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1909 Challenge Cup

1909 Challenge Cup
Duration 6 rounds
Highest attendance 23,587
Winners Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity
Runners-up Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C.

The 1909 Challenge Cup was the 13th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

The final was contested by Wakefield Trinity and Hull F.C. at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds.

The final was played on Saturday 24 April 1909, where Wakefield Trinity beat Hull F.C. 17-0 at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds in front of a crowd of 23,587.

Trinity's 17-0 victory in the final was their first Cup in their first final.

Teams:

Wakefield Trinity: James "Jimmy" D. Metcalfe, Ernest W. Bennett, William "Billy" Lynch, Ezra Sidwell, William 'Billie ' G. Simpson, Harry Slater, Thomas "Tommy" 'Trapper' Newbould, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, James Auton, Joseph Taylor, John "Jack" Walton, Herbert Kershaw, Harry 'Dickie' Beaumont


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