Duration | 5 rounds |
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Highest attendance | 19,413 & 11,608 |
Winners | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
The 1909–10 Challenge Cup was the 14th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
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 |
Quarterfinals
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 |
Semifinals
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
- ^ 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 3 April 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1909-10". Leeds Rhinos. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
External links
- Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Challenge Cup 1909/10 results at Rugby League Project