1943–44 Challenge Cup

The 1943–44 Challenge Cup was the 43rd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

The final was contested by Bradford Northern and Wigan, and was played over two legs. The final was won by Bradford Northern 8–3 on aggregate.^[2]

First round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
11 Mar	Bradford Northern	15	Wakefield Trinity	2
11 Mar	Dewsbury	43	St Helens	7
11 Mar	Halifax	13	Hunslet	2
11 Mar	Huddersfield	13	Hull FC	0
11 Mar	Keighley	13	Barrow	7
11 Mar	Leeds	12	Featherstone Rovers	9
11 Mar	Oldham	5	Wigan	8
11 Mar	York	11	Batley	10
18 Mar	Barrow	6	Keighley	10
18 Mar	Batley	3	York	0
18 Mar	Featherstone Rovers	2	Leeds	7
18 Mar	Hull FC	5	Huddersfield	0
18 Mar	Hunslet	13	Halifax	12
18 Mar	St Helens	15	Dewsbury	33
18 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	7	Bradford Northern	5
18 Mar	Wigan	25	Oldham	3

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
25 Mar	Halifax	13	Batley	4
25 Mar	Huddersfield	8	Leeds	14
25 Mar	Keighley	9	Bradford Northern	18
25 Mar	Wigan	14	Dewsbury	3
01 Apr	Batley	8	Halifax	8
01 Apr	Bradford Northern	17	Keighley	5
01 Apr	Dewsbury	2	Wigan	11
01 Apr	Leeds	2	Huddersfield	7

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
08 Apr	Halifax	5	Bradford Northern	2
08 Apr	Leeds	10	Wigan	5
10 Apr	Bradford Northern	7	Halifax	0
10 Apr	Wigan	11	Leeds	4

15 April 1944

Wigan	3 – 0	Bradford Northern
	Report

Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 22,000

22 April 1944

Bradford Northern	8 – 0	Wigan
	Report

Bradford Northern win 8–3 on aggregate.

^ "Challenge Cup 1943/44". Rugby League Project.
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.