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1899 Challenge Cup Duration 6 Rounds Number of teams 64 Highest attendance 15,763 Winners Oldham Runners-up Hunslet
The 1899 Challenge Cup was the 3rd staging of rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup .[1]
The final was contested by Oldham and Hunslet at Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester .[2]
The final was played on Saturday 29 April 1899, where Oldham beat Hunslet 19-9 at Fallowfield Stadium in front of a crowd of 15,763.[3] The cup was presented by Mrs Burnley, wife of the President of the Northern Union.[4]
First round [ edit ]
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
01 Mar
Halifax
17
St Helens Recs
0
01 Mar
Rochdale Athletic
0
Whitworth
4
18 Mar
Batley
38
Rochdale Athletic
0
18 Mar
Bowling
12
Warr. St Mary's
0
18 Mar
Bradford
8
Wakefield Trinity
0
18 Mar
Brighouse Rangers
10
Stockport
0
18 Mar
Broughton Rangers
59
Rothwell
8
18 Mar
Castleford
8
Halifax
0
18 Mar
Dewsbury
2
Tyldesley
0
18 Mar
Elland
13
Workington
5
18 Mar
Goole
0
Oldham
63
18 Mar
Groves Utd
3
Wigan
28
18 Mar
Holbeck
9
Birkenhead
3
18 Mar
Hull FC
21
Featherstone
0
18 Mar
Hull Kingston Rovers
11
Manningham
2
18 Mar
Hunslet
11
Maryport
2
18 Mar
Leeds Parish Church
11
Idle
0
18 Mar
Leigh
14
Bramley
0
18 Mar
Liversedge
0
York
4
18 Mar
Millom
24
Ulverston
2
18 Mar
Morecambe
30
Latchford Rangers
0
18 Mar
Outwood Church
8
Altrincham
3
18 Mar
Radcliffe
0
Normanton
5
18 Mar
Rochdale Hornets
28
Dalton
0
18 Mar
Rochdale Rangers
0
Leeds
20
18 Mar
Runcorn Recs
0
Runcorn
77
18 Mar
St Helens
12
Whitworth
3
18 Mar
Saddleworth
2
Huddersfield
43
18 Mar
Salford St Bart's
2
Werneth
4
18 Mar
Salford
63
Luddendenfoot
3
18 Mar
Swinton
40
Fletcher Russell
5
18 Mar
Warrington
12
Barrow
2
18 Mar
Widnes
48
Fleetwood
3
Second round [ edit ]
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
25 Mar
Batley
29
York
5
25 Mar
Bradford
19
Rochdale Hornets
5
25 Mar
Broughton Rangers
10
Hull Kingston Rovers
5
25 Mar
Castleford
10
Brighouse Rangers
2
25 Mar
Elland
10
Bowling
3
25 Mar
Huddersfield
17
Heckmondwike
0
25 Mar
Hull FC
21
Millom
0
25 Mar
Leeds
3
Wigan
0
25 Mar
Leigh
4
Runcorn
2
25 Mar
Normanton
7
Holbeck
2
25 Mar
Oldham
14
Warrington
0
25 Mar
Outwood Church
0
Leeds Parish Church
6
25 Mar
St Helens
0
Morecambe
0
25 Mar
Salford
31
Werneth
0
25 Mar
Swinton
0
Hunslet
2
25 Mar
Widnes
28
Dewsbury
0
29 Mar - replay
Morecambe
5
St Helens
5
31 Mar - replay
St Helens
17
Morecambe
5
Third round [ edit ]
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
01 Apr
Bradford
3
Oldham
23
01 Apr
Broughton Rangers
6
Leeds Parish Church
7
01 Apr
Huddersfield
23
Normanton
2
01 Apr
Hull FC
86
Elland
0
01 Apr
Hunslet
16
Castleford
0
01 Apr
Leigh
16
Batley
6
01 Apr
Salford
16
St Helens
0
01 Apr
Widnes
11
Leeds
8
Quarterfinals [ edit ]
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
08 Apr
Hunslet
9
Hull FC
0
08 Apr
Leeds Parish Church
5
Leigh
10
08 Apr
Oldham
20
Widnes
0
08 Apr
Salford
8
Huddersfield
0
Semifinals [ edit ]
Date
Team one
Score one
Team two
Score two
15 Apr
Hunslet
15
Salford
8
15 Apr
Oldham
16
Leigh
2
Oldham
19 – 9
Hunslet
Try: Williams (2), S. Lees, Moffatt, J. LeesGoal: Thomas, S. Lees
Report
Try: W. GoldthorpeGoal: A. Goldthorpe (3)
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