1963–64 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Halifax Winners Featherstone Rovers 1962 Yorkshire Cup 1962–63 1964 Yorkshire Cup 1964–65 16 The 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. 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 Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Jack Winstanley and Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975-76 1991 Queen Anne PressFrank Butler and Malcolm Gunn News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year 1977 News of the World LtdHC&AC committee Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1964 (price 1/-) 1964 HC&AC Supporters' ClubFartown Rugby League Yearbook 1964 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1964%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdf Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 7 Sep 1963Batley6–13DewsburyMount Pleasant2Sat 7 Sep 1963Bradford Northern10–24Featherstone RoversOdsal3Sat 7 Sep 1963Doncaster3–2YorkBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield4Sat 7 Sep 1963Halifax29–5KeighleyThrum Hall5Sat 7 Sep 1963Huddersfield25–9Hull F.C.Fartown5,906HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19636Sat 7 Sep 1963Hull Kingston Rovers17–11BramleyCraven Park (1)7Sat 7 Sep 1963Hunslet4–9Wakefield TrinityParkside J. C. Lindley and D. W. Armitage 100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973 1973 Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee 0 35617852 88Sat 7 Sep 1963Leeds20–3CastlefordHeadingley Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 17 Sep 1963Dewsbury17–13Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt2Tue 17 Sep 1963Featherstone Rovers22–12LeedsPost Office Road3Mon 23 Sep 1963Huddersfield27–0DoncasterFartown3,9234Mon 23 Sep 1963Wakefield Trinity4–12HalifaxBelle Vue Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 1 Oct 1963Dewsbury9–10HalifaxCrown Flatt2Wed 9 Oct 1963Featherstone Rovers22–9HuddersfieldPost Office Road7,200 Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 2 November 1963Halifax10–0Featherstone RoversBelle Vue13,238£2,471Belle 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 HuddersfieldRaymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 X Teams and scorers Halifax№Featherstone Rovers teams Ronald James1Jack "Jackie" FennellDuncan Jackson2Kenneth "Ken" GreatorexJohn Burnett3Jim HuntColin Dixon4Anthony "Tony" LynchJohnny Freeman5Gary JordanBarry Robinson6Ivor LingardAlan Marchant7Don FoxFrank Fox8Abe TerryJohn 'Joby' Shaw9Willis FawleyJack Scroby10Malcolm DixonWyn Philips11Terry RamshawTerry Fogerty12Harry BrownCharlie Renilson13Colin Clifft??CoachJohn Malpass 10score02HT0 Scorers Tries John Jackson (1)TCharlie Renilson (1)T Goals Ronald James (2)G Drop Goals DGRefereeDennis 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 Hull Kingston Rovers 17 Bramley 11 Hunslet 4 Wakefield Trinity 9 Halifax 29 Keighley 5 Bradford Northern 10 Featherstone Rovers 24 Leeds 20 Castleford 3 Huddersfield 25 Hull F.C. 9 Doncaster 3 York 2 Dewsbury 17 Hull Kingston Rovers 13 Wakefield Trinity 4 Halifax 12 Featherstone Rovers 22 Leeds 12 Huddersfield 27 Doncaster 0 Dewsbury 9 Halifax 10 Featherstone Rovers 22 Huddersfield 9 Halifax 10 Featherstone Rovers 0 See also 1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2 March 2012 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2 February 2014 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Category:1963 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup