1908 Challenge Cup

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1908 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Number of teams32
Highest attendance18,000
WinnersHunsletcolours.svg Hunslet
Runners-upHullcolours.svg Hull F.C.

The 1908 Challenge Cup was the 12th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1] Run by the Northern Rugby Football Union, 32 teams took part between 29 February and 25 April 1908. Hunslet won the competition after defeating Hull F.C. in the final.

Calendar[]

The 32 team knockout tournament was held over five rounds.[2]

Round Date
Round One Saturday, 29 February 1908
Round One replay Wednesday, 4 March 1908
Round Two Saturday, 14 March 1908
Round Three Saturday, 28 March 1908
Semi-Finals Saturday, 11 April 1908
Final Saturday, 25 April 1908

First Round[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Barrow 28 Millom 5
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Batley 32 Barrow St.George's 5
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Beverley 3 Merthyr 15
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Dewsbury 2 Oldham 13
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Half-Acre 2 York 7
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Huddersfield 3 Broughton Rangers 8
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Hull FC 9 Swinton 5
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Leeds 5 Hunslet 14
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Leigh 18 Bradford Northern 3
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Runcorn 12 Keighley 5
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Salford 15 Widnes 2
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Wakefield Trinity 19 Hull Kingston Rovers 3
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Warrington 11 Halifax 7
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Whitehaven Recs 13 St Helens 8
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Wigan Highfield 3 Bramley 3
Saturday, 29 February 1908 Wigan 20 Rochdale Hornets 3
Wednesday, 4 March 1908 Bramley 8 Wigan Highfield 6

Second Round[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
Saturday, 14 March 1908 Barrow 41 Bramley 3
Saturday, 14 March 1908 Batley 4 Wakefield Trinity 8
Saturday, 14 March 1908 Broughton Rangers 18 Wigan 6
Saturday, 14 March 1908 Hull FC 15 Salford 9
Saturday, 14 March 1908 Hunslet 15 Oldham 8
Saturday, 14 March 1908 Leigh 16 York 11
Saturday, 14 March 1908 Merthyr 33 Whitehaven Recs 5
Saturday, 14 March 1908 Runcorn 2 Warrington 6

Quarter Finals[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
Saturday, 28 March 1908 Barrow 0 Hunslet 8
Saturday, 28 March 1908 Broughton Rangers 7 Warrington 2
Saturday, 28 March 1908 Hull FC 19 Wakefield Trinity 0
Saturday, 28 March 1908 Leigh 8 Merthyr 2

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
11 April 1908 Broughton Rangers 2 Hunslet 16
11 April 1908 Hull FC 7 Leigh 0

Final[]

The final was contested by Hunslet and Hull F.C. at Fartown in Huddersfield.[3]

The final was played on Saturday 25 April 1908, where Hunslet beat Hull F.C. 14-0 at Fartown in front of a crowd of 18,000.[4]

Hull's 14-0 in the final to win their first Cup in their first final.[5][6]

25 April 1908
Hunslet 14 – 0 Hull
Try: Smith, Farrar
Goal: Eagers, A. Goldthorpe (3) 		Report
Fartown, Huddersfield
Attendance: 18,000

Teams:

Hunslet: Herbert Place, Fred Farrar, , , Billy Batten, Albert Goldthorpe, Fred Smith, Harry Wilson, Bill Brookes, Bill Jukes, , John Higson, Tom Walsh

Hull: Harry Taylor, L. Parry, G. T. Cottrell, F. J. Cook, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, , Tom Herridge, J. Owen, W. J. Carroll, G. Kilburn, H. Fulton, William Holder

References[]

  1. ^ John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Challenge Cup 1907/08 - Results". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. ^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  4. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

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