1909–10 Challenge Cup

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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

Leeds RLFC squad – 1909–10 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Frank Young
2 Harold Rowe (did not play in the preceding match)
3 Walter Goldthorpe
4 C. L. Gillie
5 Fred Barron
6 E. Ware
7 Jimmy Fawcett
8 Fred Webster (c)
9 Fred Harrison
10 H. Topham
11 Billy Ward
12 Billy Jarman
13 Sam Whittaker (did not play in the preceding match)
Coach: W. Morn (trainer)

The Leeds RLFC team from the preceding 7-7 draw with Hull F.C. at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 16 April 1910 (italicised = did not play in the replay)
1 Frank Young · 2 Jimmy Fawcett (№ 7 in replay)· 3 Walter Goldthorpe· 4 C. L. Gillie · 5 Fred Barron · 6 E. Ware, 7 J. Sanders
· 8 W. Biggs · 9 Billy Jarman (№ 12 in replay) · 10 Fred Harrison (№ 9 in replay) · 11 H. Topham · 12 Fred Webster (c) (№ 8 in replay) · 13 Billy Ward (№ 11 in replay)
· Coach W. Morn (trainer)