1963 Lancashire Cup
The 1963 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition
| Structure | Regional knockout championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of teams | 14 | |||
| Winners | St Helens | |||
| Runners-up | Leigh | |||
| ||||
1963 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, Salford, (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.
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[1][2]
Round 1
Involved 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 | 15474 | [6] | |||||
| 8 | blank | blank | Recreation Ground |
Round 1 - Replays
Involved 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
Involved 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 | 15700 | [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
Involved 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 | 20168 | [5][6] | ||||
| 2 | Mon 30 Sep 1963 | Leigh | 10-0 | Oldham | Hilton Park |
Final
| 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[6]
| St Helens | № | Leigh |
|---|---|---|
| teams | ||
| Kel Coslett | 1 | |
| Len Killeen | 2 | |
| Tom van Vollenhoven | 3 | |
| Keith Northey | 4 | |
| Peter Harvey | 5 | |
| Wilf Smith | 6 | |
| Alex Murphy | 7 | |
| John Tenby | 8 | |
| Bob Dagnall | 9 | |
| Cliff Watson | 10 | |
| Ray French | 11 | |
| Keith Ashcroft | 12 | |
| xBill Major | 13 | |
| 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 | |
| G | ||
| Drop Goals | ||
| DG | ||
| Referee | ||
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes and comments
1 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played in Blackpool's new stadium
2 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 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
- ↑ "Rugby League Project".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn (1977). News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963-64 - 74th year. News of the World Ltd.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- ↑ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 [-http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897"].
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- ↑ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.