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

< 1960–61	Seasons	1962–63 >

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

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 Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Leeds 19–9 to win the Yorkshire 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

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.

References

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

Sources

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Huddersfield Giants

Based in Huddersfield, England

The Club	Players Coaches

Home grounds	Rifle Field Fartown Ground John Smith's 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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