1983–84 John Player Cup

1983–84 John Player Cup
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The 1983–84 John Player Cup was the 13th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Bristol 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
Betteshanger Colliery	Worthing	11-20
Norwich	Guildford & Godalming	9-3
Richmond	Saracens	22-16
Tabard	U.S Portsmouth	9-15
Aspatria	West Hartlepool	3-20
Morley	Alsager College	38-4
Fylde	Alnwick	43-21
Newark	Dudley Kingswinford	28-6
Nottingham	Solihull	29-3
Nuneaton	Walsall	19-6
Vipers	Bedford Athletic	18-9
High Wycombe	Launceston	7-0
Henley	Maidenhead	12-12 *
Old Redcliffians	Devon & Cornwall Police	7-6
Stroud	Bournemouth	15-0

Second round

Team one	Team two	Score
High Wycombe	Lydney	18-28
Norwich	Henley	21-15
Nottingham	Newark	36-3
Nuneaton	Fylde	33-21
Richmond	U.S Portsmouth	43-0
Southend	KCS Old Boys	24-3
Stroud	Dartfordians	18-4
Vipers	Stourbridge	3-13
West Hartlepool	Morley	6-6
Worthing	Old Redcliffians	6-25

Third round

Team one	Team two	Score
Norwich	Bristol	3-24
Nuneaton	Richmond	6-9

Fourth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Bristol	London Welsh	36-8
Plymouth Argyle	Harlequins	16-17
Waterloo	Richmond	26-19
Coventry	London Irish	16-7
London Scottish	Northampton	34-6
Moseley	Nottingham	3-10
Orrell	Wasps	15-15*
Blackheath	Bath	12-41

Wasps progress due to more tries*

Quarter-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Waterloo	Bristol	9-12
Nottingham	London Scottish	22-16
Coventry	Harlequins	16-24
Bath	Wasps	26-12

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Nottingham	Bath	3-12
Bristol	Harlequins	21-18

Final

28 April 1984

Bath	10–9	Bristol
Try: Simpson Pen: Palmer Drop: Horton		Try: Harding Con: Barnes Pen: Barnes

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Roger Quittenton (London)

Bath

Bristol

15 Chris Martin 14 David Trick 13 Alun Rees 12 John Palmer 11 Barry Trevaskis 10 John Horton 9 Richard Hill 8 Paul Simpson 7 Roger Spurrell (c) 6 Nigel Redman 5 Nigel Gaymond 4 Jon Hall 3 Maurice 'Richard' Lee 2 Rob Cunningham 1 Gareth Chilcott Replacements: 16 Alun Watkins 17 Chris Stanley 18 Greg Bess 19 Ronnie Hakin 20 Paul Turner 21 Chris Lilley Coach: Jack Rowell

A Phil Cue B Alan Morley C Simon Hogg D Ralph Knibbs E John Carr F Stuart Barnes G Richard Harding H John Doubleday I Dave Palmer J Austin Sheppard K Peter Stiff L Nigel Pomphrey M Pete Polledri N Mike Rafter (c) O D Chidgey Replacements: 16 John Watson 17 Huw Duggan 18 Lawrence Yandell 19 Kevin Bogira 20 Darryll Hickey 21 Malcolm Baker Coach: Dave Tyler

References

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