1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season

1963–64 Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Champions Swinton
Top point-scorer(s) Neil Fox 313
Top try-scorer(s) John Stopford 45
Second Division Champions Oldham

The 1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 69th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

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 play offs.

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.[1]

There was no promotion or relegation as the League returned to one division in 1964-65.[2]

Brian Bevan ended his career with Warrington and Blackpool Borough as the all-time record try scorer with 796. [3]

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

Team Pld W D L Pts
1Swinton30250550
2Wigan30212744
3St. Helens30201941
4Featherstone Rovers301811137
5Workington Town301811137
6Castleford301801236
7Wakefield Trinity301601436
8Halifax301511431
9Hull Kingston Rovers301501530
10Warrington301501530
11Hunslet301401628
12Widnes301301726
13Leeds301002020
14Huddersfield301002020
15Keighley30502510
16Hull3040248

Second Division

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
1Oldham24211250816843
2Leigh24162641122434
3Dewsbury24152723922032
4Barrow24141935128029
5Bramley241401030025628
6Blackpool Borough241211129930325
7York241201231725024
8Rochdale Hornets24811520927117
9Liverpool City24811520026117
10Batley24801617430416
11Whitehaven24801617334116
12Salford24801621839216
13Doncaster24711618231115

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.[4] Frank Collier, their prop forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

Kangaroo tour

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 Northern Rugby Football League clubs and county representative sides.

References

  1. ↑ "1963-64 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  2. ↑ "1963-64 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  3. ↑ "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. ↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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