1981–82 John Player Trophy Explained

1981–82 John Player Trophy
Structure:National knockout championship
Season Champs:Hull F.C.
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Prevseason Link:1980–81 John Player Trophy
Prevseason Year:1980–81
Nextseason Link:1982–83 John Player Trophy
Nextseason Year:1982–83
No Of Teams:33

This was the eleventh season for the rugby league League Cup, which was once again known as the John Player Trophy for sponsorship reasons.

Hull F.C. won the trophy, beating derby rivals Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 12-4 in the final, which was played at Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The attendance was 25,245 and receipts were £42987.

Background

This season saw two change in the entrants. With the entry of Cardiff City and Carlisle into the league and also this competition, no junior team was invited, and the number of entrants increased to thirty-three
To cater for the odd number, a preliminary round consisting of just one single match was introduced.

Competition and results

[1] [2]

Preliminary round

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

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1Wed 30 Sep 1981Leigh41-4Blackpool BoroughHilton Park4235

First round

[3] Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

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1Fri 16 Oct 1981Workington Town22-9BramleyDerwent Park2299
2Sat 17 Oct 1981Hunslet8-44WidnesElland Road1062[4]
3Sat 17 Oct 1981Warrington24-15FulhamWilderspool2639[5]
4Sun 18 Oct 1981Batley7-16Featherstone RoversMount Pleasant1363
5Sun 18 Oct 1981Carlisle14-7Cardiff CityBrunton Park3224
6Sun 18 Oct 1981Castleford21-7Leigh5060
7Sun 18 Oct 1981Dewsbury2-34Hull Kingston RoversCrown Flatt3861
8Sun 18 Oct 1981Halifax7-26Hull F.C.Thrum Hall9871[6]
9Sun 18 Oct 1981Huddersfield19-17HuytonFartown9311[7] [8]
10Sun 18 Oct 1981Keighley27-22Wakefield TrinityLawkholme Lane2454[9]
11Sun 18 Oct 1981Leeds19-10WiganHeadingley4976
12Sun 18 Oct 1981Oldham21-7DoncasterWatersheddings1894
13Sun 18 Oct 1981Rochdale Hornets3-19Bradford NorthernAthletic Grounds2235
14Sun 18 Oct 1981St. Helens16-16BarrowKnowsley Road5349[10]
15Sun 18 Oct 1981Swinton32-5YorkStation Road1862
16Sun 18 Oct 1981Whitehaven11-19SalfordRecreation Ground3351

First-round replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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1Thu 22 Oct 1981Barrow17-0St. HelensCraven Park5182

Second round

[3] Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

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1Sat 31 Oct 1981Widnes16-10CarlisleNaughton Park3818
2Sun 1 Nov 1981Barrow8-0Bradford NorthernCraven Park5512
3Sun 1 Nov 1981Castleford5-23Hull F.C.13464
4Sun 1 Nov 1981Hull Kingston Rovers18-6Featherstone RoversCraven Park (1)10017
5Sun 1 Nov 1981Keighley10-11SalfordOdsal2730
6Sun 1 Nov 1981Leeds13-8WarringtonHeadingley5540
7Sun 1 Nov 1981Oldham13-0HuddersfieldWatersheddings2284
8Sun 1 Nov 1981Swinton19-9Workington TownStation Road2433

Quarter finals

[3] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

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1Sat 14 Nov 1981Barrow12-14Hull F.C.Craven Park90192
2Sun 15 Nov 1981Oldham14-5LeedsWatersheddings3864
3Sun 15 Nov 1981Salford0-6SwintonThe Willows67283
4Sun 15 Nov 1981Widnes8-9Hull Kingston RoversNaughton Park11019

Semi-finals

[3] Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Sat 28 Nov 1981Hull F.C.22-6OldhamHeadingley11080
2Sat 12 Dec 1981Hull Kingston Rovers23-14SwintonHeadingley8193

Final

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Saturday 23 January 1982Hull F.C.12-4Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley2524542987[11] [12]

Teams and scorers

[12] [13]

width=280 abbr=winnerHullwidth=60 abbr="Number"№width=280 abbr=runner-upHull Kingston Rovers
teams
Barry Banks1George Fairbairn
Dane O'Hara2Steve Hubbard
Mick Harrison3Mike Smith
James Leuluai4Phil Hogan
Paul Prendiville5Peter Muscroft
Terry Dayhttp://www.hullfc.com/past-players/D6Steve Hartley
Tony Dean7Paul Harkin
Trevor Skerrett8Roy Holdstock
Ron Wilemanhttp://www.hullfc.com/past-players/W9David Watkinson
Richard 'Charlie' Stone10Steve Crooks
Mick Crane11Phil Lowe
Lee Crooks12Len Casey
Steve 'Knocker' Norton13Dave Hall
Kevin Harkinhttp://www.hullfc.com/past-players/H (for Tony Dean)14Chris Burton (for Paul Harkin)
? Not used15John Millington (for Roy Holdstock)
Arthur BuntingCoach
12score4
?HT?
Scorers
Tries
Ron Wileman (1)T
Goals
Lee Crooks (4)GGeorge Fairbairn (2)
Drop Goals
Tony Dean (1)DG
RefereeG. Frederick "Fred" Lindop (Wakefield)
Man of the matchTrevor Skerrett - Hull -
Competition SponsorJohn Player
Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-

width=100 abbr="Finish position" Finish positionwidth=110 abbr="Cash prize"Cash prizewidth=50 abbr="No. receiving prize"No. receiving prizewidth=100 abbr="Total cash"Total cash
Winner?1?
Runner-up?1?
semi-finalist?2?
loser in round 3?4?
loser in round 2?8?
Loser in round 1?16?
Loser in preliminary round?1?
Grand Total

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

Notes and comments

1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 957, but the Huddersfield Yearbook 1981[8] gives the attendance for this match as 931
2 * Wigan official archives[3] give the score as 12-10 (obviously incorrect as Hull proceeded to the Semi-finals) but RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives it as 12-14
3 * Wigan official archives[3] give the score as 0-8 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives it as 0-6
4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 25,165 but Rothman's Yearbooks 1990-91 [11] and 1991-92[12] give it as 25,245
5 * The attendance was a new record for the final, easily beating last years previous record of 12,820
6 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results. 2014-07-13. 2014-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234707/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3199. dead.
  3. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" j Player Round 1 and onwards archived results.
  4. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.
  5. Web site: Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093910/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 . 2014-02-02 .
  6. Web site: HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results.
  7. Web site: Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1981.
  8. Book: C & AC. Huddersfield Yearbook 1981 price 60p. 1982. Huddersfield C & A C Supporters Club.
  9. Web site: Wakefield until I die.
  10. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
  11. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. 1990. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617851 X.
  12. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.
  13. Web site: Hull RLFC official stats.

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