1899 Challenge Cup Duration 6 Rounds 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]
First round [ edit ] Date Team one Score one Team two Score two 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
Second round [ edit ] Date Team one Score one Team two Score two 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
Third round [ edit ] Date Team one Score one Team two Score two 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
Quarterfinals [ edit ] Date Team one Score one Team two Score two 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
Semifinals [ edit ] Date Team one Score one Team two Score two 15 Apr Hunslet 15 Salford 8 15 Apr Oldham 16 Leigh 2
Oldham 19 – 9 Hunslet Try: Williams (2), S. Lees, Moffatt, J. LeesGoal: Thomas, S. Lees Report Try: W. GoldthorpeGoal: A. Goldthorpe (3)
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