1905–06 Challenge Cup

1905–06 Challenge Cup
Duration	6 rounds
Highest attendance	15,834
Winners	Bradford
Runners-up	Salford
	← 1904–05; 1906–07 →;

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[edit]

The intermediate, or qualifying, round matches were played on 17 February 1906.

**Intermediate round fixtures**
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[edit]

The two replays were played on 24 February 1906.

**Intermediate round replays**
Home	Score	Away
Chadderton	0–4	Leigh Shamrocks
Egremont	10–0	Parton
source:^[5]

First round[edit]

**First round fixtures**
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
source:^[5]

Replay[edit]

The replayed fixture was played on 7 March 1906.

**First round replay**
Home	Score	Away
Widnes	8–3	Victoria Rangers
source:^[5]

Second round[edit]

Second round fixtures were played on 17 March 1906.

**Second round fixtures**
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[edit]

**Second round replay**
Home	Score	Away
Hull Kingston Rovers	29–0	Brighouse Rangers
source:^[5]

Third round[edit]

The third round fixtures were played on 31 March 1906.

**Third round fixtures**
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[edit]

The two drawn matches were replayed the following week. Halifax played Bradford on 3 April with Broughton Rangers v Salford played on 4 April.

**Third round replays**
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.

**Third round second replay**
Home	Score	Away
Salford	5–3	Broughton Rangers
source:^[5]

Semi-finals[edit]

The semi-finals were played at neutral venues on 14 April 1906.

**Second round fixtures**
First team	Score	Second team	Venue
Bradford	11–3	Batley	Hudderfield
Salford	6–3	Keighley	Warrington
source:^[5]

Final[edit]

28 April 1906

Bradford	5–0	Salford
	Report

Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 15,834
Referee: W McCutcheon

References[edit]

^ 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 27 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 29 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Northern Union Cup Final". Yorkshire Post. No. 18362. 30 April 1906. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links[edit]

Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1905/06 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 27 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 29 January 2017.

[YP30041906-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Northern Union Cup Final". Yorkshire Post. No. 18362. 30 April 1906. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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