1983_Challenge_Cup

1982–83 State Express Challenge Cup
Duration	6 Rounds
Number of teams	33
Winners	Featherstone Rovers
Runners-up	Hull
Lance Todd Trophy	David Hobbs
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1982–83 Challenge Cup

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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.^[1]^[2]

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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

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

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

1983_Challenge_Cup

1982–83 Challenge Cup

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Third round

Semi final

Final

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