1948-49 Northern Rugby Football League season
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Challenge Cup
Bradford beat Halifax 12-0 in the final played at Wembley in front of a world record rugby league crowd of 95,050. Trevor FosterTrevor Foster
Trevor J. F. Foster MBE , was a Welsh rugby footballer and coach. He played rugby union for Newport and rugby league for Bradford Northern...
and Eric Batten
Eric Batten
Eric Batten was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, and coach of the 1950s, who at representative level played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Hunslet, Bradford Northern, Leeds and Featherstone Rovers, playing at , i.e. number 2 or 5,...
scored the tries for Bradford and Ernest Ward
Ernest Ward
Ernest Ward was a rugby league player who most famously played for Bradford Northern. He also made 20 test appearances for Great Britain, and at club level has coached for Castleford...
kicked three goals as well as winning the Lance Todd Trophy
Lance Todd Trophy
The Lance Todd Trophy is awarded to the Man-of-the-Match in rugby league football's Challenge Cup Final.The trophy was introduced in 1946, in memory of Lance Todd, the New Zealand-born player and administrator, who was killed in a road accident during the Second World War...
for man-of-the-match.
This was Bradford’s fourth Cup Final win in seven Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.