1961–62 Northern Rugby Football League season

1961–62 Northern Rugby Football League season
League	Northern Rugby Football League
Champions	Huddersfield
League Leaders	Wigan
Top point-scorer(s)	Neil Fox 456
Top try-scorer(s)	Billy Boston 51
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The 1961–62 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 67th season of rugby league football.

Contents

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  1 Season summary
  


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  2 Championship
  
  • 
    2.1 Play-offs
    
  
  


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  3 Challenge Cup
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 Sources
  

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
1	Wigan	36	32	1	3	65
2	Wakefield Trinity	36	32	1	3	65
3	Featherstone Rovers	36	28	1	7	57
4	Huddersfield	36	25	2	9	52
5	Workington Town	36	25	0	11	50
6	Widnes	36	25	0	11	50
7	Leeds	36	25	0	11	50
8	Hull Kingston Rovers	36	24	0	12	48
9	St. Helens	36	23	0	13	46
10	Oldham	36	22	1	13	45
11	Swinton	36	21	1	14	43
12	Castleford	36	21	0	15	42
13	Bramley	36	19	4	13	42
14	Warrington	36	19	2	15	40
15	Halifax	36	18	3	15	39
16	Hull	36	18	1	17	37
17	Leigh	36	17	0	19	34
18	Barrow	36	14	1	21	29
19	Keighley	36	13	2	21	28
20	York	36	12	1	23	25
21	Salford	36	12	1	23	25
22	Whitehaven	36	11	2	23	24
23	Blackpool Borough	36	11	1	24	23
24	Rochdale Hornets	36	9	4	23	22
25	Hunslet	36	10	1	25	21
26	Batley	36	9	2	25	20
27	Dewsbury	36	8	2	26	18
28	Doncaster	36	8	1	27	17
29	Liverpool City	36	6	0	30	12
30	Bradford Northern	36	5	1	30	11

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 is 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

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 Valentine

v t e Wakefield Trinity squad – 1961–62 Challenge Cup Final winners
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
see also… 1961–62 season

v t e Huddersfield squad – 1961–62 Challenge Cup Final runners-up
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
see also 1961–62 season

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. 
   

Sources

• 1961-62 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com


• The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website

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v t e Huddersfield Giants
Based in Huddersfield, England
The Club	Players Coaches Seasons
Home grounds	Rifle Field Fartown Ground Leeds Road Kirklees Stadium
Hall of Fame	Albert Rosenfeld Harold Wagstaff Neil Fox Douglas Clark
League	Rugby Football League Super League
Championships (7)	1911-12 1912-13 1914-15 1928-29 1929-30 1948-49 1961-62
Challenge Cup (6)	1912-13 1914-15 1919-20 1932-33 1944-45 1952-53
Culture	NRFU Founder All Four Cups
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)

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