1968 Challenge Cup Final

The 1968 Challenge Cup Final also remembered as the Watersplash Final was a rugby league match contested between Leeds and Wakefield Trinity on 11 May 1968 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the 67th final of English rugby league's primary cup competition, the Challenge Cup. The match was played in virtually unplayable conditions due to the state of the waterlogged pitch caused by heavy downpours both before and during the game.

1968 (1968) Challenge Cup Final  ()
12 Total
LEE 47 11
WAK 73 10
Date11 May 1968
StadiumWembley Stadium
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Lance Todd Trophy winnerDon Fox, Wakefield Trinity
RefereesJohn Hebblethwaite
Attendance87,100
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters
Commentators

The final is best remembered for Wakefield's Don Fox missing a conversion from in front of the posts in the last minute of the game, handing Leeds an 11–10 victory. It was the club's eighth Challenge Cup win, and the first since 1957. Fox was the winner of the Lance Todd Trophy, as he had already been voted as man of the match before his miss.[1]

Match details

11 May 1968
15:00
Leeds 11 – 10 Wakefield Trinity
Try: Atkinson
Goal: Risman (4)
Report Try: Hirst (2)
Goal: Fox (2)
Wembley, London
Attendance: 87,100
Referee: John Hebblethwaite (York)
Man of the Match: Don Fox
FB1 Bev Risman
RW2 Alan Smith
RC3 Syd Hynes
LC4 Bernard Watson
LW5 John Atkinson
SO6 Mick Shoebottom
SH7 Barry Seabourne
PR8 Mick Clark (c)
HK9 Tony Crosby
PR10 Ken Eyre
SR11 Bill Ramsey
SR12 Albert Eyre
LF13 Ray Batten
Coach:
Roy Francis
FB1 Gary Cooper
RW2 Ken Hirst
RC3 Ian Brooke
LC4 Gert Coetzer
LW5 Kenneth Batty
SO6 Harold Poynton (c)
SH7 Ray Owen
PR8 David Jeanes
HK9 George Shepherd
PR10 Don Fox
SR11 Bob Haigh
SR12 Matthew McLeod
LF13 David Hawley
Coach:
Ken Traill

References

  1. Hadfield, Dave (26 August 2008). "Don Fox: Rugby league player famed for a missed kick in the Wembley mud". The Independent. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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