1909–10 Challenge Cup

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1909–10 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Highest attendance19,413 & 11,608
Winners Leeds
Runners-up Hull F.C.

The 1909–10 Challenge Cup was the 14th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

First round

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
26 Feb Barrow 0 St Helens 15
26 Feb Bramley 3 Rochdale Hornets 3
26 Feb Dewsbury 3 Wakefield Trinity 8
26 Feb Hull FC 10 Leigh 7
26 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers 3 Leeds 5
26 Feb Keighley 5 Broughton Rangers 0
26 Feb Merthyr 7 Ebbw Vale 12
26 Feb Millom 9 Brookland 4
26 Feb Oldham 0 Huddersfield 2
26 Feb Purston 10 Halifax 23
26 Feb Runcorn 9 Bradford Northern 4
26 Feb Salford 64 York Irish 0
26 Feb Warrington 31 Wigan Highfield 3
26 Feb Widnes 0 Hunslet 6
26 Feb Wigan 16 Swinton 5
26 Feb York 0 Batley 0
01 Mar Batley 3 York 3
01 Mar Rochdale Hornets 11 Bramley 5
01 Mar York 0 Batley 8

Second round

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
12 Mar Batley 0 Hull FC 8
12 Mar Halifax 21 St Helens 6
12 Mar Huddersfield 3 Ebbw Vale 8
12 Mar Hunslet 2 Wakefield Trinity 2
12 Mar Leeds 13 Rochdale Hornets 3
12 Mar Runcorn 3 Keighley 5
12 Mar Salford 12 Wigan 5
12 Mar Warrington 37 Millom 0
16 Mar Wakefield Trinity 2 Hunslet 5

Quarterfinals

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
19 Mar Hull FC 13 Halifax 7
19 Mar Keighley 4 Leeds 7
19 Mar Salford 8 Ebbw Vale 2
19 Mar Warrington 7 Hunslet 0

Semifinals

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
02 Apr Hull FC 20 Salford 6
02 Apr Warrington 10 Leeds 11

Final

The final was contested by Leeds and Hull F.C. at Fartown in Huddersfield.

The final was played on Saturday 16 April 1910, where Leeds drew 7-7 with Hull F.C. at Fartown in front of a crowd of 19,413. The necessitated a replay just two days later and this resulted in Leeds defeating Hull 26-12 at the same ground.

This was Leeds' first Cup final win in their first Cup final appearance. Hull lost their third Cup final in a row.

First match

Teams

Hull: Harry Taylor, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton

Leeds: Frank Young, J. Fawcett, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Sanders, W. Biggs, Billy Jarman, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Fred Webster, Billy Ward

Result

Leeds: 7

Leeds Tries: Walter Goldthorpe

Leeds Goals: Frank Young 2

Hull: 7

Hull Tries: G. T. Cottrell

Hull Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace

Half-time: 2-7

Attendance: 19,413 (at Fartown, Huddersfield)

Replay

Teams

Leeds: Frank Young, Harold Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Fawcett, Fred Webster, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Billy Ward, Billy Jarman, S. Whittaker

Hull: E. Rogers, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, Ernest Atkinson, Ned Rogers, Harry Wallace, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton

Result

Leeds: 26

Leeds Tries: Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, Fred Webster, Harry Topham

Leeds Goals: Frank Young 7

Hull: 12

Hull Tries: G. Connell, H. Walton

Hull Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers 3

Half-time: 16-0

Attendance: 11,608 (at Fartown, Huddersfield)

References

  1. ^ John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7.
  2. ^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  3. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  5. ^ "A complete history of Hull's Challenge Cup finals". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  6. ^ "1909-10". Leeds Rhinos. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

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