1991–92 Pilkington Cup

1991–92 Pilkington Cup
Countries	England
Champions	Bath (7th title)
Runners-up	Harlequins

The 1991–92 Pilkington Cup was the 21st edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Harlequins in the final.^[1] The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2][3]

Draw and results

First round

Home	Away	Score
Askeans	Havant	19-10
Barkers Butts	Sudbury	6-3
Barnstaple	Richmond	6-26
Berry Hill	Matson	15-16
Camborne	Henley	17-13
Combe Down	Old Mid-Whitgiftians	25-9
High Wycombe	Redruth	16-12
Lydney	Old Colfeians	29-15
Metropolitan Police	Exeter	6-14
Reading	Sutton & Epsom	24-23
Ruislip	Lewes	35-7
Salisbury	Clifton	16-27
Sidcup	Thurrock	10-38
Torquay Athletic	Cheshunt	10-19
Fylde	Hereford	17-10
Halifax	Stourbridge	17-8
Harrogate	Nuneaton	61-4
Headingley	Paviors	16-3
Lichfield	Tynedale	12-13
Manchester	Broughton Park	7-3
Otley	Winnington Park	11-12
Roundhay	Loughborough Students	18-30
Stockton	Towcestrians	17-10
Widnes	Sheffield	16-19
Wigton	Moderns	9-3

Second round

Home	Away	Score
Camborne	Reading	23-13
Cheshunt	Ruislip	9-23
Clifton	Plymouth	21-0
Combe Down	Thurrock	6-16
Coventry	Stockton	20-6
Exeter	London Scottish	6-21
Fylde	Winnington Park	16-12
Harrogate	West Hartlepool	18-21
High Wycombe	Askeans	22-16
Loughborough Students	Headingley	17-15
Manchester	Barkers Butts	22-9
Matson	Lydney	12-15
Newcastle Gosforth	Morley	10-9
Richmond	Blackheath	22-12
Sale	Moseley	18-12
Sheffield	Bedford	13-30
Tynedale	Wakefield	21-20
Waterloo	Liverpool St Helens	21-10
Wigton	Halifax	30-3

Third round

Home	Away	Score
Bath	Nottingham	52-0
Bedford	Harlequins	3-33
Bristol	Clifton	30-4
Coventry	Northampton	7-31
Fylde	Leicester	6-34
London Scottish	Tynedale	20-3
Loughborough Students	Rosslyn Park	16-26
Lydney	Sale	7-13
Manchester	Wigton	18-12
Newcastle Gosforth	Ruislip	52-0
Orrell	Camborne	50-0
Rugby	Gloucester	3-23
Saracens	Richmond	33-9
Thurrock	London Irish	16-10
Wasps	High Wycombe	32-3
West Hartlepool	Waterloo	16-18

Fourth round

Home	Away	Score
Bristol	Saracens	13-6
Gloucester	London Scottish	20-7
Manchester	Newcastle Gosforth	9-21
Northampton	Bath	9-13 aet
Rosslyn Park	Thurrock	44-15
Sale	Orrell	0-36
Wasps	Harlequins	9-20
Waterloo	Leicester	12-20

Quarter-finals

Home	Away	Score
Bristol	Bath	6–15
Newcastle Gosforth	Leicester	0–10
Orrell	Gloucester	16–25
Rosslyn Park	Harlequins	12–34

Semi-finals

Home	Away	Score
Gloucester	Bath	18–27 (aet)
Harlequins	Leicester	15–9

Final

2 May 1992

Bath	15–12 (a.e.t.)	Harlequins
Try: de Glanville Con: Webb Pen: Webb 2 Drop: Barnes		Try: Winterbottom Con: Pears Pen: Pears 2

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Fred Howard (RFU)

Bath	Harlequins

16 Jonathan Webb 15 Tony Swift 14 Phil de Glanville 12 Jeremy Guscott 11 Jim Fallon 10 Stuart Barnes 9 Richard Hill 8 Ben Clarke 7 Steve Ojomoh 6 Andy Robinson (c) 5 Nigel Redman 4 Martin Haag 3 Victor Ubogu 2 Graham Dawe 1 Gareth Chilcott Replacements: 16 Steve Knight 17 Dave Egerton 18 John Mallett 19 I Lewis 20 John Bamsey 21 C Atkins Coach: Jack Rowell

15 David Pears 14 Mike Wedderburn 13 Simon Halliday 12 Will Carling 11 Everton Davis 10 Paul Challinor 9 Craig Luxton 8 Chris Sheasby 7 Peter Winterbottom (c) 6 Mark Russell 5 Paul Ackford 4 Robert Edwards 3 Andy Mullins 2 Brian Moore 1 Martin Hobley Replacements: 16 Nick Kilick 17 Rob Glenister 18 Gavin Thompson 19 Andrew Harriman 20 Peter Thresher 21 Michael Pratley Coach:

References

1. "Man Behind the Match: Stuart Barnes and the 1992 Pilkington Cup final". The Rugby Player.
2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
3. Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1992). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992–93. London: Headline Book Publishing. pp. 165–169. ISBN 0 7472 7907 1.