1981–82 John Player Cup

1981–82 John Player Cup
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The 1981–82 John Player Cup was the 11th 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: Ford 4		Pen: Perry 3 Drop: Perry

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Roger Quittenton (Sussex)

Gloucester

Moseley

15 Paul Ford 14 Peter Pritchard 13 Paul Taylor 12 Steven Parsloe 11 Richard Mogg 10 Leslie Jones 9 Steve Baker 1 Malcolm Preedy 2 Steve Mills (c) 3 Phil Blakeway 4 Steve Boyle 5 John Orwin 6 John Gadd 8 Mike Teague 7 Mike Longstaff Replacements: 16 Nick Price 17 G Thomas 18 Paul Wood for Longstaff (65m) 19 John Fidler 20 Gordon Sargent for Preedy (41m) 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 Steve Sutherland 1 Trevor Corless 2 Gary Cox 3 Steve Acaster 4 John Davidson 5 Al Recardo 6 Dave Warren 8 Derek Nutt (c) 7 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.