1963–64 Yorkshire Cup


The 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Halifax won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 10-0
The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,238 and receipts were £2,471.

Background

This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.

Competition and results

Round 1

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 7 Sep 1963Batley6-13DewsburyMount Pleasant
2Sat 7 Sep 1963Bradford Northern10-24Featherstone RoversOdsal
3Sat 7 Sep 1963Doncaster3-2YorkBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield
4Sat 7 Sep 1963Halifax29-5KeighleyThrum Hall
5Sat 7 Sep 1963Huddersfield25-9Hull F.C.Fartown5,906
6Sat 7 Sep 1963Hull Kingston Rovers17-11BramleyCraven Park
7Sat 7 Sep 1963Hunslet4-9Wakefield TrinityParkside
8Sat 7 Sep 1963Leeds20-3CastlefordHeadingley

Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Tue 17 Sep 1963Dewsbury17-13Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt
2Tue 17 Sep 1963Featherstone Rovers22-12LeedsPost Office Road
3Mon 23 Sep 1963Huddersfield27-0DoncasterFartown3,923
4Mon 23 Sep 1963Wakefield Trinity4-12HalifaxBelle Vue

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Tue 1 Oct 1963Dewsbury9-10HalifaxCrown Flatt
2Wed 9 Oct 1963Featherstone Rovers22-9HuddersfieldPost Office Road7,200

Final

Teams and Scorers

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = two points

The road to success

General information for those unfamiliar

The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in December