1909 Challenge Cup

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1908–09 Challenge Cup
Duration6 rounds
Highest attendance23,587
WinnersWcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity
Runners-upHullcolours.svg Hull F.C.

The 1908–09 Challenge Cup was the 13th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

Final[]

The final was contested by Wakefield Trinity and Hull F.C. at Headingley, Leeds.[2]

The final was played on Saturday 24 April 1909, where Wakefield Trinity beat Hull F.C. 17-0 at Headingley, Leeds in front of a crowd of 23,587.[3]

Trinity's 17-0 victory in the final was their first Cup in their first final.[4][5]

First Round[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
27 Feb Barrow St.George's 0 Barrow 36
27 Feb Beverley 7 Ebbw Vale 2
27 Feb Bradford Northern 3 Wakefield Trinity 13
27 Feb Bramley 13 Broughton Rangers 23
27 Feb Halifax 15 St Helens 8
27 Feb Hunslet 25 Mid Rhondda 5
27 Feb Leigh 6 Batley 5
27 Feb Normanton 10 Hull FC 20
27 Feb Oldham 8 Hull Kingston Rovers 7
27 Feb Pemberton Rovers 6 Keighley 41
27 Feb Rochdale Hornets 3 Swinton 3
27 Feb Runcorn 23 Egremont 5
27 Feb Salford 28 Dewsbury 0
27 Feb Warrington 3 Leeds 5
27 Feb Widnes 2 Huddersfield 25
27 Feb Wigan 20 York 7
03 Mar Swinton 3 Rochdale Hornets 0

Second Round[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
13 Mar Broughton Rangers 0 Salford 4
13 Mar Halifax 53 Beverley 2
13 Mar Huddersfield 34 Barrow 3
13 Mar Hunslet 15 Leeds 9
13 Mar Leigh 3 Wakefield Trinity 9
13 Mar Runcorn 9 Hull FC 11
13 Mar Swinton 3 Oldham 3
13 Mar Wigan 47 Keighley 0
16 Mar Oldham 17 Swinton 3

Quarter Finals[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
27 Mar Huddersfield 10 Wigan 10
27 Mar Oldham 6 Hull FC 13
27 Mar Salford 7 Halifax 13
27 Mar Wakefield Trinity 19 Hunslet 0
31 Mar Wigan 16 Huddersfield 3

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
10 Apr Halifax 4 Hull FC 10
10 Apr Wigan 2 Wakefield Trinity 14

Final[]

24 April 1909
Wakefield Trinity 17 – 0 Hull
Try: Newbould, Sidwell, Crosland, Bennett, Simpson
Goal: Metcalfe 		Report
Headingley , Leeds
Attendance: 23,587

Teams[]

Wakefield Trinity: James "Jimmy" D. Metcalfe, Ernest W. Bennett, William "Billy" Lynch, Ezra Sidwell, William 'Billie ' G. Simpson, Harry Slater, Thomas "Tommy" 'Trapper' Newbould, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, James Auton, Joseph Taylor, John "Jack" Walton, Herbert Kershaw, Harry 'Dickie' Beaumont

Hull: Harry Taylor, J. Dechan, G. Connell, G. T. Cottrell, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, , Tom Herridge, William Holder, Frank Boylen, F. Britton, H. Havelock, W. J. Carroll

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. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

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