1984–85 Challenge Cup

The 1984–85 Challenge Cup was the 84th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The 1984–85 Rugby Football League season's tournament was known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons. It culminated in a final contested by Wigan and Hull F.C. at Wembley, London before a crowd of 99,801. Wigan won the match 28–24 with their Australian stand-off half, Brett Kenny winning the Lance Todd Trophy as man of the match.

1984–85 Silk Cut Challenge Cup

Duration	6 Rounds
Number of teams	36
Broadcast partners	BBC
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Hull
Lance Todd Trophy	Brett Kenny

Preliminary round

Tie no	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	27 Jan	Leeds	68–6	Bridgend	3,692
2	29 Jan	Barrow	12–26	Halifax	2,925
3	29 Jan	Salford	14–6	Featherstone Rovers	1,652
4	3 Feb	Doncaster	6–25	Wakefield Trinity	852

First round

Tie no	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	9 Feb	Leeds	4–14	Widnes	6,778
2	10 Feb	Fulham	4–17	Halifax	1,095
3	10 Feb	Keighley	5–12	Runcorn Highfield	837
4	14 Feb	Hull	52–6	Carlisle	4,588
5	17 Feb	Bramley	16–15	Blackpool Borough	614
6	17 Feb	Oldham	8–14	Castleford	6,056
7	17 Feb	Sheffield Eagles	19–54	Warrington	1,479
8	17 Feb	Wigan	46–8	Batley	9,606
9	17 Feb	Workington Town	28–6	Dewsbury	858
10	20 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	11–5	York F.C.	463
11	20 Feb	Salford	31–6	Swinton	4,267
12	21 Feb	St. Helens	3–8	Hull Kingston Rovers	9,292
13	24 Feb	Leigh	14–6	Huddersfield	4,297
14	24 Feb	Mansfield Marksman	10–34	Hunslet	1,346
15	24 Feb	Southend Invicta	18–50	Bradford Northern	3,297
16	24 Feb	Whitehaven	8–10	Wakefield Trinity	1,907

Second round

Tie no	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	23 Feb	Warrington	14–24	Wigan	8,614
2	24 Feb	Bramley	24–10	Salford	3,012
3	24 Feb	Castleford	64–4	Workington Town	3,498
4	24 Feb	Halifax	6–22	Hull	9,362
5	24 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	4–38	Hull Kingston Rovers	3,449
6	24 Feb	Widnes	36–11	Runcorn Highfield	5,528
7	27 Feb	Bradford Northern	13–2	Wakefield Trinity	3,413
8	27 Feb	Leigh	27–28	Hunslet	3,780

Third round

Tie no	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	9 Mar	Hull	6–6	Widnes	11,411
Replay	13 Mar	Widnes	12–19	Hull	11,447
2	10 Mar	Bradford Northern	6–7	Wigan	15,212
3	10 Mar	Castleford	58–18	Bramley	4,357
4	10 Mar	Hunslet	7–27	Hull Kingston Rovers	6,945

Semi final

23 March 1985

Wigan	18 – 11	Hull Kingston Rovers
Try: Juliff, Stephenson, Gill Goal: Stephenson (2), Gill	Report	Try: Miller, Clark Goal: Fairbairn Drop goal: Harkin

Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 19,275

6 April 1985

Castleford	10 – 10	Hull
Try: Hyde, Joyner Goal: Hyde	Report	Try: O'Hara, Sterling Goal: Crooks

Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 20,982

Replay

10 April 1985

Castleford	16 – 22	Hull
Try: Hyde, Roockley, Chapman Goal: Hyde (2)		Try: O'Hara, Sterling, James, Leuluai Goal: Crooks (3)

Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 20,968

Final

This was the first meeting of Wigan and Hull F.C. in the Challenge Cup Final since 1959 when Wigan won 30–13. The attendance of 99,801 was the highest ever recorded for the Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.

Saturday 4 May 1985 3:00PM (BST)

Wigan	28 – 24	Hull
Tries: John Ferguson (2) Brett Kenny Henderson Gill Shaun Edwards Goals: Henderson Gill (3/3) David Stephenson (1/3)	Report	Tries: Kevin James Steve Evans James Leuluai (2) Gary Divorty Goals: Lee Crooks (2/5) Garry Schofield (0/2)

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 99,801 Referee: Ron Campbell Player of the Match: Brett Kenny

FB 1 Shaun Edwards RW 2 John Ferguson RC 3 David Stephenson LC 4 Steve Donlan LW 5 Henderson Gill SO 6 Brett Kenny SH 7 Mike Ford PR 8 Neil Courtney HK 9 Nicky Kiss PR 10 Brian Case SR 11 Graeme West (c) SR 12 Brian Dunn LF 13 Ian Potter Substitutions: IC 14 Nick Du Toit IC 15 Danny Campbell Coach: Colin Clarke Alan McInnes

FB 1 Gary Kemble RW 2 Kevin James RC 3 Steve Evans LC 4 James Leuluai LW 5 Dane O'Hara SO 6 Fred Ah Kuoi SH 7 Peter Sterling PR 8 Lee Crooks (c) HK 9 Shaun Patrick PR 10 Neil Puckering SR 11 John Muggleton SR 12 Paul Rose LF 13 Steve Norton Substitutions: IC 14 Gary Divorty IC 15 Garry Schofield Coach: Arthur Bunting

External links

• Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Challenge Cup 1984/85 results at Rugby League Project