1984–85 John Player Cup

1984–1985 John Player Cup
Tournament statistics
1983-1984 (Previous) (Next) 1985-1986

The 1984-1985 John Player Cup was the fourteenth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition for the second consecutive year defeating London Welsh in the final.[1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.[2]

Draw and Results

First Round

Team One Team Two Score
Alnwick Club Wakefield 9-34
Aspatria Birkenhead Park 19-7
Barkers Butts Bromsgrove 10-9
Bedford Rushton & Higham 51-0
Devon & Cornwall Police Lydney 4-15
Fullerians Rosslyn Park +
Havant Kings College School Old Boys 24-11
Hendon Crawley 15-18
Lichfield Loughborough Students +
Maidenhead Old Redcliffians 3-9
Nuneaton Paviors 16-14
Oxford Old Boys Swindon 13-12
Preston Grasshoppers Hartlepool Rovers 9-9*
Redruth Bletchley 26-9
Sidcup Ipswich 13-6

+Result from Sat 22 Sep missing

Second Round

Team One Team Two Score
Nuneaton Wakefield 13-17
Hartlepool Rovers Aspatria 10-16
Bedford Barkers Butts 10-4
Lichfield Stourbridge 17-10
Sidcup Old Redcliffians 24-7
Redruth Crawley 14-4
Havant Berry Hill 7-27
Blackheath Sutton & Epsom 40-6
Rosslyn Park North Walsham 15-7
Oxford Old Boys Lydney 12-21

Third Round

Team One Team Two Score
Bath Berry Hill 24-3
Bedford Waterloo 6-7
Gloucester Richmond 29-0
Harlequins Ealing 29-12
Leicester Bristol 43-4
Lichfield Sidcup 11-4
Liverpool London Scottish 16-13
Nottingham Northampton 15-3
Plymouth Coventry 6-42
Redruth Lydney 11-29
Sale Aspatria 33-10
Saracens Gosforth 16-13
Wasps Rosslyn Park 23-10
Headingley London Welsh 10-18
Wakefield Blackheath 6-6*
West Hartlepool Moseley 9-12

Away team progress*

Fourth Round

Team One Team Two Score
Bath Blackheath 37-3
Gloucester Saracens 29-3
Harlequins Lichfield 16-6
Liverpool Leicester 9-37
Lydney Sale 4-20
Moseley Coventry 9-29
Nottingham London Welsh 11-12
Waterloo Wasps 21-13

Quarter Finals

Team One Team Two Score
Sale Bath 15-25
Coventry Leicester 10-10*
Gloucester Harlequins 31-12
London Welsh Waterloo 21-10

Coventry progress due to more tries*

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
Gloucester Bath 11-12
Coventry London Welsh 10-10*

London Welsh progress due to more tries*

Final

27 April 1985
Bath 24-15 London Welsh
Try: David Trick
Gareth Chilcott
Con: John Palmer 2
Pen: John Palmer 4
Pen: Colyn Price 5
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Roger Quittenton (London)
16 Chris Martin
15 David Trick
14 John Palmer
12 Simon Halliday
11 Barry Trevaskis
10 John Horton
9 Richard Hill
8 Paul Simpson
7 Jon Hall
6 Roger Spurrell (c)
5 Nigel Redman
4 Nigel Gaymond
3 Maurice 'Richard' Lee
2 Greg Bess
1 Gareth Chilcott
Replacements:
16 Jeremy Guscott
17
18
19
20
21
Coach:
Jack Rowell
15 Matthew Ebsworth
14 Jeremy Hughes
13 Bob Ackerman
12 Dan Fouhy
11 Clive Rees (c)
10 Colyn Price
9 Mark Douglas
8 Kevin Bowring
7 Matthew Watkins
6 Stuart Russell
5 John Collins
4 Ted Lewis
3 Bruce Bradley
2 Byron Light
1 Tim Jones
Replacements:
16 Ian George
17 Simon Page
18 Julian Davies
19 Richard John
20 Guy Leleu
21 Peter Greenway
Coach:

References

  1. Jones, Stephen (1990). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-356-19162-1.
  2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
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