1963–64 Challenge Cup
# 1963–64 Challenge Cup

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: |
