1962–63 Northern Rugby Football League season

1962–63 Northern Rugby Football League season
1962–63 Northern Rugby Football League season
League	First Division
Champions	Swinton
Top point-scorer(s)	Kel Coslett 321
Top try-scorer(s)	Ray Glastonbury 41
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division	Hunslet; Keighley
Relegated to Second Division	Oldham; Bramley
Second Division
Champions	Hunslet
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 68th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

1962 saw the league split into two divisions with each team playing each other team home and away. The introduction of an even league meant the end of season championship play-off was done away with and the team finishing top of the table was declared champions.

1962-63 finished up with huge fixture backlogs similar to 1946-47 after "the big freeze" brought heavy snow and postponed most rugby league matches for two and half months.

Swinton won their fifth Championship. Oldham and Bramley were demoted to the Second Division.

The Challenge Cup winners were Wakefield Trinity who beat Wigan 25-10 in the final.

The 2nd Division Champions were Hunslet who were promoted along with second placed Keighley.^[1]

Workington Town (from Cumberland) won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. St.Helens beat Swinton 7–4 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hunslet beat Hull Kingston Rovers 12–2 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

First Division

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Swinton	30	22	1	7	45
2	St Helens	30	19	1	10	39
3	Widnes	30	19	1	10	39
4	Castleford	30	16	3	11	35
5	Wakefield Trinity	30	16	1	13	33
6	Warrington	30	15	2	13	32
7	Leeds	30	16	0	14	32
8	Wigan	30	14	2	14	30
9	Huddersfield	30	14	0	16	28
10	Hull Kingston Rovers	30	13	1	16	27
11	Featherstone Rovers	30	12	3	15	27
12	Workington Town	30	12	3	15	27
13	Halifax	30	13	1	16	27
14	Hull	30	10	2	18	22
15	Oldham	30	9	1	20	19
16	Bramley	30	9	0	21	18

	Champions		Relegated

Second Division

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Hunslet	26	22	0	4	508	214	44
2	Keighley	26	21	0	5	450	187	42
3	York	26	16	1	9	418	243	33
4	Blackpool Borough	26	15	0	11	281	247	30
5	Rochdale Hornets	26	14	1	11	282	243	29
6	Barrow	26	14	0	12	413	280	28
7	Leigh	26	14	0	12	361	264	28
8	Batley	26	13	1	12	275	322	27
9	Whitehaven	26	12	2	12	318	306	26
10	Doncaster	26	10	0	16	283	329	20
11	Liverpool City	26	9	1	16	159	328	19
12	Salford	26	8	1	17	271	442	17
13	Dewsbury	26	8	0	18	200	345	16
14	Bradford Northern	26	2	1	23	163	632	5

	Promoted

Challenge Cup

Wakefield Trinity beat Wigan 25-10 in the challenge Cup Final played at Wembley before a crowd of 84,492.

This was Wakefield Trinity’s fourth Cup Final win in their fifth Final appearance and their second in successive seasons.^[2] Harold Poynton, their stand-off half was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

References

^ "1962-63 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] "1962-63 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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