1961–62 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1961–62 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 67th season of rugby league football.

1961–62 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League
Champions Huddersfield
League Leaders Wigan
Top point-scorer(s) Neil Fox 456
Top try-scorer(s) Billy Boston 51

Season summary

Huddersfield won their seventh Championship when they beat Wakefield Trinity 14-5 in the play-off final.

The Challenge Cup winners were Wakefield Trinity who beat Huddersfield 12-6 in the final.

At the end of this season the league was split into two divisions. The top 16 in the league formed Division 1 and the bottom 14 formed Division 2.[1]

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. St. Helens beat Swinton 25–9 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Leeds 19–9 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship
Team Pld W D L Pts
1Wigan36321365
2Wakefield Trinity36321365
3Featherstone Rovers36281757
4Huddersfield36252952
5Workington Town362501150
6Widnes362501150
7Leeds362501150
8Hull Kingston Rovers362401248
9St. Helens362301346
10Oldham362211345
11Swinton362111443
12Castleford362101542
13Bramley361941342
14Warrington361921540
15Halifax361831539
16Hull361811737
17Leigh361701934
18Barrow361412129
19Keighley361322128
20York361212325
21Salford361212325
22Whitehaven361122324
23Blackpool Borough361112423
24Rochdale Hornets36942322
25Hunslet361012521
26Batley36922520
27Dewsbury36822618
28Doncaster36812717
29Liverpool City36603012
30Bradford Northern36513011
  Play-offs

Play-offs
Semi-finals Championship Final
      
1 Wigan 11
4 Huddersfield 13
Huddersfield 14
Wakefield Trinity 5
2 Wakefield Trinity 13
3 Featherstone Rovers 8

Challenge Cup
Main article: 1961–62 Challenge Cup

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)
Man of the Match: Neil Fox
1Gerry Round
2Fred Smith
3Alan Skene
4Neil Fox
5Kenneth Hirst
6Harold Poynton
7Keith Holliday
8Jack Wilkinson
9Geoffrey Oakes
10Albert Firth
11Brian Briggs
12Dennis Williamson
13Derek Turner (c)
Coach:
Ken Traill
1Frank Dyson
2Aiden Breen
3Leo Booth
4Ray Haywood
5Mike Wicks
6Harry Deighton
7Thomas Smales (c)
8Ted Slevin
9Don Close
10Ken Noble
11Mick Clark
12Kenneth Bowman
13Peter Ramsden
Coach:
Dave Valentine

References
  1. "1961-62 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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