1956–57 Challenge Cup

1956–57 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	Barrow
Lance Todd Trophy	Jeff Stevenson

The 1956–57 Challenge Cup was the 56th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

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

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

11 May 1957

Leeds	9 – 7	Barrow
Try Quinn, Hodgkinson, Robinson		Try Jackson Goals Horne (2)

Wembley, London Attendance: 76,318 (HT 3-0) Player of the Match: Jeff Stevenson

Leeds beat Barrow 9-7 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 76,318.

This was Leeds' seventh Challenge Cup final win in nine Final appearances. Jeff Stevenson, their scrum half back, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

External links

• Rugby League Final (1957), British Pathé news film