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The 1951–52 Challenge Cup was the 51st staging of rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup .[ 1]
First round, first leg scores
Date
Home
Score
Away
9 Feb 1952
Batley
9–9
Bramley
9 Feb 1952
Bradford Northern
6–5
Doncaster
9 Feb 1952
Cardiff
7–7
Dewsbury
9 Feb 1952
Castleford
4–5
Swinton
9 Feb 1952
Huddersfield
5–13
Halifax
9 Feb 1952
Hull FC
8–6
Oldham
9 Feb 1952
Leeds
44–14
Hull Kingston Rovers
9 Feb 1952
Leigh
11–4
Keighley
9 Feb 1952
Rochdale Hornets
7–8
Featherstone Rovers
9 Feb 1952
St Helens
6–5
Belle Vue Rangers
9 Feb 1952
Salford
13–6
Hunslet
9 Feb 1952
Wakefield Trinity
18–13
Wigan
9 Feb 1952
Warrington
28–4
Liverpool
9 Feb 1952
Whitehaven
16–0
Rylands Recs
9 Feb 1952
Widnes
5–5
Barrow
9 Feb 1952
York
7–18
Workington Town
First round, second leg scores
Date
Home
Score
Away
16 Feb 1952
Barrow
8–2
Widnes
16 Feb 1952
Belle Vue Rangers
4–9
St Helens
16 Feb 1952
Bramley
0–9
Batley
16 Feb 1952
Dewsbury
16–0
Cardiff
16 Feb 1952
Doncaster
4–7
Bradford Northern
16 Feb 1952
Featherstone Rovers
17–2
Rochdale Hornets
16 Feb 1952
Halifax
5–5
Huddersfield
16 Feb 1952
Hull Kingston Rovers
3–5
Leeds
16 Feb 1952
Hunslet
6–3
Salford
16 Feb 1952
Keighley
0–8
Leigh
16 Feb 1952
Liverpool
6–6
Warrington
16 Feb 1952
Oldham
24–0
Hull FC
16 Feb 1952
Rylands Recs[ a]
9–9
Whitehaven
16 Feb 1952
Swinton
2–9
Castleford
16 Feb 1952
Wigan
40–3
Wakefield Trinity
16 Feb 1952
Workington Town
42–5
York
^ Match played at Warrington's ground, Wilderspool
Second round scores
Date
Home
Score
Away
1 Mar 1952
Batley
4–11
Featherstone Rovers
1 Mar 1952
Castleford
6–7
Leigh
1 Mar 1952
Leeds
12–9
Oldham
1 Mar 1952
Salford
6–11
Barrow
1 Mar 1952
Warrington
26–9
Dewsbury
1 Mar 1952
Whitehaven
7–5
Halifax
1 Mar 1952
Wigan
28–12
Bradford Northern
8 Mar 1952
Workington Town
15–4
St Helens
Quarter-final scores
Date
Home
Score
Away
15 Mar 1952
Featherstone Rovers
14–11
Wigan
15 Mar 1952
Leigh
9–5
Leeds
15 Mar 1952
Whitehaven
2–10
Barrow
15 Mar 1952
Workington Town
14–0
Warrington
Semi-final scores
Date
Home
Score
Away
29 Mar 1952
Barrow
2–5
Workington Town
29 Mar 1952
Featherstone Rovers
6–2
Leigh
Workington Town beat Featherstone Rovers 18–10 in the final played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 19 April 1952 in front of a crowd of 72,093. Workington full-back and captain-coach Gus Risman became the oldest player to appear in a Cup final at age 41.[ 2] Three Australians, Tony Paskins , John Mudge and Bevan Wilson came up with decisive plays to help relative newcomers Workington to victory.[ 3] It was the club's first Challenge Cup win in their first appearance in the final.[ 4] Billy Ivison , Workington Town's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.
Workington Town
18 – 10
Featherstone Rovers
Try Lawrenson (2), Mudge, Wilson Goals Risman (3)
[ 5]
Try Batten, Evans Goals Miller (2)