1968–69 Challenge Cup

1968–69 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 Rounds
Number of teams	32
Highest attendance	97,939
Broadcast partners	BBC
Winners	Castleford
Runners-up	Salford
Lance Todd Trophy	Mal Reilly

The 1968–69 Challenge Cup was the 68th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

The final was contested by Castleford and Salford at Wembley in front of a crowd of 97,939. Castleford won the match 11–6.

The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Castleford loose forward Mal Reilly.

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
24 Jan	Wigan	Leigh Miners W.	61-0
25 Jan	Dewsbury	Bradford Northern	7-21
25 Jan	Halifax	Leeds	12-17
25 Jan	Hull	St Helens	3-13
25 Jan	Hunslet	Castleford	7-19
25 Jan	Keighley	Whitehaven	23-22
25 Jan	Leigh	Rochdale Hornets	4-13
25 Jan	Oldham	Hull Kingston Rovers	12-10
25 Jan	Salford	Batley	17-2
25 Jan	Wakefield Trinity	Ackworth	50-7
25 Jan	Workington Town	Swinton	5-2
26 Jan	Doncaster	Featherstone Rovers	3-4
26 Jan	Huddersfield	Barrow	13-5
26 Jan	Widnes	York	23-8
28 Jan	Huyton	Warrington	2-5
01 Feb	Blackpool	Bramley	10-17

Second round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
15 Feb	Castleford	Wigan	12-8
22 Feb	Salford	Workington Town	12-5
22 Feb	Warrington	Huddersfield	29-8
22 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Bramley	7-7
24 Feb	Keighley	Leeds	2-17
25 Feb	Oldham	St Helens	6-15
26 Feb	Bradford Northern	Wakefield Trinity	7-7
26 Feb	Bramley	Rochdale Hornets	4-7
26 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Widnes	7-9
27 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	Bradford Northern	10-0

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
01 Mar	Warrington	St Helens	4-2
01 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	Rochdale Hornets	10-10
01 Mar	Castleford	Leeds	9-5
02 Mar	Salford	Widnes	20-7
05 Mar	Rochdale Hornets	Wakefield Trinity	2-15

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
22 Mar	Castleford	Wakefield Trinity	16-10
29 Mar	Warrington	Salford	8-15

Final

17 May 1969

Castleford	11 – 6	Salford
Try: Howe, Hardisty, Hepworth Goal: Redfearn	Report	Goal: Hill (3)

Wembley, London Attendance: 97,939 Referee: D. S. Brown (Preston) Player of the Match: Mal Reilly

FB 1 Derek Edwards RW 2 Trevor Briggs RC 3 Keith Howe LC 4 Tony Thomas LW 5 Alan Lowndes SO 6 Alan Hardisty (c) SH 7 Keith Hepworth PR 8 Dennis Hartley HK 9 Clive Dickinson PR 10 John Ward SR 11 Mick Redfearn SR 12 Brian Lockwood LF 13 Mal Reilly Substitutes (not used): IC 14 Dennis Harris IC 15 Frank Fox Coach: Derek Turner

FB 1 Ken Gwilliam RW 2 Bill Burgess RC 3 Stuart Whitehead LC 4 Chris Hesketh LW 5 Paul Jackson SO 6 David Watkins (c) SH 7 Jack Brennan PR 8 Terry Ogden HK 9 Martin Dickens PR 10 Charlie Bott SR 11 Mike Coulman SR 12 Colin Dixon LF 13 Ron Hill Substitutes (not used): IC 14 Bob Prosser IC 15 Peter Smethurst Coach: Griff Jenkins

References

• Platt, Darrell (1991). A History of Salford Rugby League Club. Salford Rugby League Club.

External links

• "Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)". CasTigers.net. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
• Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Challenge Cup 1968/69 results at Rugby League Project