The 1959–60 Challenge Cup was the 59th staging of rugby league 's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup .[1]
First round [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Date Team one Score one Team two Score two 09 Apr Oldham 9 Hull FC 12 09 Apr Wakefield Trinity 11 Featherstone Rovers 2
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.
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