title: 1929–30 Challenge Cup
text: # 1929–30 Challenge Cup
  
  The 1929–30 Challenge Cup was the 30th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.
  
  ## First round
  
  | Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 08 Feb | Barrow | 15 | York | 4 |
  | 08 Feb | Batley | 5 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3 |
  | 08 Feb | Castleford | 11 | Bramley | 4 |
  | 08 Feb | Cottingham | 0 | Leigh | 48 |
  | 08 Feb | Dewsbury | 24 | Rochdale Hornets | 10 |
  | 08 Feb | Featherstone Jrs | 9 | Halifax | 74 |
  | 08 Feb | Huddersfield | 2 | Warrington | 5 |
  | 08 Feb | Hull FC | 44 | Bickershaw | 10 |
  | 08 Feb | Hunslet | 8 | Oldham | 3 |
  | 08 Feb | Keighley | 6 | Great Clifton | 5 |
  | 08 Feb | Leeds | 27 | Featherstone Rovers | 5 |
  | 08 Feb | St Helens | 9 | St Helens Recs | 7 |
  | 08 Feb | Salford | 0 | Wigan Highfield | 5 |
  | 08 Feb | Swinton | 5 | Wakefield Trinity | 5 |
  | 08 Feb | Widnes | 20 | Bradford Northern | 0 |
  | 08 Feb | Wigan | 19 | Broughton Rangers | 7 |
  | 12 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 2 | Swinton | 7 |
  
  ## Second round
  
  | Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 22 Feb | Barrow | 7 | Keighley | 5 |
  | 22 Feb | Castleford | 3 | Hull FC | 6 |
  | 22 Feb | Hunslet | 15 | Batley | 0 |
  | 22 Feb | Leeds | 5 | St Helens | 18 |
  | 22 Feb | Swinton | 7 | Widnes | 7 |
  | 226 Feb | Warrington | 12 | Leigh | 3 |
  | 22 Feb | Wigan Highfield | 0 | Dewsbury | 0 |
  | 22 Feb | Wigan | 14 | Halifax | 5 |
  | 25 Feb | Dewsbury | 7 | Wigan Highfield | 5 |
  | 27 Feb | Widnes | 6 | Swinton | 5 |
  
  ## Quarterfinals
  
  | Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 08 Mar | Barrow | 13 | Dewsbury | 7 |
  | 08 Mar | St Helens | 22 | Hunslet | 7 |
  | 08 Mar | Widnes | 19 | Hull FC | 5 |
  | 08 Mar | Wigan | 16 | Warrington | 5 |
  
  ## Semifinals
  
  | Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 29 Mar | Widnes | 10 | Barrow | 3 |
  | 29 Mar | St Helens | 5 | Wigan | 5 |
  | 02 Apr | Wigan | 10 | St Helens | 22 |
  
  ## Final
  
  Widnes beat St Helens 10-3 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley played before a crowd of 36,544.
  
  This was Widnes' first Cup final appearance and thus their first Cup final win.
  
  * 3 May 1930
  
  | Widnes | 10 - 3 | St Helens |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tries: Ratcliffe, Dennett Goals: Hoey (2) | Report | Tries: Houghton |
  
  * Wembley, London Attendance: 36,544
  
  | 1 | Bob Fraser |
  | - | - |
  | 2 | Jack Dennett |
  | 3 | Albert Ratcliffe |
  | 4 | Peter Topping |
  | 5 | Harry Owen |
  | 6 | Paddy Douglas (c) |
  | 7 | Jerry Laughton |
  | 8 | Nat Silcock |
  | 9 | George Stevens |
  | 10 | Fred Kelsall |
  | 11 | Harry Millington |
  | 12 | George van Rooyen |
  | 13 | Jimmy Hoey |
  | 1 | Charlie Crooks |
  | 2 | Roy Hardgrave |
  | 3 | George Lewis (c) |
  | 4 | Billy Mercer |
  | 5 | Alf Ellaby |
  | 6 | Les Fairclough |
  | 7 | Walter 'Plodder' Groves |
  | 8 | Lou Hutt |
  | 9 | William "Bill" Clarey |
  | 10 | Louis Houghton |
  | 11 | Trevor Hall |
  | 12 | Ben Halfpenny |
  | 13 | Robert "Bob" 'Slosher' Harrison |
  