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1900 Challenge Cup

1900 Challenge Cup
Duration 6 Rounds
Number of teams 62
Highest attendance 17,864
Winners Swintoncolours.svg Swinton
Runners-up Redscolours.svg Salford

The 1900 Challenge Cup was the 4th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

The final was contested by Swinton and Salford at Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester.

The final was played on Saturday 28 April 1900, where Swinton beat Salford 16-8 at Fallowfield Stadium in front of a crowd of 17,864. The cup was presented by Mrs Smith, wife of the President of the Northern Union.


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