1959–60 Challenge Cup

The 1959–60 Challenge Cup was the 59th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

1959–60 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Wakefield Trinity
Runners-up	Hull F.C.
Lance Todd Trophy	Brian McTigue

First round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
13 Feb	Barrow	2	Whitehaven	8
13 Feb	Batley	2	Keighley	5
13 Feb	Blackpool	2	Leigh	10
13 Feb	Castleford	4	Bradford Northern	8
13 Feb	Dewsbury	4	Swinton	23
13 Feb	Doncaster	0	Rochdale Hornets	15
13 Feb	Hunslet	5	Wigan	9
13 Feb	Leeds	8	Hull Kingston Rovers	5
13 Feb	Liverpool	3	Bramley	3
13 Feb	Oldham	13	Huddersfield	11
13 Feb	St Helens	10	Wakefield Trinity	15
13 Feb	Salford	0	Halifax	5
13 Feb	Walney	10	Lock Lane	5
13 Feb	Widnes	14	Warrington	0
13 Feb	Workington Town	0	Featherstone Rovers	15
13 Feb	York	0	Hull FC	2
17 Feb	Bramley	39	Liverpool	0

Second round

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
27 Feb	Halifax	10	Featherstone Rovers	16
27 Feb	Keighley	2	Hull FC	32
27 Feb	Leigh	8	Whitehaven	11
27 Feb	Oldham	55	Walney	4
27 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	0	Bramley	4
27 Feb	Swinton	13	Bradford Northern	9
27 Feb	Widnes	2	Wakefield Trinity	5
27 Feb	Wigan	14	Leeds	11

Quarterfinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
19 Mar	Hull FC	12	Wigan	8
19 Mar	Oldham	8	Bramley	2
19 Mar	Swinton	7	Featherstone Rovers	11
19 Mar	Whitehaven	10	Wakefield Trinity	21

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score one	Team two	Score two
09 Apr	Oldham	9	Hull FC	12
09 Apr	Wakefield Trinity	11	Featherstone Rovers	2

Final

The 1959–60 Challenge Cup tournament ended in a final between Wakefield Trinity and Hull F.C. The match was played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 79,773, with Wakefield Trinity winning 38 – 5. Despite being on the losing team, Hull's hooker, Tommy Harris was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

Neil Fox of Wakefield Trinity scored a Cup final record 20 points (two tries and seven goals) in the final for Wakefield, a feat that would not be repeated for another 39 years 1999.

14 May 1960

Wakefield Trinity	38 – 5	Hull
Tries: Smith, Skene 2, Fox 2, Rollin, Holliday 2 Goals: Fox 7		Tries: Cowan Goals: Evans

Wembley, London Attendance: 79,773 Referee: Half time 7-5 Player of the Match: Harris

1 Gerry Round 2 Fred Smith 3 Alan Skene 4 Neil Fox 5 John Etty 6 Kenneth Rollin 7 Keith Holliday 8 Jack Wilkinson 9 Geoffrey Oakes 10 Don Vines 11 Leslie Chamberlain 12 Albert Firth 13 Derek Turner (c) Coach: Ken Traill

1 Jack Kershaw 2 Gordon Harrison 3 Stan Cowan 4 Nan Halafihi 5 Dave Johnson 6 Frank Broadhurst 7 Tommy Finn 8 Michael Scott 9 Tommy Harris 10 Sam Evans 11 Tom Sutton 12 Mike Smith 13 Johnny Whiteley (c) Coach: Roy Francis