1911–12 Challenge Cup Explained

1911–12 Challenge Cup
Duration:	5 rounds
Highest Attendance:	15,271
Season:	1911–12
Season Champs:	Dewsbury
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Prevseason Link:	1910–11 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:	1910–11
Nextseason Link:	1912-13 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:	1912–13

The 1911–12 Challenge Cup was the 16th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

The final was contested by Dewsbury and Oldham at Headingley Rugby Stadium in Leeds.^[2]

The final was played on Saturday, 27 April 1912, where Dewsbury caused an upset to beat Oldham 8–5 at Headingley in front of a crowd of 15,271.^[3] ^[4]

Dewsbury won the Challenge Cup in their first appearance in the final.^[5]

First round

width=150	Date	width=250	Team One	width=250	Team Two	width=100	Score
17 Feb	Barrow	St Helens	13-3
17 Feb	Batley	Runcorn	22-0
17 Feb	Beverley	Hull Kingston Rovers	5-34
17 Feb	Bradford Northern	Rochdale Hornets	0-13
17 Feb	Broughton Rangers	Bramley	25-3
17 Feb	Coventry	Oldham	3-21
17 Feb	Dewsbury	Lane End Utd	36-9
17 Feb	Halifax	Ebbw Vale	10-2
17 Feb	Huddersfield	Swinton	30-0
17 Feb	Hull FC	York	20-8
17 Feb	Leigh	Hunslet	13-0
17 Feb	Millom	Keighley	0-11
17 Feb	Normanton St John's	Warrington	6-6
17 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	Leeds	10-2
17 Feb	Widnes	Salford	3-8
17 Feb	Wigan	Wg. Highfield	35-10
19 Feb - replay	Warrington	Normanton St John's	75-0

Second round

width=150	Date	width=250	Team One	width=250	Team Two	width=100	Score
02 Mar	Barrow	Batley	0-0
02 Mar	Halifax	Broughton Rangers	19-8
02 Mar	Hull FC	Rochdale Hornets	27-5
02 Mar	Hull Kingston Rovers	Warrington	3-3
02 Mar	Keighley	Wakefield Trinity	2-13
02 Mar	Leigh	Huddersfield	6-33
02 Mar	Oldham	Wigan	12-8
02 Mar	Salford	Dewsbury	8-9
05 Mar - replay	Batley	Barrow	7-5
06 Mar - replay	Warrington	Hull Kingston Rovers	3-0

Quarter-finals

width=150	Date	width=250	Team One	width=250	Team Two	width=100	Score
23 Mar	Dewsbury	Batley	5-2
23 Mar	Hull FC	Halifax	2-11
23 Mar	Oldham	Huddersfield	2-0
23 Mar	Warrington	Wakefield Trinity	3-3
27 Mar - replay	Wakefield Trinity	Warrington	10-5

Semi-finals

width=150	Date	width=250	Team One	width=250	Team Two	width=100	Score
13 Apr	Halifax	Dewsbury	5-8
13 Apr	Oldham	Wakefield Trinity	17-0

Final

width=150	Date	width=250	Team One	width=250	Team Two	width=100	Score
27 Apr	Dewsbury	Oldham	8-5

External links

Challenge Cup official website
Challenge Cup 1911/12 results at Rugby League Project

Notes and References

Book: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. John Huxley. David Howes. 1980. Robert Hale. London. 0-7091-8133-7. 41–43.
Book: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995–1996. Raymond Fletcher. David Howes. 1995. Headline Book Publishing . London . 0-7472-7817-2. 191.
Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 7 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 3 April 2009 . dead .
Web site: No 6: 1912, Dewsbury 8-5 Oldham. BBC. 27 February 2004. 7 February 2017.
Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 7 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 3 April 2009 . dead .