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1984–85 John Player Cup

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1984–85 John Player Cup
Tournament statistics
1983–84 (Previous) (Next) 1985–86

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]

Draw and results

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First round

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Team one Team two Score
Gloucester Bath 11-12
Coventry London Welsh 10-10*

London Welsh progress due to more tries*

Final

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27 April 1985
Bath24–15London 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 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

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