1963 Lancashire Cup

The 1963 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition

1963-64 Lancashire Cup

Structure

Regional knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

St Helens

Runners-up

Leigh

< 1962	Seasons	1964 >

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 (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	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

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	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

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	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

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	Bev Risman
Len Killeen	2	Colin Tyrer
Tom van Vollenhoven	3	Gordon Lewis
Keith Northey	4	Mick Collins
Peter Harvey	5	Leadbetter
Wilf Smith	6	Austin Rhodes
Alex Murphy	7	T Entwistle
John Tembey	8	Bill Robinson
Bob Dagnall	9	J Lewis
Cliff Watson	10	Stan Owen
Ray French	11	Mick Murphy
Keith Ashcroft	12	Mick Martyn
Bill Major	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

First Round		Second Round		Semi Finals		Final


Salford	0

Warrington	31
		Warrington

		bye
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				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 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

References

↑ "Rugby League Project".
1 2 Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn (1977). News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963-64 - 74th year. News of the World Ltd.
1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
↑ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
1 2 3 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
1 2 3 4 5 "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.

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