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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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
Quarterfinals [ edit ] 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
Semifinals [ edit ] 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
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]
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