1963–64 Challenge Cup Explained

1963–64 Challenge Cup
Duration:	5 rounds
Season:	1963–64
Season Champs:	Widnes
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Second Place:	Hull Kingston Rovers
Mvp:	Frank Collier
Mvp Link:	Lance Todd Trophy
Prevseason Link:	1962–63 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:	1962–63
Nextseason Link:	1964–65 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:	1964–65

The 1963–64 Challenge Cup was the 63rd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

First round

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08 Feb	Barrow	Dewsbury	11-6
08 Feb	Blackpool Borough	Doncaster	25-2
08 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Stanningley Leeds	60-4
08 Feb	Halifax	Batley	0-3
08 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	Rochdale Hornets	12-12
08 Feb	Hunslet	Wakefield Trinity	4-4
08 Feb	Keighley	Oldham	4-11
08 Feb	Leigh	Widnes	2-2
08 Feb	Liverpool City	Huddersfield	3-0
08 Feb	St Helens	Castleford	6-13
08 Feb	Salford	Leeds	10-6
08 Feb	Whitehaven	Hull	7-5
08 Feb	Wigan	Swinton	15-15
08 Feb	Workington Town	Warrington	21-3
08 Feb	York	Bramley	5-2
11 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Hull Kingston Rovers	7-22
12 Feb	Swinton	Wigan	13-8
12 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	Hunslet	7-14
12 Feb	Widnes	Leigh	11-11
17 Feb	Widnes	Leigh	14-2

Second round

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29 Feb	Batley	Hunslet	6-14
29 Feb	Oldham	Featherstone Rovers	9-7
29 Feb	Blackpool Borough	Thames Board Mills (Warrington)	48-8
29 Feb	Whitehaven	Castleford	5-29
29 Feb	Workington	Swinton	3-11
29 Feb	York	Hull Kingston Rovers	7-23
29 Feb	Widnes	Liverpool City	16-6
29 Feb	Salford	Barrow	4-10

Quarter-finals

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14 Mar	Widnes	Swinton	5-5
14 Mar	Blackpool Borough	Castleford	4-25
14 Mar	Hull Kingston Rovers	Barrow	38-4
14 Mar	Hunslet	Oldham	5-7
18 Mar	Swinton	Widnes	0-0
23 Mar	Widnes	Swinton	15-3

Semi-finals

width=100	Date	width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=100	Score
11 Apr	Hull Kingston Rovers	Oldham	5-5
15 Apr	Oldham	Hull Kingston Rovers	17-14+
18 Apr	Widnes	Castleford	7-7
20 Apr	Hull Kingston Rovers	Oldham	12-2
20 Apr	Castleford	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.^[2] Frank Collier, their prop forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

1 Robert Randall 2 Bobby Chisnall 3 Alan Briers 4 Frank Myler 5 William Thompson 6 Ged Lowe 7 Ray Owen 8 Wally Hurstfield 9 George Kemel 10 Frank Collier 11 Jim Measures 12 Arthur Hughes 13 Vince Karalius (c) Coach:

1 Cyril Kellett 2 Graham Paul 3 Terry Major 4 David Elliott 5 Mike Blackmore 6 Alan Burwell 7 Arthur Bunting 8 Brian Tyson 9 Peter Flanagan 10 Brian Mennell 11 Eric Palmer 12 Len Clark 13 Harry Poole (c) Coach:

Notes and References

1. Web site: Challenge Cup 1963/64. Rugby League Project.
2. Web site: RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour . 2009-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 . 2009-04-03 . dead .