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1920-1921 National Challenge Cup Results

January 16, 2009 by Josh Hakala

Robins Dry Dock won the 1920/1921 National Challenge Cup title.

First Round
Eastern Bracket
Northern Massachusetts
10/16/20		Lynn Gas & Electric	7 : 1	Trimo FC
10/16/20		Fore River FC	1 : 2	General Electric FC
*replay orderd due to rules violations by General Electric FC
10/30/20	R	Fore River FC	5 : 0	General Electric FC
10/16/20		Arlington Mills	1 : 2	Boston City
10/16/20		Abbot Worsted	9 : 0	Chicopee Rovers
10/16/20		Hendee Indians	4 : 1	Smith & Dove FC
10/16/20		Farr Alpaca	4 : 2	United Shoe
Southern New England
10/16/20		St. Michael’s	1 : 1	Saylesville FC
10/30/20	R	St. Michael’s	1 : 1	Saylesville FC
11/7/20	R	St. Michael’s	3 : 1	Saylesville FC
10/16/20		J & P Coats	1 : 1	Fall River Rovers
10/30/20	R	J & P Coats	1 : 2	Fall River Rovers
10/16/20		Ashton & Berkeley	3 : 2	Clan Cameron
Connecticut
10/17/20		Hartford S.K.F.	1 : 0	New Departure FC
Southern New York
10/17/20		New York FC	0 : 1	Tebo Yacht Basin
New Jersey
10/17/20		Erie Juniors FC	0 : 5	Erie AA
10/17/20		Federal Shipyards	8 : 2	Athenia Steel
10/17/20		Babcock & Wilcox	2 : 4	Sprague FC
10/17/20		Bunker Hill	1 : 4	Paterson FC
Eastern Pennsylvania
10/16/20		J & J Dobson	4 : 3	Wolfenden Shore
10/16/20		North End FC	0 : 6	Disston AA
10/16/20		Hibernains FC	1 : 6	Bethlehem Steel
Western Bracket
Michigan
10/17/20		Solvay FC	1 : 5	Pontiac City
Ohio
10/16/20		Firestone FC	0 : 1	Goodrich FC
Western Pennsylvania
10/17/20		Dunlevy S.C.	2 : 0	H.R. Gieb Trainworks

Second Round
Eastern Bracket
Northern Massachusetts
11/6/20		Maple Leaf FC	0 : 3	Gray & Davis
11/6/20		Farr Alpaca	0 : 2	Boston City
11/6/20		Lynn Gas & Electric	3 : 2	Hendee Indians
11/20/20		Abbot Worsted	0 : 1	Fore River Rovers
Southern New England
10/30/20		Potter & Johnson	3 : 2	Colonial FC
11/6/20		Fairlawn Rovers	3 : 0	Ashton & Berkley
11/13/20		Greystone FC	1 : 8	Fall River Rovers
11/13/20		Young Thornton	2 : 4	St. Michael’s
Connecticut
11/7/20		Columbia Gramaphone	4 : 1	Hartford S.K.F.
11/7/20		Ansonia FC	3 : 1	Stamford FC
Southern New York
11/2/20		Tebo Yacht Basin	2 : 1	Brooklyn FC
11/7/20		Robins Dry Dock	4 : 0	Clan MacDuff
New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania
11/6/20		Erie AA	4 : 3	Bethlehem Steel
11/6/20		Disston AA	1 : 1	J & J Dobson FC
11/13/20	R	J & J Dobson FC	1 : 1	Disston AA
11/20/20	R	Disston AA	1 : 3	J & J Dobson FC
11/7/20		Paterson FC	4 : 1	Sprague FC
11/7/20		Cedar Cliff FC	1 : 7	Federal Ship FC
Western Bracket
Northwestern New York
11/7/20		Rochester City Moose	1 : 0	Rochester Celtic
11/7/20		McNaughton Rangers	3 : 1	Camera Works FC
11/14/20		Oneida Community FC	0 : 1	Kodak Park FC
Western Pennsylvania
11/7/20		Madison FC	2 : 1	Dunlevy FC
Ohio
11/7/20		Goodrich FC	2 : 1	White Motors FC
11/7/20		Greyhounds FC	1 : 1	Goodyear FC
11/14/20	R	Goodyear FC	1 : 1	Greyhounds FC
11/21/20	R	Greyhounds FC	1 : 3	Goodyear FC
Michigan
11/7/20		I.F.L. FC	0 : 0	Roses FC
11/14/20	R	Roses FC	2 : 1	I.F.L. FC
11/7/20		Magyar FC	0 : 2	Ulster FC
11/7/20		Pontiac City	5 : 0	One and All FC
11/7/20		Walkerville FC	2 : 4	Caledonian FC
Illinois & Wisconsin
11/7/20		Simco FC	2 : 0	Pullman FC
11/7/20		Rangers FC	0 : 2	Thistles FC
11/7/20		Swedish American AA	0 : 0	Harvey FC
11/14/20	R	Swedish American AA	3 : 1*	Harvey FC
		*Harvey FC protested, replay ordered
11/21/20	R	Harvey FC	1 : 0	Swedish American AA
11/7/20		Norwegian American AA	1 : 8	Bricklayers FC
Missouri
11/25/20		Ben Miller FC	2 : 5	Innisfall FC
11/25/20		St. Louis Screw	3 : 3*	Scullin Screw
		*St. Louis Screw disqualified for ineligible players, Scullin Screw awarded match

