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

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Wakefield Trinity
Runners-up	Huddersfield
Lance Todd Trophy	Neil Fox
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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.^[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 Geoff 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