1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1963–64 Rugby Football League season Championship First Division swinton 16 Swinton Champions wigan 16 Wigan wakefield 16 Neil Fox 313 swinton 16 John Stopford 45 Second Division oldham 16 Oldham Second Division Champions leigh 16 Leigh bradford 16 Bradford Northern Disbanded 1962–63 Northern Rugby Football League season 1962–63 1964–65 Northern Rugby Football League season 1964–65 The 1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 69th season of rugby league football. Season summary The 1963–64 season saw the league continue to be split into two divisions with each team playing each other team home and away and no playoffs. Swinton won their sixth Championship. The Challenge Cup winners were Widnes who beat Hull Kingston Rovers 13–5 in the final. The 2nd Division Champions were Oldham Bradford Northern disbanded on 10 December 1963 after playing 13 matches which were then declared null and void, and expunged from the 1963–64 season's records. They had won 1 and lost 12. Their last match on 23 November attracted a club record lowest crowd of just 324 against Barrow.http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3560/1951%20-%201963:%20Decline%20&%20Fall 1963-64 Season summary 2009-10-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20090425162738/http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3560/1951%20-%201963%3A%20Decline%20%26%20Fall 2009-04-25 dead There was no promotion or relegation as the League returned to one division in 1964–65.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=384 1963-64 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826222141/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=384 2009-08-26 live Brian Bevan ended his career with Warrington and Blackpool Borough as the all-time record try scorer with 796. http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=64 RFL All Time Records 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144104/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=64 2009-04-03 dead St. Helens won the Lancashire League and Halifax won the Yorkshire League. St. Helens beat Leigh 15–4 to win the Lancashire County Cup and Halifax beat Featherstone Rovers 10–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup. Championship TeamPldWDLPts1Swinton302505502Wigan302127443St. Helens302019414Featherstone Rovers3018111375Workington Town3018111376Castleford3018012367Wakefield Trinity3016014368Halifax3015114319Hull Kingston Rovers30150153010Warrington30150153011Hunslet30140162812Widnes30130172613Leeds30100202014Huddersfield30100202015Keighley3050251016Hull3040248 Second Division TeamPldWDLFAPts1Oldham242112508168432Leigh241626411224343Dewsbury241527239220324Barrow241419351280295Bramley2414010300256286Blackpool Borough2412111299303257York2412012317250248Rochdale Hornets248115209271179Liverpool City2481152002611710Batley2480161743041611Whitehaven2480161733411612Salford2480162183921613Doncaster24711618231115 Challenge Cup 1963–64 Challenge Cup Widnes beat Hull Kingston Rovers 13–5 in the Challenge Cup played at Wembley Stadium on 9 May before a crowd of 84,488. This was Widnes’ third Challenge Cup Final win in five Final appearances.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 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 Frank Collier, their prop forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance. County championships Western Division main WDL Q 2 yes p complete Saxton Irvin History of Rugby League: No.69 1963–1964 League Publications 8 0 0 190 34 SWI Swinton 8 0 0 173 57 STH St Helens 7 0 1 119 52 OLD Oldham 6 1 1 101 68 WID Widnes 5 2 1 141 63 WOR Workington Town 6 0 2 201 95 WIG Wigan 5 0 3 143 84 WAR Warrington 2 0 6 103 143 BAR Barrow 2 0 6 59 93 LEI Leigh 2 0 6 90 222 BLB Blackpool Borough 1 2 5 40 128 WHI Whitehaven 1 1 6 61 149 ROC Rochdale Hornets 0 0 8 59 190 SAL Salford 0 0 8 41 143 LIC Liverpool City PO PO PO PO yellow1 Qualification for the play-offs Final 16 May 1964 St Helens 10 – 7 Swinton Northey, French Coslett (2) Stopford Blan (2) Central Park, Wigan 17,363 Eric Clay (Leeds) Eastern Division Due to Bradford's withdrawal from the league, not all teams played the same number of games, so league position was determined by win percentage. main WDL Q 2 percentage notratio yes p complete 6 0 0 145 44 CAS Castleford 7 0 1 153 65 HFX Halifax 5 0 1 159 37 WAK Wakefield Trinity 6 0 2 80 61 BRM Bramley 4 0 2 72 60 LEE Leeds 4 1 3 126 90 FEV Featherstone Rovers 3 0 3 84 51 HUD Huddersfield 4 0 4 105 86 HKR Hull Kingston Rovers 4 0 4 92 89 HUL Hull 4 0 4 101 130 HUN Hunslet 3 0 5 56 90 DEW Dewsbury 2 0 6 56 162 DON Doncaster 1 1 6 85 162 YOR York 1 0 7 64 123 KEI Keighley 1 0 7 80 208 BAT Batley 0 0 0 0 0 BRA Bradford Northern Withdrew from the league mid-season. PO PO PO PO yellow1 Qualification for the play-offs Final 23 May 1964 Halifax 20 – 12 Castleford Jackson (2), Robinson, Dixon James (4) Howe, Dickinson Clark (3) Fartown, Huddersfield 10,798 R. L. Thomas (Oldham) County cups 1963–64 Lancashire Cup 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup Kangaroo tour 1963–64 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France The months from September until November also saw the appearance of the Australian team in England on their 1963–64 Kangaroo Tour. Other than the three test Ashes series against Great Britain (won 2–1 by Australia), The Kangaroos played 19 matches against Rugby Football League clubs and county representative sides. References Sources Saxton Irvin History of Rugby League: No.69 1963–1964 League Publications 1963-64 Rugby Football League season https://web.archive.org/web/20090826222141/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=384 2009-08-26 at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1963 in English rugby league Category:1964 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons