1909–10 Challenge Cup

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|duration = 5 rounds

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|highest_attendance = 19,413 & 11,608

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|season = 1909–10

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

|season_champ_name = Winners

|second_place = {{leagueicon|Hull|16px}} Hull F.C.

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|prevseason_link = 1908–09 Challenge Cup

|prevseason_year = 1908–09

|nextseason_link = 1910–11 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.{{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}}

First round

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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

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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

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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

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02 Apr	Hull FC	20	Salford	6
02 Apr	Warrington	10	Leeds	11

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02 Apr

Hull FC

Salford

02 Apr

Warrington

Leeds

Final

The final was contested by Leeds and Hull F.C. at Fartown in Huddersfield.{{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}}

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.{{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 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour |access-date=2009-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |archive-date=2009-04-03 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/complete-history-Hull-FC-s-Challenge-Cup-finals/story-19692285-detail/story.html|title=A complete history of Hull's Challenge Cup finals|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2013|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203223748/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/complete-history-Hull-FC-s-Challenge-Cup-finals/story-19692285-detail/story.html|archive-date=2014-02-03|url-status=dead}}

=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){{cite web|url=http://www.therhinos.co.uk/club/history/#.WJBvpH9aF8E|title=1909-10|publisher=Leeds Rhinos|access-date=31 January 2017}}

References

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-1909-10/results.html Challenge Cup 1909/10 results] at Rugby League Project

Category:Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup