1962–63 Northern Rugby Football League season

1962–63 Northern Rugby Football League season
First Division
Champions Swinton
Top point-scorer(s) Kel Coslett 321
Top try-scorer(s) Ray Glastonbury 41
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division Hunslet
Keighley
Relegated to Second Division Oldham
Bramley
Second Division
Champions Hunslet
< 1961–62 Seasons 1963–64 >

The 1962–63 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 68th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

1962 saw the league split into two divisions with each team playing each other team home and away. The introduction of an even league meant the end of season championship play-off was done away with and the team finishing top of the table was declared champions.

1962-63 finished up with huge fixture backlogs similar to 1946-47 after "the big freeze" brought heavy snow and postponed most rugby league matches for two and half months.

Swinton won their fifth Championship. Oldham and Bramley were demoted to the Second Division.

The Challenge Cup winners were Wakefield Trinity who beat Wigan 25-10 in the final.

The 2nd Division Champions were Hunslet who were promoted along with second placed Keighley.[1]

Workington Town (from Cumberland) won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. St.Helens beat Swinton 7–4 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hunslet beat Hull Kingston Rovers 12–2 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

First Division

Team Pld W D L Pts
1Swinton30221745
2St Helens301911039
3Widnes301911039
4Castleford301631135
5Wakefield Trinity301611333
6Warrington301521332
7Leeds301601432
8Wigan301421430
9Huddersfield301401628
10Hull Kingston Rovers301311627
11Featherstone Rovers301231527
12Workington Town301231527
13Halifax301311627
14Hull301021822
15Oldham30912019
16Bramley30902118
  Champions   Relegated

Second Division

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1Hunslet26220450821444
2Keighley26210545018742
3York26161941824333
4Blackpool Borough261501128124730
5Rochdale Hornets261411128224329
6Barrow261401241328028
7Leigh261401236126428
8Batley261311227532227
9Whitehaven261221231830626
10Doncaster261001628332920
11Liverpool City26911615932819
12Salford26811727144217
13Dewsbury26801820034516
14Bradford Northern2621231636325
  Promoted

Challenge Cup

Wakefield Trinity beat Wigan 25-10 in the challenge Cup Final played at Wembley before a crowd of 84,492.

This was Wakefield Trinity’s fourth Cup Final win in their fifth Final appearance and their second in successive seasons.[2] Harold Poynton, their stand-off half was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

References

  1. "1962-63 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Sources

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