# 1961–62 Challenge Cup

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 | 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 |