1905–06 Challenge Cup
Rugby league competition
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The 1905–06 Challenge Cup was the 10th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
The final was contested by Bradford F.C. and Salford at Headingley, Leeds in front of a crowd of 15,834 on Saturday 28 April 1906.[2][3] Bradford won the Cup in their first appearance in the final by a score of 5-0.[4]
Intermediate round
The intermediate, or qualifying, round matches were played on 17 February 1906.
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow St.George's | 5–7 | Brookland |
| Brighouse Rangers | 2–0 | Huddersfield |
| Castleford | 6–21 | Keighley |
| Egerton | 6–3 | Widnes Rangers |
| Hull Newington | 0–21 | Pontefract |
| Leigh Shamrocks | 3–3 | Chadderton |
| Millom | 3–5 | Morecambe |
| Normanton | 8–4 | Bramley |
| Otley | 5–8 | Featherstone Rovers |
| Parton | 2–2 | Egremont |
| Rochdale Rangers | 0–8 | Rochdale Hornets |
| St Helens | 0–3 | Runcorn |
| Victoria Rangers | 8–0 | Hebden Bridge |
| York | 15–0 | New Blackpool |
| source:[5] | ||
Replays
The two replays were played on 24 February 1906.
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Chadderton | 0–4 | Leigh Shamrocks |
| Egremont | 10–0 | Parton |
| source:[5] | ||
First round
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Batley | 6–5 | Warrington |
| Brighouse Rangers | 13–0 | Morecambe |
| Broughton Rangers | 14–5 | Barrow |
| Egerton | 9–0 | Leigh Shamrocks |
| Featherstone Rovers | 16–5 | Brookland |
| Halifax | 20–5 | Hunslet |
| Hull FC | 6–0 | Runcorn |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 12–5 | Dewsbury |
| Keighley | 13–0 | Egremont |
| Leeds | 17–0 | Normanton |
| Pontefract | 0–12 | Oldham |
| Rochdale Hornets | 0–6 | Salford |
| Swinton | 2–4 | Leigh |
| Victoria Rangers | 0–0 | Widnes |
| Wakefield Trinity | 0-5 | Bradford |
| York | 5-4 | Wigan |
| source:[5] | ||
Replay
The replayed fixture was played on 7 March 1906.
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Widnes | 8–3 | Victoria Rangers |
| source:[5] | ||
Second round
Second round fixtures were played on 17 March 1906.
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Batley | 19–0 | York |
| Bradford | 15–0 | Leigh |
| Brighouse Rangers | 0–0 | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Featherstone Rovers | 23–2 | Widnes |
| Hull FC | 0–5 | Keighley |
| Leeds | 0–2 | Broughton Rangers |
| Oldham | 2–5 | Halifax |
| Salford | 38–5 | Egerton |
| source:[5] | ||
Replay
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Hull Kingston Rovers | 29–0 | Brighouse Rangers |
| source:[5] | ||
Third round
The third round fixtures were played on 31 March 1906.
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Batley | 15–0 | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Bradford | 0–0 | Halifax |
| Keighley | 3–0 | Featherstone Rovers |
| Salford | 2–2 | Broughton Rangers |
| source:[5] | ||
Replays
The two drawn matches were replayed the following week. Halifax played Bradford on 3 April with Broughton Rangers v Salford played on 4 April.
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax | 2–8 | Bradford |
| Broughton Rangers | 3–3 | Salford |
| source:[5] | ||
The Broughton v Salford tie required a second replay to decide the fixture and this was played at Wigan on 6 April.
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Salford | 5–3 | Broughton Rangers |
| source:[5] | ||
Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played at neutral venues on 14 April 1906.
| First team | Score | Second team | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 11–3 | Batley | Hudderfield |
| Salford | 6–3 | Keighley | Warrington |
| source:[5] | |||