| 1904–05 Challenge Cup | |
| Duration: | 6 rounds |
| Highest Attendance: | 19,638 |
| Season: | 1904–05 |
| Season Champs: | Warrington |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Second Place: | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Prevseason Link: | 1903–04 Challenge Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 1903–04 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1905–06 Challenge Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 1905–06 |
The 1904–05 Challenge Cup was the 9th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
Warrington, the previous year's beaten finalists, won the Cup at their third attempt.[2]
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | 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 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | 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 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | 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 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | 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 |
| width=100 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=50 | Score one | width=250 | Team two | width=50 | Score two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr | Hull Kingston Rovers | 10 | Broughton Rangers | 6 | |||||
| 15 Apr | Warrington | 7 | Bradford | 2 |
The final was contested by Warrington and Hull Kingston Rovers at Headingley in Leeds[3] on Saturday 29 April 1905, in front of a crowd of 19,638.[4] Warrington beat Hull KR 6–0.