1968–69 Challenge Cup

The 1968–69 Challenge Cup was the 68th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

The final was contested by Castleford and Salford at Wembley in front of a crowd of 97,939.^[2] Castleford won the match 11–6.

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
24 Jan	Wigan	Leigh Miners W.	61-0
25 Jan	Dewsbury	Bradford Northern	7-21
25 Jan	Halifax	Leeds	12-17
25 Jan	Hull	St Helens	3-13
25 Jan	Hunslet	Castleford	7-19
25 Jan	Keighley	Whitehaven	23-22
25 Jan	Leigh	Rochdale Hornets	4-13
25 Jan	Oldham	Hull Kingston Rovers	12-10
25 Jan	Salford	Batley	17-2
25 Jan	Wakefield Trinity	Ackworth	50-7
25 Jan	Workington Town	Swinton	5-2
26 Jan	Doncaster	Featherstone Rovers	3-4
26 Jan	Huddersfield	Barrow	13-5
26 Jan	Widnes	York	23-8
28 Jan	Huyton	Warrington	2-5
01 Feb	Blackpool	Bramley	10-17

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
15 Feb	Castleford	Wigan	12-8
22 Feb	Salford	Workington Town	12-5
22 Feb	Warrington	Huddersfield	29-8
22 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Bramley	7-7
24 Feb	Keighley	Leeds	2-17
25 Feb	Oldham	St Helens	6-15
26 Feb	Bradford Northern	Wakefield Trinity	7-7
26 Feb	Bramley	Rochdale Hornets	4-7
26 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Widnes	7-9
27 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	Bradford Northern	10-0

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
01 Mar	Warrington	St Helens	4-2
01 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	Rochdale Hornets	10-10
01 Mar	Castleford	Leeds	9-5
02 Mar	Salford	Widnes	20-7
05 Mar	Rochdale Hornets	Wakefield Trinity	2-15

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
22 Mar	Castleford	Wakefield Trinity	16-10
29 Mar	Warrington	Salford	8-15

17 May 1969

Castleford	11 – 6	Salford
Try: Howe, Hardisty, Hepworth Goal: Redfearn	Report	Goal: Hill (3)

Wembley, London
Attendance: 97,939
Referee: D. S. Brown (Preston)^[4]
Player of the Match: Mal Reilly

^ "Challenge Cup 1968/69". Rugby League Project.
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^ "Lance Todd Trophy Winners". The Rugby Football League. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ Mather, Harold (19 May 1969). "Salford are knocked off their game". The Guardian. London. p. 16.

Platt, Darrell (1991). A History of Salford Rugby League Club. Salford Rugby League Club.

v t e Castleford squad – 1968–69 Challenge Cup Final winners
1 Derek Edwards 2 Trevor Briggs 3 Keith Howe 4 Tony Thomas 5 Alan Lowndes 6 Alan Hardisty (c) 7 Keith Hepworth 8 Dennis Hartley 9 Clive Dickinson 10 Johnny Ward 11 Mick Redfearn 12 Brian Lockwood 13 Mal Reilly 14 Dennis Harris (unused substitute) 15 Frank Fox (unused substitute) Coach: Derek Turner

Years

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