1968 Challenge Cup final

Rugby league match in England April 2022 1968 Challenge Cup Final The old Wembley Stadium (cropped).jpg 200px The final took place at Wembley Stadium Leeds Wakefield Trinity LEE Leeds 16 WAK Wakefield 16 4 7 11 7 3 10 11 May 1968 Wembley Stadium London, United Kingdom Lance Todd Trophy winner Don Fox, Wakefield Trinity John Hebblethwaite 87,100 BBC Sport Eddie Waring Finals The 1968 Challenge Cup Final, or 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 waterlogged state of the pitchcaused by heavy downpours both before and during the game. 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.Hadfield Dave Don Fox: Rugby league player famed for a missed kick in the Wembley mud https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/don-fox-rugby-league-player-famed-for-a-missed-kick-in-the-wembley-mud-908521.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/don-fox-rugby-league-player-famed-for-a-missed-kick-in-the-wembley-mud-908521.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 9 August 2014 26 August 2008 Match details 11 May 1968 15:00 Leeds 11 – 10 Wakefield Trinity Try: Atkinson Goal: Risman (4) Try: Hirst (2) Goal: Fox (2) Wembley, London 87,100 John Hebblethwaite (York) Don Fox Report FB 1 England Bev RismanRW 2 England Alan SmithRC 3 England Syd HynesLC 4 England Bernard WatsonLW 5 England John AtkinsonSO 6 England Mick ShoebottomSH 7 England Barry SeabournePR 8 England Mick Clark (c)HK 9 England Tony CrosbyPR 10 England Ken EyreSR 11 England Bill RamseySR 12 England Albert EyreLF 13 England Ray BattenCoach: Roy Francis FB 1 England Gary CooperRW 2 England Ken HirstRC 3 England Ian BrookeLC 4 South Africa 1928 Gert CoetzerLW 5 England Kenneth BattySO 6 England Harold Poynton (c)SH 7 England Ray OwenPR 8 England David JeanesHK 9 England George ShepherdPR 10 England Don FoxSR 11 England Bob HaighSR 12 England Matthew McLeodLF 13 England David HawleyCoach: Ken Traill References External links Pathe News coverage of the Rugby Cup Final 1968 Rugby Football League website 1968 Category:1968 in English rugby league Category:1968 in sport in London Category:May 1968 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Leeds Rhinos matches Category:Wakefield Trinity matches