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1920–21 Challenge Cup| Duration | 5 rounds |
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| Winners |  Leigh |
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| Runners-up |  Halifax |
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The 1920–21 Challenge Cup was the 21st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition.[1]
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Date
|
Team one
|
Score one
|
Team two
|
Score two
|
| 16 Apr |
Halifax |
2 |
Huddersfield |
0
|
| 16 Apr |
Leigh |
10 |
Rochdale Hornets |
0
|
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.
| Leigh
|
13 – 0
|
Halifax
|
Tries: Thomas (2), Parkinson
Goals: Clarkson (2)
|
|
|
|
|
| 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:
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- ^ "Challenge Cup 1920/21". Rugby League Project.
- ^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
- ^ "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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