1901 Challenge CupDuration | 6 rounds |
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Highest attendance | 29,563 |
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Winners | Batley |
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Runners-up | Warrington |
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The 1901 Challenge Cup was the 5th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1] Contested during the 1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season, the final was played between Batley and Warrington at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.[2]
First Round[]
Date
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Team One
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Score One
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Team Two
|
Score Two
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2 March 1901 |
Aspatria |
4 |
Altrincham |
3
|
2 March 1901 |
Barrow |
11 |
Brighouse Rangers |
0
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2 March 1901 |
Birkenhead |
2 |
Millom |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Bradford |
7 |
Swinton |
2
|
2 March 1901 |
Broughton Rangers |
24 |
Tyldesley |
3
|
2 March 1901 |
Dewsbury |
9 |
Featherstone |
5
|
2 March 1901 |
Goole |
2 |
St Helens |
12
|
2 March 1901 |
Hebden Bridge |
6 |
Whitworth |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Heckmondwike |
8 |
Seaton Rangers |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Huddersfield |
6 |
Hull F.C. |
3
|
2 March 1901 |
Hull Kingston Rovers |
4 |
Salford |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Hunslet |
8 |
Wath Brow Hornets |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Keighley |
13 |
Kinsley |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Lancaster |
3 |
Maryport |
3
|
2 March 1901 |
Leeds Parish Church |
11 |
Radcliffe |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Leeds |
0 |
Warrington |
19
|
2 March 1901 |
Leigh |
38 |
Alverthorpe |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Liversedge |
3 |
Normanton |
2
|
2 March 1901 |
Manningham |
0 |
Castleford |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Morecambe |
11 |
Pontefract |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Otley |
0 |
Oldham |
19
|
2 March 1901 |
Outwood Church |
2 |
Holbeck |
5
|
2 March 1901 |
Rochedale Hornets |
3 |
Bramley |
7
|
2 March 1901 |
Runcorn |
18 |
Wigan |
0
|
2 March 1901 |
Stockport |
13 |
Shipley |
2
|
2 March 1901 |
Todmorden |
2 |
Sowerby Bridge |
11
|
2 March 1901 |
Wakefield Trinity |
28 |
Eastmoor |
6
|
2 March 1901 |
Whitehaven Recs |
0 |
Widnes |
3
|
2 March 1901 |
Windhill |
3 |
Ossett |
5
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2 March 1901 |
York City Knights |
10 |
Halifax |
2
|
6 March 1901 - replay |
Barrow |
0 |
Broughton Rangers |
2
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6 March 1901 - replay |
Castleford |
21 |
Manningham |
2
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6 March 1901 - replay |
Maryport |
3 |
Lancaster |
0
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Second Round[]
Date
|
Team One
|
Score One
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Team Two
|
Score Two
|
09 Mar |
Aspatria |
2 |
Wakefield Trinity |
21
|
09 Mar |
Batley |
6 |
Huddersfield |
2
|
09 Mar |
Bramley |
7 |
Oldham |
10
|
09 Mar |
Castleford |
3 |
Workington |
2
|
09 Mar |
Dewsbury |
8 |
Morecambe |
0
|
09 Mar |
Hebden Bridge |
3 |
Broughton Rangers |
33
|
09 Mar |
Holbeck |
3 |
Bradford |
6
|
09 Mar |
Keighley |
5 |
York City Knights |
5
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09 Mar |
Liversedge |
0 |
Leeds Parish Church |
5
|
09 Mar |
Maryport |
0 |
Hull Kingston Rovers |
11
|
09 Mar |
Ossett |
5 |
Birkenhead |
5
|
09 Mar |
Runcorn |
16 |
Leigh |
4
|
09 Mar |
St Helens |
0 |
Stockport |
0
|
09 Mar |
Sowerby Bridge |
3 |
Brighouse Rangers |
6
|
09 Mar |
Warrington |
19 |
Heckmondwike |
2
|
09 Mar |
Widnes |
8 |
Hunslet |
0
|
13 Mar - replay |
Birkenhead |
20 |
Ossett |
2
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13 Mar - replay |
Stockport |
5 |
St Helens |
11
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13 Mar - replay |
York City Knights |
12 |
Keighley |
0
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Third Round[]
Date
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Team One
|
Score One
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Team Two
|
Score Two
|
23 Mar |
Birkenhead |
2 |
Widnes |
10
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23 Mar |
Brighouse Rangers |
0 |
Hull Kingston Rovers |
7
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23 Mar |
Broughton Rangers |
4 |
Oldham |
11
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23 Mar |
Dewsbury |
3 |
Castleford |
5
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23 Mar |
Runcorn |
21 |
York City Knights |
0
|
23 Mar |
St Helens |
5 |
Batley |
7
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23 Mar |
Wakefield Trinity |
4 |
Bradford |
5
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23 Mar |
Warrington |
11 |
Leeds Parish Church |
0
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Quarter Finals[]
Date
|
Team One
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Score One
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Team Two
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Score Two
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30 Mar |
Batley |
5 |
Runcorn |
2
|
30 Mar |
Hull Kingston Rovers |
5 |
Castleford |
5
|
30 Mar |
Warrington |
10 |
Bradford |
8
|
30 Mar |
Widnes |
0 |
Oldham |
8
|
03 Apr - replay |
Castleford |
7 |
Hull Kingston Rovers |
2
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Semi Finals[]
Date
|
Team One
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Score One
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Team Two
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Score Two
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13 Apr |
Batley |
9 |
Oldham |
2
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13 Apr |
Warrington |
21 |
Castleford |
5
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Final[]
The final was played on Saturday 27 April 1901, where Batley beat Warrington 16-8 at Headingley in front of a crowd of 29,563.[3]
References[]
- ^ John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7.
- ^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ Hoole, Les (2015). The Rugby League Challenge Cup An Illustrated History 1897-1998. DB Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-78091-462-6.
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