1962–63_Challenge_Cup

1962–63 Challenge Cup

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The 1962–63 Challenge Cup was the 62nd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.^[1]

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The final was played on Saturday 11 May 1963, where Wakefield Trinity beat Wigan 25–10 in front of a crowd of 84,492.^[2]

The Lance Todd Trophy was awarded to Wakefield stand-off Harold Poynton, taker of a magnificent interception try.

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Date	Team one	Team two	Score
9 Feb	Castleford	Leeds	8-10
9 Feb	Liverpool City	Roose (Barrow)	11-0
Mar 2	Barrow	Workington Town	7-16
Mar 2	Blackpool Borough	Dewsbury	12-0
Mar 2	Hull Kingston Rovers	Keighley	6-5
Mar 2	Leigh	Oldham	10-18
Mar 2	Rochdale Hornets	Hunslet	3-16
Mar 2	Salford	York	11-29
Mar 2	Warrington	Doncaster	15-2
Mar 6	Featherstone Rovers	Batley	32-2
Mar 6	Swinton	Widnes	6-6
Mar 7	Hull	Wigan	0-7
Mar 11	Halifax	St Helens	9-2
Mar 11	Huddersfield	Whitehaven	10-11
Mar 11	Wakefield Trinity	Bradford Northern	15-3
Mar 11 - replay	Widnes	Swinton	3-3
Mar 11	Imperial Athletic (York)	Bramley	4-15
Mar 13 - 2nd replay	Swinton	Widnes	4-6

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
Mar 16	Blackpool Borough	York	12-16
Mar 16	Bramley	Warrington	9-17
Mar 16	Halifax	Hunslet	3-16
Mar 16	Hull Kingston Rovers	Featherstone Rovers	12-2
Mar 16	Widnes	Whitehaven	5-0
Mar 16	Wakefield Trinity	Liverpool City	14-12
Mar 16	Wigan	Leeds	20-11
Mar 16	Workington Town	Oldham	0-13

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
Apr 6	Widnes	Hull Kingston Rovers	7-10
Apr 6	York	Wakefield Trinity	9-9
Apr 6	Warrington	Hunslet	7-5
Apr 6	Oldham	Wigan	0-18
Apr 10 - replay	Wakefield Trinity	York	25-11

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
Apr 20	Wakefield Trinity	Warrington	5-2
Apr 20	Wigan	Hull Kingston Rovers	18-4

1962–63 Challenge Cup