1920–21 Challenge Cup

The 1920–21 Challenge Cup was the 21st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition.[1]

1920–21 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Leigh
Runners-up Halifax

First round

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
26 Feb Askam 2 Bradford Northern 7
26 Feb Dewsbury 12 Hull Kingston Rovers 0
26 Feb Featherstone Rovers 41 Pendlebury 0
26 Feb Halifax 5 Batley 0
26 Feb Hull FC 5 Warrington 5
26 Feb Hunslet 7 Leeds 8
26 Feb Keighley 5 Rochdale Hornets 10
26 Feb Leigh 0 York 0
26 Feb Oldham 41 Elland Wanderers 5
26 Feb St Helens Recs 9 Wigan 6
26 Feb St Helens 0 Bramley 7
26 Feb Salford 4 Barrow 0
26 Feb Swinton 25 Hull BOCM 5
26 Feb Wakefield Trinity 4 Huddersfield 8
26 Feb Widnes 41 Dearham 5
26 Feb Wigan Highfield 10 Broughton Rangers 15
02 Mar Warrington 16 Hull FC 5
02 Mar York 0 Leigh 3

Second round

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
12 Mar Bradford Northern 7 Swinton 3
12 Mar Bramley 4 Halifax 13
12 Mar Broughton Rangers 3 Rochdale Hornets 5
12 Mar Featherstone Rovers 0 Dewsbury 22
12 Mar Huddersfield 8 Oldham 3
12 Mar Leigh 10 Warrington 10
12 Mar St Helens Recs 0 Widnes 7
12 Mar Salford 0 Leeds 21
16 Mar Warrington 3 Leigh 8

Quarterfinals

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
02 Apr Dewsbury 0 Rochdale Hornets 0
02 Apr Halifax 5 Widnes 2
02 Apr Huddersfield 5 Leeds 3
02 Apr Leigh 7 Bradford Northern 0
05 Apr Rochdale Hornets 5 Dewsbury 2

Semifinals

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
16 Apr Halifax 2 Huddersfield 0
16 Apr Leigh 10 Rochdale Hornets 0

Final

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Leigh defeated Halifax 13-0 in the final played at The Cliff, Broughton in front of a crowd of 25,000. [2][3]

This was Leigh’s first Challenge Cup final win in their first final appearance.

30 April 1921
Leigh 13 – 0 Halifax
Tries: Thomas (2), Parkinson
Goals: Clarkson (2)
The Cliff, Broughton
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: F. Renton (Hunslet)
FB 1 Tommy Clarkson
RW 2 Fred Hurst
RC 3 Peter Heaton
LC 4 Emlyn Thomas
LW 5 Cyril Braund
SO 6 Billy Parkinson
SH 7 Walter Mooney (c)
PR 8 Jim Winstanley
HK 9 Joe Cartwright
PR 10 Jack Prosser
SR 11 Joe Darwell
SR 12 Fred Coffey
LF 13 Ernie Boardman
Coach:
FB 1 Clem Garforth
RW 2 Reg Turnbull
RC 3 Albert Ackroyd
LC 4 Cyril Stacey
LW 5 Frank Todd
SO 6 Bobby Lloyd
SH 7 Stuart Prosser
PR 8 Tom Gibson
HK 9 Alf Milnes
PR 10 Broadbent
SR 11 Jack Beames
SR 12 Whiteley
LF 13 Tom Schofield
Coach:

References

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  1. ^ "Challenge Cup 1920/21". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  3. ^ "Club Records". LeighRL.co.uk. Leigh Centurions Rugby League Club. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.