1901–02 Challenge Cup

The 1902 Challenge Cup was the 6th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1] It featured clubs from England's 1901-02 Northern Rugby Football Union season.

1902 Challenge Cup

Duration	6 rounds
Highest attendance	15,006
Winners	Broughton Rangers
Runners-up	Salford
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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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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