1984–85 John Player Cup

The 1984–85 John Player Cup was the 14th 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]

1984–85 John Player Cup
Tournament statistics
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Draw and results

First round

Team one	Team two	Score
Alnwick	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	King's 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	9-16
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)

Bath	London Welsh

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 replaced Trevaskis 17 Chris Stanley 18 Alun Rees 19 Jimmy Deane 20 David Sole 21 David Egerton 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.