1913–14 Challenge Cup

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The 1913–14 Challenge Cup was the 18th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1913–14 Challenge Cup
1913–14 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Hull
Runners-up Wakefield Trinity

First round

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
28 Feb Barrow 6 Broughton Rangers 11
28 Feb Bramley 4 Halifax 13
28 Feb Castleford 8 Wigan 27
28 Feb Elland 2 Featherstone Rovers 7
28 Feb Huddersfield 119 Swinton Park 0
28 Feb Hull FC 8 Salford 5
28 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers 62 Millom 0
28 Feb Leeds 39 Keighley 0
28 Feb Leigh 0 Oldham 9
28 Feb Rochdale Hornets 9 Hunslet 3
28 Feb Runcorn 16 Bradford Northern 6
28 Feb St Helens 27 Wigan Highfield 4
28 Feb Wakefield Trinity 2 Swinton 0
28 Feb Warrington 3 Batley 3
28 Feb Widnes 16 Dewsbury 0
28 Feb York 45 Glasson 0
03 Mar Batley 6 Warrington 5

Second round

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
14 Mar Broughton Rangers 24 York 4
14 Mar Featherstone Rovers 3 Hull FC 27
14 Mar Halifax 11 Batley 0
14 Mar Hull Kingston Rovers 2 Huddersfield 17
14 Mar Rochdale Hornets 3 St Helens 3
14 Mar Runcorn 2 Wigan 13
14 Mar Wakefield Trinity 9 Leeds 8
14 Mar Widnes 8 Oldham 0
18 Mar St Helens 0 Rochdale Hornets 10

Quarterfinals

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
21 Mar Halifax 0 Hull FC 13
21 Mar Huddersfield 21 Widnes 10
21 Mar Rochdale Hornets 7 Broughton Rangers 9
21 Mar Wakefield Trinity 9 Wigan 6

Semifinals

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
04 Apr Broughton Rangers 3 Wakefield Trinity 3
04 Apr Huddersfield 3 Hull FC 11
08 Apr Wakefield Trinity 5 Broughton Rangers 0

Final

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
18 Apr Hull 6 Wakefield Trinity 0

A Hull team featuring Billy Batten and Jim Devereux defeated Wakefield Trinity 6-0. This was Hull's first Challenge Cup win in their fourth final appearance.[2][3]

Hull: 6

Tries: Jack Harrison, Alfred Francis

Wakefield Trinity: 0

Half-time: 0-0

Attendance: 19,000 (at Thrum Hall, Halifax)

Teams: Hull: Rogers, Jack Harrison, Billy Batten, Herb Gilbert, Alfred Francis, Jim Devereux, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, William Holder, Dick Taylor, Percy Oldham, Joe Hammill, Steve Darmody

Wakefield Trinity: Leonard Land, Benjamin Johnson, William "Billy" Lynch, Thomas "Tommy" Poynton, Bruce Howarth, Jonty Parkin, William Milligan/Millican, Albert Dixon, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, William Beattie, Herbert Kershaw, Ernest Parkin, Arthur Burton

References

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  1. ^ "Challenge Cup 1913/14". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. ^ "A complete history of Hull's Challenge Cup finals". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 1 January 2014.