1920–21 Lancashire Cup

Rugby league season

1920–21 Lancashire Cup
Structure	Regional knockout competition
Teams	14
Winners	Broughton Rangers
Runners-up	Leigh
← 1919–20 1921–22 →

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ドル. Both set new records at the time; the previous highest attendance was 20,000 in 1911.

Background

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The 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

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Round 1

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Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 clubs

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec
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

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Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att
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

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Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
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

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Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
Saturday 4 December 1920	Broughton Rangers	6–3	Leigh	The Willows	25000	1,800ドル	3	^[6]

Teams and scorers

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Broughton Rangers	No	Leigh
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

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First 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

Notes

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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