1963–64 was the fifty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
| 1963–64 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout championship |
| Teams | 14 |
| Winners | St. Helens |
| Runners-up | Leigh |
St. Helenswon the trophy by beatingLeighby the score of 15-4
The match was played atStation Road,Pendlebury(historicallyin the county ofLancashire). The attendance was 21,231 and receipts were £3,857
This was the fourth of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins forSt. Helens,and what is more, the fourth of the seven occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the nine-year period.
Background
editWith 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
editRound 1
editInvolved 7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 07 Sep 1963 | Barrow | 12-34 | Wigan | Craven Park | [3] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 07 Sep 1963 | Blackpool Borough | 8-22 | Workington Town | Borough Park | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Sat 07 Sep 1963 | Liverpool City | 5-5 | Whitehaven | Mill Yard,Knotty Ash | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 07 Sep 1963 | Oldham | 10-5 | Widnes | Watersheddings | [4] | |||||
| 5 | Sat 07 Sep 1963 | Rochdale Hornets | 7-19 | Leigh | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 6 | Sat 07 Sep 1963 | Salford | 0-31 | Warrington | The Willows | [5] | |||||
| 7 | Sat 07 Sep 1963 | Swinton | 2-12 | St. Helens | Station Road | 15,474 | [6] | ||||
| 8 | blank | blank | Recreation Ground |
Round 1 - replays
editInvolved 1 match
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 11 Sep 1963 | Whitehaven | 31-5 | Liverpool City | Recreation Ground |
Round 2 - Quarter-finals
editInvolved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 16 Sep 1963 | St. Helens | 28-4 | Workington Town | Knowsley Road | 15,700 | [6] | ||||
| 2 | Wed 18 Sep 1963 | Oldham | 35-4 | Whitehaven | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 3 | Wed 18 Sep 1963 | Wigan | 5-7 | Leigh | Central Park | [3] | |||||
| 4 | Warrington | bye | [5] |
Round 3 – Semi-finals
editInvolved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 23 Sep 1963 | Warrington | 14-21 | St. Helens | Wilderspool | 20,168 | [5][6] | ||||
| 2 | Mon 30 Sep 1963 | Leigh | 10-0 | Oldham | Hilton Park |
Final
edit| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 26 October 1963 | St. Helens | 15-4 | Leigh | Station Road | 21,231 | £3,857 | 2 | [2][6][7] |
Teams and scorers
edit| St. Helens | No. | Leigh |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Kel Coslett | 1 | Bev Risman |
| Len Killeen | 2 | Colin Tyrer |
| Tom van Vollenhoven | 3 | Gordon Lewis |
| Keith Northey[1] | 4 | Mick Collins |
| Peter Harvey[2] | 5 | Tony Leadbetter |
| Wilf Smith[3] | 6 | Austin Rhodes |
| Alex Murphy | 7 | Terry Entwistle |
| John Tembey | 8 | Bill Robinson |
| Bob Dagnall | 9 | John Lewis |
| Cliff Watson | 10 | Stan Owen |
| Ray French | 11 | Mick Murphy |
| Keith Ashcroft[4] | 12 | Mick Martyn |
| Bill Major[5] | 13 | Derek Hurt |
| 15 | score | 4 |
| 5 | HT | 4 |
| Scorers | ||
| Tries | ||
| Len Kileen (1) | T | |
| Tom van Vollenhoven (1) | T | |
| Wilf Smith (1) | T | |
| Goals | ||
| Kel Coslett (3) | G | Colin Tyrer (2) |
| G | ||
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | Ron Gelder(Wilmslow) | |
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
edit| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| blank | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Workington Town | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blackpool Borough | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Workington Town | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liverpool City | 6-5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | 6-31 | ||||||||||||||||||
Media coverage
editThe Lancashire Cup final was televised for the first time in its history.[8]The match was broadcast onBBC TV'sGrandstandprogramme.[9]
Notes and comments
edit1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played in Blackpool's new stadium
2 *Station Roadwas the home ground ofSwintonfrom 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 watchedWiganbeatWarrington3-2
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Rugby League Project".
- ^abFrank Butler and Malcolm Gunn (1977).News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year.News of the World Ltd.
- ^ab"Wigan" Cherry and White "archived results".Archived fromthe originalon 21 February 2014.Retrieved15 February2014.
- ^"Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ^abc"Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".Archived fromthe originalon 6 July 2010.
- ^abcde"Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ^Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991).Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100.Queen Anne Press.ISBN0 35617852 8.
- ^"Final On TV".Sports Mail.Hull Daily Mail.No. 24187. 27 July 1963. p. 1 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^"BBC Programme Index - Grandstand".BBC Genome.Retrieved1 January2024.