1903–04 Challenge Cup

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.

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.

Qualifier

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

First round

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

Second round

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

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

Final

The final was contested by the Halifax and Warrington clubs at the Willows in Salford on Saturday 30 April 1904, in front of a crowd of 17,041. Halifax retained their title beating Warrington 8–3.

30 April 1904

Halifax	8 – 3	Warrington
	Report

The Willows, Salford Attendance: 17,041

External links

• Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Challenge Cup 1903/04 results at Rugby League Project