1983–84 John Player Cup Explained

1983–84 John Player Cup
Previous Year:	1982–83
Next Year:	1984–85

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

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=80	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		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

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=80	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

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=80	Score
Norwich	Bristol	3-24
Nuneaton	Richmond	6-9

Fourth round

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	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

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
Waterloo	Bristol	9-12
Nottingham	London Scottish	22-16
Coventry	Harlequins	16-24
Bath	Wasps	26-12

Semi-finals

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
Nottingham	Bath	3-12
Bristol	Harlequins	21-18

Final


	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

Notes and References

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