1919–20 Challenge Cup

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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

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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
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 Hull BOCM 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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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
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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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
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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Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
27 Mar Huddersfield 17 Oldham 0
27 Mar Wigan 12 Hull FC 5

Final

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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

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  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.