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.
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1961, challenge, 61st, staging, rugby, league, oldest, knockout, competition, challenge, duration5, roundswinnerswakefield, trinityrunners, uphuddersfieldlance, todd, trophyneil, 1960, 1962, contents, first, round, second, round, quarterfinals, semifinals, fin. The 1961 62 Challenge Cup was the 61st staging of rugby league s oldest knockout competition the Challenge Cup 1 1961 62 Challenge CupDuration5 roundsWinnersWakefield TrinityRunners upHuddersfieldLance Todd TrophyNeil Fox 1960 61 1962 63 Contents 1 First round 2 Second round 3 Quarterfinals 4 Semifinals 5 Final 6 ReferencesFirst round editDate 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 8Second round editDate 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 17Quarterfinals editDate 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 4Semifinals editDate Team one Score one Team two Score two 11 Apr Wakefield Trinity 9 Featherstone Rovers 0 14 Apr Huddersfield 6 Hull Kingston Rovers 0Final editWakefield 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 LondonAttendance 81 263Referee 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 ValentineReferences edit Challenge Cup 1961 62 Rugby League Project RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour Archived from the original on 2009 04 03 Retrieved 2009 08 07 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1961 62 Challenge Cup amp oldid 1130107576, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
