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60,000 in the ground. The traffic on the roads in the surrounding area was at a standstill as more and more spectators converged on the stadium. Some squatted around the pitch, while others climbed onto rooftops for a better view. Fences around the ground had collapsed, as more people struggled to cram into the bowl of Odsal before the match started.
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The match itself was another tense, low-scoring struggle, but an improvement on the first game. Jim Challinor opened the scoring with a try for Warrington after nine minutes. Half an hour later, Tyssul Griffiths kicked a penalty for the Halifax side, who had also had two tries disallowed. This meant
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Around 70,000 spectators were expected at Odsal for the replay, which was rescheduled for a 7pm kick-off in order to allow for rush hour traffic in Bradford. The twenty trains and fifty buses (specially arranged for the match, as well as the 100 gatesmen and 150 policemen on duty at the ground) were
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The third quarter of the match saw additional goals kicked by both Griffiths and Harry Bath, bringing the score to 5 - 4, still just one point in favour of Warrington. Then Gerry Helme scored a try, which Bath couldn't convert, putting Warrington four points clear of Halifax, but still within a
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People had started queuing outside the stadium a good hour before the shuttle buses started running from 4:25pm. The gates opened at 5.00pm, and by that time some people had already been queuing for an hour and a half. With over an hour remaining before kick off, there were already an estimated
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After a couple of penalties, Halifax held a 4-0 lead at half time. In the second half Warrington drew level, also kicking two penalties. There was no further scoring and the match finished in a draw, at 4 - 4. This match remains the only occasion on which Wembley hasn't seen a single
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However, the competitive closeness with which the two teams were matched, together with the enticing prospect of the Challenge Cup decider coming north for the first time in a decade, seems to have generated far greater public interest than was supposed.
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converted try. Controversy reared just before full-time, when Halifax had a third try disallowed by referee Ron Gelder. Warrington had claimed their 4th Challenge Cup, with Helme winning the
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The official attendance figure for the crowd was announced as 102,575 however it is widely believed that a more realistic figure for the number of spectators present is closer to 120,000.
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Halifax and Warrington, the teams who had finished first and second respectively on the Championship ladder (separated by only one competition point), reached the
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scored on Cup final day. The replay was initially scheduled for 5pm on Wednesday 5 May 1954 at
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and is particularly notable for its final, which had to be replayed at
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for his match-winning performance, the first player to do so twice.
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believed to be adequate to deal with the expected crowd.
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final Saturday 24 April 1954. The game was played at
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a half time score of 3 - 2 in favour of Warrington.
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Warrington

Halifax
Lance Todd Trophy

Gerry Helme
โ† 1953
1955 โ†’
rugby league
Challenge Cup
1953โ€“54 Northern Rugby Football League season
Odsal
Wembley
Challenge Cup
Wembley
Wembley
London
try
Odsal Stadium
Odsal Stadium
Bradford
Gerry Helme
Warrington
Posit.
Halifax
Eric Frodsham
FB
Tyssul Griffiths
Brian Bevan

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