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

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:

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