1992–93 Challenge Cup

The 1993 Challenge Cup was the 92nd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, the final was contested by Wigan and Widnes at Wembley. Wigan won the match 20–14.^[1][2] This the first time that the final had been contested by 2 teams who had played in the preliminary round and this was the last time that the preliminary round would be played

1993 Silk Cut Challenge Cup

Duration	6 Rounds
Broadcast partners	BBC
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Widnes
Lance Todd Trophy	Dean Bell
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Preliminary round

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
13 January 1993	Widnes	Swinton	62-14
17 January 1993	Batley	Blackpool	20-10
17 January 1993	Wigan	Hull FC	40-2

First round

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
30 January 1993	Warrington	Castleford	6-21
31 January 1993	Bradford Northern	Workington Town	28-18
31 January 1993	Chorley Borough	Batley	6-20
31 January 1993	Dewsbury	Wigan	4-20
30 January 1993	Featherstone Rovers	St Helens	22-24
31 January 1993	Halifax	Carlisle	66-16
31 January 1993	Huddersfield	Nottingham	66-1
31 January 1993	Hull Kingston Rovers	Bramley	30-0
31 January 1993	Hunslet	Ryedale-York	27-22
31 January 1993	Keighley	Highfield	86-0
31 January 1993	Leeds	Barrow	54-18
31 January 1993	Oldham	London	34-6
31 January 1993	Rochdale Hornets	Doncaster	34-13
31 January 1993	Salford	Wakefield Trinity	12-20
31 January 1993	Sheffield Eagles	Leigh	32-5
31 January 1993	Whitehaven	Widnes	8-20

Second round

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
13 February 1993	Sheffield	Widnes	6-52
14 February 1993	Wakefield Trinity	Bradford Northern	18-20
14 February 1993	Wigan	St Helens	23-3
14 February 1993	Hull Kingston Rovers	Keighley	30-28
14 February 1993	Halifax	Batley	30-20
14 February 1993	Oldham	Huddersfield	20-17
14 February 1993	Castleford	Hunslet	34-16
17 February 1993	Leeds	Rochdale	68-6

Quarter-finals

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
27 February 1993	Halifax	Wigan	18-19
27 February 1993	Hull Kingston Rovers	Widnes	4-4
28 February 1993	Oldham	Bradford Northern	4-42
3 March 1993	Leeds	Castleford	12-8
3 March 1993	Widnes	Hull Kingston Rovers	16-11

Semi finals

13 March 1993

Widnes	39 – 4	Leeds
Try: Davies (2), Myers (2), Currier, Devereux, Spruce Goal: Davies (5) Drop goal: Goulding	Report	Goal: Irving (2)

Central Park, Wigan Attendance: 13,823

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27 March 1993

Wigan	15 – 6	Bradford Northern
Try: Hampson, Farrar Goal: Botica (3) Drop goal: Edwards	Report	Try: Simpson Goal: Hobbs

Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 20,085

Final

1 May 1993

Wigan	20 – 14	Widnes
Try: Skerrett, Bell, Panapa Goal: Botica (4)	Report	Try: Eyres, Sorensen Goal: Davies (3)

Wembley, London Attendance: 78,348 Player of the Match: Dean Bell[3]

FB 1 Steve Hampson RW 2 Jason Robinson RC 3 Joe Lydon LC 4 Andrew Farrar LW 5 Martin Offiah SO 6 Frano Botica SH 7 Shaun Edwards PR 8 Kelvin Skerrett HK 9 Martin Dermott PR 10 Andy Platt SR 11 Denis Betts SR 12 Phil Clarke LF 13 Dean Bell (c) Substitutions: IC 14 Sam Panapa IC 15 Andy Farrell Coach: John Monie

FB 1 Stuart Spruce RW 2 John Devereux RC 3 Andy Currier LC 4 Darren Wright LW 5 David Myers SO 6 Jonathan Davies SH 7 Bobbie Goulding PR 8 Kurt Sorensen HK 9 Paul Hulme (c) PR 10 Harvey Howard SR 11 Esene Faimalo SR 12 Richard "Richie" Eyres LF 13 David Hulme Substitutions: IC 14 Julian O'Neill IC 15 Steve McCurrie Coach: Phil Larder