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1903–04 Challenge Cup Duration 6 rounds Highest attendance 17,041 Winners Halifax Runners-up Warrington
The 1903–04 Challenge Cup was the 8th staging of rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup .[ 1]
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]
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
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
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
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
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
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]
Years Finals (List )
1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68
1968 -69
1969–70 · 1970–71
2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07
2007 –08
2008 –09
2009 –10
2010 –11
2021 –22
2022 –23
2023 –24
2024 –25
2025–26 · 2026–27 · 2027–28 · 2028–29 · 2029–30 · 2030–31
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