The 1920–21 Lancashire Cup competition was the thirteenth playing of this regional rugby league competition. Broughton Rangers beat Leigh in the final at The Willows, Salford by a score of 6–3. The attendance at the final was 25,000 and receipts £1800. Both set new records at the time; the previous highest attendance was 20,000 in 1911.
1920–21 Lancashire Cup | |
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Structure | Regional knockout competition |
Teams | 14 |
Winners | Broughton Rangers |
Runners-up | Leigh |
Background
editThe number of teams entering this year's competition was increased by 2 from the previous season's 12 to 14 with the introduction of two junior/amateur clubs Wigan Highfield (who would become members of the league in two years time), and Cumbrian team Askam. This enabled the competition to be run with only 2 byes in the first round.
Competition and results
editRound 1
editInvolved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 clubs
Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 16 October 1920 | Oldham | 0–6 | Leigh | Watersheddings | ||||||
2 | Sat 16 October 1920 | Rochdale Hornets | '11–5 | Salford | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
3 | Sat 16 October 1920 | St Helens Recs | 16–0 | Barrow | City Road | ||||||
4 | Sat 16 October 1920 | St. Helens | 26–2 | Askam | Knowsley Road | 1 | [2] | ||||
5 | Sat 16 October 1920 | Swinton | 11–18 | Wigan | Chorley Road ground | [3] | |||||
6 | Sat 16 October 1920 | Wigan Highfield | 2–12 | Broughton Rangers | Tunstall Lane | 2 | |||||
7 | Warrington | bye | [4] | ||||||||
8 | Widnes | bye | [5] |
Round 2 – quarterfinals
editGame No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 30 October 1920 | Broughton Rangers | 6–2 | St. Helens | The Cliff | [2] | |||||
2 | Sat 30 October 1920 | Rochdale Hornets | 0–0 | Leigh | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
3 | Sat 30 October 1920 | Warrington | 5–9 | St Helens Recs | Wilderspool | [4] | |||||
4 | Sat 30 October 1920 | Widnes | 13–12 | Wigan | Lowerhouse Lane | [3][5] | |||||
Replay | |||||||||||
5 | Wed 3 November 1920 | Leigh | 9–7 | Rochdale Hornets | Mather Lane |
Round 3 – semifinals
editGame No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 13 November 1920 | Broughton Rangers | 9–4 | Widnes | The Cliff | [5] | |||||
2 | Sat 13 November 1920 | Leigh | 9–3 | St Helens Recs | Mather Lane |
Final
editGame No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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Saturday 4 December 1920 | Broughton Rangers | 6–3 | Leigh | The Willows | 25000 | £1,800 | 3 | [6] |
Teams and scorers
editBroughton Rangers | № | Leigh |
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teams | ||
team unknown | 1 | Tommy Clarkson |
2 | George Higham | |
3 | Dai Price | |
4 | Wyndham Emery | |
5 | Stanley Rowe | |
6 | Bert Ganley (c) | |
7 | Emlyn Thomas | |
8 | Jim Winstanley | |
9 | Joe Cartwright | |
10 | Jack Prosser | |
11 | Joe Darwell | |
12 | Fred Coffey | |
13 | Dai Davies | |
6 | score | 3 |
6 | HT | 0 |
Scorers | ||
Tries | ||
unknown | T | George Higham |
T | ||
Goals | ||
G | ||
Drop Goals | ||
DG | ||
Referee | ||
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
editFirst round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
Wigan Highfield | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Broughton Rangers | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Broughton Rangers | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Askam | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Broughton Rangers | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Broughton Rangers | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 0(7) | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 0(9) | ||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
St Helens Recs | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
St Helens Recs | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
St Helens Recs | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 0 |
See also
editNotes
edit- 1 Askam are a junior (or amateur) team from the neighbourhood of Barrow in Cumbria (originally the Furness district of Lancashire).
- 2 Wigan Highfield were at the time a Junior (or amateur) Club. They joined the league in season 1922–23
- 3 The Willows was the home ground of Salford
References
edit- ^ "Rugby League Project".
- ^ a b "Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1920–21".
- ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ^ a b "Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1920".
- ^ a b c "Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1920–21".
- ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991–1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.