Duration | 6 Rounds |
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Number of teams | 36 |
Broadcast partners | BBC |
Winners | Wigan |
Runners-up | Hull |
Lance Todd Trophy | Brett Kenny |
The 1984β85 Challenge Cup was the: 84th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, theββChallenge Cup. The 1984β85 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 28β24 with their Australian stand-off half, Brett Kenny winning the Lance Todd Trophy as man of the "match."
Preliminary roundβ»
Tie no | Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | 27 Jan | Leeds | 68β6 | Bridgend | 3,692 |
2 | 29 Jan | Barrow | 12β26 | Halifax | 2,925 |
3 | 29 Jan | Salford | 14β6 | Featherstone Rovers | 1,652 |
4 | 3 Feb | Doncaster | 6β25 | Wakefield Trinity | 852 |
First roundβ»
Tie no | Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | 9 Feb | Leeds | 4β14 | Widnes | 6,778 |
2 | 10 Feb | Fulham | 4β17 | Halifax | 1,095 |
3 | 10 Feb | Keighley | 5β12 | Runcorn Highfield | 837 |
4 | 14 Feb | Hull | 52β6 | Carlisle | 4,588 |
5 | 17 Feb | Bramley | 16β15 | Blackpool Borough | 614 |
6 | 17 Feb | Oldham | 8β14 | Castleford | 6,056 |
7 | 17 Feb | Sheffield Eagles | 19β54 | Warrington | 1,479 |
8 | 17 Feb | Wigan | 46β8 | Batley | 9,606 |
9 | 17 Feb | Workington Town | 28β6 | Dewsbury | 858 |
10 | 20 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | 11β5 | York F.C. | 463 |
11 | 20 Feb | Salford | 31β6 | Swinton | 4,267 |
12 | 21 Feb | St. Helens | 3β8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 9,292 |
13 | 24 Feb | Leigh | 14β6 | Huddersfield | 4,297 |
14 | 24 Feb | Mansfield Marksman | 10β34 | Hunslet | 1,346 |
15 | 24 Feb | Southend Invicta | 18β50 | Bradford Northern | 3,297 |
16 | 24 Feb | Whitehaven | 8β10 | Wakefield Trinity | 1,907 |
Second roundβ»
Tie no | Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 23 Feb | Warrington | 14β24 | Wigan | 8,614 |
2 | 24 Feb | Bramley | 24β10 | Salford | 3,012 |
3 | 24 Feb | Castleford | 64β4 | Workington Town | 3,498 |
4 | 24 Feb | Halifax | 6β22 | Hull | 9,362 |
5 | 24 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | 4β38 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3,449 |
6 | 24 Feb | Widnes | 36β11 | Runcorn Highfield | 5,528 |
7 | 27 Feb | Bradford Northern | 13β2 | Wakefield Trinity | 3,413 |
8 | 27 Feb | Leigh | 27β28 | Hunslet | 3,780 |
Third roundβ»
Tie no | Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | 9 Mar | Hull | 6β6 | Widnes | 11,411 |
Replay | 13 Mar | Widnes | 12β19 | Hull | 11,447 |
2 | 10 Mar | Bradford Northern | 6β7 | Wigan | 15,212 |
3 | 10 Mar | Castleford | 58β18 | Bramley | 4,357 |
4 | 10 Mar | Hunslet | 7β27 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 6,945 |
Semi finalβ»
23 March 1985
|
Wigan | 18 β 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers |
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Try: Juliff, Stephenson, Gill Goal: Stephenson (2), Gill |
Report |
Try: Miller, Clark Goal: Fairbairn Drop goal: Harkin |
Castleford | 10 β 10 | Hull |
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Try: Hyde, Joyner Goal: Hyde |
Report |
Try: O'Hara, Sterling Goal: Crooks |
10 April 1985
|
Castleford | 16 β 22 | Hull |
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Try: Hyde, Roockley, Chapman Goal: Hyde (2) |
Try: O'Hara, Sterling, James, Leuluai Goal: Crooks (3) |
This was the first meeting of Wigan and Hull F.C. in the Challenge Cup Final since 1959 when Wigan won 30β13. 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 β 24 | Hull |
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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) |
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 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "10/04/1985 - Hull FC v Castleford Tigers". Hull FC. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "Challenge Cup: Brett Kenny recalls Wigan v Hull FC final of 1985". BBC Sport. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
External linksβ»
- Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Challenge Cup 1984/85 results at Rugby League Project
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