Login
Login

1899–1900 Challenge Cup

{{short description|Rugby league competition}}

{{Infobox Rugby football league challenge cup

|title = 1900 Challenge Cup

|league =

|logo =

|pixels =

|duration = 6 Rounds

|no_of_teams = 62

|highest_attendance = 17,864

|lowest_attendance =

|avg_attendance =

|TV =

|biggest_home_win =

|biggest_away_win =

|season = 1899–1900

|season_champs = {{leagueicon|Swinton|16px}} Swinton

|season_champ_name = Winners

|second_place = {{leagueicon|Salford City|16px}} Salford

|MVP =

|MVP_link =

|top_scorer =

|prevseason_link = 1899 Challenge Cup

|prevseason_year = 1899

|nextseason_link = 1901 Challenge Cup

|nextseason_year = 1901

}}

The 1900 Challenge Cup was the 4th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football|author1=John Huxley|author2=David Howes|year=1980|publisher=Robert Hale|location=London|isbn=0-7091-8133-7|pages=41–43}}

The final was contested by Swinton and Salford at Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester{{cite book |title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 |author1=Raymond Fletcher |author2=David Howes|year=1995|publisher=Headline Book Publishing |location=London |isbn=0-7472-7817-2|page=191}} on Saturday 28 April 1900. Swinton won 16–8 in front of a crowd of 17,864.{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour |access-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |archive-date=3 April 2009 |url-status=dead }} The cup was presented by Mrs Smith, wife of the President of the Northern Union.{{cite book|last1=Hoole|first1=Les|title=The Rugby League Challenge Cup An Illustrated History 1897-1998|date=2015|publisher=DB Publishing|isbn=978-1-78091-462-6|page=15}}

First round

The 30 ties of the first round were all played on Saturday 17 March 1900. 64 teams had been in the draw but Holbeck and Bramley received byes as their opponents, Whitehaven Town and Rothwell respectively withdrew from the competition before the games were played.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19000317/017/0006 |title=Summary of Results. Northern Union Cup |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=17 March 1900 |page=6 |issue=((2,980)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center"; cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=44%
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

! width=19%|Home

! width=6%|Score

! width=19%|Away

Altrincham24–0Pontefract
Alverthorpe2–8Workington
Barrow2–3Bradford
Birkenhead4–6Werneth
Brighouse Rangers16–5Todmorden
Broughton Rangers22–7Lancaster
Castleford0–0Batley
Dewsbury3–0Wigan
Featherstone2–19Halifax
Goole8–6Heckmondwike
Hebden Bridge0–15Wakefield Trinity
Huddersfield22–0Idle
Hull FC52–0Wath Brow Hornets
Hull Kingston Rovers3–0Millom
Kendal Hornets0–9Maryport
Leeds Parish Church5–0Seaton Rangers
Liversedge8–12Leigh
Manningham3–3Oldham
Morecambe19–0Whitehaven Recreation
Normanton5–0Leeds
Ossett5–0Elland
Outwood Church5–24Widnes
Radcliffe13–0Whitworth
Runcorn42–0Birstall
St Helens0–6Warrington
Salford9–0York
Stockport2–0Hunslet
Swinton53–0Eastmoor
Tyldesley12–0Brookland
Windhill0–11Rochdale Hornets
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

|colspan=3 |Source:

The two drawn matches were replayed on Tuesday 20 March; Batley beat Castleford 5–0 and Oldham beat Manningham 18–3.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000500/19000321/111/0008 |title=Northern Union Cup. First Round—Replayed Ties |newspaper=The Yorkshire Herald |date=21 March 1900 |page=8 |issue=((15,221)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

Second round

The second-round games were played on Saturday 24 March 1900.

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center"; cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=44%
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

! width=19%|Home

! width=6%|Score

! width=19%|Away

Altrincham3–15Leeds Parish Church
Bradford12–0Ossett
Bramley8–5Hull FC
Brighouse Rangers0–4Wakefield Trinity
Dewsbury0–2Widnes
Halifax5–10Oldham
Holbeck8–17Swinton
Huddersfield13–0Workington
Leigh2–9Salford
Morecambe0–7Broughton Rangers
Normanton0–3Batley
Radcliffe2–0Werneth
Rochdale Hornets13–5Hull Kingston Rovers
Runcorn12–0Maryport
Stockport5–2Tyldesley
Warrington44–0Goole
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

|colspan=3 |Source:{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19000324/022/0006 |title=Summary of Results. Northern Union Cup. |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=24 March 1900 |page=6 |issue=((2,986)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

Third round

The third round matches were played on Saturday 31 March 1900.