Third Round
Eastern Bracket
11/25/20		Tebo Yacht Basin	8 : 2	Ansonia S.C.
11/27/20		Potter & Johnson	0 : 1(aet)	Fairlawn Rovers
11/27/20		Grey & Davis	0 : 3	Fore River FC
11/27/20		Lynn Gas & Electric	3 : 1	Boston City
11/27/20		J & J Dobson	2 : 1	Paterson FC
11/28/20		Erie AA	3 : 1	Federal Shipyards
11/28/20		Robins Dry Dock	3 : 0	Columbia Graphophone
12/4/20		St. Micheal’s Club	0 : 4	Fall River Rovers
Western Bracket
11/28/20		Pontiac City	2 : 3	Caledonian FC
11/28/20		Goodrich FC	2 : 1	Goodyear FC
11/28/20		McNaughton Rangers	0 : 4	Kodak Park FC
11/28/20		Madison S.C.	3 : 1	Rochester City Moose
11/28/20		Harvey FC	2 : 1	Thistles FC
11/28/20		Simco FC	0 : 2	Bricklayers FC
11/28/20		Roses FC	3 : 0	Ulster FC
12/12/20		Innisfall FC	1 : 3	Scullin Steel

Fourth Round
Eastern Bracket
12/18/20		Fore River FC	3 : 1	Fall River Rovers
12/18/20		Fairlawn Rovers	3 : 1	Lynn Gas & Electric
12/18/20		Tebo Yach Basin	1 : 0	J & J Dobson
12/19/20		Robins Dry Dock	1 : 1	Erie AA
12/26/20	R	Robins Dry Dock	5 : 3	Erie AA
Western Bracket
12/12/20		Caledonian FC	2 : 1	Roses FC
12/12/20		Harvey FC	1 : 1	Bricklayers FC
12/19/20	R	Bricklayers FC	5 : 0	Harvey FC
12/25/20		Scullin Steel	3 : 0	Madison SC
12/26/20		Goodrich FC	w/o	Kodak Park FC

Quarterfinals
12/23/20		Caledonian FC	2 : 1	Goodrich FC
1/15/21		Tebo Yacht Basin	3 : 1	Fairlawn Rovers
1/23/21		Bricklayers FC	1 : 1	Scullin Steel
3/5/21		Robins Dry Dock	3 : 0	Fore River FC
1/30/21	R	Scullin Steel	2 : 1	Bricklayers FC
*replay ordered after Bricklayers protest was upheld
3/6/21	R	Scullin Steel	2 : 0	Bricklayers FC

