1920–21 Lancashire Cup

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.

1920–21 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

[1]

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		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 - Quarter Finals

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	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 – Semi-Finals

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

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					Semi Finals					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

• 1920–21 Northern Rugby Football Union season

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

References

1. "Rugby League Project".
2. "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1920–21".
3. "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
4. "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1920".
5. "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1920–21".
6. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.