1982–83 John Player Cup Explained

1982–83 John Player Cup
Previous Year:	1981–82
Next Year:	1983–84

The 1982–83 John Player Cup was the 12th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bristol won the competition defeating Leicester 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

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=80	Score
Hertford	Saracens	6-15
East Grinstead	Sudbury	9-22
U.S Portsmouth	Old Gaytonians	13-13*
Kettering	Lichfield	9-11
Worcester	Stoke Old Boys	10-6
Northampton	Hinckley	31-4
Birmingham	Stamford	14-11
West Hartlepool	Morpeth	24-3
Sheffield	Sale	6-7
Aspatria	Fylde	6-20
Wimborne	Oxford	3-3*
High Wycombe	Exeter	26-16
Stroud	St Ives	6-9
Keynsham	Maidenhead	12-15

Away team progress*

Second round

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=80	Score
Bromsgrove	Lichfield	4-8
Fylde	Worcester	13-3
Maidenhead	Lydney	7-26
Old Emmanuel	Norwich	6-6*
Oxford	High Wycombe	3-12
St Ives	Old Gaytonians	3-0
Sale	Birmingham	24-6
Saracens	Sidcup	11-0
Sudbury	Metropolitan Police	0-35
West Hartlepool	Northampton	27-3

Third round

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Wakefield	Plymouth Albion	10-0
Metropolitan Police	St Ives	6-11
Coventry	Moseley	25-3
Liverpool	Nottingham	13-27
Lydney	Sale	9-16
Rosslyn Park	Wasps	9-15
London Scottish	Broughton Park	?-12
London Irish	Orrell	6-9
Bedford	Saracens	21-0
Harrogate	Bristol	15-33
Harlequins	Gosforth	24-15
Lichfield	Norwich	20-3
Leicester	High Wycombe	47-18
Camborne	West Hartlepool	3-33
Blackheath	Fylde	12-9
Gloucester	London Welsh	3-14

Fourth round

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
Leicester	Wakefield	30-14
Bedford	Bristol	10-20
Orrell	Coventry	4-6
Sale	Harlequins	19-33
West Hartlepool	Wasps	18-12
Blackheath	London Scottish	9-10
London Welsh	Lichfield	24-6
Nottingham	St Ives	20-3

Quarter-finals

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London Welsh	London Scottish	6-15
Leicester	Harlequins	18-4
West Hartlepool	Bristol	14-16
Coventry	Nottingham	19-9

Semi-finals

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London Scottish	Leicester	9-30
Coventry	Bristol	3-23

Final


	A	Huw Duggan
	B	Alan Morley
	C	Ralph Knibbs
	D	Simon Hogg
	E	John Carr
	F	Stuart Barnes
	G	Richard Harding
	H	John Doubleday
	I	Kevin Bogira
	J	Austin Sheppard
	K	Alf Troughton
	L	Nigel Pomphrey
	M	Pete Polledri
	N	Mike Rafter (c)
	O	Bob Hesford
Replacements:
	P	Dave Palmer
	Q	Phil Cue
	R	Dave Sorrell
	S	Lawrence Yandell
	T	Mark Tomlin
	U	Peter Stiff
Coach:
Dave Tyler


	O	Ian Dodson
	N	Barry Evans
	M	Paul Dodge
	L	Clive Woodward
	K	Tim Barnwell
	J	Les Cusworth
	I	Nick Youngs
	A	Stuart Redfern
	B	Peter Wheeler
	C	Steve Redfern
	D	Nigel Gillingham
	E	Malcolm Foulkes-Arnold
	F	Steve Johnson (c)
	H	Ian "Dosser" Smith
	G	Dean Richards
Replacements:
	P	Ian Bates for Barnwell
	Q	Nick Jackson
	R	Steve Kenney
	S	Mike Poulson
	T	Wayne Richardson
	U	Chris Tressler
Coach:
Peter Rossborough

Notes and References

Book: Jones, Stephen. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. 1990. Rothmans Publications Ltd. 0-356-19162-1.
Web site: Times Archives. Oxfordshire Libraries.