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1908 Challenge Cup

1907–08 Challenge Cup
Duration 5 rounds
Number of teams 32
Highest attendance 18,000
Winners Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet
Runners-up Hullcolours.svg Hull

The 1907–08 Challenge Cup was the 12th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Run by the Northern Rugby Football Union, 32 teams took part between 29 February and 25 April 1908. Hunslet won the competition after defeating Hull in the final.

The 32 team knockout tournament was held over five rounds.

The final was contested by Hunslet and Hull at Fartown in Huddersfield.

The final was played on Saturday 25 April 1908, where Hunslet beat Hull 14-0 at Fartown in front of a crowd of 18,000.

Hull's 14-0 in the final to win their first Cup in their first final.

Teams:

Hunslet: Herbert Place, Fred Farrar, Billy Eagers, Walter Goldthorpe, Billy Batten, Albert Goldthorpe, Fred Smith, Harry Wilson, Bill Brookes, Bill Jukes, John "Jack" Randall, John Higson, Tom Walsh

Hull: Harry Taylor, L. Parry, G. T. Cottrell, F. J. Cook, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, J. Owen, W. J. Carroll, G. Kilburn, H. Fulton, William Holder


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