The 1942–43 Challenge Cup was the 42nd staging of

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

's oldest knockout competition, the

Challenge Cup The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's old ...

. All four rounds, including the final, were played as

two-legged tie In sports (especially association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum ...

s. The tournament took place over consecutive weeks in March and April 1943. All the ties were drawn at the beginning of March 1943 to enable the clubs to make travel arrangements in advance.

First round

Aggregate scores shown in brackets

Second round

Aggregate scores shown in brackets

Semi-finals

Aggregate scores shown in brackets

Final

The final was played over the Easter weekend of 1943 with the first leg played on the Saturday and the second leg the following Monday. 10,740 attended the first leg at

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while 16,000 watched the second leg at

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two days later. Receipts for the two games totalled £2,340. Dewsbury won 16–15 on aggregate.

References

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Challenge Cup