1909 Challenge Cup
Duration | 6 rounds |
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Highest attendance | 23,587 |
Winners | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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10 Apr | Halifax | 4 | Hull FC | 10 |
10 Apr | Wigan | 2 | Wakefield Trinity | 14 |
Final[]
24 April 1909
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Wakefield Trinity | 17 – 0 | Hull |
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Try: Newbould, Sidwell, Crosland, Bennett, Simpson Goal: Metcalfe |
Report |
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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
External links[]
- Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Challenge Cup 1908/09 results at Rugby League Project
- Challenge Cup
- 1909 in English rugby league