1921–22 Challenge Cup

The 1921–22 Challenge Cup was the 22nd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1921–22 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Rochdale Hornets
Runners-up Hull F.C.

First Round
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
25 FebAskam15Cadishead3
25 FebBarrow20Salford2
25 FebBatley3Featherstone Rovers5
25 FebBradford Northern0Keighley10
25 FebBroughton Rangers13St Helens0
25 FebDewsbury13Warrington2
25 FebElland Wanderers0Oldham29
25 FebHull FC24Halifax10
25 FebHunslet13Bramley0
25 FebLeigh6Huddersfield10
25 FebRochdale Hornets54Broughton Moor2
25 FebSt Helens Recs5Leeds20
25 FebSwinton24Hull BOCM5
25 FebWidnes5Wigan Highfield5
25 FebWigan15Wakefield Trinity6
25 FebYork2Hull Kingston Rovers4
28 FebWigan Highfield4Widnes9

Second Round
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
11 MarBroughton Rangers11Featherstone Rovers5
11 MarHull Kingston Rovers0Hull FC10
11 MarKeighley15Askam0
11 MarOldham9Huddersfield5
11 MarRochdale Hornets15Leeds7
11 MarSwinton0Dewsbury3
11 MarWidnes17Barrow10
11 MarWigan52Hunslet6

Quarter Finals
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
25 MarBroughton Rangers2Widnes2
25 MarDewsbury4Hull FC9
25 MarRochdale Hornets5Oldham2
25 MarWigan45Keighley0
29 MarWidnes3Broughton Rangers2

Semi Finals
Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
08 AprHull FC18Wigan5
08 AprRochdale Hornets23Widnes3

Final

The final saw Rochdale Hornets's 10-9 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1921–22 Challenge Cup Final at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 6 May 1922, in front of a crowd of 32,596. This was Rochdale's first Challenge Cup Final win in their first, and as of 2017 their only, Challenge Cup Final appearance.[2][3][4]

Rochdale Hornets: 10

Rochdale Hornets Tries: Tommy Fitton 2

Rochdale Hornets Goals: Dicky Paddon 2

Hull: 9

Hull Tries: Jimmy Kennedy, Billy Batten, Bob Taylor

Half-time: 6-7

Attendance: 34,827 (at Headingley, Leeds)

Rochdale Hornets: Frank Prescott, Tommy Fitton, Fred Wild, Teddy McLoughlin, Joe Corsi, J. Eaton, J. Keynon, Thomas Harris, Jack Bennett, Dickie Paddon, Tommy Woods, Dai Edwards, Louis Corsi

Hull: J. Holdsworth, Billy Stone (c), Jimmy Kennedy, Billy Batten, Emlyn Gwynne, Eddie Caswell, W. J. Charles, Jack Beasty, George Oliver, J. E. Wyburn, Edgar Morgan, Bob Taylor, H. Garratt

References
  1. "Challenge Cup 1921/22". Rugby League Project.
  2. "Hornets' One And Only Challenge Cup Final Win". hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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