1901–02 Challenge Cup

The 1902 Challenge Cup was the 6th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. It featured clubs from England's 1901-02 Northern Rugby Football Union season.

First round Date Team One Score Team Two15 March 1902Altrincham 12–4 Carnforth15 March 1902Askam 0–3 Widnes15 March 1902Aspatria 2–4 Rochdale Hornets15 March 1902Batley 8–4 Brighouse Rangers15 March 1902Castleford 15–7 Hebden Bridge15 March 1902Dewsbury 10–3 Manningham15 March 1902Featherstone 0–38 Todmorden15 March 1902Halifax 0–2 Swinton15 March 1902Heckmondwike 5–0 Birkenhead15 March 1902Holbeck 29–8 Alverthorpe15 March 1902Hull FC 28–0 York15 March 1902Hull Kingston Rovers 7–0 St Helens15 March 1902Hunslet 37–0 Wath Brow Hornets15 March 1902Keighley 7–15 Broughton Rangers15 March 1902Kendal Hornets 0–22 Huddersfield15 March 1902Kirkstall 3–0 Eastmoor15 March 1902Leigh 2–2 Runcorn15 March 1902Maryport 0–27 Oldham15 March 1902Ossett 5–2 Seaton Rangers15 March 1902Otley 0–5 Leeds15 March 1902Outwood Church 5–5 Morecambe15 March 1902Penrith Utd 0–2 Whitehaven Recs15 March 1902Radcliffe 6–7 Goole15 March 1902Salford 28–2 Pontefract15 March 1902South Shields 5–23 Bradford15 March 1902Stockport 18–2 Liversedge15 March 1902Wakefield Trinity 5–2 Normanton15 March 1902Warrington 6–0 Barrow15 March 1902Werneth 4–6 Lancaster15 March 1902Wigan 2–0 Bramley15 March 1902Windhill 5–0 Millom19 March 1902 - replayMorecambe 15–0 Outwood Church19 March 1902 - replayRuncorn 8–0 Leigh

Second round Date Team One Score Team Two22 March 1902Altrincham 0–16 Batley22 March 1902Broughton Rangers 5–0 Stockport22 March 1902Castleford 16–0 Wigan22 March 1902Dewsbury 0–2 Salford22 March 1902Goole 3–3 Kirkstall22 March 1902Heckmondwike 7–5 Holbeck22 March 1902Hull Kingston Rovers 5–10 Hull FC22 March 1902Idle 5–5 Whitehaven Recs22 March 1902Lancaster 2–7 Hunslet22 March 1902Morecambe 6–17 Swinton22 March 1902Ossett 15–2 Todmorden22 March 1902Rochdale Hornets 9–19 Huddersfield22 March 1902Runcorn 10–0 Oldham22 March 1902Warrington 0–11 Bradford22 March 1902Widnes 16–7 Wakefield Trinity22 March 1902Windhill 0–31 Leeds26 March 1902 - replayKirkstall 0–3 Goole26 March 1902 - replayWhitehaven Recs 6–3 Idle

Third round Date Team One Score Team Two29 March 1902Batley 15–10 Bradford29 March 1902Broughton Rangers 13–2 Hull FC29 March 1902Castleford 6–5 Runcorn29 March 1902Heckmondwike 7–4 Ossett29 March 1902Huddersfield 11–0 Leeds29 March 1902Salford 67–0 Goole29 March 1902Swinton 34–0 Whitehaven Recs29 March 1902Widnes 5–5 Hunslet2 April 1902 - replayHunslet 21–0 Widnes

Quarterfinals Date Team One Score Team Two5 April 1902Batley 21–2 Castleford5 April 1902Broughton Rangers 13–0 Swinton5 April 1902Heckmondwike 2–2 Hunslet5 April 1902Huddersfield 6–9 Salford5 April 1902 - replayHunslet 6–2 Heckmondwike

Semifinals Date Team One Score Team Two12 April 1902Hunslet 5–9 Broughton Rangers12 April 1902Salford 8–0 Batley

Final The final was contested by the Broughton Rangers and Salford at the Athletic Grounds in Rochdale.

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.

1 J. Fielding2 A. Widdeson3 Frank Harry4 Robert Wilson (c)5 Andrew Hogg6 Willie James7 Sam James8 H. Woodhead9 George Woodhead10 Billy Winskill11 Stead12 Bill Oram13 Jim Trotter14 J. Garrety15 Charlie Thompson1 Dan Smith2 Ernest Bone3 Tom Williams4 Dai Davies5 Horace Price6 James Lomas7 Ben Griffiths8 Jack Rhapps9 Pat Tunney10 George Heath11 William Brown12 Herbert Buckler13 Robert Shaw14 Jack Williams15 Miles Gledhill

References

External links Challenge Cup official website Challenge Cup 1901/02 results at Rugby League Project