1920–21 Challenge Cup

1920–21 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Leigh
Runners-up	Halifax

The 1920–21 Challenge Cup was the 21st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition.

First round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
26 Feb	Askam	2	Bradford Northern	7
26 Feb	Dewsbury	12	Hull Kingston Rovers	0
26 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	41	Pendlebury	0
26 Feb	Halifax	5	Batley	0
26 Feb	Hull FC	5	Warrington	5
26 Feb	Hunslet	7	Leeds	8
26 Feb	Keighley	5	Rochdale Hornets	10
26 Feb	Leigh	0	York	0
26 Feb	Oldham	41	Elland Wanderers	5
26 Feb	St Helens Recs	9	Wigan	6
26 Feb	St Helens	0	Bramley	7
26 Feb	Salford	4	Barrow	0
26 Feb	Swinton	25	Hull BOCM	5
26 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	4	Huddersfield	8
26 Feb	Widnes	41	Dearham	5
26 Feb	Wigan Highfield	10	Broughton Rangers	15
02 Mar	Warrington	16	Hull FC	5
02 Mar	York	0	Leigh	3

Second round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
12 Mar	Bradford Northern	7	Swinton	3
12 Mar	Bramley	4	Halifax	13
12 Mar	Broughton Rangers	3	Rochdale Hornets	5
12 Mar	Featherstone Rovers	0	Dewsbury	22
12 Mar	Huddersfield	8	Oldham	3
12 Mar	Leigh	10	Warrington	10
12 Mar	St Helens Recs	0	Widnes	7
12 Mar	Salford	0	Leeds	21
16 Mar	Warrington	3	Leigh	8

Quarterfinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
02 Apr	Dewsbury	0	Rochdale Hornets	0
02 Apr	Halifax	5	Widnes	2
02 Apr	Huddersfield	5	Leeds	3
02 Apr	Leigh	7	Bradford Northern	0
05 Apr	Rochdale Hornets	5	Dewsbury	2

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
16 Apr	Halifax	2	Huddersfield	0
16 Apr	Leigh	10	Rochdale Hornets	0

Final

Leigh defeated Halifax 13-0 in the final played at The Cliff, Broughton in front of a crowd of 25,000.

This was Leigh’s first Challenge Cup final win in their first final appearance.