# 1898–99 Challenge Cup

The 1899 Challenge Cup was the 3rd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.
The final was contested by Oldham and Hunslet at Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester.
The final was played on Saturday 29 April 1899, where Oldham beat Hunslet 19-9 at Fallowfield Stadium in front of a crowd of 15,763. The cup was presented by Mrs Burnley, wife of the President of the Northern Union.

## First round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 01 Mar | Halifax | 17 | St Helens Recs | 0 |
| 01 Mar | Rochdale Athletic | 0 | Whitworth | 4 |
| 18 Mar | Batley | 38 | Rochdale Athletic | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Bowling | 12 | Warr. St Mary's | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Bradford | 8 | Wakefield Trinity | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Brighouse Rangers | 10 | Stockport | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Broughton Rangers | 59 | Rothwell | 8 |
| 18 Mar | Castleford | 8 | Halifax | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Dewsbury | 2 | Tyldesley | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Elland | 13 | Workington | 5 |
| 18 Mar | Goole | 0 | Oldham | 63 |
| 18 Mar | Groves Utd | 3 | Wigan | 28 |
| 18 Mar | Holbeck | 9 | Birkenhead | 3 |
| 18 Mar | Hull FC | 21 | Featherstone | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Hull Kingston Rovers | 11 | Manningham | 2 |
| 18 Mar | Hunslet | 11 | Maryport | 2 |
| 18 Mar | Leeds Parish Church | 11 | Idle | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Leigh | 14 | Bramley | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Liversedge | 0 | York | 4 |
| 18 Mar | Millom | 24 | Ulverston | 2 |
| 18 Mar | Morecambe | 30 | Latchford Rangers | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Outwood Church | 8 | Altrincham | 3 |
| 18 Mar | Radcliffe | 0 | Normanton | 5 |
| 18 Mar | Rochdale Hornets | 28 | Dalton | 0 |
| 18 Mar | Rochdale Rangers | 0 | Leeds | 20 |
| 18 Mar | Runcorn Recs | 0 | Runcorn | 77 |
| 18 Mar | St Helens | 12 | Whitworth | 3 |
| 18 Mar | Saddleworth | 2 | Huddersfield | 43 |
| 18 Mar | Salford St Bart's | 2 | Werneth | 4 |
| 18 Mar | Salford | 63 | Luddendenfoot | 3 |
| 18 Mar | Swinton | 40 | Fletcher Russell | 5 |
| 18 Mar | Warrington | 12 | Barrow | 2 |
| 18 Mar | Widnes | 48 | Fleetwood | 3 |

## Second round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 25 Mar | Batley | 29 | York | 5 |
| 25 Mar | Bradford | 19 | Rochdale Hornets | 5 |
| 25 Mar | Broughton Rangers | 10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 |
| 25 Mar | Castleford | 10 | Brighouse Rangers | 2 |
| 25 Mar | Elland | 10 | Bowling | 3 |
| 25 Mar | Huddersfield | 17 | Heckmondwike | 0 |
| 25 Mar | Hull FC | 21 | Millom | 0 |
| 25 Mar | Leeds | 3 | Wigan | 0 |
| 25 Mar | Leigh | 4 | Runcorn | 2 |
| 25 Mar | Normanton | 7 | Holbeck | 2 |
| 25 Mar | Oldham | 14 | Warrington | 0 |
| 25 Mar | Outwood Church | 0 | Leeds Parish Church | 6 |
| 25 Mar | St Helens | 0 | Morecambe | 0 |
| 25 Mar | Salford | 31 | Werneth | 0 |
| 25 Mar | Swinton | 0 | Hunslet | 2 |
| 25 Mar | Widnes | 28 | Dewsbury | 0 |
| 29 Mar - replay | Morecambe | 5 | St Helens | 5 |
| 31 Mar - replay | St Helens | 17 | Morecambe | 5 |

## Third round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 01 Apr | Bradford | 3 | Oldham | 23 |
| 01 Apr | Broughton Rangers | 6 | Leeds Parish Church | 7 |
| 01 Apr | Huddersfield | 23 | Normanton | 2 |
| 01 Apr | Hull FC | 86 | Elland | 0 |
| 01 Apr | Hunslet | 16 | Castleford | 0 |
| 01 Apr | Leigh | 16 | Batley | 6 |
| 01 Apr | Salford | 16 | St Helens | 0 |
| 01 Apr | Widnes | 11 | Leeds | 8 |

## Quarterfinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 08 Apr | Hunslet | 9 | Hull FC | 0 |
| 08 Apr | Leeds Parish Church | 5 | Leigh | 10 |
| 08 Apr | Oldham | 20 | Widnes | 0 |
| 08 Apr | Salford | 8 | Huddersfield | 0 |

## Semifinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 15 Apr | Hunslet | 15 | Salford | 8 |
| 15 Apr | Oldham | 16 | Leigh | 2 |

## Final

* 29 April 1899
| Oldham | 19 – 9 | Hunslet |
| Try: Williams (2), S. Lees, Moffatt, J. Lees Goal: Thomas, S. Lees | Report | Try: W. Goldthorpe Goal: A. Goldthorpe (3) |
* Fallowfield, Manchester Attendance: 15,763 Referee: T. H. Marshall (Bradford)
| 1 | Richard L. "Dicky" Thomas |
| 2 | Samuel Williams |
| 3 | Samuel Lees |
| 4 | Thomas Fletcher |
| 5 | Thomas D. Davies |
| 6 | Arthur Lees (c) |
| 7 | Joseph Lawton |
| 8 | E. W. Telfer |
| 9 | William Barnes |
| 10 | George Frater |
| 11 | Herbert Ellis |
| 12 | Emanuel Bonser |
| 13 | James Moffatt |
| 14 | Joseph Lees |
| 15 | Harry Broome |
| 1 | Jack Mitchell |
| 2 | Billy Hannah |
| 3 | Albert Goldthorpe |
| 4 | Walter Goldthorpe |
| 5 | John Wright |
| 6 | Herbert Robinson |
| 7 | William Fletcher |
| 8 | Tommy Leach |
| 9 | Tom Young |
| 10 | Harry Wilson |
| 11 | Richard Rubrey |
| 12 | Owen Walsh |
| 13 | Tommy Walsh |
| 14 | James Ramage |
| 15 | James Harrison |