1963–64 Yorkshire Cup

The 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.

1963–64 Yorkshire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams16
WinnersHalifax
Runners-upFeatherstone Rovers

Halifax won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 10-0

The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,238 and receipts were £2,471.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen.

This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

Competition and results

[1][2][3][4][5]

Round 1

Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 7 Sep 1963Batley6-13DewsburyMount Pleasant
2Sat 7 Sep 1963Bradford Northern10-24Featherstone RoversOdsal
3Sat 7 Sep 1963Doncaster3-2YorkBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
4Sat 7 Sep 1963Halifax29-5KeighleyThrum Hall
5Sat 7 Sep 1963Huddersfield25-9Hull F.C.Fartown5,906[6][5]
6Sat 7 Sep 1963Hull Kingston Rovers17-11BramleyCraven Park (1)
7Sat 7 Sep 1963Hunslet4-9Wakefield TrinityParkside[7]
8Sat 7 Sep 1963Leeds20-3CastlefordHeadingley

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 17 Sep 1963Dewsbury17-13Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt
2Tue 17 Sep 1963Featherstone Rovers22-12LeedsPost Office Road
3Mon 23 Sep 1963Huddersfield27-0DoncasterFartown3,923[5]
4Mon 23 Sep 1963Wakefield Trinity4-12HalifaxBelle Vue[7]

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 1 Oct 1963Dewsbury9-10HalifaxCrown Flatt
2Wed 9 Oct 1963Featherstone Rovers22-9HuddersfieldPost Office Road7,200[5]

Final
Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 2 November 1963Halifax10-0Featherstone RoversBelle Vue13,238£2,4711[8][9][3]

Teams and Scorers
Halifax № Featherstone Rovers
teams
Ronald James1Jack "Jackie" Fennell
Duncan Jackson2Kenneth "Ken" Greatorex
John Burnett3Jim Hunt
Colin Dixon4Anthony "Tony" Lynch
Johnny Freeman5Gary Jordan
Barry Robinson6Ivor Lingard
Alan Marchant7Don Fox
Frank Fox8Abe Terry
John 'Joby' Shaw9Willis Fawley
Jack Scroby10Malcolm Dixon
Wyn Philips11Terry Ramshaw
Terry Fogerty12Harry Brown
Charlie Renilson13Colin Clifft
??CoachJohn Malpass
10score0
2HT0
Scorers
Tries
John Jackson (1)T
Charlie Renilson (1)T
Goals
Ronald James (2)G
Drop Goals
DG
RefereeDennis Davies (Manchester)

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success
First Round Second Round Semi Finals Final
            
Batley 6
Dewsbury 13
Dewsbury 17
Hull Kingston Rovers 13
Hull Kingston Rovers 17
Bramley 11
Dewsbury 9
Halifax 10
Hunslet 4
Wakefield Trinity 9
Wakefield Trinity 4
Halifax 12
Halifax 29
Keighley 5
Halifax 10
Featherstone Rovers 0
Bradford Northern 10
Featherstone Rovers 24
Featherstone Rovers 22
Leeds 12
Leeds 20
Castleford 3
Featherstone Rovers 22
Huddersfield 9
Huddersfield 25
Hull F.C. 9
Huddersfield 27
Doncaster 0
Doncaster 3
York 2

Notes and comments

1 * Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.

The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)

See also

References
  1. "Rugby League Project".
  2. Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding (1991). John Player Yearbook 1975-76. Queen Anne Press.
  3. Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn (1977). News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year. News of the World Ltd.
  4. HC&AC committee (1964). Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1964 (price 1/-). HC&AC Supporters' Club.
  5. "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1964" (PDF).
  6. "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  7. J C Lindley and D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  8. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  9. Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
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