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
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 Park2Sat 07 Sep 1963Blackpool Borough8-22Workington TownBorough Park13Sat 07 Sep 1963Liverpool City5-5WhitehavenMill Yard, Knotty Ash4Sat 07 Sep 1963Oldham10-5WidnesWatersheddings5Sat 07 Sep 1963Rochdale Hornets7-19LeighAthletic Grounds6Sat 07 Sep 1963Salford0-31WarringtonThe Willows7Sat 07 Sep 1963Swinton2-12St. HelensStation Road15,4748 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£3,8572
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
Media coverage The Lancashire Cup final was televised for the first time in its history. The match was broadcast on BBC TV's Grandstand programme.
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 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org