1984–85 Challenge Cup

The 1984–85 Challenge Cup was the 84th staging of

stand-off half, Brett Kenny winning the Lance Todd Trophy

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

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

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

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

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.

Saturday 4 May 1985
3:00PM (BST)

Wigan	28 – 24	Hull
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)

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 99,801
Referee: Ron Campbell
Player of the Match: Brett Kenny

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