1909–10 Challenge Cup
# 1909–10 Challenge Cup

The 1909–10 Challenge Cup was the 14th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

## 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.

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. 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.

### 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)

