| 1921–22 Challenge Cup | |
| Duration: | 5 rounds |
| Season: | 1921–22 |
| Season Champs: | Rochdale Hornets |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Prevseason Link: | 1920–21 Challenge Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1920–21 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1922–23 Challenge Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1922–23 |
The 1921–22 Challenge Cup was the 22nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb | Askam | 15 | Cadishead | 3 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Barrow | 20 | Salford | 2 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Batley | 3 | Featherstone Rovers | 5 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Bradford Northern | 0 | Keighley | 10 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Broughton Rangers | 13 | St Helens | 0 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Dewsbury | 13 | Warrington | 2 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Elland Wanderers | 0 | Oldham | 29 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Hull FC | 24 | Halifax | 10 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Hunslet | 13 | Bramley | 0 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Leigh | 6 | Huddersfield | 10 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | 54 | Broughton Moor | 2 | |||||
| 25 Feb | St Helens Recs | 5 | Leeds | 20 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Swinton | 24 | 5 | ||||||
| 25 Feb | Widnes | 5 | Wigan Highfield | 5 | |||||
| 25 Feb | Wigan | 15 | Wakefield Trinity | 6 | |||||
| 25 Feb | York | 2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 4 | |||||
| 28 Feb | Wigan Highfield | 4 | Widnes | 9 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar | Broughton Rangers | 11 | Featherstone Rovers | 5 | |||||
| 11 Mar | Hull Kingston Rovers | 0 | Hull FC | 10 | |||||
| 11 Mar | Keighley | 15 | Askam | 0 | |||||
| 11 Mar | Oldham | 9 | Huddersfield | 5 | |||||
| 11 Mar | Rochdale Hornets | 15 | Leeds | 7 | |||||
| 11 Mar | Swinton | 0 | Dewsbury | 3 | |||||
| 11 Mar | Widnes | 17 | Barrow | 10 | |||||
| 11 Mar | Wigan | 52 | Hunslet | 6 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar | Broughton Rangers | 2 | Widnes | 2 | |||||
| 25 Mar | Dewsbury | 4 | Hull FC | 9 | |||||
| 25 Mar | Rochdale Hornets | 5 | Oldham | 2 | |||||
| 25 Mar | Wigan | 45 | Keighley | 0 | |||||
| 29 Mar | Widnes | 3 | Broughton Rangers | 2 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Apr | Hull FC | 18 | Wigan | 5 | |||||
| 08 Apr | Rochdale Hornets | 23 | Widnes | 3 |
The final saw Rochdale Hornets's 10–9 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1921–22 Challenge Cup final at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 6 May 1922, in front of a crowd of 32,596. This was Rochdale's first Challenge Cup final win in their first, and as of 2017 their only, Challenge Cup Final appearance.[2] [3] [4]
Rochdale Hornets: 10
Rochdale Hornets Tries: Tommy Fitton 2
Rochdale Hornets Goals: Dicky Paddon 2
Hull: 9
Hull Tries: Jimmy Kennedy, Billy Batten, Bob Taylor
Half-time: 6-7
Attendance: 34,827 (at Headingley, Leeds)
Rochdale Hornets: Frank Prescott, Tommy Fitton, Fred Wild, Teddy McLoughlin, Joe Corsi, John Heaton, J. Keynon, Thomas Harris, Jack Bennett, Dickie Paddon, Tommy Woods, Dai Edwards, Louis Corsi
Hull: J. Holdsworth, Billy Stone (c), Jimmy Kennedy, Billy Batten, Emlyn Gwynne, Eddie Caswell, W. J. Charles, Jack Beasty, George Oliver, J. E. Wyburn, Edgar Morgan, Bob Taylor, H. Garratt