The 1946–47 Challenge Cup was the 46th staging of rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup .[ 1]
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
15 Feb
Warrington
46
Brookland
3
22 Feb
Castleford
19
Swinton
2
22 Feb
Leigh
3
Wakefield Trinity
3
22 Feb
Liverpool
27
Pemberton Rovers
6
22 Feb
Oldham
3
Belle Vue Rangers
10
22 Feb
Salford
5
Bradford Northern
2
22 Feb
Widnes
13
Rochdale Hornets
2
22 Feb
Wigan
24
Featherstone Rovers
11
22 Feb
Workington Town
48
Widnes Dragons
0
01 Mar
Brookland
3
Warrington
32
01 Mar
Hunslet
2
Hull Kingston Rovers
3
01 Mar
Pemberton Rovers
5
Liverpool
20
01 Mar
Swinton
8
Castleford
7
01 Mar
Wheldale
0
Halifax
25
01 Mar
Widnes Dragons
5
Workington Town
21
08 Mar
Belle Vue Rangers
0
Oldham
0
08 Mar
Dewsbury
0
Huddersfield
3
08 Mar
Hull FC
11
Bramley
3
08 Mar
Hull Kingston Rovers
0
Hunslet
6
08 Mar
Leeds
12
Barrow
0
08 Mar
St Helens
17
Keighley
7
10 Mar
Huddersfield
3
Dewsbury
0
11 Mar
Keighley
8
St Helens
5
12 Mar
Bradford Northern
10
Salford
0
12 Mar
Bramley
2
Hull FC
28
12 Mar
Halifax
20
Wheldale
10
12 Mar
Rochdale Hornets
0
Widnes
11
12 Mar
Wakefield Trinity
5
Leigh
0
12 Mar
York
3
Batley
6
13 Mar
Batley
11
York
0
13 Mar
Featherstone Rovers
7
Wigan
13
13 Mar
Barrow
0
Leeds
6
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
22 Mar
Batley
2
Castleford
13
22 Mar
Halifax
3
Workington Town
10
22 Mar
Huddersfield
0
Bradford Northern
8
22 Mar
Leeds
5
Hunslet
0
22 Mar
Liverpool
10
Hull FC
5
22 Mar
Wakefield Trinity
8
Widnes
5
22 Mar
Warrington
24
St Helens
2
22 Mar
Wigan
12
Belle Vue Rangers
5
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
29 Mar
Bradford Northern
10
Workington Town
3
29 Mar
Wakefield Trinity
15
Liverpool
0
29 Mar
Warrington
5
Castleford
0
29 Mar
Wigan
0
Leeds
5
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
19 Apr
Leeds
21
Wakefield Trinity
0
19 Apr
Warrington
7
Bradford Northern
11
Bradford Northern
8 – 4
Leeds
Try Walters, FosterDG E Ward
[ 2]
Goals Cook (2)
Leeds reached the Wembley final for the second time, doing so without conceding a single point in the final five rounds of the tournament.[ 3] However Bradford Northern beat Leeds 8-4 in the final in front of a crowd of 77,605. Trevor Foster and Emlyn Walters scored Bradford's tries and were converted by Ernest Ward . Willie Davies , Bradford Northern's stand-off half back, won the Lance Todd Trophy for man of the match.[ 4]
This was Bradford's third Cup final win in five Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.[ 5]