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

< 1962–63	Seasons	1964–65 >

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

Season summary

1963-1964 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. 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 Cup and Halifax beat Featherstone Rovers 10–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Swinton	30	25	0	5	50
2	Wigan	30	21	2	7	44
3	St. Helens	30	20	1	9	41
4	Featherstone Rovers	30	18	1	11	37
5	Workington Town	30	18	1	11	37
6	Castleford	30	18	0	12	36
7	Wakefield Trinity	30	16	0	14	36
8	Halifax	30	15	1	14	31
9	Hull Kingston Rovers	30	15	0	15	30
10	Warrington	30	15	0	15	30
11	Hunslet	30	14	0	16	28
12	Widnes	30	13	0	17	26
13	Leeds	30	10	0	20	20
14	Huddersfield	30	10	0	20	20
15	Keighley	30	5	0	25	10
16	Hull	30	4	0	24	8

Second Division

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Oldham	24	21	1	2	2	508	168	43
2	Leigh	24	16	2	6	2	411	224	34
3	Dewsbury	24	15	2	7	2	239	220	32
4	Barrow	24	14	1	9	2	351	280	29
5	Bramley	24	14	0	10	2	300	256	28
6	Blackpool Borough	24	12	1	11	2	299	303	25
7	York	24	12	0	12	2	317	250	24
8	Rochdale Hornets	24	8	1	15	2	209	271	17
9	Liverpool City	24	8	1	15	2	200	261	17
10	Batley	24	8	0	16	2	174	304	16
11	Whitehaven	24	8	0	16	2	173	341	16
12	Salford	24	8	0	16	2	218	392	16
13	Doncaster	24	7	1	16	2	182	311	15

Challenge Cup

Widnes beat Hull Kingston Rovers 13-5 in the Challenge Cup played at Wembley Stadium 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.

References

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

Sources

1963-64 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website

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