Semifinals
3/12/21		Scullin Steel	2 : 1	Caledonia FC
3/27/21		Robins Dry Dock	3 : 0	Tebo Yacht Basin

Final
		at Fall River Athletic Field – Fall River, Massachusetts
4/19/21		Robins Dry Dock	4 : 2	Scullin Steel
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay

1919-1920 National Challenge Cup Results

January 16, 2009 by Josh Hakala

Ben Miller FC - 1920 National Challenge Cup champions — Ben Miller FC – 1920 National Challenge Cup champions

First Round
Southern New York
11/2/19		Robins Dry Dock	3 : 2	Morse Dry Dock
11/2/19		Interborough Rapid Transit	1 : 0	Longfellows FC
11/2/19		Greenpoint FC	1 : 2	New York FC
		Clan McDuff	0 : 1	Newburgh Shipyards
New Jersey
11/2/19		American FC	5 : 3	Victor AA
		Bunker Hill	1 : 3	Paterson FC
		Haledon Thistles	1 : 2	Babcock & Wilcox
11//19		Malta FC	7 : 2	Edison AFC
		Erie AA	w/o	West Hudson FC
Southern New England
		Crompton FC	4 : 1	J & P Coats
		New Bedford Celtics	0 : 0	St. Michael’s FC
		Fairlawn Rovers	2 : 3	Greystone Life Savers
Northern Massachusetts
11/2/19		Abbot Worsted	3 : 2	Lynn Hibernains
		United Shoe	6 : 1	Andover United
		General Electric	0 : 2	Fore River FC
11/1/19		Lynn Thistles	*	Lawrence League
		Boston City	0 : 2	Squantum
Connecticut
		Sons of St. George	vs.	Bridgeport Thistles
11/2/19		Bridgeport City	2 : 1	Bridgeport Rovers
Eastern Pennsylvania
11//19		J & J Dobson AA	8 : 1	Viscose FC
11//19		New York Ship	3 : 0	Sun Ship AFC
11/2/19		Merchants Ship	5 : 1	Germantown Boys
11/15/19		Bethlehem Steel	7 : 1	Puritan YML
11//19		Wolfenden Shore	2 : 4	Wanderers FC
Western Pennsylvania
		Madison FC	4 : 2	Beadling
		Cuddy FC	vs.	Pittsburgh Terminal
Ohio
11/2/19		Magyar American FC	6 : 1	Goodrich FC
11/2/19		Goodyear FC	2 : 1 (aet)	White Motor
11//19		Firestone FC	0 : 1	Bricklayers
Illinois
11//19		Harvey FC	0 : 1	Thistle FC
11/3/19		Magyar FC	0 : 6	Palmer Park
11/3/19		Bricklayers FC	3 : 1	Rangers AC

