The 1982–83 Challenge Cup was the 82nd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge 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 14–12, and is considered one of the biggest upsets in Challenge Cup final history.

Preliminary round Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance 1 Wigan 14–4 Cardiff City 5,816

First round Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance 1 Widnes 6–12 Leeds 5,861 2 Barrow 18–6 Whitehaven 4,898 3 Blackpool Borough 11–19 Hull 3,388 4 Huddersfield 5–13 Halifax 2,656 5 Hunslet 12–11 Hull Kingston Rovers 4,441 6 Salford 12–5 Leigh 6,519 7 Swinton 21–13 Doncaster 1,027 8 Wakefield Trinity 27–5 Keighley 3,446 9 Warrington 41–3 Bramley 3,241 10 St. Helens 52–0 Carlisle 2,875 11 Bradford Northern 23–5 York 2,685 12 Featherstone Rovers 21–5 Batley 1,374 13 Oldham 5–8 Workington Town 2,987 14 Rochdale Hornets 4–24 Fulham 701 15 Wigan 7–17 Castleford 10,737 16 Dewsbury 7–13 Huyton 563

Second round Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance 1 Hull 32–15 Wakefield Trinity 11,197 2 Barrow 9–14 Castleford 6,779 3 Fulham 4–11 Bradford Northern 4,976 4 Hunslet 17–8 Halifax 4,130 5 Leeds 13–23 St. Helens 12,483 6 Salford 11–17 Featherstone Rovers 4,169 7 Warrington 34–2 Huyton 2,825 8 Workington Town 14–9 Swinton 1,751

Third round Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance 1 St. Helens 10–11 Featherstone Rovers 6,125 2 Hunslet 8–13 Castleford 14,004 3 Warrington 4–10 Hull 10,280 4 Workington Town 0–17 Bradford Northern 3,894

Semi final

Final Hull F.C. returned to 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.

FB 1 Nigel BarkerRW 2 John MarsdenRC 3 Steve QuinnLC 4 John GilbertLW 5 Ken KellettSO 6 Alan BanksSH 7 Terry Hudson (c)PR 8 Michael GibbinsHK 9 Raymond HandscombePR 10 Steven HankinsSR 11 David HobbsSR 12 Tim SlatterLF 13 Peter Smith Substitutions:IC 14 Paul LymanIC 15 Gary SiddallCoach: Allan Agar FB 1 Gary KembleRW 2 Dane O'HaraRC 3 Steve EvansLC 4 James LeuluaiLW 5 Paul PrendivilleSO 6 David Topliss (c)SH 7 Kevin HarkinPR 8 Trevor SkerrettHK 9 John Keith Bridges PR 10 Richard 'Charlie' StoneSR 11 Paul RoseSR 12 Lee CrooksLF 13 Steve NortonSubstitutions:IC 14 Terry DayIC 15 Mick CraneCoach: Arthur Bunting

References

External links Challenge Cup official website Challenge Cup 1982/83 results at Rugby League Project