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

First round

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

Second round

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

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

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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+The final was contested by [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]] and [[Hull Kingston Rovers]] at [[Headingley Rugby Stadium|Headingley]] in [[Leeds]]<ref name="Records">{{cite book |title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996|author1=Raymond Fletcher|author2=David Howes|year=1995|publisher=Headline Book Publishing |location=London |isbn=0-7472-7817-2|page=191}}</ref> on Saturday 29 April 1905, in front of a crowd of 19,638.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour |access-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |archive-date=3 April 2009 |url-status=dead |df= }}</ref> Warrington beat Hull KR 6–0.
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 ==References==
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+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.thechallengecup.com/ Challenge Cup official website]
+*[http://www.thechallengecup.com/ Challenge Cup official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122043124/http://www.thechallengecup.com/ |date=2014-01-22 }}
 *[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-1904-05/results.html Challenge Cup 1904/05 results] at Rugby League Project
+{{Warrington - 1904–05 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
 {{Challenge Cup}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:1904-05 Challenge Cup}}
 [[Category:Challenge Cup]]
 [[Category:1905 in English rugby league|Challenge Cup]]

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