1966–67 Challenge Cup Explained

1966–67 Challenge Cup
Duration:	5 rounds
Season:	1966–67
Season Champs:	Featherstone Rovers
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Second Place:	Barrow
Mvp:	Carl Dooler
Mvp Link:	Lance Todd Trophy
Prevseason Link:	1965–66 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:	1965–66
Nextseason Link:	1967–68 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:	1967–68

The 1966–67 Challenge Cup was the 66th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

First round

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03 Feb	Salford	5	St Helens	5
04 Feb	B.O.C.M (Hull)	9	Liverpool City	20
04 Feb	Batley	10	Keighley	6
04 Feb	Blackbrook	12	York	23
04 Feb	Bradford Northern	8	Featherstone Rovers	15
04 Feb	Dewsbury	9	Workington Town	5
04 Feb	Doncaster	14	Bramley	11
04 Feb	Huddersfield	7	Oldham	12
04 Feb	Hull FC	24	Halifax	11
04 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	18	Rochdale Hornets	2
04 Feb	Hunslet	2	Wakefield Trinity	28
04 Feb	Leeds	15	Blackpool	3
04 Feb	Leigh	8	Castleford	10
04 Feb	Swinton	16	Widnes	7
04 Feb	Warrington	19	Wigan	19
04 Feb	Whitehaven	2	Barrow	8
07 Feb	St Helens	3	Salford	8
08 Feb	Wigan	20	Warrington	3

Second round

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25 Feb	Barrow	8	Liverpool City	4
25 Feb	Batley	0	Swinton	22
25 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	11	Wakefield Trinity	7
25 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	9	Castleford	9
25 Feb	Oldham	4	Leeds	13
25 Feb	Wigan	6	Salford	18
25 Feb	York	10	Hull FC	15
28 Feb	Doncaster	4	Dewsbury	10
01 Mar	Castleford	13	Hull Kingston Rovers	6

Quarter-finals

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18 Mar	Dewsbury	9	Salford	7
18 Mar	Featherstone Rovers	8	Castleford	7
18 Mar	Hull FC	5	Barrow	6
18 Mar	Leeds	17	Swinton	15

Semi-finals

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01 Apr	Featherstone Rovers	16	Leeds	8
08 Apr	Barrow	14	Dewsbury	9

Final

In the Challenge Cup final Featherstone Rovers faced Barrow, who were captain-coached by Jim Challinor at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 13 May 1967 in front of a crowd of 76,290.

Featherstone Rovers won 17-12 and it was their first Cup final win in two final appearances.^[2]

1 Brian Wrigglesworth 2 Vaughan Thomas 3 Keith Cotton 4 Gary Jordan 5 Ken Greatorex 6 Michael Smith 7 Carl Dooler 8 Les Tonks 9 Graham Harris 10 Malcolm Dixon (c) 11 Arnie Morgan 12 Jimmy Thompson 13 Tommy Smales Coach: Laurie Gant

1 Eddie Tees 2 Bill Burgess 3 Jim Challinor (c) 4 Harry Hughes 5 Michael Murray 6 Tom Brophy 7 Ged Smith 8 Ivor Kelland 9 Maurice Redhead 10 Ray Hopwood 11 Mike Sanderson 12 Henry Delooze 13 Mike Watson Coach: Jim Challinor

References

1. Web site: Challenge Cup 1966/67. Rugby League Project.
2. Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 2009-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 2009-04-03 . dead .