1921–22 Challenge Cup

1921–22 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Rochdale Hornets
Runners-up	Hull F.C.

The 1921–22 Challenge Cup was the 22nd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

First round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
25 Feb	Askam	15	Cadishead	3
25 Feb	Barrow	20	Salford	2
25 Feb	Batley	3	Featherstone Rovers	5
25 Feb	Bradford Northern	0	Keighley	10
25 Feb	Broughton Rangers	13	St Helens	0
25 Feb	Dewsbury	13	Warrington	2
25 Feb	Elland Wanderers	0	Oldham	29
25 Feb	Hull FC	24	Halifax	10
25 Feb	Hunslet	13	Bramley	0
25 Feb	Leigh	6	Huddersfield	10
25 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	54	Broughton Moor	2
25 Feb	St Helens Recs	5	Leeds	20
25 Feb	Swinton	24	Hull BOCM	5
25 Feb	Widnes	5	Wigan Highfield	5
25 Feb	Wigan	15	Wakefield Trinity	6
25 Feb	York	2	Hull Kingston Rovers	4
28 Feb	Wigan Highfield	4	Widnes	9

Second round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
11 Mar	Broughton Rangers	11	Featherstone Rovers	5
11 Mar	Hull Kingston Rovers	0	Hull FC	10
11 Mar	Keighley	15	Askam	0
11 Mar	Oldham	9	Huddersfield	5
11 Mar	Rochdale Hornets	15	Leeds	7
11 Mar	Swinton	0	Dewsbury	3
11 Mar	Widnes	17	Barrow	10
11 Mar	Wigan	52	Hunslet	6

Quarterfinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
25 Mar	Broughton Rangers	2	Widnes	2
25 Mar	Dewsbury	4	Hull FC	9
25 Mar	Rochdale Hornets	5	Oldham	2
25 Mar	Wigan	45	Keighley	0
29 Mar	Widnes	3	Broughton Rangers	2

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
08 Apr	Hull FC	18	Wigan	5
08 Apr	Rochdale Hornets	23	Widnes	3

Final

The final saw Rochdale Hornets's 10–9 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1921–22 Challenge Cup final at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 6 May 1922, in front of a crowd of 32,596. This was Rochdale's first Challenge Cup final win in their first, and as of 2017 their only, Challenge Cup Final appearance.^[2][3][4]

Rochdale Hornets: 10

Rochdale Hornets Tries: Tommy Fitton 2

Rochdale Hornets Goals: Dicky Paddon 2

Hull: 9

Hull Tries: Jimmy Kennedy, Billy Batten, Bob Taylor

Half-time: 6-7

Attendance: 34,827 (at Headingley, Leeds)

Rochdale Hornets: Frank Prescott, Tommy Fitton, Fred Wild, Teddy McLoughlin, Joe Corsi, John Heaton, J. Keynon, Thomas Harris, Jack Bennett, Dickie Paddon, Tommy Woods, Dai Edwards, Louis Corsi

Hull: J. Holdsworth, Billy Stone (c), Jimmy Kennedy, Billy Batten, Emlyn Gwynne, Eddie Caswell, W. J. Charles, Jack Beasty, George Oliver, J. E. Wyburn, Edgar Morgan, Bob Taylor, H. Garratt

References

1. "Challenge Cup 1921/22". Rugby League Project.
2. "Hornets' One And Only Challenge Cup Final Win". hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
4. "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.