1983–84 John Player Cup

1983–1984 John Player Cup

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The 1983-1984 John Player Cup was the thirteenth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Bristol 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
Betteshanger Colliery	Worthing	11-20
Norwich	Guildford & Godalming	9-3
Richmond	Saracens	22-16
Tabard	U.S Portsmouth	9-15
Aspatria	West Hartlepool	3-20
Morley	Alsager College	38-4
Fylde	Alnwick	43-21
Newark	Dudley Kings	28-6
Nottingham	Solihull	29-3
Nuneaton	Walsall	19-6
Vipers	Bedford Athletic	18-9
High Wycombe	Launceston	7-0
Henley	Maidenhead	12-12 *
Old Redcliffians	Devon & Cornwall Police	7-6
Stroud	Bournemouth	15-0

Second Round

Team One	Team Two	Score
High Wycombe	Lydney	18-28
Norwich	Henley	21-15
Nottingham	Newark	36-3
Nuneaton	Fylde	33-21
Richmond	U.S Portsmouth	43-0
Southend	KCS Old Boys	24-3
Stroud	Dartfordians	18-4
Vipers	Stourbridge	3-13
West Hartlepool	Morley	6-6
Worthing	Old Redcliffians	6-25

Third Round

Team One	Team Two	Score
Norwich	Bristol	3-24
Nuneaton	Richmond	6-9

Fourth Round

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bristol	London Welsh	36-8
Plymouth Argyle	Harlequins	16-17
Waterloo	Richmond	26-19
Coventry	London Irish	16-7
London Scottish	Northampton	34-6
Moseley	Nottingham	3-10
Orrell	Wasps	15-15*
Blackheath	Bath	12-41

Wasps progress due to more tries*

Quarter Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Waterloo	Bristol	9-12
Nottingham	London Scottish	22-16
Coventry	Harlequins	16-24
Bath	Wasps	26-12

Semi Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Nottingham	Bath	3-12
Bristol	Harlequins	21-18

Final

28 April 1984

Bath	10-9	Bristol
Try: Paul Simpson Pen: John Palmer Drop: John Horton		Try: Richard Harding Con: Stuart Barnes Pen: Stuart Barnes

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Roger Quittenton (London)


	15	Chris Martin
	14	David Trick
	13	Alun Rees
	12	John Palmer
	11	Barry Trevaskis
	10	John Horton
	9	Richard Hill
	8	Paul Simpson
	7	Roger Spurrell (c)
	6	Nigel Redman
	5	Nigel Gaymond
	4	Jon Hall
	3	Maurice 'Richard' Lee
	2	Rob Cunningham
	1	Gareth Chilcott
Replacements:
	16	A Watkins
	17	C Stanley
	18	Greg Bess
	19	Ronnie Hakin
	20	P Turner
	21	Chris Lilley
Coach:
Jack Rowell


	15	Phil Cue
	14	Alan Morley
	13	Simon Hogg
	12	Ralph Knibbs
	11	John Carr
	10	Stuart Barnes
	9	Richard Harding
	8	John Doubleday
	7	Dave Palmer
	6	Austin Sheppard
	5	Pete Polledri
	4	Nigel Pomphrey
	3	Peter Stiff
	2	Mike Rafter (c)
	1	D Chidgey
Replacements:
	16	John Watson
	17	Huw Duggan
	18	Lawrence Yandell
	19	Kevin Bogira
	20	Darryll Hickey
	21	Malcolm Baker
Coach:

References

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

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