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The 1963–64 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 69th season of rugby league football.
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Season summary
1963-64 season saw the league continue to be split into two divisions with each team playing each other team home and away and no play offs.
Swinton won their sixth Championship.
The Challenge Cup winners were Widnes who beat Hull Kingston Rovers 13-5 in the final.
The 2nd Division Champions were Oldham
Bradford Northern disbanded on 10 December 1963 after playing 13 matches which were then declared null and void. They had won 1 and lost 12. Their last match on 23 November attracted a club record lowest crowd of just 324 against Barrow.
There was no promotion or relegation as the League returned to one division in 1964-65.
Brian Bevan ended his career with Warrington and Blackpool Borough as the all-time record try scorer with 796.
St.Helens won the Lancashire League and Halifax won the Yorkshire League. St.Helens beat Leigh 15–4 to win the Lancashire Cup and Halifax beat Featherstone Rovers 10–0 to win the Yorkshire Cup.
Challenge Cup
Widnes beat Hull Kingston Rovers 13-5 in the Challenge Cup played at Wembley Stadium 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.