The 1968 Challenge Cup Final, or 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 waterlogged state of the pitchcaused 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.
Match details
FB 1 Bev RismanRW 2 Alan SmithRC 3 Syd HynesLC 4 Bernard WatsonLW 5 John AtkinsonSO 6 Mick ShoebottomSH 7 Barry SeabournePR 8 Mick Clark (c)HK 9 Tony CrosbyPR 10 Ken EyreSR 11 Bill RamseySR 12 Albert EyreLF 13 Ray BattenCoach: Roy Francis FB 1 Gary CooperRW 2 Ken HirstRC 3 Ian BrookeLC 4 Gert CoetzerLW 5 Kenneth BattySO 6 Harold Poynton (c)SH 7 Ray OwenPR 8 David JeanesHK 9 George ShepherdPR 10 Don FoxSR 11 Bob HaighSR 12 Matthew McLeodLF 13 David HawleyCoach: Ken Traill
References
External links Pathe News coverage of the Rugby Cup Final 1968 Rugby Football League website