1901 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

Duration	6 rounds
Highest attendance	29,563
Winners	Batley
Runners-up	Warrington

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 City Knights	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 City Knights	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 City Knights	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 City Knights	0
23 Mar	St Helens	5	Batley	7
23 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	4	Bradford	5
23 Mar	Warrington	11	Leeds Parish Church	0

Quarter Finals

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

Semi Finals

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.[3]

27 April 1901

Batley	6–0	Warrington
Try: Davies, Auty	Report

Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 29,563 Referee: J. Kidd (Millom)[4]

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

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 26 September 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.

External links

• Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Challenge Cup 1900/01 results at Rugby League Project
• Warrington Wolves Heritage Numbers 1-300 at Warrington Guardian