List of Challenge Cup finals

The Challenge Cup was instituted in the 1896–97 and the final was contested between Batley and St. Helens at Headingley, Leeds. In the seasons during the Second World War the final was played over two legs, with the aggregate score being used. The final was played at many different neutral venues up to and including 1928 after which it was mostly played at Wembley Stadium until 1939 just prior to the Second World War apart from 1932 when it was switched to Central Park, Wigan. In the war years, apart from 1940, it was played at various venues between 1941–45 after which it returned to Wembley in 1946 when the final permently became a Wembley final.

In 1909–10 Leeds and Hull F.C. drew 7–7 for the first time in a final at Huddersfield and instead of playing golden point like draws in earlier rounds are sent to, it was sent to a replay which Leeds won. There have been 3 replays, the latest being 1981–82 at Elland Road between Hull F.C. and Widnes. In 2015 Leeds beat Hull Kingston Rovers 50–0 in the biggest win in Challenge Cup history.

Finals

Key

Year	Winners	Score	Runner–up	Venue	Attendance
1896–97	Batley	10–3	St. Helens	Headingley	13,492
1897–98	Batley	7–0	Bradford		27,941
1898–99	Oldham	19–9	Hunslet	Fallowfield	15,763
1899–1900	Swinton	16–8	Salford		17,864
1900–01	Batley	6–0	Warrington	Headingley	29,563
1901–02	Broughton Rangers	25–0	Salford	Athletic Grounds	15,006
1902–03	Halifax D	7–0	Salford	Headingley	32,507
1903–04	Halifax	8–3	Warrington	The Willows	17,041
1904–05	Warrington	6–0	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley	19,638
1905–06	Bradford F.C.	5–0	Salford		15,834
1906–07	Warrington	17–3	Oldham	Wheater's Field	18,500
1907–08	Hunslet F	14–0	Hull F.C.	Fartown Ground	18,000
1908–09	Wakefield Trinity	17–0	Hull F.C.	Headingley	23,587
1909–10	Leeds	7–7	Hull F.C.	Fartown Ground	11,608
Replay	Leeds	26–12	Hull F.C.		19,413
1910–11	Broughton Rangers	4–0	Wigan	The Willows	8,000
1911–12	Dewsbury	8–5	Oldham	Headingley	15,271
1912–13	Huddersfield T	9–5	Warrington		22,754
1913–14	Hull F.C.	6–0	Wakefield Trinity	Thrum Hall	19,000
1914–15	Huddersfield F	37–3	St. Helens	Watersheddings	8,000
1919–20	Huddersfield	21–10	Wigan	Headingley	14,000
1920–21	Leigh	13–0	Halifax	Wheater's Field	25,000
1921–22	Rochdale Hornets	10–9	Hull F.C.	Headingley	32,596
1922–23	Leeds	28–3	Hull F.C.	Belle Vue	29,335
1923–24	Wigan	21–4	Oldham	Athletic Grounds	41,831
1924–25	Oldham	16–3	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley	28,335
1925–26	Swinton	9–3	Oldham	Athletic Grounds	27,000
1926–27	Oldham	26–7	Swinton	Central Park	33,448
1927–28	Swinton F	5–3	Warrington		33,909
1928–29	Wigan	13–2	Dewsbury	Wembley Stadium	41,500
1929–30	Widnes	10–3	St. Helens		36,544
1930–31	Halifax	22–8	York		40,368
1931–32	Leeds	11–8	Swinton	Central Park	29,000
1932–33	Huddersfield	21–17	Warrington	Wembley Stadium	41,874
1933–34	Hunslet	11–5	Widnes		41,280
1934–35	Castleford	11–8	Huddersfield		39,000
1935–36	Leeds	18–2	Warrington		51,250
1936–37	Widnes	18–5	Keighley		47,699
1937–38	Salford	7–4	Barrow		51,243
1938–39	Halifax	20–3	Salford		55,453
1940–41	Leeds	19–2	Halifax	Odsal	28,500
1941–42	Leeds	15–10	Halifax		15,250
1942–43	Dewsbury	16–9	Leeds	Crown Flatt	10,470
1942–43	Leeds	6–0	Dewsbury	Headingley	16,000
1942–43	Dewsbury	16–15	Leeds	(aggregate score)	n/a
1943–44	Wigan	3–0	Bradford Northern	Central Park	22,000
1943–44	Bradford Northern	8–0	Wigan	Odsal	30,000
1943–44	Bradford Northern	8–3	Wigan	(aggregate score)	n/a
1944–45	Huddersfield	7–4	Bradford Northern	Fartown Ground	9,041
