1983 Challenge Cup

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1983 State Express Challenge Cup
Duration 6 Rounds
Number of teams 33
Winners Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers
Runners-up Hullcolours.svg Hull
Lance Todd Trophy Fevcolours.svg David Hobbs
< 1982 Seasons 1984 >

The 1983 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 at Wembley. Featherstone won the match 14–12, and is considered one of the biggest upsets in Challenge Cup final history.[1][2]

Preliminary Round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Wigan 14–4 Cardiff City 5,816

First Round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
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 no Home team Score Away team Attendance
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 no Home team Score Away team Attendance
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

26 March 1983
Bradford Northern 6 – 11 Featherstone Rovers
Try: Hanley, Van Bellen Report Try: Gilbert, Hudson, Marsden
Goal: Quinn
Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 10,784
Referee/s: John Holdsworth (Leeds)[3]
2 April 1983
Castleford 7 – 14 Hull
Try: England
Goal: Hyde		 Report Try: Day, Evans, O'Hara, Leuluai
Goal: Crooks
Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 26,031
Referee/s: Billy Thompson (Huddersfield)[4]

Final

Hull 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.

7 May 1983
Featherstone Rovers 14 – 12 Hull
Try: Hobbs (2)
Goal: Quinn (4)		 Report Try: Crooks, Leuluai
Goal: Crooks (3)
Wembley, London
Attendance: 84,969
Referee/s: Robin Whitfield (Widnes)[5]
Man of the Match: David Hobbs
FB 1 Nigel Barker
RW 2 John Marsden
RC 3 Steve Quinn
LC 4 John Gilbert
LW 5 Ken Kellett
SO 6 Alan Banks
SH 7 Terry Hudson (c)
PR 8 Michael Gibbins
HK 9 Raymond Handscombe
PR 10 Steven Hankins
SR 11 David Hobbs
SR 12 Tim Slatter
LF 13 Peter Smith
Substitutions:
IC 14 Paul Lyman
IC 15 Gary Siddall
Coach:
Allan Agar
FB 1 Gary Kemble
RW 2 Dane O'Hara
RC 3 Steve Evans
LC 4 James Leuluai
LW 5 Paul Prendiville
SO 6 David Topliss (c)
SH 7 Kevin Harkin
PR 8 Trevor Skerrett
HK 9 John Keith Bridges
PR 10 Richard Stone
SR 11 Paul Rose
SR 12 Lee Crooks
LF 13 Steve Norton
Substitutions:
IC 14 Terry Day
IC 15 Mick Crane
Coach:
Arthur Bunting

References

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