This year was another new name on the trophy St. Helens won the trophy by beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 8-2 The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside.
The attendance was 9,255 and receipts were £2,493 This was St. Helens first victory after being runner-up in three of the previous six finals This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen.
The format was changed back to that favoured in previous seasons when the preliminary round was played on a two-legged home and away basis with the rest of the tournament being played on a knock-out basis.
The preliminary round involved four clubs, to reduce the numbers to sixteen.
The final capacity was 17,500 although the record attendance was 35,695 set on 26 December 1949 for a league game between St Helens and Wigan.