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1968 Challenge Cup final

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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

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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
FB 1 England Bev Risman
RW 2 England Alan Smith
RC 3 England Syd Hynes
LC 4 England Bernard Watson
LW 5 England John Atkinson
SO 6 England Mick Shoebottom
SH 7 England Barry Seabourne
PR 8 England Mick Clark (c)
HK 9 England Tony Crosby
PR 10 England Ken Eyre
SR 11 England Bill Ramsey
SR 12 England Albert Eyre
LF 13 England Ray Batten
Coach:
Roy Francis
FB 1 England Gary Cooper
RW 2 England Ken Hirst
RC 3 England Ian Brooke
LC 4 South Africa Gert Coetzer
LW 5 England Kenneth Batty
SO 6 England Harold Poynton (c)
SH 7 England Ray Owen
PR 8 England David Jeanes
HK 9 England George Shepherd
PR 10 England Don Fox
SR 11 England Bob Haigh
SR 12 England Matthew McLeod
LF 13 England David Hawley
Coach:
Ken Traill

References

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  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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