1923–24 Challenge Cup
The 1923–24 Challenge Cup was the 24th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Wigan and Oldham at the Athletic Grounds in Rochdale. The final was played on Saturday 12 April 1924, where Wigan beat Oldham 21–4 in front of a crowd of 41,831. First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final References External linksChallenge Cup official websiteat Rugby League Project {{DEFAULTSORT:1923-24 Challenge Cup Challenge Cup Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

Wigan Warriors
The Wigan Warriors are a professional rugby league club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Super League. Formed in 1872 as Wigan Football Club, Wigan was a founding member of the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union following the History of rugby league, schism from the Rugby Football Union in 1895. Wigan is the most successful club in the history of World Rugby League having won 22 Rugby Football League Championship, League Championships (including 5 Super League Grand Finals), 20 Challenge Cups, 4 World Club Challenges and over 100 honours in total. The club had a period of sustained success from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s winning eight successive Challenge Cups and seven successive Rugby Football League Championship, League Championships. Since 1999 the club has played home matches at the DW Stadium, before which it played at Central Park (Wigan), Central Park from 1902. The head coach is Matt Peet. History 1872–1902: Forma ...
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Fred Brown (rugby League, Wales)
Frederick "Fred" Brown (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Oldham and Wigan, as a , or . Playing career International honours Fred Brown won caps for Wales while at Oldham 1921–1923 2-caps. Championship final appearances Fred Brown played left- in Oldham's 2-13 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1921–22 season at The Cliff, Broughton on Saturday 6 May 1922. County League appearances Fred Brown played in Wigan's victory in the Lancashire League during the 1923–24. Challenge Cup Final appearances Fred Brown played left- in Wigan's 21-4 victory over Oldham in the 1924 Challenge Cup Final during the 1923–24 season at Athletic Grounds, Rochdale The Athletic Grounds was a stadium in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It was the home of Rochdale Hornets Rugby League Football Club for over 90 years until ...
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Alf Tomkins (rugby League)
Sir Alfred George Tomkins (9 March 1895''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' – 6 May 1975) was a long-serving British trade union leader. Tomkins worked as a chair-maker and joined the National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association (NAFTA), becoming a branch secretary in 1922."Obituary: Sir Alfred Tomkins", ''Annual Report of the 1975 Trades Union Congress'', p.344 A member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and supporter of industrial unionism, he quickly became well known through promoting this position at the Trades Union Congress.Alan Campbell, ''British trade unions and industrial politics'', p.173John Lovell and Benjamin Charles Roberts, ''A Short History of the Trades Union Congress'', pp.96-106 In 1923, Tomkins was elected as the union's chairman and, in 1927, he became its full-time London organiser. After serving as assistant general secretary, he was elected as general secretary in 1941. He arranged a merger that formed ...
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