title: 1944–45 Challenge Cup
text: # 1944–45 Challenge Cup
  
  The 1944–45 Challenge Cup was the 44th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.
  
  ## Qualifier
  
  | Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 03 Mar | Castleford | 5 | Halifax | 8 |
  | 10 Mar | Halifax | 8 | Castleford | 3 |
  
  ## First round
  
  | Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 17 Mar | Batley | 7 | Wakefield Trinity | 10 |
  | 17 Mar | Featherstone Rovers | 4 | Oldham | 18 |
  | 17 Mar | Halifax | 10 | Wigan | 11 |
  | 17 Mar | Hull FC | 13 | Dewsbury | 18 |
  | 17 Mar | Keighley | 11 | Hunslet | 8 |
  | 17 Mar | Leeds | 5 | Huddersfield | 21 |
  | 17 Mar | St Helens | 8 | Bradford Northern | 15 |
  | 17 Mar | York | 12 | Barrow | 21 |
  | 24 Mar | Barrow | 19 | York | 5 |
  | 24 Mar | Bradford Northern | 34 | St Helens | 13 |
  | 24 Mar | Dewsbury | 23 | Hull FC | 9 |
  | 24 Mar | Huddersfield | 17 | Leeds | 3 |
  | 24 Mar | Hunslet | 4 | Keighley | 2 |
  | 24 Mar | Oldham | 8 | Featherstone Rovers | 7 |
  | 24 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 24 | Batley | 12 |
  | 24 Mar | Wigan | 6 | Halifax | 21 |
  
  ## Second round
  
  | Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 31 Mar | Bradford Northern | 18 | Wakefield Trinity | 8 |
  | 31 Mar | Dewsbury | 5 | Halifax | 11 |
  | 31 Mar | Huddersfield | 13 | Barrow | 3 |
  | 31 Mar | Keighley | 11 | Oldham | 0 |
  | 02 Apr | Barrow | 6 | Huddersfield | 9 |
  | 02 Apr | Halifax | 19 | Dewsbury | 5 |
  | 02 Apr | Oldham | 8 | Keighley | 9 |
  | 02 Apr | Wakefield Trinity | 10 | Bradford Northern | 3 |
  
  ## Semifinals
  
  | Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 14 Apr | Halifax | 6 | Huddersfield | 0 |
  | 14 Apr | Keighley | 5 | Bradford Northern | 0 |
  | 21 Apr | Bradford Northern | 35 | Keighley | 3 |
  | 21 Apr | Huddersfield | 10 | Halifax | 3 |
  
  ## Final
  
  In the final of the Rugby league Challenge Cup, Huddersfield beat Bradford Northern 13-9 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 26,541.
  
  | Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 28 Apr | Huddersfield | 7 | Bradford Northern | 4 |
  | 05 May | Bradford Northern | 5 | Huddersfield | 6 |
  