cel1234 3 Report post Posted April 6, 2015 Who are the most successful Amateur clubs in the Challenge Cup ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Padge 5,640 Report post Posted April 6, 2015 Define successful? Quote Visit my photography site www.padge.smugmug.com Radio 5 Live: Saturday 14 April 2007 Dave Whelan "In Wigan rugby will always be king" This country's wealth was created by men in overalls, it was destroyed by men in suits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cel1234 3 Report post Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) Well when the challenge cup was the challenge cup only 2 amateur clubs got in so who made the most appearances in 1st Round and have any Amateur Clubs beaten League sides ?? Lock Lane made it 4 times Edited April 6, 2015 by cel1234 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonty 119 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 Well when the challenge cup was the challenge cup only 2 amateur clubs got in so who made the most appearances in 1st Round and have any Amateur Clubs beaten League sides ?? Lock Lane made it 4 times When was the Challenge Cup not the Challenge Cup? Quote disques vogue The club where Eurovision isn't a dirty word. A waltz through the leopard skin lined world of Tom Jones, Bert Kampfert and Burt Bacharach. Step out to the sound of the happy hammond and swing to the seductive sounds of the samba. DJ's, raffles, cocktails and wide collars. Please dress smart. Gentlemen might like to wear a suit. Same price. Same music. Same rubbish prizes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan 3,167 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 I recall one of the Hull (Ace Amateurs?) sides knocking Batley out of a cup comp. but it may have been the John Player. Quote “Few thought him even a starter.There were many who thought themselves smarter. But he ended PM, CH and OM. An Earl and a Knight of the Garter.” Clement Attlee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terrywebbisgod 1,922 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 When was the Challenge Cup not the Challenge Cup?When it was the Challenge Cup. Quote Thank you for your valuable contribution. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chronicler of Chiswick 909 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 I recall one of the Hull (Ace Amateurs?) sides knocking Batley out of a cup comp. but it may have been the John Player. Yes, it was - it was the same day that we gave Mal Reilly's Cas a fright at Chiswick, it's why it's stuck in my mind! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Griff 205 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) There's a few got to the last 16 - Egremont spring to mind for some reason - don't think anyone's got further. Twelve Apostles might have done better with a full team. Edited April 7, 2015 by Griff Quote "We'll sell you a seat .... but you'll only need the edge of it!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roughyedspud 2,115 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 Define successful? Giant killing? Quote OLDHAM RLFC the 8TH most successful team in british RL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snoopdog7 11 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 Ellenborough Rangers defeted Bramley away then beat Hunslet at home befor being knocked out by Hull sharks in the 5th round,not sure the year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marklaspalmas 1,465 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 Featherstone Rovers. Made the 3rd round in 1906 as a junior (non-league) team. Quote A Featherstone Rovers Blog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowes 698 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 I remember Sharlston Rovers winning away to Dewsbury despite them being 5 divisions higher. IIRC Thornhill's trip to Catalans was in the last 16 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuffer 1,792 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 Giant killing? or whoever got the furthest through the rounds perhaps? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marklaspalmas 1,465 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 or whoever got the furthest through the rounds perhaps? That'll be Fev then. Quote A Featherstone Rovers Blog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derwent 2,233 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 In 1998 there were 2 amateur clubs from West Cumbria in the last 16 - Ellenborough Rangers and Egremont Rangers. Quote I’m not prejudiced, I hate everybody equally Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EdinburghExile 78 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 Didn't Cas have a good run before they became professional? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobbruce 2,433 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 Pilkington recs gave both Cas and Wigan a game in the late 70s. Only losing by a score to each. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derwent 2,233 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 I remember Sharlston Rovers winning away to Dewsbury despite them being 5 divisions higher. Sharlston beat Workington 12-7 in the cup in Town's inaugural season as a pro club in 1945/6. Unfortunately for them the early rounds of the cup were over 2 legs in those days and Town saw them off easily in the return leg to progress to the next round. Quote I’m not prejudiced, I hate everybody equally Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonM 2,497 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Pilkington recs gave both Cas and Wigan a game in the late 70s. Only losing by a score to each. I recently saw the programme for that Pilks against Wigan game in 1977, Wigan were 3-2 up at half-time and won 10-4, with 11 000 in attendance, bigger than nearly all of the first division crowds from that season (for context, some of Wigan's crowds were below 4000.) The following season, it was 22-23 against Cas (and Dewbsury Celtic 5 Wigan 15 at Mount Pleasant). Few other amateur successes from the olden days. Risehow & Gillhead beat Keighley 10-2 (10-13 Agg) in 1947-48. Rochdale Mayfield drew 5-5 at Hunslet in1973-4. Leigh Miners held Warrington to 16-12, at Wilderspool in 1975-6 Some good names looking back - Uno's Dabs in 1932-33 and 1928-9 and the famous Twelve Apostles in 1927-8. Haven't kept count, but I think Pilkingtons, Dewsbury Celtic & Leigh Miners would be ahead of Lock Lane in terms of numbers of appearances. Edited April 7, 2015 by JonM 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonM 2,497 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 FWIW, from olden days, Lock Lane played professional opposition in the Challenge Cup as follows: 1972-3 L 9-37 vs Wigan 1969-70 L10-15 vs Huddersfield 1957-8 L 5-50 vs York plus a 1st round game against Walney Central (L 5-10) in 1960 (also L 32-6 vs Whitehaven in 1974-5 John Player) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Futtocks 13,344 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 Do Toulouse count? Quote "Men will be proud to say 'I am a European'. We hope to see a day when men of every country will think as much of being a European as of being from their native land." (Winston Churchill) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonM 2,497 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 Do Toulouse count? They were semi-pro - same as most clubs in Challenge Cup history? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thepimp007 234 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 dudley hill beat keighley in 2004 when they were a championship side, think its the only time an amateur team have beaten a side from the championship as opposed to championship 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ullman 1,766 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 The amateurs of Beverley knocked professional side Ebbw Vale out of the cup in 1908/09. The late 20th century incarnation of the club repeated the feat in 1995, knocking Highfield out. Quote Old Faithful we never lose at Wembley Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowes 698 Report post Posted April 7, 2015 dudley hill beat keighley in 2004 when they were a championship side, think its the only time an amateur team have beaten a side from the championship as opposed to championship 1Sharlston winning at Dewsbury I think in 2003 was the other time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
