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1984–85 Challenge Cup

Rugby league competition

Field	Value
title	1984–85 Silk Cut Challenge Cup
duration	6 Rounds
no_of_teams	36
TV	BBC
season	1984–85
season_champs	Wigan
season_champ_name	Winners
second_place	Hull
MVP	Brett Kenny
MVP_link	Lance Todd Trophy
prevseason_link	1983–84 Challenge Cup
prevseason_year	1983-84
nextseason_link	1985–86 Challenge Cup
nextseason_year	1985-86

The 1984–85 Challenge Cup was the 84th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The 1984–85 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 28–24 with their Australian stand-off half, Brett Kenny winning the Lance Todd Trophy as man of the match.

Preliminary round

Tie no	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	27 Jan	Leeds	68–6	Bridgend	3,692
2	29 Jan	Barrow	12–26	Halifax	2,925
3	29 Jan	Salford	14–6	Featherstone Rovers	1,652
4	3 Feb	Doncaster	6–25	Wakefield Trinity	852

First round

Tie no	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	9 Feb	Leeds	4–14	Widnes	6,778
2	10 Feb	Fulham	4–17	Halifax	1,095
3	10 Feb	Keighley	5–12	Runcorn Highfield	837
4	14 Feb	Hull	52–6	Carlisle	4,588
5	17 Feb	Bramley	16–15	Blackpool Borough	614
6	17 Feb	Oldham	8–14	Castleford	6,056
7	17 Feb	Sheffield Eagles	19–54	Warrington	1,479
8	17 Feb	Wigan	46–8	Batley	9,606
9	17 Feb	Workington Town	28–6	Dewsbury	858
10	20 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	11–5	York F.C.	463
11	20 Feb	Salford	31–6	Swinton	4,267
12	21 Feb	St. Helens	3–8	Hull Kingston Rovers	9,292
13	24 Feb	Leigh	14–6	Huddersfield	4,297
14	24 Feb	Mansfield Marksman	10–34	Hunslet	1,346
15	24 Feb	Southend Invicta	18–50	Bradford Northern	3,297
16	24 Feb	Whitehaven	8–10	Wakefield Trinity	1,907

Second round

Tie no	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	23 Feb	Warrington	14–24	Wigan	8,614
2	24 Feb	Bramley	24–10	Salford	3,012
3	24 Feb	Castleford	64–4	Workington Town	3,498
4	24 Feb	Halifax	6–22	Hull	9,362
5	24 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	4–38	Hull Kingston Rovers	3,449
6	24 Feb	Widnes	36–11	Runcorn Highfield	5,528
7	27 Feb	Bradford Northern	13–2	Wakefield Trinity	3,413
8	27 Feb	Leigh	27–28	Hunslet	3,780

Third round

Tie no	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	9 Mar	Hull	6–6	Widnes	11,411
Replay	13 Mar	Widnes	12–19	Hull	11,447
2	10 Mar	Bradford Northern	6–7	Wigan	15,212
3	10 Mar	Castleford	58–18	Bramley	4,357
4	10 Mar	Hunslet	7–27	Hull Kingston Rovers	6,945

Semi final

Goal: Stephenson (2), Gill Goal: Fairbairn Drop goal: Harkin Goal: Hyde Goal: Crooks

Replay

Goal: Hyde (2) Goal: Crooks (3)

Final

This was the first meeting of Wigan and Hull F.C. in the Challenge Cup Final since 1959 when Wigan won 30–13. The attendance of 99,801 was the highest ever recorded for the Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. John Ferguson (2) Brett Kenny Henderson Gill Shaun Edwards Goals: Henderson Gill (3/3) David Stephenson (1/3) Kevin James Steve Evans James Leuluai (2) Gary Divorty Goals: Lee Crooks (2/5) Garry Schofield (0/2)

Colin Clarke
Alan McInnes

Arthur Bunting

References

"10/04/1985 - Hull FC v Castleford Tigers". Hull FC.
(22 August 2013). "Challenge Cup: Brett Kenny recalls Wigan v Hull FC final of 1985".

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