Warrington won the trophy by beating Barrow by 8–4.
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire).
The number of teams entering this year's competition decreased by one with the withdrawal of Streatham & Mitcham, back to the previous total of 13 but the same fixture format was retained.
There was once again a bye in the first round, and there was still a "blank" or "dummy" fixture.
[1] Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs Involved 1 match Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points [2][7][8][9] 1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959