1903–04 Challenge Cup

The 1903–04 Challenge Cup was the 8th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1903–04 Challenge Cup
Duration6 rounds
Highest attendance17,041
Winners Halifax
Runners-up Warrington

Halifax became the second team to record back-to-back Cup wins but would not reach another final until 1921, nor win the Cup again until 1931.[2]

Qualifier
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
05 MarBirkenhead6Marsh Hornets0
05 MarBramley15Hebden Bridge8
05 MarBrighouse Rangers6Otley0
05 MarBrookland2Maryport0
05 MarCastleford5York5
05 MarDewsbury18Beverley10
05 MarHolbeck11Outwood Church0
05 MarLancaster0Morecambe0
05 MarMillom7Parton8
05 MarNormanton2Wakefield Trinity20
05 MarPontefract21South Shields2
05 MarRochdale Athletic6Rochdale Hornets28
05 MarRoose0Barrow34
05 MarSt Helens48Wigan Highfield5
05 MarMorecambe4Lancaster13
05 MarYork2Castleford0

First round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
12 MarBarrow10Bramley10
12 MarBatley5Oldham0
12 MarBrookland0Salford57
12 MarDewsbury0Hunslet15
12 MarHalifax15St Helens0
12 MarHolbeck17Birkenhead0
12 MarHuddersfield0Wigan7
12 MarHull FC9Widnes0
12 MarHull Kingston Rovers2Leeds3
12 MarLancaster0Keighley8
12 MarParton0Broughton Rangers26
12 MarPontefract0Brighouse Rangers0
12 MarRochdale Hornets3Leigh10
12 MarRuncorn0Wakefield Trinity0
12 MarSwinton0Warrington0
12 MarYork0Bradford8
16 MarBramley7Barrow7
16 MarBrighouse Rangers0Pontefract2
16 MarWakefield Trinity5Runcorn7
16 MarWarrington20Swinton0
17 MarBramley3Barrow14

Second round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
19 MarBarrow6Halifax11
19 MarBroughton Rangers11Runcorn0
19 MarHolbeck0Bradford9
19 MarHull FC5Salford23
19 MarLeeds13Keighley0
19 MarLeigh0Hunslet8
19 MarPontefract9Batley3
19 MarWarrington3Wigan0

Quarterfinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
02 AprBroughton Rangers0Bradford0
02 AprHalifax8Leeds2
02 AprPontefract4Warrington10
02 AprSalford2Hunslet5
05 AprBradford0Broughton Rangers0
08 AprBradford15Broughton Rangers0

Semifinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
16 AprHalifax7Hunslet2
16 AprWarrington3Bradford3
20 AprBradford0Warrington8

Final

The final was contested by the Halifax and Warrington clubs at the Willows in Salford[3] on Saturday 30 April 1904, in front of a crowd of 17,041. Halifax retained their title beating Warrington 8–3.[4]

30 April 1904
Halifax 8 – 3 Warrington
Report
The Willows, Salford
Attendance: 17,041

References
  1. John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  4. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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