1961–62 Challenge Cup

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1961–62 Challenge Cup
Duration5 rounds
WinnersWcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity
Runners-upGiantscolours.svg Huddersfield
Lance Todd Trophy Neil Fox

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

First Round[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
10 Feb Barrow 14 Whitehaven 3
10 Feb Blackpool 18 Liverpool 2
10 Feb Brookhouse 4 Doncaster 7
10 Feb Castleford 12 Bradford Northern 0
10 Feb Dewsbury 5 Halifax 3
10 Feb Featherstone Rovers 21 Batley 14
10 Feb Hunslet 53 Oldham St Annes 10
10 Feb Keighley 3 Wigan 25
10 Feb Leeds 34 Bramley 6
10 Feb Oldham 32 Hull FC 16
10 Feb Salford 2 St Helens 15
10 Feb Swinton 0 Hull Kingston Rovers 2
10 Feb Wakefield Trinity 40 Warrington 18
10 Feb Widnes 3 Leigh 13
10 Feb Workington Town 14 Rochdale Hornets 2
10 Feb York 7 Huddersfield 8

Second Round[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
03 Mar Blackpool 4 Wakefield Trinity 16
03 Mar Castleford 27 Hunslet 14
03 Mar Featherstone Rovers 14 Doncaster 2
03 Mar Hull Kingston Rovers 14 Barrow 5
03 Mar Leigh 7 Leeds 7
03 Mar Oldham 0 Workington Town 5
03 Mar St Helens 2 Huddersfield 13
03 Mar Wigan 50 Dewsbury 2
05 Mar Leeds 16 Leigh 17

Quarter Finals[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
24 Mar Castleford 4 Huddersfield 4
24 Mar Featherstone Rovers 23 Leigh 9
24 Mar Wakefield Trinity 5 Wigan 4
24 Mar Workington Town 3 Hull Kingston Rovers 15
28 Mar Huddersfield 10 Castleford 4

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score One Team Two Score Two
11 Apr Wakefield Trinity 9 Featherstone Rovers 0
14 Apr Huddersfield 6 Hull Kingston Rovers 0

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
1 Gerry Round
2 Fred Smith
3 Alan Skene
4 Neil Fox
5 Kenneth Hirst
6 Harold Poynton
7 Keith Holliday
8 Jack Wilkinson
9 Geoffrey Oakes
10 Albert Firth
11 Brian Briggs
12 Dennis Williamson
13 Derek Turner (c)
Coach:
Ken Traill
1 Frank Dyson
2
3
4
5
6
7 Thomas Smales (c)
8 Ted Slevin
9 Don Close
10
11
12 Kenneth Bowman
13 Peter 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 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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