1981–82 John Player Cup

1981–1982 John Player Cup
Tournament statistics
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The 1981-1982 John Player Cup was the eleventh edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gloucester and Moseley shared the title after playing out a 12-12 draw 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
Liverpool Morpeth 19-3
Birkenhead Park Hartlepool Rovers 6-7
Aspatria Roundhay 0-19
Northampton Kettering
Bournemouth St Ives 10-18
Dartfordians Hertford 4-11
Dudley Kingswinford Nuneaton 9-27
Exeter University Lydney 12-13
High Wycombe Newbury 13-0
Saracens US Portsmouth 10-4
Woodford Old Gaytonians 19-6
Weston-super-Mare Oxford 6-9
Walsall Westleigh 24-15
Lewes Streatham-Croydon 19-0

Second Round

Team One Team Two Score
Blackheath Woodford 13-0
Hertford Lydney 10-13
Lewes St Ives 0-10
Nuneaton Roundhay 10-7
Matson Thurrock 12-12*
Oxford High Wycombe 9-10
Stamford Liverpool 3-15
Stourbridge Hartlepool Rovers 9-19
Walsall Northampton 9-32
London Irish Saracens 19-3

Away team progress*

Third Round

Team One Team Two Score
Exeter Thurrock 7-0
Bath Rosslyn Park 9-11
London Welsh Lydney 16-3
Northampton Morley 12-7
Waterloo Nuneaton 3-0
St Ives Bristol 6-16
Richmond Metropolitan Police 10-20
Blackheath London Scottish 3-16
Gloucester High Wycombe 40-6
Nottingham Sale 9-15
Moseley Harrogate 17-4
Leicester Hartlepool Rovers 53-19
London Irish Coventry 7-10
Orrell Liverpool 12-15
Harlequins Wasps 19-10
Bedford Gosforth 3-14

Fourth Round

Team One Team Two Score
Gloucester Exeter 34-3
Sale Rosslyn Park 19-3
Moseley London Welsh 25-9
Leicester Northampton 23-10
Coventry Waterloo 29-9
Liverpool Bristol 12-10
Harlequins Metropolitan Police 28-6
Gosforth London Scottish 26-19

Quarter Finals

Team One Team Two Score
Gloucester Sale 13-6
Moseley Liverpool 15-13
Coventry Harlequins 24-12
Leicester Gosforth 18-9

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
Moseley Leicester 12-4
Coventry Gloucester 9-18

Final

1 May 1982
Gloucester 12-12 Moseley
Pen: Paul Ford 4
Pen: Mike Perry 3
Drop: Mike Perry
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Roger Quittenton (Sussex)
15 Paul Ford
14 Peter Pritchard
13 Paul Taylor
12 Steven Parsloe
11 Richard Mogg
10 Leslie Jones
9 Steve Baker
8 Malcolm Preedy
7 Steve Mills (c)
6 Phil Blakeway
5 Steve Boyle
4 John Orwin
3 John Gadd
2 Mike Teague
1 Mike Longstaff
Replacements:
16 Nick Price
17 G Thomas
18 Paul Wood for Longstaff (65m)
19 John Fidler
20 Gordon Sargent
21 Kevin White
Coach:
Dick Smith
15 Martin Cooper
14 John Goodwin
13 Jon Desborough
12 Dave Shorrock
11 Richard Lawson
10 Mike Perry
9 I Sutherland
8 Trevor Corless
7 Gary Cox
6 Steve Acaster
5 John Davidson
4 A Recardo
3 Dave Warren
2 Derek Nutt (c)
1 Nick Jeavons
Replacements:
16 Phil Millington
17 Steve Morley
18 Ian Metcalfe
19 Bob Barr
20 Kevin Astley
21 Alan Thomas
Coach:

References

  1. Jenkins, Vivian (1981). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-907574-05-X.
  2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
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