1900–01 Challenge Cup

The 1901 Challenge Cup was the 5th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1] Contested during the 1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season, the final was played between Batley and Warrington at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.[2]

1901 Challenge Cup
Duration6 rounds
Highest attendance29,563
Winners Batley
Runners-up Warrington

First round

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
2 March 1901Aspatria4Altrincham3
2 March 1901Barrow11Brighouse Rangers0
2 March 1901Birkenhead2Millom0
2 March 1901Bradford7Swinton2
2 March 1901Broughton Rangers24Tyldesley3
2 March 1901Dewsbury9Featherstone5
2 March 1901Goole2St Helens12
2 March 1901Hebden Bridge6Whitworth0
2 March 1901Heckmondwike8Seaton Rangers0
2 March 1901Huddersfield6Hull F.C.3
2 March 1901Hull Kingston Rovers4Salford0
2 March 1901Hunslet8Wath Brow Hornets0
2 March 1901Keighley13Kinsley0
2 March 1901Lancaster3Maryport3
2 March 1901Leeds Parish Church11Radcliffe0
2 March 1901Leeds0Warrington19
2 March 1901Leigh38Alverthorpe0
2 March 1901Liversedge3Normanton2
2 March 1901Manningham0Castleford0
2 March 1901Morecambe11Pontefract0
2 March 1901Otley0Oldham19
2 March 1901Outwood Church2Holbeck5
2 March 1901Rochedale Hornets3Bramley7
2 March 1901Runcorn18Wigan0
2 March 1901Stockport13Shipley2
2 March 1901Todmorden2Sowerby Bridge11
2 March 1901Wakefield Trinity28Eastmoor6
2 March 1901Whitehaven Recs0Widnes3
2 March 1901Windhill3Ossett5
2 March 1901York10Halifax2
6 March 1901 - replayBarrow0Broughton Rangers2
6 March 1901 - replayCastleford21Manningham2
6 March 1901 - replayMaryport3Lancaster0

Second round

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
09 MarAspatria2Wakefield Trinity21
09 MarBatley6Huddersfield2
09 MarBramley7Oldham10
09 MarCastleford3Workington2
09 MarDewsbury8Morecambe0
09 MarHebden Bridge3Broughton Rangers33
09 MarHolbeck3Bradford6
09 MarKeighley5York5
09 MarLiversedge0Leeds Parish Church5
09 MarMaryport0Hull Kingston Rovers11
09 MarOssett5Birkenhead5
09 MarRuncorn16Leigh4
09 MarSt Helens0Stockport0
09 MarSowerby Bridge3Brighouse Rangers6
09 MarWarrington19Heckmondwike2
09 MarWidnes8Hunslet0
13 Mar - replayBirkenhead20Ossett2
13 Mar - replayStockport5St Helens11
13 Mar - replayYork12Keighley0

Third round

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
23 MarBirkenhead2Widnes10
23 MarBrighouse Rangers0Hull Kingston Rovers7
23 MarBroughton Rangers4Oldham11
23 MarDewsbury3Castleford5
23 MarRuncorn21York0
23 MarSt Helens5Batley7
23 MarWakefield Trinity4Bradford5
23 MarWarrington11Leeds Parish Church0

Quarterfinals

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
30 MarBatley5Runcorn2
30 MarHull Kingston Rovers5Castleford5
30 MarWarrington10Bradford8
30 MarWidnes0Oldham8
03 Apr - replayCastleford7Hull Kingston Rovers2

Semifinals

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
13 AprBatley9Oldham2
13 AprWarrington21Castleford5

Final

The final was played on Saturday 27 April 1901, where Batley beat Warrington 16-8 at Headingley in front of a crowd of 29,563.[3]

27 April 1901
Batley 6–0 Warrington
Try: Davies, Auty Report
Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 29,563
Referee: J. Kidd (Millom)[4]
1Arthur Garner
2Wattie Davies
3Dai Fitzgerald
4John B. Goodall
5Wilf Auty
6Joseph "Joe" Oakland (c)
7James "Jim" Midgley
8Fred Fisher
9Patrick "Pat" "Paddy" Judge
10Jack Rogers
11Charles "Charlie" Stubley
12Robert "Bob" Spurr
13George Henry Main (often misspelled Maine)
14Fred 'Ted' Fozzard
15Frank Hollingworth
1Jack Hallam
2Jack Fish
3Danny Isherwood
4George Dickenson
5Elliott Harris
6Robert Bate
7Jack Duckworth
8Alf Boardman
9Tom Fell
10Jim Edmondson
11J. Scholtze
12John Eden
13J. Cunningham
14David Morrison
15Jack Swift

References

  1. John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7.
  2. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. Hoole, Les (2015). The Rugby League Challenge Cup An Illustrated History 1897-1998. DB Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-78091-462-6.
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