1914–15 Challenge Cup Explained

1915 Challenge Cup
Duration:5 rounds
Season:1914–15
Season Champs: Huddersfield
Season Champ Name:Winners
Prevseason Link:1914 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:1914
Nextseason Link:1920 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:1920

The 1915 Challenge Cup was the 19th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

First round

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27 FebBarrow 15 Wakefield Trinity 8
27 FebBradford Northern 2 Batley 0
27 FebBrighouse Rangers 0 Salford 26
27 FebBroughton Moor 6 Wardley 3
27 FebBroughton Rangers 14 Runcorn 4
27 FebFeatherstone Rovers 0 St Helens 6
27 FebHalifax 6 Bramley 2
27 FebHull FC 23 Dewsbury 2
27 FebHull Kingston Rovers 10 Hunslet 0
27 FebKeighley 8 Askam 5
27 FebLeigh 0 Huddersfield 3
27 FebOldham 5 Wigan 10
27 FebWarrington 5 Leeds 4
27 FebWidnes 13 St Helens Recs 4
27 FebWigan Highfield 0 Swinton 2
27 FebYork 0 Rochdale Hornets 0
02 MarRochdale Hornets 19 York 2

Second round

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13 MarBradford Northern 3 Wigan 11
13 MarBroughton Rangers 8 Hull Kingston Rovers 5
13 MarHull FC 22 Halifax0
13 MarKeighley 22 Barrow 8
13 MarRochdale Hornets 75 Broughton Moor 13
13 MarSwinton 0 St Helens 5
13 MarWarrington 2 Salford 11
13 MarWidnes 3 Huddersfield 29

Quarterfinals

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27 MarHuddersfield 33 Salford 0
27 MarKeighley 2 St Helens 3
27 MarRochdale Hornets 11 Hull FC 0
27 MarWigan 11 Broughton Rangers 5

Semifinals

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10 Apr Huddersfield 27 Wigan 2
10 Apr St Helens 5 Rochdale Hornets 5
24 AprSt Helens 9 Rochdale Hornets 2

Final

Huddersfield defeated St. Helens 37–3 in the Challenge Cup Final, on 1 May, held at Watersheddings, Oldham before a crowd of 8,000.

This was Huddersfield's second Challenge Cup win in as many Final appearances.[2]

At one point St Helens' players refused to enter the field of play unless promised bonuses for reaching the final were paid by the Committee[3]

St Helens team - 1 Bert Roberts, 2 Tom Barton, 3 Jimmy Flanagan, 4 Tom White, 5 Henry Greenall, 6 Matt Creevey, 7 Fred Trenwith, 8 George Farrimond, 9 Sam Daniels – Try, 10 James Shallcross, 11 William Jackson, 12 Tom Durkin, 13 William Myers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Challenge Cup 1914/15. Rugby League Project.
  2. Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 2009-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 2009-04-03 . dead .
  3. Web site: William Myers. 12 Sep 2020. Saints Heritage Society.