The 1983–84 Challenge Cup was the 83rd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the State Express Challenge Cup due to sponsorship by State Express 555, the final was contested by Widnes and Wigan at Wembley. Widnes won the match 19–6.
Preliminary round Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance 1 Fulham 14–4 Swinton 1,680 2 Carlisle 12–20 Widnes 1,271
First round Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance 1 Kent Invicta 20–42 Castleford 1,643 2 Barrow 12–14 Workington Town 5,132 3 Blackpool Borough 10–27 Hull Kingston Rovers 2,758 4 Bradford Northern 20–4 Featherstone Rovers 7,542 5 Bramley 10–10 Wigan 3,968 Replay Wigan 34–4 Bramley 5,815 6 Cardiff City 6–34 Hull 2,735 7 Doncaster 11–8 Batley 634 8 Halifax 7–19 Wakefield Trinity 4,402 9 Hunslet 21–10 Keighley 1,466 10 Oldham 28–10 Huyton 2,552 11 Rochdale Hornets 8–17 York 756 12 St. Helens 16–10 Leigh 6,556 13 Salford 16–24 Leeds 4,299 14 Warrington 34–16 Huddersfield 3,064 15 Whitehaven 10–17 Fulham 1,683 16 Widnes 54–10 Dewsbury 4,005
Second round Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance 1 St. Helens 24–14 Hull 5,815 2 Castleford 23–16 Warrington 8,029 3 Fulham 10–12 Widnes 3,591 4 Hull Kingston Rovers 40–7 Doncaster 6,959 5 Hunslet 7–17 Bradford Northern 6,956 6 Wakefield Trinity 12–20 York 3,222 7 Wigan 30–6 Oldham 9,515 8 Workington Town 3–12 Leeds 4,110
Third round Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance 1 Widnes 21–10 Hull Kingston Rovers 8,017 2 Leeds 13–13 Bradford Northern 17,494 Replay Bradford Northern 10–12 Leeds 18,424 3 St. Helens 7–16 Wigan 20,007 4 York 14–12 Castleford 8,529
Semi finals
Final Widnes were appearing at Wembley for the seventh time in the last ten years, while Wigan were making their first appearance in the final since 1970. Widnes were the winners of a fairly one-sided encounter by a score of 19–6, with Joe Lydon winning the Lance Todd Trophy.
FB 1 Mick BurkeRW 2 Stuart WrightRC 3 Eric Hughes (c)LC 4 Joe LydonLW 5 John BasnettSO 6 Keiron O'LoughlinSH 7 Andy GregoryPR 8 Steve O'NeillHK 9 Keith ElwellPR 10 Kevin TamatiSR 11 Les GorleySR 12 Mike O'NeillLF 13 Mick Adams Substitutions:IC 14 David HulmeIC 15 Fred WhitfieldCoach: Vince Karalius FB 1 Shaun EdwardsRW 2 Dennis RamsdaleRC 3 David StephensonLC 4 Colin WhitfieldLW 5 Henderson GillSO 6 Mark CannonSH 7 Gary StephensPR 8 Kerry HemsleyHK 9 Howie Tamati PR 10 Brian CaseSR 11 Graeme West (c)SR 12 Mick ScottLF 13 John PendleburySubstitutions:IC 14 Wayne ElvinIC 15 Brian JuliffCoach: Alex Murphy
References
External links Challenge Cup official website Challenge Cup 1983/84 results at Rugby League Project