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
Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a Local government in England, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status and a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settl ...
, now in
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...
. 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 (with no byes) and 16 clubs
Round 2 - Quarter-finals
Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Round 3 – Semi-finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Final
Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
Notes and comments
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Belle Vue is the home ground of
Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier o ...
with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield
See also
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1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 69th season of rugby league football.
Season summary
The 1963–64 season saw the league continue to be split into two divisions with each team playing each other team home and away and ...
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Rugby league county cups
References
External links
Saints Heritage Society1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.comHull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org
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