1947–48 Challenge Cup

The 1947–48 Challenge Cup was the 47th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1] The final was contested by Wigan and Bradford Northern at Wembley Stadium, and was the first ever rugby league match to be televised.Wigan won the match 8–3, with Bradford's Frank Whitcombe receiving the Lance Todd Trophy – the first time the trophy had been awarded to a player on the losing team.The final was broadcast live on BBC television, with George Duckworth providing commentary,[4] and was the first time a rugby league match had ever been televised.[5] The match was only broadcast to viewers in the London area, as the first television transmitter in the North of England was not completed until 1951.

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