1961–62 Northern Rugby Football League season
Introduction 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.Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. St. Helens beat Swinton 25–9 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Leeds 19–9 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Championship TeamPldWDLPts1Wigan363213652Wakefield Trinity363213653Featherstone Rovers362817574Huddersfield362529525Workington Town3625011506Widnes3625011507Leeds3625011508Hull Kingston Rovers3624012489St. Helens36230134610Oldham36221134511Swinton36211144312Castleford36210154213Bramley36194134214Warrington36192154015Halifax36183153916Hull36181173717Leigh36170193418Barrow36141212919Keighley36132212820York36121232521Salford36121232522Whitehaven36112232423Blackpool Borough36111242324Rochdale Hornets3694232225Hunslet36101252126Batley3692252027Dewsbury3682261828Doncaster3681271729Liverpool City3660301230Bradford Northern36513011  Play-offs===Play-offs===
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. Neil Fox, their centre, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance. This has been 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. '''1''' Gerry Round'''2''' Fred Smith'''3''' Alan Skene'''4''' Neil Fox'''5'''Kenneth Hirst'''6'''  Harold Poynton'''7''' Keith Holliday    '''8''' Jack Wilkinson'''9''' Geoffrey Oakes'''10''' Albert Firth'''11''' Brian Briggs'''12''' Dennis Williamson'''13''' Derek Turner (c)'''Coach:''' Ken Traill '''1'''  Frank Dyson'''2''' Aiden Breen'''3'''  Leo Booth'''4'''  Ray Haywood                '''5''' Mike Wicks'''6'''  Harry Deighton'''7''' Thomas Smales (c)'''8''' Ted Slevin'''9''' Don Close'''10''' Ken Noble'''11'''Mick Clark'''12''' Kenneth Bowman'''13'''  Peter Ramsden'''Coach:''' Dave Valentine
References
Sources * 1961-62 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com* The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website