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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

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
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

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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

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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

Quarterfinals

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
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

Semifinals

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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

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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

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  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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