1902 Challenge Cup
Duration6 rounds
Highest attendance15,006
Winners Broughton Rangers
Runners-up Salford

The 1902 Challenge Cup was the 6th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1] It featured clubs from England's 1901-02 Northern Rugby Football Union season.

First round

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
15 March 1902Altrincham12Carnforth4
15 March 1902Askam0Widnes3
15 March 1902Aspatria2Rochdale Hornets4
15 March 1902Batley8Brighouse Rangers4
15 March 1902Castleford15Hebden Bridge7
15 March 1902Dewsbury10Manningham3
15 March 1902Featherstone0Todmorden38
15 March 1902Halifax0Swinton2
15 March 1902Heckmondwike5Birkenhead0
15 March 1902Holbeck29Alverthorpe8
15 March 1902Hull FC28York0
15 March 1902Hull Kingston Rovers7St Helens0
15 March 1902Hunslet37Wath Brow Hornets0
15 March 1902Keighley7Broughton Rangers15
15 March 1902Kendal Hornets0Huddersfield22
15 March 1902Kirkstall3Eastmoor0
15 March 1902Leigh2Runcorn2
15 March 1902Maryport0Oldham27
15 March 1902Ossett5Seaton Rangers2
15 March 1902Otley0Leeds5
15 March 1902Outwood Church5Morecambe5
15 March 1902Penrith Utd0Whitehaven Recs2
15 March 1902Radcliffe6Goole7
15 March 1902Salford28Pontefract2
15 March 1902South Shields5Bradford23
15 March 1902Stockport18Liversedge2
15 March 1902Wakefield Trinity5Normanton2
15 March 1902Warrington6Barrow0
15 March 1902Werneth4Lancaster6
15 March 1902Wigan2Bramley0
15 March 1902Windhill5Millom0
19 March 1902Morecambe15Outwood Church0
19 March 1902Runcorn8Leigh0

Second round

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
22 March 1902Altrincham0Batley16
22 March 1902Broughton Rangers5Stockport0
22 March 1902Castleford16Wigan0
22 March 1902Dewsbury0Salford2
22 March 1902Goole3Kirkstall3
22 March 1902Heckmondwike7Holbeck5
22 March 1902Hull Kingston Rovers5Hull FC10
22 March 1902Idle5Whitehaven Recs5
22 March 1902Lancaster2Hunslet7
22 March 1902Morecambe6Swinton17
22 March 1902Ossett15Todmorden2
22 March 1902Rochdale Hornets9Huddersfield19
22 March 1902Runcorn10Oldham0
22 March 1902Warrington0Bradford11
22 March 1902Widnes16Wakefield Trinity7
22 March 1902Windhill0Leeds31
26 March 1902Kirkstall0Goole3
26 March 1902Whitehaven Recs6Idle3

Third round

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
29 March 1902Batley15Bradford10
29 March 1902Broughton Rangers13Hull FC2
29 March 1902Castleford6Runcorn5
29 March 1902Heckmondwike7Ossett4
29 March 1902Huddersfield11Leeds0
29 March 1902Salford67Goole0
29 March 1902Swinton34Whitehaven Recs0
29 March 1902Widnes5Hunslet5
2 April 1902Hunslet21Widnes0

Quarterfinals

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
5 April 1902Batley21Castleford2
5 April 1902Broughton Rangers13Swinton0
5 April 1902Heckmondwike2Hunslet2
5 April 1902Huddersfield6Salford9
5 April 1902Hunslet6Heckmondwike2

Semifinals

Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
12 April 1902Hunslet5Broughton Rangers9
12 April 1902Salford8Batley0

Final

The final was contested by the Broughton Rangers and Salford at the Athletic Grounds in Rochdale.[2]

The final was played on Saturday 26 April 1902, where Broughton beat Salford 25–0 at Rochdale in front of a crowd of 15,006.[3]

26 April 1902
Broughton Rangers 25 – 0 Salford
Report
Athletic Grounds, Rochdale
Attendance: 15,006
1J. Fielding
2A. Widdeson
3Frank Harry
4Robert Wilson (c)
5Andrew Hogg
6Willie James
7Sam James
8H. Woodhead
9George Woodhead
10Billy Winskill
11Stead
12Bill Oram
13Jim Trotter
14J. Garrety
15Charlie Thompson
1Dan Smith
2Ernest Bone
3Tom Williams
4Dai Davies
5Horace Price
6James Lomas
7Ben Griffiths
8Jack Rhapps
9Pat Tunney
10George Heath
11William Brown
12Herbert Buckler
13Robert Shaw
14Jack Williams
15Miles Gledhill

References

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