1910 Challenge Cup

The 1909–10 Challenge Cup was the 14th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

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

First Round
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
26 FebBarrow0St Helens15
26 FebBramley3Rochdale Hornets3
26 FebDewsbury3Wakefield Trinity8
26 FebHull FC10Leigh7
26 FebHull Kingston Rovers3Leeds5
26 FebKeighley5Broughton Rangers0
26 FebMerthyr7Ebbw Vale12
26 FebMillom9Brookland4
26 FebOldham0Huddersfield2
26 FebPurston10Halifax23
26 FebRuncorn9Bradford Northern4
26 FebSalford64York Irish0
26 FebWarrington31Wigan Highfield3
26 FebWidnes0Hunslet6
26 FebWigan16Swinton5
26 FebYork0Batley0
01 MarBatley3York3
01 MarRochdale Hornets11Bramley5
01 MarYork0Batley8

Second Round
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
12 MarBatley0Hull FC8
12 MarHalifax21St Helens6
12 MarHuddersfield3Ebbw Vale8
12 MarHunslet2Wakefield Trinity2
12 MarLeeds13Rochdale Hornets3
12 MarRuncorn3Keighley5
12 MarSalford12Wigan5
12 MarWarrington37Millom0
16 MarWakefield Trinity2Hunslet5

Quarter Finals
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
19 MarHull FC13Halifax7
19 MarKeighley4Leeds7
19 MarSalford8Ebbw Vale2
19 MarWarrington7Hunslet0

Semi Finals
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
02 AprHull FC20Salford6
02 AprWarrington10Leeds11

Final

The final was contested by Leeds and Hull F.C. at Fartown in Huddersfield.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4][5]

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)[6]

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. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. 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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