# 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 one | Team two | Score two |
| 15 March 1902 | Altrincham | 12 | Carnforth | 4 |
| 15 March 1902 | Askam | 0 | Widnes | 3 |
| 15 March 1902 | Aspatria | 2 | Rochdale Hornets | 4 |
| 15 March 1902 | Batley | 8 | Brighouse Rangers | 4 |
| 15 March 1902 | Castleford | 15 | Hebden Bridge | 7 |
| 15 March 1902 | Dewsbury | 10 | Manningham | 3 |
| 15 March 1902 | Featherstone | 0 | Todmorden | 38 |
| 15 March 1902 | Halifax | 0 | Swinton | 2 |
| 15 March 1902 | Heckmondwike | 5 | Birkenhead | 0 |
| 15 March 1902 | Holbeck | 29 | Alverthorpe | 8 |
| 15 March 1902 | Hull FC | 28 | York | 0 |
| 15 March 1902 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 7 | St Helens | 0 |
| 15 March 1902 | Hunslet | 37 | Wath Brow Hornets | 0 |
| 15 March 1902 | Keighley | 7 | Broughton Rangers | 15 |
| 15 March 1902 | Kendal Hornets | 0 | Huddersfield | 22 |
| 15 March 1902 | Kirkstall | 3 | Eastmoor | 0 |
| 15 March 1902 | Leigh | 2 | Runcorn | 2 |
| 15 March 1902 | Maryport | 0 | Oldham | 27 |
| 15 March 1902 | Ossett | 5 | Seaton Rangers | 2 |
| 15 March 1902 | Otley | 0 | Leeds | 5 |
| 15 March 1902 | Outwood Church | 5 | Morecambe | 5 |
| 15 March 1902 | Penrith Utd | 0 | Whitehaven Recs | 2 |
| 15 March 1902 | Radcliffe | 6 | Goole | 7 |
| 15 March 1902 | Salford | 28 | Pontefract | 2 |
| 15 March 1902 | South Shields | 5 | Bradford | 23 |
| 15 March 1902 | Stockport | 18 | Liversedge | 2 |
| 15 March 1902 | Wakefield Trinity | 5 | Normanton | 2 |
| 15 March 1902 | Warrington | 6 | Barrow | 0 |
| 15 March 1902 | Werneth | 4 | Lancaster | 6 |
| 15 March 1902 | Wigan | 2 | Bramley | 0 |
| 15 March 1902 | Windhill | 5 | Millom | 0 |
| 19 March 1902 | Morecambe | 15 | Outwood Church | 0 |
| 19 March 1902 | Runcorn | 8 | Leigh | 0 |

## Second round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 22 March 1902 | Altrincham | 0 | Batley | 16 |
| 22 March 1902 | Broughton Rangers | 5 | Stockport | 0 |
| 22 March 1902 | Castleford | 16 | Wigan | 0 |
| 22 March 1902 | Dewsbury | 0 | Salford | 2 |
| 22 March 1902 | Goole | 3 | Kirkstall | 3 |
| 22 March 1902 | Heckmondwike | 7 | Holbeck | 5 |
| 22 March 1902 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 5 | Hull FC | 10 |
| 22 March 1902 | Idle | 5 | Whitehaven Recs | 5 |
| 22 March 1902 | Lancaster | 2 | Hunslet | 7 |
| 22 March 1902 | Morecambe | 6 | Swinton | 17 |
| 22 March 1902 | Ossett | 15 | Todmorden | 2 |
| 22 March 1902 | Rochdale Hornets | 9 | Huddersfield | 19 |
| 22 March 1902 | Runcorn | 10 | Oldham | 0 |
| 22 March 1902 | Warrington | 0 | Bradford | 11 |
| 22 March 1902 | Widnes | 16 | Wakefield Trinity | 7 |
| 22 March 1902 | Windhill | 0 | Leeds | 31 |
| 26 March 1902 | Kirkstall | 0 | Goole | 3 |
| 26 March 1902 | Whitehaven Recs | 6 | Idle | 3 |

## Third round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 29 March 1902 | Batley | 15 | Bradford | 10 |
| 29 March 1902 | Broughton Rangers | 13 | Hull FC | 2 |
| 29 March 1902 | Castleford | 6 | Runcorn | 5 |
| 29 March 1902 | Heckmondwike | 7 | Ossett | 4 |
| 29 March 1902 | Huddersfield | 11 | Leeds | 0 |
| 29 March 1902 | Salford | 67 | Goole | 0 |
| 29 March 1902 | Swinton | 34 | Whitehaven Recs | 0 |
| 29 March 1902 | Widnes | 5 | Hunslet | 5 |
| 2 April 1902 | Hunslet | 21 | Widnes | 0 |

## Quarterfinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 5 April 1902 | Batley | 21 | Castleford | 2 |
| 5 April 1902 | Broughton Rangers | 13 | Swinton | 0 |
| 5 April 1902 | Heckmondwike | 2 | Hunslet | 2 |
| 5 April 1902 | Huddersfield | 6 | Salford | 9 |
| 5 April 1902 | Hunslet | 6 | Heckmondwike | 2 |

## Semifinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 12 April 1902 | Hunslet | 5 | Broughton Rangers | 9 |
| 12 April 1902 | Salford | 8 | Batley | 0 |

## 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.
* 26 April 1902
| Broughton Rangers | 25 – 0 | Salford |
| | Report | |
* Athletic Grounds, Rochdale Attendance: 15,006
| 1 | J. Fielding |
| 2 | A. Widdeson |
| 3 | Frank Harry |
| 4 | Robert Wilson (c) |
| 5 | Andrew Hogg |
| 6 | Willie James |
| 7 | Sam James |
| 8 | H. Woodhead |
| 9 | George Woodhead |
| 10 | Billy Winskill |
| 11 | Stead |
| 12 | Bill Oram |
| 13 | Jim Trotter |
| 14 | J. Garrety |
| 15 | Charlie Thompson |
| 1 | Dan Smith |
| 2 | Ernest Bone |
| 3 | Tom Williams |
| 4 | Dai Davies |
| 5 | Horace Price |
| 6 | James Lomas |
| 7 | Ben Griffiths |
| 8 | Jack Rhapps |
| 9 | Pat Tunney |
| 10 | George Heath |
| 11 | William Brown |
| 12 | Herbert Buckler |
| 13 | Robert Shaw |
| 14 | Jack Williams |
| 15 | Miles Gledhill |