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1963–64 Lancashire Cup

1963–64 was the fifty-first occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.

1963–64 Lancashire Cup
StructureRegional knockout championship
Teams14
WinnersSt. Helens
Runners-upLeigh

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

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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

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[1][2]

Round 1

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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 15,474 [6]
8 blank blank Recreation Ground

Round 1 - replays

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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

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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 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

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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 20,168 [5][6]
2 Mon 30 Sep 1963 Leigh 10-0 Oldham Hilton Park

Final

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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

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St. Helens No. Leigh
teams
Kel Coslett 1 Bev Risman
Len Killeen 2 Colin Tyrer
Tom van Vollenhoven 3 Gordon Lewis
Keith Northey [1] 4 Mick Collins
Peter Harvey [2] 5 Tony Leadbetter
Wilf Smith [3] 6 Austin Rhodes
Alex Murphy 7 Terry Entwistle
John Tembey 8 Bill Robinson
Bob Dagnall 9 John Lewis
Cliff Watson 10 Stan Owen
Ray French 11 Mick Murphy
Keith Ashcroft [4] 12 Mick Martyn
Bill Major [5] 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

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The road to success

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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

Media coverage

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The Lancashire Cup final was televised for the first time in its history.[8] The match was broadcast on BBC TV's Grandstand programme.[9]

Notes and comments

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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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b Frank Butler and Malcolm Gunn (1977). News of the World & Empire News Football Annual 1963–64 - 74th year. News of the World Ltd.
  3. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  5. ^ a b c "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  7. ^ Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  8. ^ "Final On TV". Sports Mail. Hull Daily Mail. No. 24187. 27 July 1963. p. 1 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "BBC Programme Index - Grandstand". BBC Genome. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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