1964–65 Northern Rugby Football League season: Difference between revisions

1964-65 Rugby Football League season
1964-65 Rugby Football League season
League	Northern Rugby League
1964-65 Season
Champions	Halifax
League Leaders	St Helens
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The 1964-65 Rugby Football League season was the sixty ninth season of rugby league football.

Season summary

1964-65 saw the two divisions of rugby league merge back into one single league. The championship play offs returned to decide the champions. A new top 16 play off format was introduced rather than top four system used between 1905-06 and 1962-63.

This year also saw the introduction of substitutes although initially they were only for players injured up to and including half time.

Halifax won their third Championship when they beat St Helens 15-7 in the play-off final. St Helens had finished the regular season as league leaders.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Wigan who beat Hunslet 20-6 in the final. ^[1]

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	St Helens RLFC	34	28	0	6	56
2	Wigan	34	26	0	8	52
3	Castleford	34	25	1	8	51
4	Wakefield Trinity	34	24	2	8	50
5	Warrington	34	24	1	9	49
6	Workington Town	34	23	1	10	47
7	Halifax	34	22	1	10	47
8	Hull Kingston Rovers	34	22	0	12	44
9	Oldham	34	20	1	13	41
10	Leeds	34	20	0	14	40
11	Swinton	34	19	1	14	39
12	Leigh	34	19	1	14	39
13	Hull	34	19	0	15	38
14	Hunslet	34	19	0	15	38
15	Featherstone Rovers	34	18	0	16	36
16	Barrow	34	18	0	16	36
17	Bradford Northern	34	15	1	18	31
18	Huddersfield	34	15	0	19	30
19	Widnes	34	14	2	18	30
20	Whitehaven	34	14	1	19	29
21	Dewsbury	34	13	2	18	28
22	Salford	34	11	2	21	24
23	Liverpool City	34	10	2	22	22
24	Bramley	34	10	1	23	21
25	York	34	10	0	24	20
26	Batley	34	9	1	24	19
27	Keighley	34	9	0	25	18
28	Doncaster	34	9	0	25	18
29	Rochdale Hornets	34	7	1	26	15
30	Blackpool Borough	34	6	2	26	14

Challenge Cup

Wigan beat Hunslet 20-6 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of xx,xxx.

This was Wigan’s seventh Cup Final win in thirteen Final appearances.

To date, this was Hunslet’s last Challenge Cup Final appearance.^[2]

Championship Play-Offs

Round 1		Round 2		Semi-final		Championship Final

St Helens	23

Barrow	7
		St Helens	24

		Hull Kingston Rovers	6
Hull Kingston Rovers	18

Oldham	14
				St Helens	10

				Wakefield Trinity	5
Wakefield Trinity	15

Hull	9
		Wakefield Trinity	17

		Warrington	8
Warrington	10

Leigh	4
						St Helens	7

						Halifax	15
Castleford	18

Hunslet	7
		Castleford	11

		Workington Town	3
Swinton	2

Workington Town	29
				Castleford	18

				Halifax	26
Featherstone Rovers	15

Wigan	8
		Featherstone Rovers	6

		Halifax	31
Halifax	28

Leeds	11

References

^ "1964-65 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Sources

[1] "1964-65 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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 [[Halifax RLFC|Halifax]] won their third Championship when they beat St Helens 15-7 in the play-off final. St Helens had finished the regular season as league leaders.
-The Challenge Cup Winners were [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] who beat [[Hunslet Hawks|Hunslet]]  20-6 in the final. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=385|title=1964-65 Season summary|accessdate=2009-08-08}}</ref>
+The Challenge Cup Winners were [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] who beat [[Hunslet Hawks|Hunslet]]  20-6 in the final. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=385|title=1964-65 Season summary|accessdate=2009-08-08|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5jpny4foq|archivedate=2009-09-16|deadurl=no}}</ref>
 ==Championship==
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 This was Wigan’s seventh Cup Final win in thirteen Final appearances.
-To date, this was Hunslet’s last Challenge Cup Final appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65|title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour|accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref>
+To date, this was Hunslet’s last Challenge Cup Final appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65|title=RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour|accessdate=2009-08-07|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1253115704863429|archivedate=2009-09-16|deadurl=no}}</ref>
 ==Championship Play-Offs==