The 1927–28 Challenge Cup was the 28th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.
First round Date Home Score Away11 FebruaryBarrow20–5York11 FebruaryBatley31–2Cottingham11 FebruaryBradford Northern17–0Twelve Apostles11 FebruaryBramley2–5Hull FC11 FebruaryCastleford7–3Salford11 FebruaryDewsbury20–2Broughton Rangers11 FebruaryFeatherstone Rovers28–0Keighley11 FebruaryHalifax4–4Hunslet11 FebruaryHull Kingston Rovers19–0Widnes11 FebruaryOldham15–5St Helens11 FebruaryRochdale Hornets5–2Leigh11 FebruarySt Helens Recs12–0Wakefield Trinity11 FebruaryWarrington43–2Kinsley11 FebruaryWhitehaven Recs0–44Swinton11 FebruaryWigan Highfield2–13Leeds11 FebruaryWigan2–13HuddersfieldSource:
In the single first round replay Halifax beat Hunslet 16–2 on 15 February.
Second round Date Home Score Away25 FebruaryBarrow8–11Oldham25 FebruaryBatley12–6Bradford Northern25 FebruaryCastleford3–0Featherstone Rovers25 FebruaryDewsbury7-7Huddersfield25 FebruaryHalifax2–3Swinton25 FebruaryHull Kingston Rovers0–5Warrington25 FebruaryLeeds13–12St Helens Recs25 FebruaryRochdale Hornets3–3Hull FCSource: In the two replays Huddersfield beat Dewsbury 16–8 on 29 February and Hull FC beat 16–0 on 1 March.
Third round Date Home Score Away10 MarchCastleford0–3Swinton10 MarchHull FC0–0Batley10 MarchLeeds10–5Oldham10 MarchWarrington10–3HuddersfieldSource:
Having played out a scoreless game Batley and Hull FC repeated the score in a replay on 20 March and the tie went to a second replay which Hull won 6–2 on neutral territory, Headingley, on 26 March.
Semi-finals Date Drawn first Score Drawn second Venue Attendance Receipts31 March Swinton5–3Hull FCFartown, Huddersfield12,000£79431 March Warrington9–2LeedsAthletic Grounds, Rochdale22,000£1,463Source:
Final Swinton beat Warrington 5–3 in the final played at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 14 April 1928. The game generated receipts of £3159 1s 11d and the attendance of 33,909 set a new record for a game at Central Park.
This was Swinton's third Challenge Cup Final win from four Final appearances and completed a League and Cup double for the club.
FB 1 Billy YoungRW 2 Frank EvansRC 3 Hector HalsallLC 4 Jack EvansLW 5 Chris BrockbankSO 6 William ReesSH 7 Albert AtkinsonPR 8 Miller StrongHK 9 Henry BlewerPR 10 Herbert MorrisSR 11 Martin HodgsonSR 12 Dick CracknellLF 13 Fred BeswickCoach: FB 1 Arthur FrowenRW 2 Billy RhodesRC 3 Jesse MeredithLC 4 Les PerkinsLW 5 Dai DaviesSO 6 Tommy FlynnSH 7 Billy KirkPR 8 Billy CunliffeHK 9 Alf PeacockPR 10 Cod MillerSR 11 Jim TranterSR 12 Frank WilliamsLF 13 Charles SeelingCoach:
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