1904–05 Challenge Cup

The 1904–05 Challenge Cup was the 9th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

Warrington, the previous year's beaten finalists, won the Cup at their third attempt.^[2]

Qualifier[edit]

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
18 Feb	Barrow St.George's	2	Morecambe	8
18 Feb	Barrow	11	Millom	0
18 Feb	Beverley	2	York	9
18 Feb	Bramley	0	Keighley	3
18 Feb	Brighouse Rangers	6	Normanton	8
18 Feb	Brookland	5	Maryport	10
18 Feb	Castleford	24	Lancaster	7
18 Feb	Huddersfield	20	Vic Rangers	3
18 Feb	Ossett	5	Sharlston Rovers	0
18 Feb	Pontefract	2	Dewsbury	22
18 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	2	Chadderton	0
18 Feb	Rochdale Rangers	10	Egerton	9
18 Feb	Seaton Rangers	3	Parton	5
25 Feb	Brookland	2	Maryport	0

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
04 Mar	Batley	13	Barrow	5
04 Mar	Bradford	42	Castleford	5
04 Mar	Brookland	5	Hull Kingston Rovers	73
04 Mar	Broughton Rangers	8	Runcorn	0
04 Mar	Halifax	2	Dewsbury	0
04 Mar	Huddersfield	5	York	0
04 Mar	Hull FC	52	Leigh Shamrocks	0
04 Mar	Hunslet	22	Parton	3
04 Mar	Keighley	8	Salford	0
04 Mar	Leeds	20	Ossett	0
04 Mar	Leigh	3	Wigan	0
04 Mar	Oldham	16	Normanton	3
04 Mar	St Helens	9	Rochdale Rangers	2
04 Mar	Swinton	8	Rochdale Hornets	3
04 Mar	Warrington	30	Morecambe	0
04 Mar	Widnes	3	Wakefield Trinity	5
22 Mar	Wigan	5	Leigh	0

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
18 Mar	Batley	10	Oldham	14
18 Mar	Broughton Rangers	18	St Helens	0
18 Mar	Huddersfield	3	Wakefield Trinity	3
18 Mar	Hull FC	5	Hunslet	7
18 Mar	Hull Kingston Rovers	3	Leeds	0
18 Mar	Swinton	0	Bradford	6
18 Mar	Warrington	3	Keighley	3
21 Mar	Keighley	0	Warrington	7
22 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	7	Huddersfield	0
25 Mar	Wigan	5	Halifax	2

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
01 Apr	Broughton Rangers	16	Wakefield Trinity	10
01 Apr	Hull Kingston Rovers	8	Hunslet	2
01 Apr	Oldham	0	Bradford	0
01 Apr	Warrington	13	Wigan	0
05 Apr	Bradford	8	Oldham	5

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
15 Apr	Hull Kingston Rovers	10	Broughton Rangers	6
15 Apr	Warrington	7	Bradford	2

The final was contested by Warrington and Hull Kingston Rovers at Headingley in Leeds^[3] on Saturday 29 April 1905, in front of a crowd of 19,638.^[4] Warrington beat Hull KR 6–0.

29 April 1905

Warrington	6 – 0	Hull Kingston Rovers
	Report

Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 19,638

^ John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7.
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.