1944–45	Huddersfield	6–5	Bradford Northern	Odsal	17,500
1944–45	Huddersfield	13–9	Bradford Northern	(aggregate score)	n/a
1945–46	Wakefield Trinity	13–12	Wigan	Wembley Stadium	54,730
1946–47	Bradford Northern	8–4	Leeds		77,605
1947–48	Wigan	8–3	Bradford Northern		71,465
1948–49	Bradford Northern	12–0	Halifax		95,050
1949–50	Warrington	19–0	Widnes		94,249
1950–51	Wigan	10–0	Barrow		94,262
1951–52	Workington Town	18–10	Featherstone Rovers		72,093
1952–53	Huddersfield	15–10	St. Helens		89,588
1953–54	Warrington D	4–4	Halifax		81,841
Replay	Warrington	8–4	Halifax	Odsal	102,569
1954–55	Barrow	21–12	Workington Town	Wembley Stadium	66,513
1955–56	St. Helens	13–2	Halifax		79,341
1956–57	Leeds	9–7	Barrow		76,318
1957–58	Wigan	13–9	Workington Town		66,109
1958–59	Wigan	30–13	Hull F.C.		79,811
1959–60	Wakefield Trinity	38–5	Hull F.C.		79,773
1960–61	St. Helens	12–6	Wigan		94,672
1961–62	Wakefield Trinity	12–6	Huddersfield		81,263
1962–63	Wakefield Trinity	25–10	Wigan		84,492
1963–64	Widnes	13–5	Hull Kingston Rovers		84,488
1964–65	Wigan	20–16	Hunslet		89,016
1965–66	St. Helens T	21–2	Wigan		98,536
1966–67	Featherstone Rovers	17–12	Barrow		76,290
1967–68	Leeds	11–10	Wakefield Trinity		87,100
1968–69	Castleford	11–6	Salford		97,939
1969–70	Castleford	7–2	Wigan		95,255
1970–71	Leigh	24–7	Leeds		85,514
1971–72	St. Helens	16–13	Leeds		89,495
1972–73	Featherstone Rovers	33–14	Bradford Northern		72,395
1973–74	Warrington	24 –9	Featherstone Rovers		77,400
1974–75	Widnes	14–7	Warrington		85,098
1975–76	St. Helens	20–5	Widnes		89,982
1976–77	Leeds	16–7	Widnes		80,871
1977–78	Leeds	14–12	St. Helens		96,000
1978–79	Widnes	12–3	Wakefield Trinity		94,218
1979–80	Hull Kingston Rovers	10–5	Hull F.C.		95,000
1980–81	Widnes	18–9	Hull Kingston Rovers		92,496
1981–82	Hull F.C.	14–14	Widnes		92,147
Replay	Hull F.C.	18–9	Widnes	Elland Road	41,171
1982–83	Featherstone Rovers	14–12	Hull F.C.	Wembley Stadium	84,969
1983–84	Widnes	19–6	Wigan		80,116
1984–85	Wigan	28–24	Hull F.C.		99,801
1985–86	Castleford	15–14	Hull Kingston Rovers		82,134
1986–87	Halifax	19–18	St. Helens		91,267
1987–88	Wigan	32–12	Halifax		94,273
1988–89	Wigan	27–0	St. Helens		78,000
1989–90	Wigan D	36–14	Warrington		77,729
1990–91	Wigan D	13–8	St. Helens		75,532
1991–92	Wigan T	28–12	Castleford		77,286
1992–93	Wigan T	20–14	Widnes		77,684
1993–94	Wigan D	26–16	Leeds		78,348
1994–95	Wigan F	30–10	Leeds		78,550
1996	St. Helens D	40–32	Bradford		75,994
1997	St. Helens	32–22	Bradford		78,022
1998	Sheffield Eagles	17–8	Wigan		60,669
1999	Leeds	52– 16	London Broncos		73,242
2000	Bradford	24–18	Leeds	Murrayfield	67,247
2001	St. Helens	13–6	Bradford	Twickenham	68,250
2002	Wigan	21–12	St. Helens	Murrayfield	62,140
2003	Bradford F	22–20	Leeds	Millennium Stadium	71,212
2004	St. Helens	32–16	Wigan		73,734
2005	Hull F.C.	25–24	Leeds		74,213
2006	St. Helens F	42–12	Huddersfield	Twickenham	65,187
2007	St. Helens	30–8	Catalans Dragons	Wembley Stadium	84,241
2008	St. Helens	28–16	Hull F.C.		82,821
2009	Warrington	25–16	Huddersfield		76,560
2010	Warrington	30–6	Leeds		85,217
2011	Wigan	28–18	Leeds		78,482
2012	Warrington	35–18	Leeds		79,180
2013	Wigan D	16–0	Hull F.C.		78,137
2014	Leeds	23-10	Castleford		77,914
2015	Leeds T	50-0	Hull Kingston Rovers		80,140
2016	Hull F.C.	12–10	Warrington		76,235

Venues

Current venue

Former venues

The Challenge Cup final has been held at 11 different neutral venues.

Replay venues

In the event of a draw a replay will be played at a neutral venue. There have been three replays.

References

External links