1919–20 Challenge Cup

The 1919–20 Challenge Cup was the 20th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1919–20 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Huddersfield
Runners-up Wigan

First round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
21 FebBarrow17Hull Kingston Rovers4
21 FebBatley19Salford0
21 FebBradford Northern2Oldham2
21 FebBramley13Wigan Highfield0
21 FebBrookland0Halifax55
21 FebFeatherstone Rovers2Broughton Rangers17
21 FebHuddersfield19Swinton0
21 FebHull FC75Hull BOCM2
21 FebHunslet0St Helens Recs9
21 FebKeighley5York7
21 FebMillom5Leeds44
21 FebRochdale Hornets10Dewsbury7
21 FebSt Helens2Wakefield Trinity2
21 FebWarrington9Askham0
21 FebWidnes3Leigh0
21 FebWigan64Healey St Adults3
23 FebOldham28Bradford Northern3
24 FebWakefield Trinity2St Helens2
26 FebWakefield Trinity12St Helens3

Second round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
28 FebBramley5Broughton Rangers3
28 FebHull FC29Batley10
28 FebOldham9Warrington0
28 FebRochdale Hornets0Leeds5
28 FebSt Helens Recs9Barrow2
28 FebWakefield Trinity2Huddersfield3
28 FebWidnes4Halifax0
28 FebWigan35York5

Quarterfinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
13 MarBramley0Wigan10
13 MarHuddersfield2St Helens Recs2
13 MarOldham9Leeds0
13 MarWidnes0Hull FC3
17 MarSt Helens Recs6Huddersfield8

Semifinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
27 MarHuddersfield17Oldham0
27 MarWigan12Hull FC5

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]

References
  1. "Challenge Cup 1919/20". Rugby League Project.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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