Duration | 5 rounds |
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Highest attendance | 19,413 & 11,608 |
Winners | Leeds |
Runners-up | Hull F.C. |
The 1910 Challenge Cup was the 14th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.
The final was contested by Leeds and Hull F.C. at the Fartown Ground in Huddersfield.
The final was played on Saturday 16 April 1910, where Leeds drew 7-7 with Hull F.C. at Fartown in front of a crowd of 19,413. The necessitated a replay just two days later and this resulted in Leeds defeating Hull 26-12 at the same ground.
This was Leeds' first Cup Final win in their first Cup Final appearance. Hull lost their third Cup Final in a row.
First match
Teams:
Hull FC: Harry Taylor, G. T. Cottrell, Jim Devereux, Andy Morton, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, Will Osborne, Dick Taylor, William Holder, G. Connell, H. Walton
Leeds: Frank Young, J. Fawcett, Walter Goldthorpe, C. Gillie, F. Barron, E. Ware, Sanders, Biggs, Billy Jarman, Fred Harrison, H. Topham, Fred Webster, Billy Ward
Leeds: 7
Leeds Tries: Walter Goldthorpe
Leeds Goals: Frank Young 2
Hull FC: 7
Hull FC Tries: G. T. Cottrell
Hull FC Goals: (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace