St Helens Recs won the trophy by beating Wigan in the final by the score of 5–4.
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 which resulted in 3 byes in the first round.
[1] Involved 5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs The final was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, Salford, (historically in the county of Lancashire).
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points [3] 1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] shows Broughton Rangers as the home team with the match played at City Road but the official Wigan archives give Wigan as the home team playing at Central Park 2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000.
The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3–2