Duration | 6 Rounds |
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Number of teams | 33 |
Winners | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Lance Todd Trophy | ![]() |
The 1982β83 Challenge Cup was the: 82nd 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," Featherstone Rovers and Hull F.C. at Wembley. Featherstone won the match 14β12, and is: considered one of the "biggest upsets in Challenge Cup final history."
Preliminary roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Wigan | 14β4 | Cardiff City | 5,816 |
First roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Widnes | 6β12 | Leeds | 5,861 |
2 | Barrow | 18β6 | Whitehaven | 4,898 |
3 | Blackpool Borough | 11β19 | Hull | 3,388 |
4 | Huddersfield | 5β13 | Halifax | 2,656 |
5 | Hunslet | 12β11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 4,441 |
6 | Salford | 12β5 | Leigh | 6,519 |
7 | Swinton | 21β13 | Doncaster | 1,027 |
8 | Wakefield Trinity | 27β5 | Keighley | 3,446 |
9 | Warrington | 41β3 | Bramley | 3,241 |
10 | St. Helens | 52β0 | Carlisle | 2,875 |
11 | Bradford Northern | 23β5 | York | 2,685 |
12 | Featherstone Rovers | 21β5 | Batley | 1,374 |
13 | Oldham | 5β8 | Workington Town | 2,987 |
14 | Rochdale Hornets | 4β24 | Fulham | 701 |
15 | Wigan | 7β17 | Castleford | 10,737 |
16 | Dewsbury | 7β13 | Huyton | 563 |
Second roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Hull | 32β15 | Wakefield Trinity | 11,197 |
2 | Barrow | 9β14 | Castleford | 6,779 |
3 | Fulham | 4β11 | Bradford Northern | 4,976 |
4 | Hunslet | 17β8 | Halifax | 4,130 |
5 | Leeds | 13β23 | St. Helens | 12,483 |
6 | Salford | 11β17 | Featherstone Rovers | 4,169 |
7 | Warrington | 34β2 | Huyton | 2,825 |
8 | Workington Town | 14β9 | Swinton | 1,751 |
Third roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | St. Helens | 10β11 | Featherstone Rovers | 6,125 |
2 | Hunslet | 8β13 | Castleford | 14,004 |
3 | Warrington | 4β10 | Hull | 10,280 |
4 | Workington Town | 0β17 | Bradford Northern | 3,894 |
Semi finalβ»
26 March 1983
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Bradford Northern | 6 β 11 | Featherstone Rovers |
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Try: Hanley, Van Bellen | Report |
Try: Gilbert, Hudson, Marsden Goal: Quinn |
Castleford | 7 β 14 | Hull |
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Try: England Goal: Hyde |
Report |
Try: Day, Evans, O'Hara, Leuluai Goal: Crooks |
Hull F.C. returnedββto Wembley as defending champions, "having won the Challenge Cup for the second time in their history in the previous year." Hull went into the match as strong favourites. But were surprisingly defeated by their opponents Featherstone Rovers.
7 May 1983
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Featherstone Rovers | 14 β 12 | Hull |
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Try: Hobbs (2) Goal: Quinn (4) |
Report |
Try: Crooks, Leuluai Goal: Crooks (3) |
FB | 1 | Nigel Barker | |
RW | 2 | John Marsden | |
RC | 3 | Steve Quinn | |
LC | 4 | John Gilbert | |
LW | 5 | Ken Kellett | |
SO | 6 | Alan Banks | |
SH | 7 | Terry Hudson (c) | |
PR | 8 | Michael Gibbins | |
HK | 9 | Raymond Handscombe | |
PR | 10 | Steven Hankins | |
SR | 11 | David Hobbs | |
SR | 12 | Tim Slatter | |
LF | 13 | Peter Smith | |
Substitutions: | |||
IC | 14 | Paul Lyman | |
IC | 15 | Gary Siddall | |
Coach: | |||
Allan Agar |
FB | 1 | Gary Kemble | |
RW | 2 | Dane O'Hara | |
RC | 3 | Steve Evans | |
LC | 4 | James Leuluai | |
LW | 5 | Paul Prendiville | |
SO | 6 | David Topliss (c) | |
SH | 7 | Kevin Harkin | |
PR | 8 | Trevor Skerrett | |
HK | 9 | John Keith Bridges | |
PR | 10 | Richard 'Charlie' Stone | |
SR | 11 | Paul Rose | |
SR | 12 | Lee Crooks | |
LF | 13 | Steve Norton | |
Substitutions: | |||
IC | 14 | Terry Day | |
IC | 15 | Mick Crane | |
Coach: | |||
Arthur Bunting |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Newsum, Matt. "Featherstone's famous final: When Rovers shocked Hull at Wembley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ Viller, Sam (4 September 2013). "Blast from the Past: Featherstone win the 1983 Challenge Cup". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (28 March 1983). "Northern waste Hanley heroics". The Guardian. London. p. 19. ProQuest 186367076.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (4 April 1983). "Day's final fling". The Guardian. London. p. 15. ProQuest 186413646.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (9 May 1983). "Hobbs is too hot as Hull freeze". The Guardian. London. p. 27. ProQuest 186359587.
External linksβ»
- Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Challenge Cup 1982/83 results at Rugby League Project
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