1904 Challenge Cup
The 1903–04 Challenge Cup was the 8th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
Duration | 6 rounds |
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Highest attendance | 17,041 |
Winners | |
Runners-up | |
Halifax became the second team to record back-to-back Cup wins but wouldn’t reach another final until 1921, nor win the Cup again until 1931.[2]
Qualifier
Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
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05 Mar | Birkenhead | 6 | Marsh Hornets | 0 |
05 Mar | Bramley | 15 | Hebden Bridge | 8 |
05 Mar | Brighouse Rangers | 6 | Otley | 0 |
05 Mar | Brookland | 2 | Maryport | 0 |
05 Mar | Castleford | 5 | York | 5 |
05 Mar | Dewsbury | 18 | Beverley | 10 |
05 Mar | Holbeck | 11 | Outwood Church | 0 |
05 Mar | Lancaster | 0 | Morecambe | 0 |
05 Mar | Millom | 7 | Parton | 8 |
05 Mar | Normanton | 2 | Wakefield Trinity | 20 |
05 Mar | Pontefract | 21 | South Shields | 2 |
05 Mar | Rochdale Athletic | 6 | Rochdale Hornets | 28 |
05 Mar | Roose | 0 | Barrow | 34 |
05 Mar | St Helens | 48 | Wigan Highfield | 5 |
05 Mar | Morecambe | 4 | Lancaster | 13 |
05 Mar | York | 2 | Castleford | 0 |
First Round
Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
---|---|---|---|---|
12 Mar | Barrow | 10 | Bramley | 10 |
12 Mar | Batley | 5 | Oldham | 0 |
12 Mar | Brookland | 0 | Salford | 57 |
12 Mar | Dewsbury | 0 | Hunslet | 15 |
12 Mar | Halifax | 15 | St Helens | 0 |
12 Mar | Holbeck | 17 | Birkenhead | 0 |
12 Mar | Huddersfield | 0 | Wigan | 7 |
12 Mar | Hull FC | 9 | Widnes | 0 |
12 Mar | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 | Leeds | 3 |
12 Mar | Lancaster | 0 | Keighley | 8 |
12 Mar | Parton | 0 | Broughton Rangers | 26 |
12 Mar | Pontefract | 0 | Brighouse Rangers | 0 |
12 Mar | Rochdale Hornets | 3 | Leigh | 10 |
12 Mar | Runcorn | 0 | Wakefield Trinity | 0 |
12 Mar | Swinton | 0 | Warrington | 0 |
12 Mar | York | 0 | Bradford | 8 |
16 Mar | Bramley | 7 | Barrow | 7 |
16 Mar | Brighouse Rangers | 0 | Pontefract | 2 |
16 Mar | Wakefield Trinity | 5 | Runcorn | 7 |
16 Mar | Warrington | 20 | Swinton | 0 |
17 Mar | Bramley | 3 | Barrow | 14 |
Second Round
Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
---|---|---|---|---|
19 Mar | Barrow | 6 | Halifax | 11 |
19 Mar | Broughton Rangers | 11 | Runcorn | 0 |
19 Mar | Holbeck | 0 | Bradford | 9 |
19 Mar | Hull FC | 5 | Salford | 23 |
19 Mar | Leeds | 13 | Keighley | 0 |
19 Mar | Leigh | 0 | Hunslet | 8 |
19 Mar | Pontefract | 9 | Batley | 3 |
19 Mar | Warrington | 3 | Wigan | 0 |
Quarter Finals
Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
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02 Apr | Broughton Rangers | 0 | Bradford | 0 |
02 Apr | Halifax | 8 | Leeds | 2 |
02 Apr | Pontefract | 4 | Warrington | 10 |
02 Apr | Salford | 2 | Hunslet | 5 |
05 Apr | Bradford | 0 | Broughton Rangers | 0 |
08 Apr | Bradford | 15 | Broughton Rangers | 0 |
Semi Finals
Date | Team One | Score One | Team Two | Score Two |
---|---|---|---|---|
16 Apr | Halifax | 7 | Hunslet | 2 |
16 Apr | Warrington | 3 | Bradford | 3 |
20 Apr | Bradford | 0 | Warrington | 8 |
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]
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References
- John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7.
- "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- 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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