1907–08 Challenge Cup

By the Northern Rugby Football Union 1908 Challenge Cup 5 rounds 32 18,000 1907–08 Northern Rugby Football Union season Hunslet 16px Hunslet Winners Hull 16px Hull F.C. 1907 Challenge Cup 1907 1909 Challenge Cup 1909 The 1908 Challenge Cup was the 12th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football John Huxley David Howes 1980 Robert Hale London 0-7091-8133-7 41–43 Run by the Northern Rugby Football Union, 32 teams took part between 29 February and 25 April 1908. Hunslet won the competition after defeating Hull F.C. in the final. Calendar The 32 team knockout tournament was held over five rounds.http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1907-08/results.html Challenge Cup 1907/08 - Results Rugby League Project Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson 31 January 2017 Round Date Round One Saturday, 29 February 1908 Round One replay Wednesday, 4 March 1908 Round Two Saturday, 14 March 1908 Round Three Saturday, 28 March 1908 Semifinals Saturday, 11 April 1908 Final Saturday, 25 April 1908 First round DateTeam oneScore oneTeam twoScore twoSaturday, 29 February 1908Barrow 28 Millom 5Saturday, 29 February 1908Batley 32 Barrow St.George's 5Saturday, 29 February 1908Beverley 3 Merthyr 15Saturday, 29 February 1908Dewsbury 2 Oldham 13Saturday, 29 February 1908Half-Acre 2 York 7Saturday, 29 February 1908Huddersfield 3 Broughton Rangers 8Saturday, 29 February 1908Hull FC 9 Swinton 5Saturday, 29 February 1908Leeds 5 Hunslet 14Saturday, 29 February 1908Leigh 18 Bradford Northern 3Saturday, 29 February 1908Runcorn 12 Keighley 5Saturday, 29 February 1908Salford 15 Widnes 2Saturday, 29 February 1908Wakefield Trinity 19 Hull Kingston Rovers 3Saturday, 29 February 1908Warrington 11 Halifax 7Saturday, 29 February 1908Whitehaven Recs 13 St Helens 8Saturday, 29 February 1908Wigan Highfield 3 Bramley 3Saturday, 29 February 1908Wigan 20 Rochdale Hornets 3Wednesday, 4 March 1908Bramley 8 Wigan Highfield 6 Second round DateTeam oneScore oneTeam twoScore twoSaturday, 14 March 1908Barrow 41 Bramley 3Saturday, 14 March 1908Batley 4 Wakefield Trinity 8Saturday, 14 March 1908Broughton Rangers 18 Wigan 6Saturday, 14 March 1908Hull FC 15 Salford 9Saturday, 14 March 1908Hunslet 15 Oldham 8Saturday, 14 March 1908Leigh 16 York 11Saturday, 14 March 1908Merthyr 33 Whitehaven Recs 5Saturday, 14 March 1908Runcorn 2 Warrington 6 Quarterfinals DateTeam oneScore oneTeam twoScore twoSaturday, 28 March 1908Barrow 0 Hunslet 8Saturday, 28 March 1908Broughton Rangers 7 Warrington 2Saturday, 28 March 1908Hull FC 19 Wakefield Trinity 0Saturday, 28 March 1908Leigh 8 Merthyr 2 Semifinals DateTeam oneScore oneTeam twoScore two11 April 1908Broughton Rangers 2 Hunslet 1611 April 1908Hull FC 7 Leigh 0 Final The final was contested by Hunslet and Hull F.C. at Fartown in Huddersfield.Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7817-2 191 The final was played on Saturday 25 April 1908, where Hunslet beat Hull F.C. 14-0 at Fartown in front of a crowd of 18,000.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour 27 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 3 April 2009 dead Hunslet's 14-0 in the final to win their first Cup in their first final.http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/complete-history-Hull-FC-s-Challenge-Cup-finals/story-19692285-detail/story.html A complete history of Hull's Challenge Cup finals Hull Daily Mail Local World 22 August 2013 26 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045202/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/complete-history-Hull-FC-s-Challenge-Cup-finals/story-19692285-detail/story.html 24 September 2015http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour 29 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 3 April 2009 dead 25 April 1908 Hunslet 14 – 0 Report Hull Try: Smith, FarrarGoal: Eagers, A. Goldthorpe (3) Fartown, Huddersfield 18,000 Teams: Hunslet: Herbert Place, Fred Farrar, Billy Eagers, Walter Goldthorpe, Billy Batten, Albert Goldthorpe, Fred Smith, Harry Wilson, Bill Brookes, Bill Jukes, John "Jack" Randall, John Higson, Tom Walsh Hull: Harry Taylor, L. Parry, G. T. Cottrell, F. J. Cook, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, J. Owen, W. J. Carroll, G. Kilburn, H. Fulton, William Holder References External links Challenge Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20140122043124/http://www.thechallengecup.com/ 2014-01-22 Category:Challenge Cup Challenge Cup