1914–15 Challenge Cup

The 1915 Challenge Cup was the 19th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1915 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Huddersfield
Runners-up St Helens

First round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
27 FebBarrow15Wakefield Trinity8
27 FebBradford Northern2Batley0
27 FebBrighouse Rangers0Salford26
27 FebBroughton Moor6Wardley3
27 FebBroughton Rangers14Runcorn4
27 FebFeatherstone Rovers0St Helens6
27 FebHalifax6Bramley2
27 FebHull FC23Dewsbury2
27 FebHull Kingston Rovers10Hunslet0
27 FebKeighley8Askam5
27 FebLeigh0Huddersfield3
27 FebOldham5Wigan10
27 FebWarrington5Leeds4
27 FebWidnes13St Helens Recs4
27 FebWigan Highfield0Swinton2
27 FebYork0Rochdale Hornets0
02 MarRochdale Hornets19York2

Second round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
13 MarBradford Northern3Wigan11
13 MarBroughton Rangers8Hull Kingston Rovers5
13 MarHull FC22Halifax0
13 MarKeighley22Barrow8
13 MarRochdale Hornets75Broughton Moor13
13 MarSwinton0St Helens5
13 MarWarrington2Salford11
13 MarWidnes3Huddersfield29

Quarterfinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
27 MarHuddersfield33Salford0
27 MarKeighley2St Helens3
27 MarRochdale Hornets11Hull FC0
27 MarWigan11Broughton Rangers5

Semifinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
10 AprHuddersfield27Wigan2
10 AprSt Helens5Rochdale Hornets5
24 AprSt Helens9Rochdale Hornets2

Final
The 1915 Huddersfield team with their season's trophy haul (Challenge Cup centre right)

Huddersfield defeated St. Helens 37–3 in the Challenge Cup Final, on 1 May, held at Watersheddings, Oldham before a crowd of 8,000.

This was Huddersfield's second Challenge Cup win in as many Final appearances.[2]

At one point St Helens' players refused to enter the field of play unless promised bonuses for reaching the final were paid by the Committee[3]

St Helens team - 1 Bert Roberts, 2 Tom Barton, 3 Jimmy Flanagan, 4 Tom White, 5 Henry Greenall, 6 Matt Creevey, 7 Fred Trenwith, 8 George Farrimond, 9 Sam Daniels – Try, 10 James Shallcross, 11 William Jackson, 12 Tom Durkin, 13 William Myers

References
  1. "Challenge Cup 1914/15". Rugby League Project.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. "William Myers". Saints Heritage Society. Retrieved 12 Sep 2020.
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