Challenge CupThe Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known as the Challenge Cup, is a knockoutrugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's oldest cup competition in either code of rugby. A concurrent Women's Challenge Cup and Wheelchair Challenge Cup have been held since 2012 and 2015 respectively. The competition is open to all eligible clubs down to Tier 5.
Fallowfield Stadium53°26′35″N2°12′56″W / 53.44306°N 2.21556°W / 53.44306; -2.21556Fallowfield Stadium was an athletics stadium and velodrome in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. It opened in May 1892 as the home of Manchester Athletics Club after it was forced to move from its home next to Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Fallowfield was most regularly used for cycling by the Manchester Wheelers' Club, who held their annual competition there until 1976.
Oldham R.L.F.C.RecordsChampions4 (1905, 1910, 1911, 1957)Challenge Cups3 (1899, 1925, 1927)LancashireCounty Cup9 (1906–07, 1909–10, 1912–13, 1918–19, 1923–24, 1932–33, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58)Lancashire League7 (1897–98, 1900–01, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1921–22, 1956–57, 1957–58)Second Division3 (1963–64, 1981–82, 1987–88)Most capped627 – Joe FergusonHighest points scorer2,761 – Bernard GanleyOldham Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
Hunslet F.C. (1883)Hunslet F.C. was a professional rugby league club based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was a founding member of the Rugby Football League in 1895. Hunslet were a strong force in the early years of the Northern Union, winning the League Championship and Challenge Cup twice. Their greatest achievement was winning All Four Cups in 1908. The club played home games at Parkside and had a cross city rivalry with Leeds.
Rugby leagueFull-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular fieldRugby league football, commonly known as rugby league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 m (74 yd) wide and 112–122 m (122–133 yd) long with H-shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two major codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union.
ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, at the centre of the eponymous county of Greater Manchester. It had a population of over 589,000 in 2024. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.