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center"; cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=44%
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

! width=19%|Home

! width=6%|Score

! width=19%|Away

Bradford0–0Runcorn
Bramley3–3Widnes
Broughton Rangers5–3Wakefield Trinity
Leeds Parish Church7–2Batley
Rochdale Hornets3–0Warrington
Salford6–5Huddersfield
Stockport24–3Radcliffe
Swinton14–2Oldham
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

|colspan=3 |Source:{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000273/19000331/021/0006 |title=Summary of Results. Northern Union Cup. |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=31 March 1900 |page=6 |issue=((2,992)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

The Widnes v Bramley tie was replayed on Tuesday 3 April with Widnes winning 8–0.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19000404/153/0006 |title=Sport and Play. Football |newspaper=Lancashire Evening Post |date=4 April 1900 |page=6 |issue=((4,194)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}} Runcorn and Bradford replayed their game the following evening and drew again, this time 3–3.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002148/19000405/080/0006 |title=Rugby. Northern Union Cup |newspaper=Leicester Daily Post |page=6 |date=5 April 1900 |issue=((6,867)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}} With the quarter-finals to be played on the following Saturday, the two clubs had to play a second replay on the following, Thursday, evening. In this third meeting Runcorn came out on top 6–2 in a match played on neutral ground at Broughton Rovers.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/19000406/010/0003 |title=Football. Northern Rugby Union Cup—Third Round |newspaper=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser |page=3 |date=6 April 1900 |issue=((13,544)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

Quarter-finals

Saturday 7 April 1900 saw the four quarter final games played.

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center"; cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=44%
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

! width=19%|Home

! width=6%|Score

! width=19%|Away

Leeds Parish Church5–5Runcorn
Salford11–3Rochdale Hornets
Stockport0–3Widnes
Swinton9–0Broughton Rangers
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

|colspan=3 |Source:{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/19000409/052/0009 |title=Rugby. Northern Union Cup—Fourth Round |newspaper=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser |date=9 April 1900 |page=9 |issue=((13,546)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

Leeds parish Church and Runcorn replayed the match on 11 April and Leeds Parish Church won 8–6.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19000412/041/0004 |title=Football |newspaper=The Citizen |date=12 April 1900 |page=4 |issue=88 |volume=25

|url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

Semifinals

The semi finals were played on 14 April 1900

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center"; cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=55%
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

! width=19%|Home

! width=6%|Score

! width=19%|Away

! width=11%|Venue

Salford

| 11–0

| Widnes

| Watersheddings, Oldham

Swinton

| 8–0

| Leeds Parish Church

| Fartown, Huddersfield

bgcolor=#C1D8FF

|colspan=4 |Source:{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000076/19000416/009/0004 |title=News Summary |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |date=16 April 1900 |page=4 |issue=((19,355)) |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

Final

File:Salford swinton 1900 cup final.jpg

{{Rugbyleaguebox

|date = 28 April 1900

|time =

|team1 = Swinton

|score = 16 – 8

|team2 = Salford

|points1 = Try: Davies, Lewis, Messer, R. Valentine
Goal: J. Valentine (2)

|points2 = Try: Pearson, T. Williams
Goal: Griffiths

|stadium = Fallowfield, Manchester

|attendance = 17,864

|referee = F. Renton (Hunslet)

|manofmatch =

|report = [https://www.newspapers.com/image/258555571 Report]

}}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="50"|
1Alf Chorley
2Jack Lewis
3Bobby Messer
4Bob Valentine
5Vernon Hampson
6Dai Davies
7Joey Morgan
8Evan Vigors
9George Harris
10Jack Preston
11Dick Jones
12Jim Valentine
13Charlie Pollitt
14Jack Evans
15Ben Murphy

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
width="50"|
1Dan Smith
2Arthur Pearson
3Tom Williams
4E. T. Harter
5Herbert Hadwen
6Ben Griffiths
7Ivor Grey
8Hugh Shore
9Robert Shaw
10Pat Tunney
11Miles Gledhill
12William Brown
13George Fisher
14Jack Williams
15Jack Rhapps

|

|}

Notes

{{Reflist}}

References

  • {{cite book|last1=Platt|first1=Darrell|title=A History of Salford Rugby League Club|year=1991|publisher=Salford Rugby League Club}}

External links

  • [http://www.thechallengecup.com/ Challenge Cup official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122043124/http://www.thechallengecup.com/ |date=2014-01-22 }}
  • [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1898-99/results.html Challenge Cup 1899/1900 results] at Rugby League Project
  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170621211931/http://www.swintonlionsrlfc.com/news/153 The Heritage Numbers - Part 2]}} at Swinton Lions official website

{{Swinton - 1899–1900 Challenge Cup Final winners}}

{{Challenge Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1899-1900 Challenge Cup}}

Category:Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup