1920–21 Lancashire Cup

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

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Background

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

^[1]

Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 clubs

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

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

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Ref

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

Game No	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	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

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	3	^[6]

Teams and scorers

Broughton Rangers	№	Leigh

	teams
team unknown	1	team unknown
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12
	13

6	score	3
6	HT	0

	Scorers
	Tries
unknown	T
	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

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

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