1904–05 Challenge Cup

1904–05 Challenge Cup
Duration	6 rounds
Highest attendance	19,638
Winners	Warrington
Runners-up	Hull Kingston Rovers

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

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

First round

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

Second round

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

Quarterfinals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
01 Apr	Broughton Rangers	16–10	Wakefield Trinity
01 Apr	Hull Kingston Rovers	8–2	Hunslet
01 Apr	Oldham	0–0	Bradford
01 Apr	Warrington	13–0	Wigan
05 Apr - replay	Bradford	8–5	Oldham

Semifinals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
15 Apr	Hull Kingston Rovers	10–6	Broughton Rangers
15 Apr	Warrington	7–2	Bradford

Final

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

References

↑ 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.

External links

Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1904/05 results at Rugby League Project

[Challenge_Cup-1] John Huxley; David Howes (1980). Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. pp. 41–43. ISBN 0-7091-8133-7.

[2] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[Records-3] Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

[4] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

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Challenge Cup
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Warrington squad – 1904–05 Challenge Cup Final winners
1 Jack Hallam (c) 2 Jack Fish 3 Danny Isherwood 4 George Dickenson 5 Tommy Kenyon 6 Dai Davies 7 Ernest Brooks 8 Alfred Boardman 9 George Thomas 10 Frank Shugars 11 G. Jolley 12 James Belton (W. Belton?) 13 Arthur "Crack" Naylor 14 Walter Swift 15 Bill Harmer (J. Harmer?) Coach: … unknown
№14 and №15 were forwards, as the role of interchange/substitute was not introduced until 1964