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1 Preliminary round  




2 First round  




3 Second round  




4 Third round  




5 Semi finals  




6 Final  


6.1  Replay  






7 References  




8 External links  













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1981–82 State Express Challenge Cup
Duration6 Rounds
Number of teams33
Winners Hull
Runners-up Widnes
Lance Todd Trophy Eddie Cunningham
  • 1982–83 →

    • The 1981–82 Challenge Cup was the 81st 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 Widnes and Hull F.C.atWembley. The match ended as a draw, resulting in a replay being staged at Elland Road, which Hull won 18–9.

    Preliminary round[edit]

    Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
    1 Hull Kingston Rovers 22–18 Featherstone Rovers 8,090

    First round[edit]

    Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
    1 St. Helens 12–20 Wigan 7,611
    2 Workington Town 32–8 Blackpool Borough 1,410
    3 Batley 23–15 Huyton 908
    4 Bradford Northern 14–12 Dewsbury 4,176
    5 Bramley 4–16 Wakefield Trinity 3,180
    6 Cardiff City 8–19 Widnes 6,484
    7 Carlisle 2–17 Castleford 5,452
    8 Doncaster 6–7 Rochdale Hornets 736
    9 Fulham 14–4 Hunslet 3,392
    10 Halifax 17–12 Huddersfield 3,991
    11 Hull 29–15 Salford 13,697
    12 Keighley 6–12 Barrow 4,015
    13 Leigh 28–17 Warrington 10,366
    14 Swinton 5–15 Oldham 4,095
    15 Whitehaven 7–17 Hull Kingston Rovers 3,965
    16 York 6–34 Leeds 6,862

    Second round[edit]

    Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
    1 Hull Kingston Rovers 17–18 Leigh 12,034
    2 Barrow 1–9 Leeds 9,677
    3 Batley 6–31 Castleford 3,754
    4 Bradford Northern 17–8 Workington Town 5,134
    5 Fulham 5–11 Hull 9,481
    6 Halifax 28–7 Rochdale Hornets 3,919
    7 Wakefield Trinity 18–12 Oldham 6,567
    8 Wigan 7–9 Widnes 17,467

    Third round[edit]

    Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
    1 Bradford Northern 8–8 Widnes 9,570
    replay Widnes 10–7 Bradford Northern 11,877
    2 Hull 16–10 Halifax 16,555
    3 Leigh 3–8 Castleford 11,791
    4 Wakefield Trinity 2–20 Leeds 10,579

    Semi finals[edit]

    27 March 1982
    Hull 15 – 11 Castleford
    Try: Kemble, Norton, O'Hara, Prendiville
    Goal: Crooks
    Drop goal: Topliss     		Report
    		 Try: Reilly
    Goal: Hyde (4)

    Headingley, Leeds
    Attendance: 21,207
    Referee: Billy Thompson (Huddersfield)[1]

    3 April 1982
    Widnes 11 – 8 Leeds
    Try: Basnett (2), O'Loughlin
    Goal: J. Myler     		Report
    		 Try: Dyl, Heron
    Goal: Dick

    Station Road, Swinton
    Attendance: 13,075
    Referee: Fred Lindop (Wakefield)[2]

    Final[edit]

    Widnes returned to Wembley as defending champions, having won the Challenge Cup for the sixth time in their history in the previous year.

    1 May 1982
    Hull 14 – 14 Widnes
    Try: Norton, O'Hara
    Goal: Lloyd (4)     		Report
    		 Try: Cunningham (2), Wright
    Goal: Burke, Gregory
    Drop goal: Elwell

    Wembley, London
    Attendance: 92,147
    Referee: Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
    Player of the Match: Eddie Cunningham

    Widnes led by eight points with 15 minutes of the game remaining, but Hull F.C. came back to draw the match 14–14, meaning the final would be replayed for the first time since 1954.[3]

    Replay[edit]

    19 May 1982
    Hull 18 – 9 Widnes
    Try: Kemble, Topliss (2), Crooks
    Goal: Crooks (3)     		Report
    		 Try: Wright
    Goal: Burke (3)

    Elland Road, Leeds
    Attendance: 41,171
    Referee: Fred Lindop (Wakefield)
    Player of the Match: David Topliss[4]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Kennedy, Edward (29 March 1982). "Hull weather storm". The Guardian. p. 17. ProQuest 186264954.
  • ^ "O'Loughlin takes a winning stroll". The Observer. London. 4 April 1982. p. 48. ProQuest 476755126.
  • ^ Nicholson, Geoffrey (2 May 1982). "One Hull of a fightback". The Observer. London. p. 41. ProQuest 476766355.
  • ^ "Totally Topliss". The Guardian. 20 May 1982. p. 26. ProQuest 186308640.

    • External links[edit]


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