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
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 7 Sep 1963Batley6–13DewsburyMount Pleasant2Sat 7 Sep 1963Bradford Northern10–24Featherstone RoversOdsal3Sat 7 Sep 1963Doncaster3–2YorkBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield4Sat 7 Sep 1963Halifax29–5KeighleyThrum Hall5Sat 7 Sep 1963Huddersfield25–9Hull F.C.Fartown5,9066Sat 7 Sep 1963Hull Kingston Rovers17–11BramleyCraven Park (1)7Sat 7 Sep 1963Hunslet4–9Wakefield TrinityParkside8Sat 7 Sep 1963Leeds20–3CastlefordHeadingley
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 17 Sep 1963Dewsbury17–13Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt2Tue 17 Sep 1963Featherstone Rovers22–12LeedsPost Office Road3Mon 23 Sep 1963Huddersfield27–0DoncasterFartown3,9234Mon 23 Sep 1963Wakefield Trinity4–12HalifaxBelle Vue
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 1 Oct 1963Dewsbury9–10HalifaxCrown Flatt2Wed 9 Oct 1963Featherstone Rovers22–9HuddersfieldPost Office Road7,200
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 2 November 1963Halifax10–0Featherstone RoversBelle Vue13,238£2,471
Teams and scorers Halifax№Featherstone Rovers teams Ronald James1Jack "Jackie" FennellDuncan Jackson2Kenneth "Ken" GreatorexJohn Burnett3Jim HuntColin Dixon4Anthony "Tony" LynchJohnny Freeman5Gary JordanBarry Robinson6Ivor LingardAlan Marchant7Don FoxFrank Fox8Abe TerryJohn 'Joby' Shaw9Willis FawleyJack Scroby10Malcolm DixonWyn Philips11Terry RamshawTerry Fogerty12Harry BrownCharlie Renilson13Colin Clifft??CoachJohn Malpass 10score02HT0 Scorers Tries John Jackson (1)TCharlie Renilson (1)T Goals Ronald James (2)G Drop Goals DGRefereeDennis Davies (Manchester) Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
See also 1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
Notes
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