1909 Challenge Cup

The 1908–09 Challenge Cup was the 13th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1908–09 Challenge Cup
Duration6 rounds
Highest attendance23,587
Winners Wakefield Trinity
Runners-up Hull F.C.

Final

The final was contested by Wakefield Trinity and Hull F.C. at Headingley, Leeds.[2]

The final was played on Saturday 24 April 1909, where Wakefield Trinity beat Hull F.C. 17-0 at Headingley, Leeds in front of a crowd of 23,587.[3]

Trinity's 17-0 victory in the final was their first Cup in their first final.[4][5]

First Round
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
27 FebBarrow St.George's0Barrow36
27 FebBeverley7Ebbw Vale2
27 FebBradford Northern3Wakefield Trinity13
27 FebBramley13Broughton Rangers23
27 FebHalifax15St Helens8
27 FebHunslet25Mid Rhondda5
27 FebLeigh6Batley5
27 FebNormanton10Hull FC20
27 FebOldham8Hull Kingston Rovers7
27 FebPemberton Rovers6Keighley41
27 FebRochdale Hornets3Swinton3
27 FebRuncorn23Egremont5
27 FebSalford28Dewsbury0
27 FebWarrington3Leeds5
27 FebWidnes2Huddersfield25
27 FebWigan20York7
03 MarSwinton3Rochdale Hornets0

Second Round
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
13 MarBroughton Rangers0Salford4
13 MarHalifax53Beverley2
13 MarHuddersfield34Barrow3
13 MarHunslet15Leeds9
13 MarLeigh3Wakefield Trinity9
13 MarRuncorn9Hull FC11
13 MarSwinton3Oldham3
13 MarWigan47Keighley0
16 MarOldham17Swinton3

Quarter Finals
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
27 MarHuddersfield10Wigan10
27 MarOldham6Hull FC13
27 MarSalford7Halifax13
27 MarWakefield Trinity19Hunslet0
31 MarWigan16Huddersfield3

Semi Finals
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
10 AprHalifax4Hull FC10
10 AprWigan2Wakefield Trinity14

Final
24 April 1909
Wakefield Trinity 17 – 0 Hull
Try: Newbould, Sidwell, Crosland, Bennett, Simpson
Goal: Metcalfe		 Report
Headingley , Leeds
Attendance: 23,587

Teams

Wakefield Trinity: James "Jimmy" D. Metcalfe, Ernest W. Bennett, William "Billy" Lynch, Ezra Sidwell, William 'Billie ' G. Simpson, Harry Slater, Thomas "Tommy" 'Trapper' Newbould, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, James Auton, Joseph Taylor, John "Jack" Walton, Herbert Kershaw, Harry 'Dickie' Beaumont

Hull: Harry Taylor, J. Dechan, G. Connell, G. T. Cottrell, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, William Holder, Frank Boylen, F. Britton, H. Havelock, W. J. Carroll

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 26 September 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. "A complete history of Hull's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. Local World. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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