1999–2000 Tetley's Bitter Cup

The 1999–00 Tetley's Bitter Cup was the 29th edition of England's rugby union club competition. Wasps won the competition defeating Northampton in the final.^[1] The event was sponsored by Tetley's Brewery and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2]

1999–2000 Tetley's Bitter Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England
Tournament format(s)	knockout
Tournament statistics
Final
Venue	Twickenham Stadium
Champions	Wasps (2nd title)
Runners-up	Northampton
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Draw and results

First round (19 September)

Home	Away	Score
Amersham & Chiltern	Ruislip	25-17
Banbury	Workington	20-10
Barkers Butts	Bridlington	24-15
Belgrave	Kendal	0-27
Blaydon	Scunthorpe	16-15
Bridgwater	Metropolitan Police	13-9
Broadstreet	Bedford Athletic	24-45
Cheltenham	Havant	57-8
Cinderford	Norwich	27-18
Darlington Mowden Park	Sandal	36-24
Doncaster	Morley	17-22
Drillfield	Sedgley Park	52-67
East Grinstead	Maidenhead	13-20
Ellingham & Leatherhead	Clifton	16-11
Esher	Barking	32-6
Guildford & Godalming	Staines	17-15
Loughborough Students	Thurrock	13-25
Matson	Swanage & Wareham	23-15
North Walsham	Launceston	46-0
Old Patesians	Westcombe Park	10-27
Plymouth	Penzance & Newlyn	14-21
Redruth	Barnstaple	27-24
Selly Oak	New Brighton	10-93
Sevenoaks	Tabard	30-10
Sheffield	Aspatria	11-11 aet*
Spalding	Macclesfield	22-17
Stourbridge	Alnwick	20-8
Walsall	Nuneaton	13-17 aet
Weston-super-Mare	Bishop Stortford	23-17
Whitchurch	Liverpool St Helens	27-8

Away team progress*

Second round (16 October)

Home	Away	Score
Amersham & Chiltern	Esher	16-34
Aspatria	New Brighton	18-24
Banbury	Thurrock	13-21
Barkers Butts	Morley	17-19
Bedford Athletic	Fylde	60-21
Birmingham & Solihull	Wharfedale	14-13
Blaydon	Kendal	18-19
Cheltenham	Westcombe Park	25-23
Cinderford	Reading	21-23
Guildford & Godalming	Maidenhead	15-13
Harrogate	Preston Grasshoppers	22-32
Matson	Camberley	3-22
Newbury	North Walsham	15-0
Nottingham	Stourbridge	20-17
Penzance & Newlyn	Effingham & Leatherhead	51-12
Redruth	Lydney	22-13
Rosslyn Park	Bridgwater & Albion	47-7
Sedgley Park	Darlington Mowden Park	23-25
Sevenoaks	Blackheath	41-40
Spalding	Nuneaton	8-20
Weston-super-Mare	Bracknell	12-26
Whitchurch	Otley	0-76

Third round (13 & 14 November)

Home	Away	Score
Bedford Athletic	Exeter	14-29
Birmingham & Solihull	Waterloo	18-15
Cheltenham	Manchester	16-42
Guildford & Godalming	Darlington Mowden Park	17-48
Kendal	Worcester	27-44
Leeds Tykes	Esher	50-7
London Welsh	Newbury	35-13
Morley	Orrell	19-46
New Brighton	Otley	15-6
Nottingham	Redruth	37-21
Nuneaton	Camberley	29-19
Penzance & Newlyn	Moseley	14-27
Reading	Henley Hawks	3-41
Rotherham	Coventry	28-34
Rugby	Preston Grasshoppers	14-5
Sevenoaks	Thurrock	23-24
Wakefield	Rosslyn Park	7-28
West Hartlepool	Bracknell	17-28

Fourth round (1 & 3 January)

Home	Away	Score
Bedford	Saracens	9-33
Birmingham & Solihull	New Brighton	22-14
Bristol	Henley Hawks	23-9
Coventry	Bracknell	33-10
Darlington Mowden Park	Rosslyn Park	23-11
Gloucester	Bath	13-6
Harlequins	Thurrock	88-0
Leeds Tykes	Sale Sharks	3-13
London Welsh	Exeter	18-14
Manchester	Nottingham	50-17
Newcastle Falcons	Moseley	41-8
Northampton	Nuneaton	118-3
Orrell	Rugby	13-13*
Worcester	London Irish	8-12

• Orrell progress by virtue of more tries

Fifth round (29 & 30 January)

Home	Away	Score
Bristol	Sale Sharks	26-14
Gloucester	Orrell	54-12
Harlequins	Darlington Mowden Park	29-8
London Irish	Leicester	47-7
London Welsh	Coventry	39-16
Manchester	Birmingham/Solihull	22-11
Saracens	Northampton	32-34
London Wasps	Newcastle Falcons	36-30

Quarter-finals (26 February)

Home	Away	Score
Bristol	Harlequins	25–17
London Irish	Gloucester	34–18
London Welsh	Northampton	26–35
London Wasps	Manchester	62–3

Semi-finals (8 April)

Home	Away	Score
Bristol	London Wasps	31–44
London Irish	Northampton	17–24

Final

13 May 2000

Wasps	31–23	Northampton
Try: Lewsey Leota Logan Denney Con: Logan Pen: King 3		Try: Pountney Pen: Grayson 6

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Brian Campsall (Yorkshire)

Wasps

Northampton

15 Josh Lewsey 14 Shane Roiser 13 Mark Denney 12 Rob Henderson 11 Kenny Logan 10 Alex King 9 Martyn Wood 8 Lawrence Dallaglio (c) 7 Paul Volley 6 Joe Worsley 5 Andy Reed 4 Simon Shaw 3 Will Green 2 Trevor Leota 1 Darren Molloy Replacements: 16 Mike Friday 17 John Ufton 18 Fraser Waters 19 Andy Le Chevalier 20 Dugald Macer 21 Mark Weedon 22 Peter Scrivener Coach:

15 Nick Beal 14 Craig Moir 13 Allan Bateman 12 Matt Allen 11 Ben Cohen 10 Paul Grayson 9 Matt Dawson 1 Garry Pagel 2 Federico Méndez 3 Mattie Stewart 4 Andy Newman 5 Richard Metcalfe 6 Tim Rodber 7 Budge Pountney 8 Pat Lam (c) Replacements: 16 Dominic Malone 17 Andy Northey 18 Ali Hepher 19 Steve Walter 20 Martín Scelzo 21 Jon Phillips 22 Don Mackinnon Coach:

References

1. "Wasps keep Northampton waiting with Tetley's victory". ESPN.
2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.