1963–64 Lancashire Cup

April 2022 1963–64 Lancashire Cup Regional knockout championship St. Helens Winners Leigh 1962 Lancashire Cup 1962–63 1964 Lancashire Cup 1964–65 14 1963–64 was the fifty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. St. Helens won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 15-4 The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 21,231 and receipts were £3,857 This was the fourth of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the fourth of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the nine-year period.<br/ > Background With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14. The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/lancashire-cup/results.html?page=6 Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year 1977 News of the World Ltd Round 1 Involved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Sat 07 Sep 1963Barrow12-34WiganCraven ParkWigan "Cherry and White" archived results http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 15 February 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199 dead2Sat 07 Sep 1963Blackpool Borough8-22Workington TownBorough Park13Sat 07 Sep 1963Liverpool City5-5WhitehavenMill Yard, Knotty Ash4Sat 07 Sep 1963Oldham10-5WidnesWatersheddingsWidnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97 http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=18965Sat 07 Sep 1963Rochdale Hornets7-19LeighAthletic Grounds6Sat 07 Sep 1963Salford0-31WarringtonThe WillowsWarrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100706043029/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 2010-07-06 7Sat 07 Sep 1963Swinton2-12St. HelensStation Road15,474Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 15 February 2014 2 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 dead8 blankblankRecreation Ground Round 1 - replays Involved 1 match Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Wed 11 Sep 1963Whitehaven31-5Liverpool CityRecreation Ground Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Mon 16 Sep 1963St. Helens28-4Workington TownKnowsley Road15,7002Wed 18 Sep 1963Oldham35-4WhitehavenWatersheddings3Wed 18 Sep 1963Wigan5-7LeighCentral Park4 Warringtonbye Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef 1Mon 23 Sep 1963Warrington14-21St. HelensWilderspool20,1682Mon 30 Sep 1963Leigh10-0OldhamHilton Park Final Game NoFixture dateHome team Score Away teamVenueAttRecNotesRef Saturday 26 October 1963St. Helens15-4LeighStation Road21,231£3,8572Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8 Teams and scorers St. HelensNo.Leigh teams Kel Coslett1Bev RismanLen Killeen2Colin TyrerTom van Vollenhoven3Gordon LewisKeith Northey 4Mick CollinsPeter Harvey 5Tony LeadbetterWilf Smith 6Austin RhodesAlex Murphy7Terry EntwistleJohn Tembey8Bill RobinsonBob Dagnall9John LewisCliff Watson10Stan OwenRay French11Mick MurphyKeith Ashcroft 12Mick MartynBill Major 13Derek Hurt 15score45HT4 Scorers Tries Len Kileen (1)TTom van Vollenhoven (1)TWilf Smith (1)T Goals Kel Coslett (3)GColin Tyrer (2)G Drop Goals DGReferee Ron Gelder (Wilmslow) 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 Salford 0 Warrington 31 blank blank Swinton 2 St. Helens 12 Blackpool Borough 8 Workington Town 22 Barrow 12 Wigan 34 Rochdale Hornets 7 Leigh 19 Oldham 10 Widnes 5 Liverpool City 6-5 Whitehaven 6-31 Warrington bye St. Helens 28 Workington Town 4 Wigan 5 Leigh 7 Oldham 35 Whitehaven 4 Warrington 14 St. Helens 21 Leigh 10 Oldham 0 St. Helens 15 Leigh 4 Media coverage The Lancashire Cup final was televised for the first time in its history.Final On TV https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19630727/007/0007 Hull Daily Mail Sports Mail 24187 27 July 1963 1 British Newspaper Archive subscription The match was broadcast on BBC TV's Grandstand programme.BBC Programme Index - Grandstand https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4a5aa2a624f04815850e11f5484e847c BBC Genome 1 January 2024 Notes and comments 1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played in Blackpool's new stadium<br/ > 2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1992 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2 See also 1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups 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 Lancashire Cup