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

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Leigh
Runners-up	Halifax
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First round

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

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

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

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

Final

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

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. from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.