1961–62 Challenge Cup

1961–62 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Wakefield Trinity
Runners-up	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.

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

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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. 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 Aiden Breen 3 Leo Booth 4 Ray Haywood 5 Mike Wicks 6 Harry Deighton 7 Thomas Smales (c) 8 Ted Slevin 9 Don Close 10 Ken Noble 11 Mick Clark 12 Kenneth Bowman 13 Peter Ramsden Coach: Dave Valentine