1111 FebWorkington Town 16 Salford 011 FebYork 2 Barrow 2615 FebLiverpool 13 Hull Kingston Rovers 515 FebSwinton 18 Batley 0 Second round Date Team one Score one Team two Score two3 MarBarrow 47 Liverpool 53 MarHalifax 10 Workington Town 33 MarKeighley 3 Wigan 123 MarLeeds 12 Oldham 73 MarLeigh 5 Wakefield Trinity 113 MarRochdale Hornets 2 Bradford Northern 53 MarSt Helens 48 Castleford 53 MarSwinton 6 Huddersfield 8 Quarterfinals Date Team one Score one Team two Score two24 MarLeeds 9 Halifax 1424 MarSt Helens 53 Bradford Northern 624 MarWakefield Trinity 10 Barrow 1424 MarWigan 24 Huddersfield 2 Semifinals Date Team one Score one Team two Score two7 AprHalifax 11 Wigan 107 AprSt Helens 5 Barrow 511 Apr St Helens 10 Barrow 5 Final thumb|right|200px|A marching band provides entertainment at Wembley Stadium before the 1956 Challenge Cup final.In the Challenge Cup tournament's final St. Helens faced Halifax. Played on 28 April 1956 at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 79,341, St Helens won 13-2.1956 Challenge Cup final http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1955/final/st-helens-vs-halifax/summary.html rugbyleagueproject.org Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates 2 January 2014 This was Saints' first Challenge Cup final win in five Final appearances.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour 7 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 3 April 2009 dead Alan Prescott, their prop forward was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match. The St Helens team was greeted enthusiastically upon their return to the North. After detraining at Liverpool the team's open-top coach ride to St Helens attracted an estimated 100,000 people despite pouring rain.Jeff Hill, Jack Williams Sport and Identity in the North of England 1996 Keele University Press UK 98 & 99 9781853310829 https://books.google.com/books?id=i2W27jWxgZQC 28 April 1956 St Helens 13 – 2 Halifax Try Carlton, Llewellyn, Prescott Goals Rhodes (2) Goals Griffiths Wembley, London 79,341 (HT 0-0) Alan Prescott http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS67458718&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Our Rugby Football Correspondent. "London Welsh Win Middlesex Seven-A-Sides." Times [London, England] 30 Apr. 1956 The Times Digital Archive 1 Glyn Moses 2 Steve Llewellyn3 Duggie Greenall4 Brian Howard5 Frank Carlton6 Bill Finnan7 Austin Rhodes8 Alan Prescott (c)9 Len McIntyre10 Nat Silcock Jr.11 George Parsons12 Roy Robinson13 Vince KaraliusCoach: Jim Sullivan 1 Tyssul Griffiths2 Arthur Daniels rugby league3 Thomas Lynch Thomas Lynch (rugby player, born 1927)4 Geoffrey Geoffrey Palmer (rugby league) "Geoff" Palmer Geoff Palmer (rugby league)5 John Freeman John Freeman (rugby)6 Ken Dean Ken Dean (rugby league) 7 Stan Kielty8 Ken Traill9 Albert Fearnley10 Les Pearce Les Pearce (Welsh rugby)11 Jack Wilkinson Jack Wilkinson (rugby league)12 Alvin Ackerley (c)13 John Henderson John Henderson (rugby league)Coach: References Category:Challenge Cup Challenge Cup