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]
Hull F.C. returned to Wembley as defending champions, having won the Challenge Cup for the second time in their history in the previous year. Hull went into the match as strong favourites, but were surprisingly defeated by their opponents Featherstone Rovers.
^Newsum, Matt. "Featherstone's famous final: When Rovers shocked Hull at Wembley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
^Viller, Sam (4 September 2013). "Blast from the Past: Featherstone win the 1983 Challenge Cup". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
^Fitzpatrick, Paul (28 March 1983). "Northern waste Hanley heroics". The Guardian. London. p. 19. ProQuest 186367076.
^Fitzpatrick, Paul (4 April 1983). "Day's final fling". The Guardian. London. p. 15. ProQuest 186413646.
^Fitzpatrick, Paul (9 May 1983). "Hobbs is too hot as Hull freeze". The Guardian. London. p. 27. ProQuest 186359587.
External linksedit
Challenge Cup official website 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1982/83 results at Rugby League Project
April 13, 2024
1982, challenge, 82nd, staging, rugby, league, oldest, knockout, competition, challenge, known, state, express, challenge, sponsorship, reasons, final, contested, featherstone, rovers, hull, wembley, featherstone, match, considered, biggest, upsets, challenge,. 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 1982 83 State Express Challenge CupDuration6 RoundsNumber of teams33WinnersFeatherstone RoversRunners upHullLance Todd TrophyDavid Hobbs 1981 82 1983 84 Contents 1 Preliminary round 2 First round 3 Second round 4 Third round 5 Semi final 6 Final 7 References 8 External linksPreliminary round editTie no Home team Score Away team Attendance1 Wigan 14 4 Cardiff City 5 816First round editTie no Home team Score Away team Attendance1 Widnes 6 12 Leeds 5 8612 Barrow 18 6 Whitehaven 4 8983 Blackpool Borough 11 19 Hull 3 3884 Huddersfield 5 13 Halifax 2 6565 Hunslet 12 11 Hull Kingston Rovers 4 4416 Salford 12 5 Leigh 6 5197 Swinton 21 13 Doncaster 1 0278 Wakefield Trinity 27 5 Keighley 3 4469 Warrington 41 3 Bramley 3 24110 St Helens 52 0 Carlisle 2 87511 Bradford Northern 23 5 York 2 68512 Featherstone Rovers 21 5 Batley 1 37413 Oldham 5 8 Workington Town 2 98714 Rochdale Hornets 4 24 Fulham 70115 Wigan 7 17 Castleford 10 73716 Dewsbury 7 13 Huyton 563Second round editTie no Home team Score Away team Attendance1 Hull 32 15 Wakefield Trinity 11 1972 Barrow 9 14 Castleford 6 7793 Fulham 4 11 Bradford Northern 4 9764 Hunslet 17 8 Halifax 4 1305 Leeds 13 23 St Helens 12 4836 Salford 11 17 Featherstone Rovers 4 1697 Warrington 34 2 Huyton 2 8258 Workington Town 14 9 Swinton 1 751Third round editTie no Home team Score Away team Attendance1 St Helens 10 11 Featherstone Rovers 6 1252 Hunslet 8 13 Castleford 14 0043 Warrington 4 10 Hull 10 2804 Workington Town 0 17 Bradford Northern 3 894Semi final edit26 March 1983Bradford Northern 6 11 Featherstone RoversTry Hanley Van Bellen Report Try Gilbert Hudson Marsden Goal QuinnHeadingley LeedsAttendance 10 784Referee John Holdsworth Leeds 3 2 April 1983Castleford 7 14 HullTry England Goal Hyde Report Try Day Evans O Hara Leuluai Goal CrooksElland Road LeedsAttendance 26 031Referee Billy Thompson Huddersfield 4 Final editHull F C returned to Wembley as defending champions having won the Challenge Cup for the second time in their history in the previous year Hull went into the match as strong favourites but were surprisingly defeated by their opponents Featherstone Rovers 7 May 1983Featherstone Rovers 14 12 HullTry Hobbs 2 Goal Quinn 4 Report Try Crooks Leuluai Goal Crooks 3 Wembley LondonAttendance 84 969Referee Robin Whitfield Widnes 5 Player of the Match David Hobbs FB 1 Nigel BarkerRW 2 John MarsdenRC 3 Steve QuinnLC 4 John GilbertLW 5 Ken KellettSO 6 Alan BanksSH 7 Terry Hudson c PR 8 Michael GibbinsHK 9 Raymond HandscombePR 10 Steven HankinsSR 11 David HobbsSR 12 Tim SlatterLF 13 Peter SmithSubstitutions IC 14 Paul LymanIC 15 Gary SiddallCoach Allan Agar FB 1 Gary KembleRW 2 Dane O HaraRC 3 Steve EvansLC 4 James LeuluaiLW 5 Paul PrendivilleSO 6 David Topliss c SH 7 Kevin HarkinPR 8 Trevor SkerrettHK 9 John Keith BridgesPR 10 Richard Charlie StoneSR 11 Paul RoseSR 12 Lee CrooksLF 13 Steve NortonSubstitutions IC 14 Terry DayIC 15 Mick CraneCoach Arthur BuntingReferences edit Newsum Matt Featherstone s famous final When Rovers shocked Hull at Wembley BBC Sport Retrieved 3 July 2014 Viller Sam 4 September 2013 Blast from the Past Featherstone win the 1983 Challenge Cup Love Rugby League Retrieved 3 July 2014 Fitzpatrick Paul 28 March 1983 Northern waste Hanley heroics The Guardian London p 19 ProQuest 186367076 Fitzpatrick Paul 4 April 1983 Day s final fling The Guardian London p 15 ProQuest 186413646 Fitzpatrick Paul 9 May 1983 Hobbs is too hot as Hull freeze The Guardian London p 27 ProQuest 186359587 External links editChallenge Cup official website Archived 2014 01 22 at the Wayback Machine Challenge Cup 1982 83 results at Rugby League Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1982 83 Challenge Cup amp oldid 1140757047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
