Duration | 6 Rounds |
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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]
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
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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 |
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
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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 |
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
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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 |
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
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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 |
Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
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15 Apr | Hunslet | 15 | Salford | 8 |
15 Apr | Oldham | 16 | Leigh | 2 |
29 April 1899 |
Oldham | 19 – 9 | Hunslet |
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Try: Williams (2), S. Lees, Moffatt, J. Lees Goal: Thomas, S. Lees | Report | Try: W. Goldthorpe Goal: A. Goldthorpe (3) |
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