1900–01 Challenge Cup
# 1900–01 Challenge Cup

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

## First round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 March 1901 | Aspatria | 4 | Altrincham | 3 |
| 2 March 1901 | Barrow | 11 | Brighouse Rangers | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Birkenhead | 2 | Millom | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Bradford | 7 | Swinton | 2 |
| 2 March 1901 | Broughton Rangers | 24 | Tyldesley | 3 |
| 2 March 1901 | Dewsbury | 9 | Featherstone | 5 |
| 2 March 1901 | Goole | 2 | St Helens | 12 |
| 2 March 1901 | Hebden Bridge | 6 | Whitworth | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Heckmondwike | 8 | Seaton Rangers | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Huddersfield | 6 | Hull F.C. | 3 |
| 2 March 1901 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 4 | Salford | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Hunslet | 8 | Wath Brow Hornets | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Keighley | 13 | Kinsley | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Lancaster | 3 | Maryport | 3 |
| 2 March 1901 | Leeds Parish Church | 11 | Radcliffe | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Leeds | 0 | Warrington | 19 |
| 2 March 1901 | Leigh | 38 | Alverthorpe | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Liversedge | 3 | Normanton | 2 |
| 2 March 1901 | Manningham | 0 | Castleford | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Morecambe | 11 | Pontefract | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Otley | 0 | Oldham | 19 |
| 2 March 1901 | Outwood Church | 2 | Holbeck | 5 |
| 2 March 1901 | Rochedale Hornets | 3 | Bramley | 7 |
| 2 March 1901 | Runcorn | 18 | Wigan | 0 |
| 2 March 1901 | Stockport | 13 | Shipley | 2 |
| 2 March 1901 | Todmorden | 2 | Sowerby Bridge | 11 |
| 2 March 1901 | Wakefield Trinity | 28 | Eastmoor | 6 |
| 2 March 1901 | Whitehaven Recs | 0 | Widnes | 3 |
| 2 March 1901 | Windhill | 3 | Ossett | 5 |
| 2 March 1901 | York | 10 | Halifax | 2 |
| 6 March 1901 - replay | Barrow | 0 | Broughton Rangers | 2 |
| 6 March 1901 - replay | Castleford | 21 | Manningham | 2 |
| 6 March 1901 - replay | Maryport | 3 | Lancaster | 0 |

## Second round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 09 Mar | Aspatria | 2 | Wakefield Trinity | 21 |
| 09 Mar | Batley | 6 | Huddersfield | 2 |
| 09 Mar | Bramley | 7 | Oldham | 10 |
| 09 Mar | Castleford | 3 | Workington | 2 |
| 09 Mar | Dewsbury | 8 | Morecambe | 0 |
| 09 Mar | Hebden Bridge | 3 | Broughton Rangers | 33 |
| 09 Mar | Holbeck | 3 | Bradford | 6 |
| 09 Mar | Keighley | 5 | York | 5 |
| 09 Mar | Liversedge | 0 | Leeds Parish Church | 5 |
| 09 Mar | Maryport | 0 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 11 |
| 09 Mar | Ossett | 5 | Birkenhead | 5 |
| 09 Mar | Runcorn | 16 | Leigh | 4 |
| 09 Mar | St Helens | 0 | Stockport | 0 |
| 09 Mar | Sowerby Bridge | 3 | Brighouse Rangers | 6 |
| 09 Mar | Warrington | 19 | Heckmondwike | 2 |
| 09 Mar | Widnes | 8 | Hunslet | 0 |
| 13 Mar - replay | Birkenhead | 20 | Ossett | 2 |
| 13 Mar - replay | Stockport | 5 | St Helens | 11 |
| 13 Mar - replay | York | 12 | Keighley | 0 |

## Third round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 Mar | Birkenhead | 2 | Widnes | 10 |
| 23 Mar | Brighouse Rangers | 0 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 7 |
| 23 Mar | Broughton Rangers | 4 | Oldham | 11 |
| 23 Mar | Dewsbury | 3 | Castleford | 5 |
| 23 Mar | Runcorn | 21 | York | 0 |
| 23 Mar | St Helens | 5 | Batley | 7 |
| 23 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 4 | Bradford | 5 |
| 23 Mar | Warrington | 11 | Leeds Parish Church | 0 |

## Quarterfinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 Mar | Batley | 5 | Runcorn | 2 |
| 30 Mar | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 | Castleford | 5 |
| 30 Mar | Warrington | 10 | Bradford | 8 |
| 30 Mar | Widnes | 0 | Oldham | 8 |
| 03 Apr - replay | Castleford | 7 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 |

## Semifinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 Apr | Batley | 9 | Oldham | 2 |
| 13 Apr | Warrington | 21 | Castleford | 5 |

## 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.

* 27 April 1901

| Batley | 6–0 | Warrington |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Davies, Auty | Report | |

* Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 29,563 Referee: J. Kidd (Millom)

| 1 | Arthur Garner |
| - | - |
| 2 | Wattie Davies |
| 3 | Dai Fitzgerald |
| 4 | John B. Goodall |
| 5 | Wilf Auty |
| 6 | Joseph "Joe" Oakland (c) |
| 7 | James "Jim" Midgley |
| 8 | Fred Fisher |
| 9 | Patrick "Pat" "Paddy" Judge |
| 10 | Jack Rogers |
| 11 | Charles "Charlie" Stubley |
| 12 | Robert "Bob" Spurr |
| 13 | George Henry Main (often misspelled Maine) |
| 14 | Fred 'Ted' Fozzard |
| 15 | Frank Hollingworth |
| 1 | Jack Hallam |
| 2 | Jack Fish |
| 3 | Danny Isherwood |
| 4 | George Dickenson |
| 5 | Elliott Harris |
| 6 | Robert Bate |
| 7 | Jack Duckworth |
| 8 | Alf Boardman |
| 9 | Tom Fell |
| 10 | Jim Edmondson |
| 11 | J. Scholtze |
| 12 | John Eden |
| 13 | J. Cunningham |
| 14 | David Morrison |
| 15 | Jack Swift |
