1905–06 Challenge Cup Duration 6 rounds Highest attendance 15,834 Winners Bradford Runners-up Salford
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 (at the time Bradford Park Avenue) 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]
Qualifier [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
17 Feb
Barrow St.George's
5
Brookland
7
17 Feb
Brighouse Rangers
2
Huddersfield
0
17 Feb
Castleford
6
Keighley
21
17 Feb
Egerton
6
Widnes Rangers
3
17 Feb
Hull Newington
0
Pontefract
21
17 Feb
Leigh Shamrocks
3
Chadderton
3
17 Feb
Millom
3
Morecambe
5
17 Feb
Normanton
8
Bramley
4
17 Feb
Otley
5
Featherstone Rovers
8
17 Feb
Parton
2
Egremont
2
17 Feb
Rochdale Rangers
0
Rochdale Hornets
8
17 Feb
St Helens
0
Runcorn
3
17 Feb
Vic Rangers
8
Hebden Bridge
0
17 Feb
York
15
New Blackpool
0
24 Feb
Chadderton
0
Leigh Shamrocks
4
24 Feb
Egremont
10
Parton
0
First Round [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
03 Mar
Batley
6
Warrington
5
03 Mar
Brighouse Rangers
13
Morecambe
0
03 Mar
Broughton Rangers
14
Barrow
5
03 Mar
Egerton
9
Leigh Shamrocks
0
03 Mar
Featherstone Rovers
16
Brookland
5
03 Mar
Halifax
20
Hunslet
5
03 Mar
Hull FC
6
Runcorn
0
03 Mar
Hull Kingston Rovers
12
Dewsbury
5
03 Mar
Keighley
13
Egremont
0
03 Mar
Leeds
17
Normanton
0
03 Mar
Pontefract
0
Oldham
12
03 Mar
Rochdale Hornets
0
Salford
6
03 Mar
Swinton
2
Leigh
4
03 Mar
Vic Rangers
0
Widnes
0
03 Mar
Wakefield Trinity
0
Bradford
5
03 Mar
York
5
Wigan
4
07 Mar
Widnes
8
Vic Rangers
3
Second Round [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
17 Mar
Batley
19
York
0
17 Mar
Bradford
15
Leigh
0
17 Mar
Brighouse Rangers
0
Hull Kingston Rovers
0
17 Mar
Featherstone Rovers
23
Widnes
2
17 Mar
Hull FC
0
Keighley
5
17 Mar
Leeds
0
Broughton Rangers
2
17 Mar
Oldham
2
Halifax
5
17 Mar
Salford
38
Egerton
5
21 Mar
Hull Kingston Rovers
29
Brighouse Rangers
0
Quarter Finals [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
31 Mar
Batley
15
Hull Kingston Rovers
0
31 Mar
Bradford
0
Halifax
0
31 Mar
Keighley
3
Featherstone Rovers
0
31 Mar
Salford
2
Broughton Rangers
2
03 Apr
Halifax
2
Bradford
8
04 Apr
Broughton Rangers
3
Salford
3
06 Apr
Salford
5
Broughton Rangers
3
Semi Finals [ ]
Date
Team One
Score One
Team Two
Score Two
14 Apr
Bradford
11
Batley
3
14 Apr
Salford
6
Keighley
3
Final [ ]
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 26 September 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 11 August 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017 .
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