1961–62 Challenge Cup

The 1961–62 Challenge Cup was the 61st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[1]

1961–62 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
Winners Wakefield Trinity
Runners-up Huddersfield
Lance Todd Trophy Neil Fox

First round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
10 FebBarrow14Whitehaven3
10 FebBlackpool18Liverpool2
10 FebBrookhouse4Doncaster7
10 FebCastleford12Bradford Northern0
10 FebDewsbury5Halifax3
10 FebFeatherstone Rovers21Batley14
10 FebHunslet53Oldham St Annes10
10 FebKeighley3Wigan25
10 FebLeeds34Bramley6
10 FebOldham32Hull FC16
10 FebSalford2St Helens15
10 FebSwinton0Hull Kingston Rovers2
10 FebWakefield Trinity40Warrington18
10 FebWidnes3Leigh13
10 FebWorkington Town14Rochdale Hornets2
10 FebYork7Huddersfield8

Second round
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
03 MarBlackpool4Wakefield Trinity16
03 MarCastleford27Hunslet14
03 MarFeatherstone Rovers14Doncaster2
03 MarHull Kingston Rovers14Barrow5
03 MarLeigh7Leeds7
03 MarOldham0Workington Town5
03 MarSt Helens2Huddersfield13
03 MarWigan50Dewsbury2
05 MarLeeds16Leigh17

Quarterfinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
24 MarCastleford4Huddersfield4
24 MarFeatherstone Rovers23Leigh9
24 MarWakefield Trinity5Wigan4
24 MarWorkington Town3Hull Kingston Rovers15
28 MarHuddersfield10Castleford4

Semifinals
Date Team one Score one Team two Score two
11 AprWakefield Trinity9Featherstone Rovers0
14 AprHuddersfield6Hull Kingston Rovers0

Final

Wakefield Trinity beat Huddersfield 12-6 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 81,263. This was Wakefield Trinity’s third Challenge Cup final win in four Final appearances.[2] Neil Fox, their centre, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance. This has been the only time in a Rugby League Challenge Cup final that a place kick has not been converted. Fox dropped three goals for Wakefield Trinity, then worth two points each.

12 May 1962
Wakefield Trinity 12 – 6 Huddersfield
Try Fox, Hirst
Drop Goals Fox (3)		 Report
 Try Smales, Ramsden
Wembley, London
Attendance: 81,263
Referee: D T H Davies (Manchester)
Player of the Match: Neil Fox
1Gerry Round
2Fred Smith
3Alan Skene
4Neil Fox
5Kenneth Hirst
6Harold Poynton
7Keith Holliday
8Jack Wilkinson
9Geoffrey Oakes
10Albert Firth
11Brian Briggs
12Dennis Williamson
13Derek Turner (c)
Coach:
Ken Traill
1Frank Dyson
2Aiden Breen
3Leo Booth
4Ray Haywood
5Mike Wicks
6Harry Deighton
7Thomas Smales (c)
8Ted Slevin
9Don Close
10Ken Noble
11Mick Clark
12Kenneth Bowman
13Peter Ramsden
Coach:
Dave Valentine

References
  1. "Challenge Cup 1961/62". 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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