1920 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout competition

Number of teams

Winners

Runners-up

< 1919 (Autumn)	Seasons	1921 >

The 1920 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.

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 - Quarter Finals

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 03 November 1920	Leigh	9-7	Rochdale Hornets	Mather Lane

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

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		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

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

↑ "Rugby League Project".
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1920–21".
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1920".
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1920–21".
↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

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