1988–89 Pilkington Cup Explained

1988–89 Pilkington Cup
Previous Year:	1987–88
Next Year:	1989–90

The 1988–89 Pilkington Cup was the 18th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Leicester in the final.^[1] The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2]

Draw and results

First round

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
Barking	Ealing	12-7
Berry Hill	Askeans	18-7
Birkenhead Park	Bedworth	13-7
Brixham	Okehampton	38-9
Combe Down	Havant	19-24
Exeter	Sudbury	40-12
Finchley	Lydney	10-9
Fylde	Wolverhampton	17-6
Guildford & Godalming	Old Culverhaysians	12-20
Harrogate	West Hartlepool	10-22
Hereford	Leighton Buzzard	18-12
Marlow	Maidstone	15-37
Matlock	Aspatria	12-34
Medway	Old Mid-Whitgiftians	11-9
Metropolitan Police	Reading	13-11
Middlesbrough	West Park	30-21
Newark	Winnington Park	6-12
North Walsham	Old Juddians	38-6
Oxford	Tabard	17-6
Plymouth Albion	Stoke Old Boys	60-3
Redruth	Worthing	21-6
Rugby	Vale of Lune	27-6
Sandal	Durham City	0-3
Sheffield	Wakefield	3-16
Stoneygate	Nuneaton	9-30
Swindon	Ruislip	22-0
Tynedale	Stockwood Park	15-0
Widnes	Bromsgrove	16-13

Second round

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
Bedford	Nuneaton	16-0
Berry Hill	London Welsh	24-9
Birkenhead Park	Tynedale	3-38
Coventry	Plymouth Albion	7-12
Durham City	Sales	19-10
Exeter	Redruth	18-3
Finchley	Richmond	6-40
Gosforth	Fylde	31-10
Headingley	Wakefield	7-10
Hereford	Widnes	28-9
London Irish	Metropolitan Police	25-13
Maidstone	London Scottish	12-37
Medway	Havant	9-30
Middlesbrough	Aspatria	12-18
North Walsham	Saracens	3-31
Old Culverhaysians	Brixham	3-13
Oxford	Barking	28-0
Swindon	Blackheath	3-13
West Hartlepool	Rugby	9-30
Winnington Park	Northampton	4-37

Third round

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
Aspatria	Moseley	6-3
Bath	Oxford	82-9
Bedford	Nottingham	3-6
Blackheath	Waterloo	6-13
Bristol	Orrell	13-7
Brixham	Gloucester	4-28
Gosforth	Wakefield	9-29
Havant	Exeter	9-3
Hereford	Tynedale	10-6
Liverpool St Helens	Leicester	6-37
London Irish	Berry Hill	14-3
London Scottish	Saracens	16-0
Richmond	Northampton	6-0
Rosslyn Park	Plymouth Albion	16-0
Rugby	Harlequins	3-25
Wasps	Durham City	33-3

Fourth round

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
Bath	Hereford	48-0
Bristol	London Irish	45-16
Gloucester	Waterloo	19-16
Harlequins	London Scottish	22-6
Richmond	Nottingham	9-12
Rosslyn Park	Leicester	9-23
Wakefield	Havant	18-10
Wasps	Aspatria	39-7

Quarter-finals

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
Bath	Bristol	14-12
Harlequins	Nottingham	15-9
Leicester	Wasps	22-18
Wakefield	Gloucester	13-28

Semi-finals

width=250	Team one	width=250	Team two	width=50	Score
Gloucester	Bath	3-6
Harlequins	Leicester	7-16

Final


	16	John Palmer
	15	Tony Swift
	14
	12	Jeremy Guscott
	11	Fred Sagoe
	10	Stuart Barnes (c)
	9
	8	Dave Egerton
	7	Jon Hall
	6	Andy Robinson
	5	Damian Cronin
	4	John Morrison
	3	Maurice 'Richard' Lee
	2	Graham Dawe
	1	Gareth Chilcott
Replacements:
	16	Steve Knight
	17	Keith Hoskin
	18	Jimmy Deane
	19	Victor Ubogu
	20	Nigel Redman
	21	Paul Simpson for Egerton
Coach:
Jack Rowell


	O	Dusty Hare
	N	Barry Evans
	M	Paul Dodge (c)
	L	Ian Bates
	K	Rory Underwood
	J	Les Cusworth
	I	Aadel Kardooni
	A	Stuart Redfern
	B	Troy Thacker
	C	Wayne Richardson
	D	Malcolm Foulks-Arnold
	E	Tom Smith
	F
	H	Ian "Dosser" Smith
	G	Dean Richards
Replacements:
	P	Tony Underwood
	Q	Jez Harris
	R	Steve Kenney
	S	Dave Kitching
	T	Chris Tressler
	U	Adey Marriott
Coach:
David Matthews

Notes and References

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