Oldham won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 12-2 The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire).
With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.
The same pre-war fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.
[1][2] Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs 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 [5] 1 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