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]
Quick Facts Duration, Highest attendance ...
1901 Challenge CupDuration | 6 rounds |
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Highest attendance | 29,563 |
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Winners | Batley |
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Runners-up | Warrington |
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More information Date, Team one ...
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 |
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More information Date, Team one ...
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 |
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More information Date, Team one ...
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 |
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More information Date, Team one ...
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 |
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More information Date, Team one ...
Date |
Team one |
Score one |
Team two |
Score two |
13 Apr | Batley | 9 | Oldham | 2 |
13 Apr | Warrington | 21 | Castleford | 5 |
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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]
More information Batley, 6–0 ...
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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 |
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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 |
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Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
Hoole, Les (2015). The Rugby League Challenge Cup An Illustrated History 1897-1998. DB Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-78091-462-6.