| 1909–10 Challenge Cup | |
| Duration: | 5 rounds |
| Highest Attendance: | 19,413 & 11,608 |
| Season: | 1909–10 |
| Season Champs: | Leeds |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Prevseason Link: | 1908–09 Challenge Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1908–09 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1910–11 Challenge Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1910–11 |
The 1909–10 Challenge Cup was the 14th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb | Barrow | 0 | St Helens | 15 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Bramley | 3 | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Dewsbury | 3 | Wakefield Trinity | 8 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Hull FC | 10 | Leigh | 7 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3 | Leeds | 5 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Keighley | 5 | Broughton Rangers | 0 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Merthyr | 7 | Ebbw Vale | 12 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Millom | 9 | Brookland | 4 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Oldham | 0 | Huddersfield | 2 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Purston | 10 | Halifax | 23 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Runcorn | 9 | Bradford Northern | 4 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Salford | 64 | York Irish | 0 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Warrington | 31 | Wigan Highfield | 3 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Widnes | 0 | Hunslet | 6 | |||||
| 26 Feb | Wigan | 16 | Swinton | 5 | |||||
| 26 Feb | York | 0 | Batley | 0 | |||||
| 01 Mar | Batley | 3 | York | 3 | |||||
| 01 Mar | Rochdale Hornets | 11 | Bramley | 5 | |||||
| 01 Mar | York | 0 | Batley | 8 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar | Batley | 0 | Hull FC | 8 | |||||
| 12 Mar | Halifax | 21 | St Helens | 6 | |||||
| 12 Mar | Huddersfield | 3 | Ebbw Vale | 8 | |||||
| 12 Mar | Hunslet | 2 | Wakefield Trinity | 2 | |||||
| 12 Mar | Leeds | 13 | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | |||||
| 12 Mar | Runcorn | 3 | Keighley | 5 | |||||
| 12 Mar | Salford | 12 | Wigan | 5 | |||||
| 12 Mar | Warrington | 37 | Millom | 0 | |||||
| 16 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 2 | Hunslet | 5 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar | Hull FC | 13 | Halifax | 7 | |||||
| 19 Mar | Keighley | 4 | Leeds | 7 | |||||
| 19 Mar | Salford | 8 | Ebbw Vale | 2 | |||||
| 19 Mar | Warrington | 7 | Hunslet | 0 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Apr | Hull FC | 20 | Salford | 6 | |||||
| 02 Apr | Warrington | 10 | Leeds | 11 |
The final was contested by Leeds and Hull F.C. at Fartown in Huddersfield.[2]
The final was played on Saturday 16 April 1910, where Leeds drew 7-7 with Hull F.C. at Fartown in front of a crowd of 19,413.[3] The necessitated a replay just two days later and this resulted in Leeds defeating Hull 26-12 at the same ground.
This was Leeds' first Cup final win in their first Cup final appearance. Hull lost their third Cup final in a row.[4] [5]
Hull: Harry Taylor, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton
Leeds: Frank Young, J. Fawcett, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Sanders, W. Biggs, Billy Jarman, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Fred Webster, Billy Ward
Leeds: 7
Leeds Tries: Walter Goldthorpe
Leeds Goals: Frank Young 2
Hull: 7
Hull Tries: G. T. Cottrell
Hull Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace
Half-time: 2-7
Attendance: 19,413 (at Fartown, Huddersfield)
Leeds: Frank Young, Harold Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, J. Fawcett, Fred Webster, Fred Harrison, Harry Topham, Billy Ward, Billy Jarman, S. Whittaker
Hull: E. Rogers, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, Ernest Atkinson, Ned Rogers, Harry Wallace, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton
Leeds: 26
Leeds Tries: Rowe, Walter Goldthorpe, Fred Webster, Harry Topham
Leeds Goals: Frank Young 7
Hull: 12
Hull Tries: G. Connell, H. Walton
Hull Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers 3
Half-time: 16-0
Attendance: 11,608 (at Fartown, Huddersfield)[6]