1903 Challenge Cup Duration 6 rounds Highest attendance 32,507 Winners Halifax Runners-up Salford
The 1903 Challenge Cup was the 7th staging of rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup .[1] It featured clubs from the 1902-03 Northern Rugby Football Union season .
First Round [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
14 Feb
Birkenhead
15
Werneth
0
14 Feb
Bradford
10
Huddersfield
5
14 Feb
Bramley
10
Pontefract
5
14 Feb
Broughton Rangers
0
Oldham
2
14 Feb
Castleford
2
Thrum Hall
0
14 Feb
Dewsbury
0
Leeds
15
14 Feb
Halifax
34
Salterhebble
0
14 Feb
Hull Kingston Rovers
2
York
6
14 Feb
Hunslet
18
Cleckheaton
5
14 Feb
Keighley
37
Heckmondwike
0
14 Feb
Kendal Hornets
3
Morecambe
5
14 Feb
Kinsley
0
Brighouse Rangers
8
14 Feb
Leigh
0
Swinton
0
14 Feb
Manningham
0
Idle
0
14 Feb
Millom
10
Lancaster
0
14 Feb
Ossett
0
Otley
0
14 Feb
Parton
9
Workington
5
14 Feb
Rochdale Hornets
33
Alverthorpe
0
14 Feb
Runcorn
7
Widnes
2
14 Feb
St Helens
6
Warrington
3
14 Feb
Seaton Rangers
2
Barrow
5
14 Feb
South Shields
58
St. Paul's
0
14 Feb
Sowerby Bridge
5
Batley
14
14 Feb
Stockport
0
Wigan
8
14 Feb
Wakefield Trinity
3
Holbeck
0
14 Feb
Wath Brow Hornets
5
Whitehaven Recs
0
14 Feb
Windhill
0
Normanton
8
18 Feb
Idle
0
Manningham
12
18 Feb
Otley
2
Ossett
0
18 Feb
Swinton
5
Leigh
7
Second Round [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
21 Feb
Bramley
0
Bradford
9
21 Feb
Brighouse Rangers
12
South Shields
2
21 Feb
Castleford
0
Halifax
0
21 Feb
Hull Marlborough
0
Hull FC
45
21 Feb
Maryport
2
Parton
2
21 Feb
Morecambe
0
Millom
0
21 Feb
Normanton
2
Batley
9
21 Feb
Oldham
4
Wigan
0
21 Feb
Outwood Church
0
Hunslet
7
21 Feb
Runcorn
18
Birkenhead
0
21 Feb
St Helens
2
Rochdale Hornets
8
21 Feb
Salford
11
Leigh
0
21 Feb
Wakefield Trinity
0
Leeds
13
21 Feb
Wath Brow Hornets
5
Barrow
15
21 Feb
York
17
Otley
2
24 Feb
Keighley
12
Manningham
0
25 Feb
Halifax
10
Castleford
3
25 Feb
Millom
10
Morecambe
2
25 Feb
Parton
0
Maryport
5
Third Round [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
07 Mar
Barrow
7
Batley
2
07 Mar
Bradford
0
Oldham
2
07 Mar
Halifax
0
Brighouse Rangers
0
07 Mar
Hunslet
5
Leeds
2
07 Mar
Keighley
2
York
2
07 Mar
Millom
0
Hull FC
7
07 Mar
Rochdale Hornets
0
Salford
15
07 Mar
Runcorn
17
Maryport
3
10 Mar
Brighouse Rangers
2
Halifax
8
11 Mar
York
12
Keighley
9
Quarter Finals [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
21 Mar
Barrow
0
Hull FC
3
21 Mar
Oldham
8
Hunslet
0
21 Mar
Runcorn
0
Halifax
2
21 Mar
York
2
Salford
25
Semi Finals [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
04 Apr
Halifax
8
Hull FC
5
04 Apr
Salford
0
Oldham
0
08 Apr
Salford
8
Oldham
0
Final [ ]
The final was contested by Halifax and Salford at Headingley Stadium in Leeds .[2] on Saturday 25 April 1903, in front of a crowd of 32,507. Halifax were victorious, beating Salford 7–0.[3]
References [ ]
^ John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football . London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7 .
^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 . London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2 .
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour" . Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017 .
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