1963–64 Yorkshire Cup
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{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup
| structure = Regional knockout championship
| season_champs = Halifax
| season_champ_name = Winners
| runner-up_name = Runner-up
| second_place = Featherstone Rovers
| prevseason_link = 1962 Yorkshire Cup
| prevseason_year = 1962–63
| nextseason_link = 1964 Yorkshire Cup
| nextseason_year = 1964–65
| no_of_teams = 16
}}
The 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Halifax won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 10-0
The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,238 and receipts were £2,471.
Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
Competition and results
{{cite web|title=Rugby League Project|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html }}{{cite book|last=Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding|title=John Player Yearbook 1975-76|year=1991|publisher=Queen Anne Press}}{{cite book|last=Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn|title=News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year|year=1977|publisher=News of the World Ltd}}{{cite book|last=HC&AC committee|title=Fartown Rugby League Year Book 1964 (price 1/-)|year=1964|publisher=HC&AC Supporters' Club}}{{cite web|title=Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1964|url=http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Year_Books/1964%20Fartown%20Yearbook.pdf}}
= Round 1 =
Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||||
| width=20 abbr="No" |Game No
!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture date !width=150 abbr="Home team"|Home team !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=150 abbr="Away team" |Away team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Batley | 6-13 | Dewsbury | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Bradford Northern | 10-24 | Featherstone Rovers | Odsal | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Doncaster | 3-2 | York | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Halifax | 29-5 | Keighley | Thrum Hall | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Huddersfield | 25-9 | Hull F.C. | Fartown | 5,906 | {{cite web|title=HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results|url=http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/1963}} | ||||
| 6 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 17-11 | Bramley | Craven Park (1) | ||||||
| 7 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Hunslet | 4-9 | Wakefield Trinity | Parkside | {{cite book|last= J C Lindley and D W Armitage|title=100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973|year=1973|publisher=Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee|isbn=0 35617852 8}} | |||||
| 8 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Leeds | 20-3 | Castleford | Headingley |
= Round 2 - Quarter-finals =
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
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| width=20 abbr="No" |Game No
!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture date !width=150 abbr="Home team"|Home team !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=150 abbr="Away team" |Away team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 17 Sep 1963 | Dewsbury | 17-13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Crown Flatt | ||||||
| 2 | Tue 17 Sep 1963 | Featherstone Rovers | 22-12 | Leeds | Post Office Road | ||||||
| 3 | Mon 23 Sep 1963 | Huddersfield | 27-0 | Doncaster | Fartown | 3,923 | |||||
| 4 | Mon 23 Sep 1963 | Wakefield Trinity | 4-12 | Halifax | Belle Vue |
= Round 3 – Semi-finals =
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
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| width=20 abbr="No" |Game No
!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture date !width=150 abbr="Home team"|Home team !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=150 abbr="Away team" |Away team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=30 abbr="Att" |Att !width=30 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 1 Oct 1963 | Dewsbury | 9-10 | Halifax | Crown Flatt | ||||||
| 2 | Wed 9 Oct 1963 | Featherstone Rovers | 22-9 | Huddersfield | Post Office Road | 7,200 |
= Final =
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| width=20 abbr="No" |Game No
!width=100 abbr="Date"|Fixture date !width=150 abbr="Home team"|Home team !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=20 abbr="Score" |Score !width=5 abbr="space" | !width=150 abbr="Away team" |Away team !width=150 abbr="Venue" |Venue !width=45 abbr="Att" |Att !width=60 abbr="Rec" |Rec !width=20 abbr="Notes" |Notes !width=30 abbr="Ref" |Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 2 November 1963 | Halifax | 10-0 | Featherstone Rovers | Belle Vue | 13,238 | £2,471 | 1 | {{cite book|last=Raymond Fletcher and David Howes|title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992|year=1991|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=0 35617852 8}}{{cite book|last=Raymond Fletcher and David Howes|title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991|year=1990|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=0 35617851 X}} |
== Teams and scorers ==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
| width=280 abbr=winner|Halifax
!width=60 abbr="Number"|№ !width=280 abbr=runner-up|Featherstone Rovers | ||
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Ronald James | 1 | Jack "Jackie" Fennell |
| Duncan Jackson | 2 | Kenneth "Ken" Greatorex |
| John Burnett | 3 | Jim Hunt |
| Colin Dixon | 4 | Anthony "Tony" Lynch |
| Johnny Freeman | 5 | Gary Jordan |
| Barry Robinson | 6 | Ivor Lingard |
| Alan Marchant | 7 | Don Fox |
| Frank Fox | 8 | Abe Terry |
| John 'Joby' Shaw | 9 | Willis Fawley |
| Jack Scroby | 10 | Malcolm Dixon |
| Wyn Philips | 11 | Terry Ramshaw |
| Terry Fogerty | 12 | Harry Brown |
| Charlie Renilson | 13 | Colin Clifft |
| ?? | Coach | John Malpass |
| | | ||
| 10 | score | 0 |
| 2 | HT | 0 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| John Jackson (1) | T | |
| Charlie Renilson (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Ronald James (2) | G | |
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | Dennis Davies (Manchester) | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
= The road to success =
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| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Semi-finals
| RD4=Final
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| RD1-team01=Batley
| RD1-score01=6
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02=Dewsbury
| RD1-score02=13
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03= {{nowrap|Hull Kingston Rovers}}
| RD1-score03=17
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04=Bramley
| RD1-score04=11
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05=Hunslet
| RD1-score05=4
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06=Wakefield Trinity
| RD1-score06=9
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=Halifax
| RD1-score07=29
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08=Keighley
| RD1-score08=5
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09=Bradford Northern
| RD1-score09=10
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10=Featherstone Rovers
| RD1-score10=24
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11=Leeds
| RD1-score11=20
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12=Castleford
| RD1-score12=3
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13=Huddersfield
| RD1-score13=25
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14=Hull F.C.
| RD1-score14=9
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15=Doncaster
| RD1-score15=3
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16=York
| RD1-score16=2
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01=Dewsbury
| RD2-score01=17
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02= {{nowrap|Hull Kingston Rovers}}
| RD2-score02=13
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03=Wakefield Trinity
| RD2-score03=4
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04=Halifax
| RD2-score04=12
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05=Featherstone Rovers
| RD2-score05=22
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06=Leeds
| RD2-score06=12
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=Huddersfield
| RD2-score07=27
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08=Doncaster
| RD2-score08=0
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01=Dewsbury
| RD3-score01=9
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02=Halifax
| RD3-score02=10
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03=Featherstone Rovers
| RD3-score03=22
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04=Huddersfield
| RD3-score04=9
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01=Halifax
| RD4-score01=10
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02=Featherstone Rovers
| RD4-score02=0
}}
Notes and comments
1 * Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 Saints Heritage Society]
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024838/http://www.hullfc.com/FixturesAndResults.aspx?sg=12&gi=3 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897]
- [http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/seasonreview.php?mid=1896&smid=1896-97&mids=1896 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828182311/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/HistoryB.ink The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org]
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