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
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.
