title: 1904–05 Challenge Cup
text: # 1904–05 Challenge Cup
  
  The 1904–05 Challenge Cup was the 9th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.
  
  Warrington, the previous year's beaten finalists, won the Cup at their third attempt.
  
  ## 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 on Saturday 29 April 1905, in front of a crowd of 19,638. Warrington beat Hull KR 6–0.
  
  * 29 April 1905
  
  | Warrington | 6 – 0 | Hull Kingston Rovers |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Report | |
  
  * Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 19,638
  