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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
First round
Team one | Team two | Score |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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References
- ↑ Jones, Stephen (1990). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-356-19162-1.
- ↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
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