1919–20 Challenge Cup Explained
1919–20 Challenge Cup |
Duration: | 5 rounds |
Season: | 1919–20 |
Season Champs: | Huddersfield |
Season Champ Name: | Winners |
Prevseason Link: | 1914–15 Challenge Cup |
Prevseason Year: | 1914–15 |
Nextseason Link: | 1920–21 Challenge Cup |
Nextseason Year: | 1920–21 |
The 1919–20 Challenge Cup was the 20th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]
First round
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21 Feb | Barrow | 17 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 4 |
21 Feb | Batley | 19 | Salford | 0 |
21 Feb | Bradford Northern | 2 | Oldham | 2 |
21 Feb | Bramley | 13 | Wigan Highfield | 0 |
21 Feb | Brookland | 0 | Halifax | 55 |
21 Feb | Featherstone Rovers | 2 | Broughton Rangers | 17 |
21 Feb | Huddersfield | 19 | Swinton | 0 |
21 Feb | Hull FC | 75 | | 2 |
21 Feb | Hunslet | 0 | St Helens Recs | 9 |
21 Feb | Keighley | 5 | York | 7 |
21 Feb | Millom | 5 | Leeds | 44 |
21 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | 10 | Dewsbury | 7 |
21 Feb | St Helens | 2 | Wakefield Trinity | 2 |
21 Feb | Warrington | 9 | Askham | 0 |
21 Feb | Widnes | 3 | Leigh | 0 |
21 Feb | Wigan | 64 | Healey St Adults | 3 |
23 Feb | Oldham | 28 | Bradford Northern | 3 |
24 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 2 | St Helens | 2 |
26 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 12 | St Helens | 3 | |
Second round
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28 Feb | Bramley | 5 | Broughton Rangers | 3 |
28 Feb | Hull FC | 29 | Batley | 10 |
28 Feb | Oldham | 9 | Warrington | 0 |
28 Feb | Rochdale Hornets | 0 | Leeds | 5 |
28 Feb | St Helens Recs | 9 | Barrow | 2 |
28 Feb | Wakefield Trinity | 2 | Huddersfield | 3 |
28 Feb | Widnes | 4 | Halifax | 0 |
28 Feb | Wigan | 35 | York | 5 | |
Quarterfinals
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13 Mar | Bramley | 0 | Wigan | 10 |
13 Mar | Huddersfield | 2 | St Helens Recs | 2 |
13 Mar | Oldham | 9 | Leeds | 0 |
13 Mar | Widnes | 0 | Hull FC | 3 |
17 Mar | St Helens Recs | 6 | Huddersfield | 8 | |
Semifinals
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27 Mar | Huddersfield | 17 | Oldham | 0 |
27 Mar | Wigan | 12 | Hull FC | 5 | |
Final
Huddersfield defeated Wigan 21-10 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Headingley, Leeds in front of a crowd of 14,000.
This was Huddersfield’s third Challenge Cup final win in their third final appearance. They retained the trophy, having won the Cup in the last season before the suspension due to the First World War.[2]
Notes and References
- Web site: Challenge Cup 1919/20. Rugby League Project.
- Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 2009-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 2009-04-03 . dead .