1963–64 Challenge Cup

1963–64 Challenge Cup

Duration	5 rounds
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Hull Kingston Rovers
Lance Todd Trophy	Frank Collier

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

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
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

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
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

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
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

Date	Team one	Team two	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. Frank Collier, their prop forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

9 May 1964

Widnes	13 – 5	Hull Kingston Rovers
Try: Briers, Myler, Collier Goal: Randall (2)	Report	Try: Burwell Goal: Kellett

Wembley, London Attendance: 84,488 Referee: R.L. Thomas (Oldham) Player of the Match: Frank Collier

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: