1983–84 John Player Special Trophy Explained

1983–84 John Player Special Trophy
Structure:National knockout championship
Season Champs:Leeds
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Widnes
Prevseason Link:1982–83 John Player Trophy
Prevseason Year:1982–83
Nextseason Link:1984–85 John Player Special Trophy
Nextseason Year:1984–85
No Of Teams:18

This was the thirteenth season of the rugby league League Cup, which was this season known as the John Player Special Trophy for sponsorship reasons.

Leeds won the trophy, beating Widnes by the score of 18-10 in the final. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan and the attendance was 9,510. The gate receipts were £19824.

Background

This season saw one change in the entrants, Kent Invicta joined the league and also the competition, the number of entrants now rising to thirty-four
The preliminary round now increased to two matches and involved four clubs, to reduce the numbers of entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two
Unfortunately, early in the season Bramley went into administration, and although they survived, during this period of administration they withdrew from this competition, leaving Hull Kingston Rovers with a bye in the first round.

Competition and results

[1] [2]

Preliminary round

[3] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

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1Sun 23 Oct 1983Batley11-12DoncasterMount Pleasant782
2Sun 23 Oct 1983Whitehaven0-36WidnesRecreation Ground1655[4]

Round 1 - First Round

[3] Involved 15 matches with one bye and 31 Clubs

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1Sat 5 11 1983CastlefordPHull F.C.1
2Sun 6 Nov 1983Blackpool Borough9-12LeedsBorough Park1351
3Sun 6 Nov 1983Cardiff City41-6Rochdale HornetsNinian Park645
4Sun 6 Nov 1983Carlisle10-5Workington TownBrunton Park1297
5Sun 6 Nov 1983Dewsbury14-17KeighleyCrown Flatt814
6Sun 6 Nov 1983Featherstone Rovers12-10FulhamPost Office Road2011
7Sun 6 Nov 1983Halifax12-29BarrowThrum Hall2699
8Sun 6 Nov 1983Kent Invicta7-40St. HelensAthletic Ground, Maidstone21072[5]
9Sun 6 Nov 1983Oldham12-20LeighWatersheddings6264
10Sun 6 Nov 1983Swinton17-16HunsletStation Road1243
11Sun 6 Nov 1983Wakefield Trinity18-32WarringtonBelle Vue2935[6] [7]
12Sun 6 Nov 1983Widnes2-1Bradford NorthernNaughton Park56403
13Sun 6 Nov 1983Wigan30-13YorkCentral Park6388
14Sun 6 Nov 1983Doncaster11-22SalfordBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield458
15Sun 6 Nov 1983Huddersfield8-21HuytonFartown582[8]
16Hull Kingston Roversbye4

Round 1 - First Round Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

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1Sun 6 Nov 1983Castleford4-8Hull F.C.7979[9]

Round 2 - Second Round

[10] Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

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1Sat 19 Nov 1983Warrington10-18St. HelensWilderspool4171
2Sun 20 Nov 1983Cardiff City38-12HuytonNinian Park1085
3Sun 20 Nov 1983Carlisle17-68LeighBrunton Park21525
4Sun 20 Nov 1983Featherstone Rovers20-14Hull F.C.Post Office Road7833
5Sun 20 Nov 1983Keighley8-23SwintonLawkholme Lane1577
6Sun 20 Nov 1983Leeds12-6Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley86236
7Sun 20 Nov 1983Widnes18-6BarrowNaughton Park7030
8Sun 20 Nov 1983Wigan24-15SalfordCentral Park7290

Round 3 -Quarter Finals

[11] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

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1Sat 26 Nov 1983Widnes20-15WiganNaughton Park6492
2Sun 27 Nov 1983Leigh12-8Cardiff CityHilton Park4134
3Sun 27 Nov 1983St. Helens16-12Featherstone RoversKnowsley Road5196
4Sun 27 Nov 1983Swinton12-16LeedsStation Road3438

Round 4 – Semi-Finals

[11] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

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1Sat 10 Dec 1983Leigh11-18LeedsFartown5740
2Sat 17 Dec 1983Widnes18-4St. HelensWilderspool5729

Final

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Saturday 14 January 1984Leeds18-10WidnesCentral Park9510198247[12] [13]

Teams and scorers

[12] [13] [14]

width=280 abbr=winnerLeedswidth=60 abbr="Number"№width=280 abbr=runner-upWidnes
teams
Ian Wilkinson1Mick Burke
Paul Prendiville2Stuart Wright
David Creasser3Keiron O'Loughlin
Dean Bell4Joe Lydon
Andy Smith5Ralph Lintonhttp://www.rugby.widnes.tv/search.php?q=Linton
John Holmes6Eric Hughes
Kevin Dick7Andy Gregory
Keith Rayne8Mike O'Neill
David Ward9Keith Elwell
Kevin Rayne10Kevin Tamati
Gary Moorby11Les Gorley
Mark Laurie12Fred Whitfieldhttp://www.rugby.widnes.tv/search.php?q=Whitfield
Terry Webb13Mick Adams
? Not used14? Not used
Kevin Squire (for David Ward)15? Not used
Maurice BamfordCoachVince Karalius & Harry Dawsonhttp://www.rugby.widnes.tv/search.php?q=Dawson
18score10
14HT10
Scorers
Tries
John Holmes (1)TJoe Lydon (1)
Kevin Dick (1)TRalph Linton (1)
Goals
David Creasser (5)GMick Burke (1)
RefereeWilliam "Billy" H. Thompson (Huddersfield)
Man of the matchMark Laurie - Leeds -
Competition SponsorJohn Player Special
Scoring - Try = four 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 Rd 3?4?
loser in Rd 2?8?
Loser in Rd 1?16?
Loser in Prelim Round???
Grand Total
Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

Notes and comments

1 * This match had been chosen for Saturday BBC coverage but was cancelled and moved to Sunday at two days notice due to Industrial Action at the BBC[2]
2 * Kent Invicta's record crowd
3 * 3 dropped goals
4 * Bramley withdrew from this competition while in liquidation[12] [13]
5 * highest score (and highest away score) o date between two professional clubs
6 * Wigan official archives[10] state the home team are Leigh, an obvious printing error as earlier in the same fixture list Leigh are away at CarlisleCarlisle
7 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

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. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184755/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=3290. dead.
  3. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results. 2014-07-13. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170419/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2460. dead.
  4. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.
  5. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
  6. 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 .
  7. Web site: Wakefield until I die.
  8. Web site: Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage.
  9. Web site: HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results.
  10. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results. 2014-07-13. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161749/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2462. dead.
  11. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 onwards archived results. 2014-07-13. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234249/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=2463. dead.
  12. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. 1990. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617851 X.
  13. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.
  14. Web site: Widnes Stat Attack archived results.

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