# 1902–03 Challenge Cup

The 1903 Challenge Cup was the 7th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. It featured clubs from the 1902-03 Northern Rugby Football Union season.

## First round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 14 Feb | Birkenhead | 15 | Werneth | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Bradford | 10 | Huddersfield | 5 |
| 14 Feb | Bramley | 10 | Pontefract | 5 |
| 14 Feb | Broughton Rangers | 0 | Oldham | 2 |
| 14 Feb | Castleford | 2 | Thrum Hall | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Dewsbury | 0 | Leeds | 15 |
| 14 Feb | Halifax | 34 | Salterhebble | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 | York | 6 |
| 14 Feb | Hunslet | 18 | Cleckheaton | 5 |
| 14 Feb | Keighley | 37 | Heckmondwike | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Kendal Hornets | 3 | Morecambe | 5 |
| 14 Feb | Kinsley | 0 | Brighouse Rangers | 8 |
| 14 Feb | Leigh | 0 | Swinton | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Manningham | 0 | Idle | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Millom | 10 | Lancaster | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Ossett | 0 | Otley | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Parton | 9 | Workington | 5 |
| 14 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | 33 | Alverthorpe | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Runcorn | 7 | Widnes | 2 |
| 14 Feb | St Helens | 6 | Warrington | 3 |
| 14 Feb | Seaton Rangers | 2 | Barrow | 5 |
| 14 Feb | South Shields | 58 | St. Paul's | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Sowerby Bridge | 5 | Batley | 14 |
| 14 Feb | Stockport | 0 | Wigan | 8 |
| 14 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 3 | Holbeck | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Wath Brow Hornets | 5 | Whitehaven Recs | 0 |
| 14 Feb | Windhill | 0 | Normanton | 8 |
| 18 Feb | Idle | 0 | Manningham | 12 |
| 18 Feb | Otley | 2 | Ossett | 0 |
| 18 Feb | Swinton | 5 | Leigh | 7 |

## Second round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 21 Feb | Bramley | 0 | Bradford | 9 |
| 21 Feb | Brighouse Rangers | 12 | South Shields | 2 |
| 21 Feb | Castleford | 0 | Halifax | 0 |
| 21 Feb | Hull Marlborough | 0 | Hull FC | 45 |
| 21 Feb | Maryport | 2 | Parton | 2 |
| 21 Feb | Morecambe | 0 | Millom | 0 |
| 21 Feb | Normanton | 2 | Batley | 9 |
| 21 Feb | Oldham | 4 | Wigan | 0 |
| 21 Feb | Outwood Church | 0 | Hunslet | 7 |
| 21 Feb | Runcorn | 18 | Birkenhead | 0 |
| 21 Feb | St Helens | 2 | Rochdale Hornets | 8 |
| 21 Feb | Salford | 11 | Leigh | 0 |
| 21 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 0 | Leeds | 13 |
| 21 Feb | Wath Brow Hornets | 5 | Barrow | 15 |
| 21 Feb | York | 17 | Otley | 2 |
| 24 Feb | Keighley | 12 | Manningham | 0 |
| 25 Feb | Halifax | 10 | Castleford | 3 |
| 25 Feb | Millom | 10 | Morecambe | 2 |
| 25 Feb | Parton | 0 | Maryport | 5 |

## Third round

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 07 Mar | Barrow | 7 | Batley | 2 |
| 07 Mar | Bradford | 0 | Oldham | 2 |
| 07 Mar | Halifax | 0 | Brighouse Rangers | 0 |
| 07 Mar | Hunslet | 5 | Leeds | 2 |
| 07 Mar | Keighley | 2 | York | 2 |
| 07 Mar | Millom | 0 | Hull FC | 7 |
| 07 Mar | Rochdale Hornets | 0 | Salford | 15 |
| 07 Mar | Runcorn | 17 | Maryport | 3 |
| 10 Mar | Brighouse Rangers | 2 | Halifax | 8 |
| 11 Mar | York | 12 | Keighley | 9 |

## Quarterfinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 21 Mar | Barrow | 0 | Hull FC | 3 |
| 21 Mar | Oldham | 8 | Hunslet | 0 |
| 21 Mar | Runcorn | 0 | Halifax | 2 |
| 21 Mar | York | 2 | Salford | 25 |

## Semifinals

| Date | Team one | Score one | Team two | Score two |
| 04 Apr | Halifax | 8 | Hull FC | 5 |
| 04 Apr | Salford | 0 | Oldham | 0 |
| 08 Apr | Salford | 8 | Oldham | 0 |

## Final

The final was contested by Halifax and Salford at Headingley Stadium in Leeds. on Saturday 25 April 1903, in front of a crowd of 32,507. Halifax were victorious, beating Salford 7–0.
* 25 April 1903
| Halifax | 7 – 0 | Salford |
| | Report | |
* Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 32,507
| 1 | William Little |
| 2 | William Wedgwood |
| 3 | W. "Wax" Williams, or W. W. Williams |
| 4 | Archie Rigg |
| 5 | Herbert Hadwen |
| 6 | Johnny Morley |
| 7 | Joe Riley |
| 8 | Jack Riley |
| 9 | Ike Bartle |
| 10 | Fred Mallinson |
| 11 | Jack Swinbank |
| 12 | Walter Morton |
| 13 | Fred Hammond |
| 14 | Billy Bulmer |
| 15 | R. S. "Bob" Winskill |
| 1 | Dan Smith |
| 2 | Archie Norris |
| 3 | Robert Messer |
| 4 | James Lomas |
| 5 | Thomas Bell |
| 6 | Zeke Harter |
| 7 | Ben Griffiths |
| 8 | Jack Williams |
| 9 | Jack Rhapps |
| 10 | Pat Tunney |
| 11 | George Heath |
| 12 | William Brown |
| 13 | Herbert Buckler |
| 14 | Robert Shaw |
| 15 | Hugh Shore |