1920–21 Lancashire Cup
Rugby league season
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The 1920â21 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 6â3. 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.
| 1920â21 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout competition |
| Teams | 14 |
| Winners | Broughton Rangers |
| Runners-up | Leigh |
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
Round 1
Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 16 October 1920 | Oldham | 0â6 | Leigh | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 16 October 1920 | Rochdale Hornets | '11â5 | Salford | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 16 October 1920 | St Helens Recs | 16â0 | Barrow | City Road | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 16 October 1920 | St. Helens | 26â2 | Askam | Knowsley Road | 1 | [2] | ||||
| 5 | Sat 16 October 1920 | Swinton | 11â18 | Wigan | Chorley Road ground | [3] | |||||
| 6 | Sat 16 October 1920 | Wigan Highfield | 2â12 | Broughton Rangers | Tunstall Lane | 2 | |||||
| 7 | Warrington | bye | [4] | ||||||||
| 8 | Widnes | bye | [5] |
Round 2 â quarterfinals
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 30 October 1920 | Broughton Rangers | 6â2 | St. Helens | The Cliff | [2] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 30 October 1920 | Rochdale Hornets | 0â0 | Leigh | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 30 October 1920 | Warrington | 5â9 | St Helens Recs | Wilderspool | [4] | |||||
| 4 | Sat 30 October 1920 | Widnes | 13â12 | Wigan | Lowerhouse Lane | [3][5] | |||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 5 | Wed 3 November 1920 | Leigh | 9â7 | Rochdale Hornets | Mather Lane | ||||||
Round 3 â semifinals
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 13 November 1920 | Broughton Rangers | 9â4 | Widnes | The Cliff | [5] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 13 November 1920 | Leigh | 9â3 | 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 | 6â3 | Leigh | The Willows | 25000 | £1,800 | 3 | [6] |
Teams and scorers
| Broughton Rangers | â | 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 â Try = three (3) points â Goal = two (2) points â 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
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 1922â23
- 3 The Willows was the home ground of Salford