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

Duration	5 rounds
Highest attendance	19,413 & 11,608
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	Hull F.C.

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

Quarter Finals

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

Semi Finals

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.[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.

External links

• Challenge Cup official website
• Challenge Cup 1909/10 results at Rugby League Project