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
RefereeJohn Hebblethwaite
Attendance87,100
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters
Commentators

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.

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)
Player of the Match: Don Fox
FB1England Bev Risman
RW2England Alan Smith
RC3England Syd Hynes
LC4England Bernard Watson
LW5England John Atkinson
SO6England Mick Shoebottom
SH7England Barry Seabourne
PR8England Mick Clark (c)
HK9England Tony Crosby
PR10England Ken Eyre
SR11England Bill Ramsey
SR12England Albert Eyre
LF13England Ray Batten
Coach:
Roy Francis
FB1England Gary Cooper
RW2England Ken Hirst
RC3England Ian Brooke
LC4South Africa Gert Coetzer
LW5England Kenneth Batty
SO6England Harold Poynton (c)
SH7England Ray Owen
PR8England David Jeanes
HK9England George Shepherd
PR10England Don Fox
SR11England Bob Haigh
SR12England Matthew McLeod
LF13England 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. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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