1905–06 Challenge Cup

{{Infobox Rugby football league challenge cup

|title = 1905–06 Challenge Cup

|duration = 6 rounds

|no_of_teams =

|highest_attendance = 15,834

|season = 1905–06

|season_champs = Bradford

|season_champ_name = Winners

|second_place = Salford

|prevseason_link = 1904–05 Challenge Cup

|prevseason_year = 1904–05

|nextseason_link = 1906–07 Challenge Cup

|nextseason_year = 1906–07

}}

The 1905–06 Challenge Cup was the 10th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Rugby League Football|author1=John Huxley|author2=David Howes|year=1980|publisher=Robert Hale|location=London|isbn=0-7091-8133-7|pages=41–43}}

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.{{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 }}{{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}} Bradford won the Cup in their first appearance in the final by a score of 5-0.{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 |title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour |access-date=29 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 }}

Intermediate round

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

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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

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=Replays=

The two replays were played on 24 February 1906.

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Chadderton

| 0–4

| Leigh Shamrocks

Egremont

| 10–0

| Parton

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First round

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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

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=Replay=

The replayed fixture was played on 7 March 1906.

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Widnes

| 8–3

| Victoria Rangers

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Second round

Second round fixtures were played on 17 March 1906.

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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

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Hull Kingston Rovers

|29–0

|Brighouse Rangers

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Third round

The third round fixtures were played on 31 March 1906.

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Batley

|15–0

|Hull Kingston Rovers

Bradford

|0–0

|Halifax

Keighley

|3–0

|Featherstone Rovers

Salford

2–2

|Broughton Rangers

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=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.

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Halifax

|2–8

|Bradford

Broughton Rangers

|3–3

|Salford

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The Broughton v Salford tie required a second replay to decide the fixture and this was played at Wigan on 6 April.

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Salford

|5–3

|Broughton Rangers

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Semi-finals

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

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Bradford

| 11–3

| Batley

| Hudderfield

Salford

| 6–3

| Keighley

| Warrington

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Final

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 28 April 1906

| time =

| team1 = Bradford

| tries1 = Brear

| goals1 = Laidlaw

| score = 5–0

| report = [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19060430/083/0005 Report]

| team2 = Salford

| stadium = Headingley, Leeds

| attendance = 15,834

| referee = W McCutcheon

| manofmatch =

}}

References

External links

[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-1905-06/results.html Challenge Cup 1905/06 results] at Rugby League Project

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