Second Round
Southern New York & New Jersey
11/27/19		New York FC	1 : 0	Paterson FC
11/23/19		Babcock & Wilcox	2 : 1	Interborough Rapid Transit
		Newburgh Shipyards	4 : 2	American FC
		Malta AC	0 : 2	Tebo Yacht Basin
		Erie AA	8 : 1	West Side AFC
11/30/19		Federal Ship	2 : 3	Robins Dry Dock
Eastern Pennsylvania
11/29/19		Bethlehem Steel	3: 0	Merchant Ship
		Wanderers	3 : 1	Disston AA
11//19		New York Ship	2 : 2	J & J Dobson AA
Southern New England
		Fall River Rovers	4 : 1	Greystone Life Savers
		New Bedford Celtics	1 : 3	J & P Coats
Northern Massachusetts
11//19		Chicopee Rovers	0 : 1	Fore River FC
		Lynn Thistles	vs.	Squantum FC
		United Shoe	2 : 1	Abbot Worsted
Connecticut
		New Haven FC	3 : 1	Bridgeport Swedish AC
		Sons of St. George	2 : 4	Bridgeport City
Western Pennsylvania
		Pittsburgh Terminal Coal FC	5 : 2	Madison FC
		McKeesport National Tube	w/o	Cuddy AA
Northwestern New York
		Oneida Community	1 : 1	McNaughton Rangers
		Rochester City Moose	1 : 0	Rochester Celtics
Ohio
		Ideal Tire & Rubber	1 : 2	Goodyear FC
11/30/19		Bricklayers FC	3 : 1	Magyar American FC
Michigan
		Packard FC	3 : 1	Bricklayers FC
		Pontiac City FC	7 : 0	Vikings FC
		Rising Star FC	0 : 0	Detroit SFC
		Caledonia FC	4 : 0	Roses FC
Illinois
		Palmer Park	5 : 1	Thistles AFC
		Lake Forest FC	1 : 4	Lincoln Park FC
11/23/19		Olympia FC	5 : 1	Thistle FC
11/23/19		Bricklayers FC	1 : 0	Swedish American FC
Missouri
		Ben Miller FC	6 : 1	Innisfalls FC
		Scullin Steel	3 : 1	St. Louis Screw

Third Round
Eastern Bracket
12/24/19		Robins Dry Dock	3 : 1	Tebo Yacht Basin
12/29/19		New York FC	1 : 1*	Erie AA
		*match stopped after 70 minutes due to broken crossbar, replay ordered
1/6/20	R	New York FC	2 : 1 (aet)	Erie AA
12/27/19		Bethlehem Steel	1 : 0	New York Ship
12/28/19		Fore River Rovers	3 : 1	J & P Coats
1/1/20		Babcock & Wilcox	0 : 1	Newburgh Shipyards
1/1/20		Lynn Thistles	0 : 2	Fall River Rovers
1/1/20		United Shoe	3 : 1	New Haven
1/5/20		Bridgeport City	0 : 4	Wanderers FC
Western Bracket
12/25/19		Rochester City Moose	3 : 1	McNaughton Rangers
1/4/20		Ben Miller FC	2 : 1	Scullin Steel
1/5/20		Packard FC	2 : 1	Rising Star FC
1/8/20		Bricklayers FC (Cle.)	1 : 3	Goodyear FC
1/8/20		Pittsburgh Terminal	1 : 2	McKeesport National Tube
3/20/20		Olympia FC	3 : 3 (aet)	Palmer Park
3/31/20	R	Olympia FC	3 : 1	Palmer Park
3/29/20		Pontiac City	0 : 8	Caledonia FC
		Bricklayers FC (Chi.)	w/o	Lincoln Park FC

Fourth Round
Eastern Bracket
3/20/20		Bethlehem Steel	10 : 0	Wanderers FC
3/22/20		Robins Dry Dock	4 : 0	Fall River Rovers
3/27/20		Fore River Rovers	3 : 0	United Shoe
3/28/20		New York FC	2 : 1	Newburg Shipyards
Western Bracket
2/6/20		Goodyear FC	1 : 2	Rochester City Moose
2/10/20		Ben Miller FC	3 : 2	McKeesport FC
3/28/20		Bricklayers & Masons	1 : 2	Olympia FC
		Packard FC	3 : 2	Caledonia FC

Quarterfinals
4/4/20		Robins Dry Dock	1 : 0	Bethlehem Steel
4/5/20		Ben Miller FC	2 : 1	Olympia FC
4/5/20		Fore River Rovers	3 : 0	New York FC
4/23/20		Packard FC	5 : 1	Rochester City Moose

Semifinals
4/10/20		Fore River Rovers	2 : 0	Robins Dry Dock
4/25/20		Ben Miller FC	4 : 2	Packard FC

Final
at Handlan’s Park, St. Louis, Missouri
5/8/20		Ben Miller FC	2 : 1	Fore River Rovers
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay