The 1963–64 Challenge Cup was the 63rd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.
First round Date Team one Team two Score08 FebBarrow Dewsbury 11-608 FebBlackpool Borough Doncaster 25-208 FebFeatherstone Rovers Stanningley Leeds 60-408 FebHalifax Batley 0-308 FebHull Kingston Rovers Rochdale Hornets 12-1208 FebHunslet Wakefield Trinity 4-408 FebKeighley Oldham 4-1108 FebLeigh Widnes 2-208 FebLiverpool City Huddersfield 3-008 FebSt Helens Castleford 6-1308 FebSalford Leeds 10-608 FebWhitehaven Hull 7-508 FebWigan Swinton 15-1508 FebWorkington Town Warrington 21-308 FebYork Bramley 5-211 FebRochdale Hornets Hull Kingston Rovers 7-2212 FebSwinton Wigan 13-812 FebWakefield Trinity Hunslet7-1412 FebWidnes Leigh 11-1117 FebWidnes Leigh 14-2
Second round Date Team one Team two Score29 FebBatley Hunslet 6-1429 FebOldham Featherstone Rovers9-729 FebBlackpool Borough Thames Board Mills (Warrington)48-829 FebWhitehaven Castleford5-2929 FebWorkington Swinton3-1129 FebYork Hull Kingston Rovers7-2329 FebWidnes Liverpool City16-629 FebSalford Barrow4-10
Quarter-finals Date Team one Team two Score14 MarWidnesSwinton5-514 MarBlackpool Borough Castleford 4-2514 MarHull Kingston Rovers Barrow 38-414 MarHunslet Oldham5-718 MarSwinton Widnes 0-023 MarWidnes Swinton 15-3
Semi-finals Date Team one Team two Score11 AprHull Kingston Rovers Oldham 5-515 AprOldham Hull Kingston Rovers 17-14+18 AprWidnes Castleford 7-720 AprHull Kingston Rovers Oldham 12-220 AprCastleford Widnes 5-7 + Abandoned after 12 minutes of extra time due to bad light.
Final Widnes beat Hull Kingston Rovers 13–5 in the Challenge Cup played at Wembley Stadium on 9 May before a crowd of 84,488.
This was Widnes’ third Challenge Cup final win in five Final appearances. Frank Collier, their prop forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.
1 Robert Randall2 Bobby Chisnall3 Alan Briers4 Frank Myler5 William Thompson6 Ged Lowe7 Ray Owen8 Wally Hurstfield9 George Kemel10 Frank Collier11 Jim Measures12 Arthur Hughes13 Vince Karalius (c)Coach: 1 Cyril Kellett2 Graham Paul3 Terry Major4 David Elliott 5 Mike Blackmore6 Alan Burwell7 Arthur Bunting8 Brian Tyson9 Peter Flanagan10 Brian Mennell11Eric Palmer12 Len Clark13 Harry Poole (c)Coach:
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