The 1901 Challenge Cup was the 5th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Contested during the 1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season, the final was played between Batley and Warrington at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.
First round Team One Score Team Two Match information Date Venue Aspatria 4–3 Altrincham 2 March Barrow 11–0 Brighouse Rangers 2 March Cavendish Park Birkenhead Wanderers 2–0 Millom 2 March Park Station Bradford 7–2 Swinton 2 March Park Avenue Broughton Rangers 24–3 Tyldesley 2 March Wheater's Field Dewsbury 9–5 Featherstone 2 March Crown Flatt Goole 2–12 St Helens 2 March Victoria Grounds Hebden Bridge 6–0 Whitworth 2 March Heckmondwike 8–0 Seaton Rangers 2 March Beck Lane Huddersfield 6–3 Hull F.C. 2 March Fartown Hull Kingston Rovers 4–0 Salford 2 March Craven Street Hunslet 8–0 Wath Brow Hornets 2 March Parkside Keighley 13–0 Kinsley 2 March Lawkholme Lane Lancaster 3–3 Maryport 2 March Quay Meadow Leeds Parish Church 11–0 Radcliffe 2 March Clarence Field Leeds 0–19 Warrington 2 March Headingley Leigh 38–0 Alverthorpe 2 March Mather Lane Liversedge 3–2 Normanton 2 March Hightown Manningham 0–0 Castleford 2 March Valley Parade Morecambe 11–0 Pontefract 2 March Moss Lane Otley 0–19 Oldham 2 March Watersheddings Outwood Church 2–5 Holbeck 2 March Coach Road Rochedale Hornets 3–7 Bramley 2 March Athletic Grounds Runcorn 18–0 Wigan 2 March Canal Street Stockport 13–2 Shipley 2 March Edgeley Park Todmorden 2–11 Sowerby Bridge 2 March Wakefield Trinity 28–6 Eastmoor 2 March Belle Vue Whitehaven Recs 0–3 Widnes 2 March Recreation Ground Windhill 3–5 Ossett 2 March York 10–2 Halifax 2 March Wiggington Road Barrow 0–2 Broughton Rangers 6 March - replay Cavendish Park Castleford 21–2 Manningham 6 March - replay Hunt's Field Maryport 3–0 Lancaster 6 March - replay Source: Second round Team One Score Team Two Match information Date Venue Aspatria 2–21 Wakefield Trinity 9 Mar Belle Vue Batley 6–2 Huddersfield 9 Mar Mount Pleasant Bramley 7–10 Oldham 9 Mar Hanson Lane Castleford 3–2 Workington 9 Mar Hunt's Field Dewsbury 8–0 Morecambe 9 Mar Crown Flatt Hebden Bridge 3–33 Broughton Rangers 9 Mar Holbeck 3–6 Bradford 9 Mar Elland Road Keighley 5–5 York 9 Mar Lawkholme Lane Liversedge 0–5 Leeds Parish Church 9 Mar Hightown Maryport 0–11 Hull Kingston Rovers 9 Mar Craven Street Ossett 5–5 Birkenhead 9 Mar Runcorn 16–4 Leigh 9 Mar Canal Street St Helens 0–0 Stockport 9 Mar Knowsley Road Sowerby Bridge 3–6 Brighouse Rangers 9 Mar Beech Road Warrington 19–2 Heckmondwike 9 Mar Wilderspool Widnes 8–0 Hunslet 9 Mar Lowerhouse Birkenhead 20–2 Ossett 13 Mar - replay Park Station Stockport 5–11 St Helens 13 Mar - replay Edgeley Park York 12–0 Keighley 13 Mar - replay Wiggington RoadSource:
Third round Team One Score Team Two Match information Date Venue Birkenhead Wanderers 2–10 Widnes 23 Mar Park Station Brighouse Rangers 0–7 Hull Kingston Rovers 23 Mar Lane Head Broughton Rangers 4–11 Oldham 23 Mar Wheater's Field Dewsbury 3–5 C astleford 23 Mar Crown Flatt Runcorn 21–0 York 23 Mar Canal Street St Helens 5–7 Batley 23 Mar Knowlsey Road Wakefield Trinity 4–5 Bradford 23 Mar Belle Vue Warrington 11–0 Leeds Parish Church 23 Mar WilderspoolSource:
Quarterfinals Team One Score Team Two Match information Date Venue Batley 5–2 Runcorn 30 Mar Mount Pleasant Hull Kingston Rovers 5–5 Castleford 30 Mar Craven Street Warrington 10–8 Bradford 30 Mar Wilderspool Widnes 0–8 Oldham 30 Mar Lowerhouse Castleford 7–2 Hull Kingston Rovers 3 Apr - replay Hunt's FieldSource:
Semifinals Team One Score Team Two Match information Date Venue Batley 9–2 Oldham 13 Apr Fartown Warrington 21–5 Castleford 13 Apr Wheater's FieldSource:
Final The final was played on Saturday 27 April 1901, where Batley beat Warrington 16-8 at Headingley in front of a crowd of 29,563.
1 Arthur Garner2 Wattie Davies3 Dai Fitzgerald4 John B. Goodall5 Wilf Auty6 Joseph "Joe" Oakland (c)7 James "Jim" Midgley8 Fred Fisher9 Patrick "Pat" "Paddy" Judge10 Jack Rogers11 Charles "Charlie" Stubley12 Robert Spurr13 George Henry Main (often misspelled Maine)14 Fred 'Ted' Fozzard15 Frank Hollingworth1 Jack Hallam2 Jack Fish3 Danny Isherwood4 George Dickenson5 Elliott Harris6 Robert Bate7 Jack Duckworth8 Alf Boardman9 Tom Fell10 Jim Edmondson11 J. Scholtze12 John Eden13 J. Cunningham14 David Morrison15 Jack Swift
References
External links Challenge Cup official website Challenge Cup 1900/01 results at Rugby League Project Warrington Wolves Heritage Numbers 1-300 at Warrington Guardian