1920–21 Challenge Cup

1920–21 Challenge Cup
Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Leigh
Runners-up	Halifax

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

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)	^[4]

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	Clifford Broadbent
SR	11	Jack Beames
SR	12	Selwyn Whiteley
LF	13	Tom Schofield
Coach:

References

↑ "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.
↑ "Leigh 13-0 Halifax - 30.04.1921". Rugby League Records. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

[1] "Challenge Cup 1920/21". Rugby League Project.

[Records-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.

[4] "Leigh 13-0 Halifax - 30.04.1921". Rugby League Records. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

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