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    1920–21 Challenge Cup

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    1920–21 Challenge Cup
    Duration5 rounds
    Winners Leigh
    Runners-up Halifax
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    The 1920–21 Challenge Cup was the 21st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition.[1]

    First round[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

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

    Final[edit]

    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[edit]

    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.
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