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 ClubsGame No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
1 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Batley | 6-13 | Dewsbury | Mount Pleasant | ||||||
2 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Bradford Northern | 10-24 | Featherstone Rovers | Odsal | ||||||
3 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Doncaster | 3-2 | York | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | ||||||
4 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Halifax | 29-5 | Keighley | Thrum Hall | ||||||
5 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Huddersfield | 25-9 | Hull F.C. | Fartown | 5,906 | |||||
6 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 17-11 | Bramley | Craven Park | ||||||
7 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Hunslet | 4-9 | Wakefield Trinity | Parkside | ||||||
8 | Sat 7 Sep 1963 | Leeds | 20-3 | Castleford | Headingley |
Round 2 - Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 ClubsGame No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Tue 17 Sep 1963 | Dewsbury | 17-13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Crown Flatt | ||||||
2 | Tue 17 Sep 1963 | Featherstone Rovers | 22-12 | Leeds | Post Office Road | ||||||
3 | Mon 23 Sep 1963 | Huddersfield | 27-0 | Doncaster | Fartown | 3,923 | |||||
4 | Mon 23 Sep 1963 | Wakefield Trinity | 4-12 | Halifax | Belle Vue |
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 ClubsGame No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Tue 1 Oct 1963 | Dewsbury | 9-10 | Halifax | Crown Flatt | ||||||
2 | Wed 9 Oct 1963 | Featherstone Rovers | 22-9 | Huddersfield | Post Office Road | 7,200 |