1964–65 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1964–65 Rugby Football League season Championship halifax 16 Halifax Champions st helens 16 St. Helens League Leaders st helens 16 Len Killeen 360 wigan 16 Trevor Lake 40 bradford 16 Bradford Northern Reformed 1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season 1963–64 1965–66 Northern Rugby Football League season 1965–66 The 1964–65 Rugby Football League season was the 70th season of rugby league football. Rule change Substitutes were introduced.de la Riviere Richard August 2009 2009 Top ten: Rugby league rules Rugby League World Brighouse League Publications 340 61 1466-0105 They were initially only for players injured in the time up to and including half time. Season summary 1964-65 saw the two divisions of rugby league merge back into one single league. The championship play-offs returned to decide the champions. A new top 16 play-off format was introduced rather than top four system used between 1905–06 and 1962–63. A Bottom 14 Championship was also introduced for the remaining clubs who finished below the top 16, although some clubs declined to take part. St. Helens had finished the regular season as league leaders. Halifax won their third Championship when they beat St. Helens 15-7 in the play-off final. Terry Fogerty was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match. Challenge Cup winners were Wigan who beat Hunslet 20-16 in the final. Bradford Northern were resurrected and accepted back into the League.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=385 1964-65 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826215643/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=385 2009-08-26 live St. Helens won the Lancashire League, and Castleford won the Yorkshire League. Championship main WDL Q 2 yes p complete Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96 1995 Headline Publishing Group London 978-0-7472-7817-7 288 28 0 6 621 226 STH St Helens 26 0 8 626 260 WIG Wigan 25 1 8 555 294 CAS Castleford 24 2 8 486 228 WAK Wakefield Trinity 24 1 9 416 292 WAR Warrington 23 1 10 497 326 WOR Workington Town 22 1 11 629 335 HFX Halifax 22 0 12 587 377 HKR Hull Kingston Rovers 20 1 13 444 312 OLD Oldham 20 0 14 469 349 LEE Leeds 19 1 14 334 250 SWI Swinton 19 1 14 446 349 LEI Leigh 19 0 15 412 381 HUL Hull 19 0 15 477 466 HUN Hunslet 18 0 16 436 463 FEV Featherstone Rovers Due to a miscalculation, some contemporary sources incorrectly published Featherstone's final league position as 16th, but the error was discovered before the play-offs took place.Macklin Keith Play-off matches switched https://www.newspapers.com/image/987056556 Liverpool Daily Post 23 April 1965 13 Newspapers.com subscription 18 0 16 383 408 BAR Barrow 15 1 18 345 347 BRA Bradford Northern 15 0 19 368 419 HUD Huddersfield 14 2 18 348 410 WID Widnes 14 1 19 308 402 WHI Whitehaven 13 2 19 298 407 DEW Dewsbury 11 2 21 307 420 SAL Salford 10 2 22 248 519 LIC Liverpool City 10 1 23 309 456 BRM Bramley 10 0 24 347 535 YOR York 9 1 24 263 613 BAT Batley 9 0 25 303 592 KEI Keighley 9 0 25 296 616 DON Doncaster 7 1 26 293 493 ROC Rochdale Hornets 6 2 26 248 554 BLB Blackpool Borough L Won League Leader's Trophy PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO B14 B14 B14 B14 B14 B14 B14 B14 B14 B14 B14 B14 B14 B14 yellow1 blue1 Qualification for the Championship play-offs Qualification for the Bottom 14 Championship Play-offs Round 1 Round 2 Semi-final Championship final St. Helens 23 Barrow 7 Hull Kingston Rovers 18 Oldham 14 Wakefield Trinity 15 Hull F.C. 9 Warrington 10 Leigh 4 Castleford 18 Hunslet 7 Swinton 2 Workington Town 29 Featherstone Rovers 15 Wigan 8 Halifax 28 Leeds 11 St. Helens 24 Hull Kingston Rovers 6 Wakefield Trinity 17 Warrington 8 Castleford 11 Workington Town 3 Featherstone Rovers 6 Halifax 31 St. Helens 10 Wakefield Trinity 5 Castleford 18 Halifax 26 St. Helens 7 Halifax 15 Final 22 May 1965 Halifax 15 – 7 St Helens Burnett (2), Jackson James (3) Killeen Killeen (2) Station Road, Swinton 20,776 D. S. Brown (Dewsbury) Terry Fogerty St. Helens 7-15 Halifax - 22.05.1965 https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=126352 Rugby League Records 3 May 2025St. Helens 7 Halifax 15 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/match.php?seq=3086 Saints Heritage Society 3 May 2025 HalifaxNumberSt Helens Teams Ronald James1Frank BarrowDuncan Jackson2Peter HarveyJohn Burnett3Tom van VollenhovenAlan Kellett4Keith NortheyJohnny Freeman5Len KilleenBarry Robinson6Alex MurphyPaul Daley7Wilf SmithKen Roberts8John TembeyDave Harrison9Bob DagnallJack Scroby10Cliff WatsonTerry Fogerty11Ray FrenchColin Dixon12John MantleCharlie Renilson13Doug LaughtonSubsBryan Todd14Kel CoslettHugh Duffy15John Warlow (for Tembey)Albert FearnleyCoachJoe Coan Challenge Cup 1964–65 Challenge Cup Captained by player-coach Eric Ashton, news.bbc.co.uk Cup heroes: Eric Ashton BBC Sport UK BBC 27 February 2004 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/challenge_cup/3361205.stm 6 March 2011 Wigan beat Hunslet 20–16 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,016. This was Wigan’s seventh Cup Final win in thirteen Final appearances. To date, this was Hunslet’s last Challenge Cup Final appearance.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 County cups 1964–65 Lancashire Cup 1964–65 Yorkshire Cup St Helens beat Swinton 12–4 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Leeds 18–2 to win the Yorkshire Cup. References Sources Saxton Irvin History of Rugby League: No.70 1964–1965 League Publications 1964-65 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090826215643/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=385 2009-08-26 The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1964 in English rugby league Category:1965 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons