1901–02 Challenge Cup

1902 Challenge Cup
Duration	6 rounds
Highest attendance	15,006
Winners	Broughton Rangers
Runners-up	Salford
	← 1901; 1903 →;

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 1902	Altrincham	12	Carnforth	4
15 March 1902	Askam	0	Widnes	3
15 March 1902	Aspatria	2	Rochdale Hornets	4
15 March 1902	Batley	8	Brighouse Rangers	4
15 March 1902	Castleford	15	Hebden Bridge	7
15 March 1902	Dewsbury	10	Manningham	3
15 March 1902	Featherstone	0	Todmorden	38
15 March 1902	Halifax	0	Swinton	2
15 March 1902	Heckmondwike	5	Birkenhead	0
15 March 1902	Holbeck	29	Alverthorpe	8
15 March 1902	Hull FC	28	York	0
15 March 1902	Hull Kingston Rovers	7	St Helens	0
15 March 1902	Hunslet	37	Wath Brow Hornets	0
15 March 1902	Keighley	7	Broughton Rangers	15
15 March 1902	Kendal Hornets	0	Huddersfield	22
15 March 1902	Kirkstall	3	Eastmoor	0
15 March 1902	Leigh	2	Runcorn	2
15 March 1902	Maryport	0	Oldham	27
15 March 1902	Ossett	5	Seaton Rangers	2
15 March 1902	Otley	0	Leeds	5
15 March 1902	Outwood Church	5	Morecambe	5
15 March 1902	Penrith Utd	0	Whitehaven Recs	2
15 March 1902	Radcliffe	6	Goole	7
15 March 1902	Salford	28	Pontefract	2
15 March 1902	South Shields	5	Bradford	23
15 March 1902	Stockport	18	Liversedge	2
15 March 1902	Wakefield Trinity	5	Normanton	2
15 March 1902	Warrington	6	Barrow	0
15 March 1902	Werneth	4	Lancaster	6
15 March 1902	Wigan	2	Bramley	0
15 March 1902	Windhill	5	Millom	0
19 March 1902	Morecambe	15	Outwood Church	0
19 March 1902	Runcorn	8	Leigh	0

Second round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
22 March 1902	Altrincham	0	Batley	16
22 March 1902	Broughton Rangers	5	Stockport	0
22 March 1902	Castleford	16	Wigan	0
22 March 1902	Dewsbury	0	Salford	2
22 March 1902	Goole	3	Kirkstall	3
22 March 1902	Heckmondwike	7	Holbeck	5
22 March 1902	Hull Kingston Rovers	5	Hull FC	10
22 March 1902	Idle	5	Whitehaven Recs	5
22 March 1902	Lancaster	2	Hunslet	7
22 March 1902	Morecambe	6	Swinton	17
22 March 1902	Ossett	15	Todmorden	2
22 March 1902	Rochdale Hornets	9	Huddersfield	19
22 March 1902	Runcorn	10	Oldham	0
22 March 1902	Warrington	0	Bradford	11
22 March 1902	Widnes	16	Wakefield Trinity	7
22 March 1902	Windhill	0	Leeds	31
26 March 1902	Kirkstall	0	Goole	3
26 March 1902	Whitehaven Recs	6	Idle	3

Third round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
29 March 1902	Batley	15	Bradford	10
29 March 1902	Broughton Rangers	13	Hull FC	2
29 March 1902	Castleford	6	Runcorn	5
29 March 1902	Heckmondwike	7	Ossett	4
29 March 1902	Huddersfield	11	Leeds	0
29 March 1902	Salford	67	Goole	0
29 March 1902	Swinton	34	Whitehaven Recs	0
29 March 1902	Widnes	5	Hunslet	5
2 April 1902	Hunslet	21	Widnes	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
5 April 1902	Batley	21	Castleford	2
5 April 1902	Broughton Rangers	13	Swinton	0
5 April 1902	Heckmondwike	2	Hunslet	2
5 April 1902	Huddersfield	6	Salford	9
5 April 1902	Hunslet	6	Heckmondwike	2

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
12 April 1902	Hunslet	5	Broughton Rangers	9
12 April 1902	Salford	8	Batley	0

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


1	J. Fielding
2	A. Widdeson
3	Frank Harry
4	Robert Wilson (c)
5	Andrew Hogg
6	Willie James
7	Sam James
8	H. Woodhead
9	George Woodhead
10	Billy Winskill
11	Stead
12	Bill Oram
13	Jim Trotter
14	J. Garrety
15	Charlie Thompson


1	Dan Smith
2	Ernest Bone
3	Tom Williams
4	Dai Davies
5	Horace Price
6	James Lomas
7	Ben Griffiths
8	Jack Rhapps
9	Pat Tunney
10	George Heath
11	William Brown
12	Herbert Buckler
13	Robert Shaw
14	Jack Williams
15	Miles Gledhill

References

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

External links

Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1901/02 results at Rugby League Project

[Challenge_Cup-1] John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7.

[Records-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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