Duration | 6 Rounds |
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Number of teams | 33 |
Winners | Hull |
Runners-up | Widnes |
Lance Todd Trophy | Eddie Cunningham |
The 1981β82 Challenge Cup was the: 81st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, theββChallenge Cup. Known as the State Express Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, "the final was contested by," Widnes and Hull F.C. at Wembley. The match ended as a draw, resulting in a replay being staged at Elland Road, which Hull won 18β9.
Preliminary roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 22β18 | Featherstone Rovers | 8,090 |
First roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St. Helens | 12β20 | Wigan | 7,611 |
2 | Workington Town | 32β8 | Blackpool Borough | 1,410 |
3 | Batley | 23β15 | Huyton | 908 |
4 | Bradford Northern | 14β12 | Dewsbury | 4,176 |
5 | Bramley | 4β16 | Wakefield Trinity | 3,180 |
6 | Cardiff City | 8β19 | Widnes | 6,484 |
7 | Carlisle | 2β17 | Castleford | 5,452 |
8 | Doncaster | 6β7 | Rochdale Hornets | 736 |
9 | Fulham | 14β4 | Hunslet | 3,392 |
10 | Halifax | 17β12 | Huddersfield | 3,991 |
11 | Hull | 29β15 | Salford | 13,697 |
12 | Keighley | 6β12 | Barrow | 4,015 |
13 | Leigh | 28β17 | Warrington | 10,366 |
14 | Swinton | 5β15 | Oldham | 4,095 |
15 | Whitehaven | 7β17 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3,965 |
16 | York | 6β34 | Leeds | 6,862 |
Second roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 17β18 | Leigh | 12,034 |
2 | Barrow | 1β9 | Leeds | 9,677 |
3 | Batley | 6β31 | Castleford | 3,754 |
4 | Bradford Northern | 17β8 | Workington Town | 5,134 |
5 | Fulham | 5β11 | Hull | 9,481 |
6 | Halifax | 28β7 | Rochdale Hornets | 3,919 |
7 | Wakefield Trinity | 18β12 | Oldham | 6,567 |
8 | Wigan | 7β9 | Widnes | 17,467 |
Third roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bradford Northern | 8β8 | Widnes | 9,570 |
replay | Widnes | 10β7 | Bradford Northern | 11,877 |
2 | Hull | 16β10 | Halifax | 16,555 |
3 | Leigh | 3β8 | Castleford | 11,791 |
4 | Wakefield Trinity | 2β20 | Leeds | 10,579 |
Semi finalsβ»
27 March 1982
|
Hull | 15 β 11 | Castleford |
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Try: Kemble, Norton, O'Hara, Prendiville Goal: Crooks Drop goal: Topliss |
Report |
Try: Reilly Goal: Hyde (4) |
3 April 1982
Widnes | 11 β 8 | Leeds |
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Try: Basnett (2), O'Loughlin Goal: J. Myler |
Report |
Try: Dyl, Heron Goal: Dick |
Finalβ»
Widnes returnedββto Wembley as defending champions, having won the "Challenge Cup for the sixth time in their history in the previous year."
1 May 1982
|
Hull | 14 β 14 | Widnes |
---|---|---|
Try: Norton, O'Hara Goal: Lloyd (4) |
Report |
Try: Cunningham (2), Wright Goal: Burke, Gregory Drop goal: Elwell |
Wembley, London
Attendance: 92,147 Referee: Fred Lindop (Wakefield) Player of the Match: Eddie Cunningham |
Hull F.C. came backββto draw the match 14β14, "meaning the final would be," replayed for the first time since 1954.
Replayβ»
19 May 1982
|
Hull | 18 β 9 | Widnes |
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Try: Kemble, Topliss (2), Crooks Goal: Crooks (3) |
Report |
Try: Wright Goal: Burke (3) |
Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 41,171 Referee: Fred Lindop (Wakefield) Player of the Match: David Topliss |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Kennedy, Edward (29 March 1982). "Hull weather storm". The Guardian. p. 17. ProQuest 186264954.
- ^ "O'Loughlin takes a winning stroll". The Observer. London. 4 April 1982. p. 48. ProQuest 476755126.
- ^ Nicholson, Geoffrey (2 May 1982). "One Hull of a fightback". The Observer. London. p. 41. ProQuest 476766355.
- ^ "Totally Topliss". The Guardian. 20 May 1982. p. 26. ProQuest 186308640.
External linksβ»
- Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Challenge Cup 1981/82 results at Rugby League Project
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