The 1944–45 Challenge Cup was the 44th staging of rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup .[ 1]
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
References