1990–91 Regal Trophy Explained

1990–91 Regal Trophy
Pixels:200px
Structure:National knockout championship
Season Champs:Warrington
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Bradford Northern
Prevseason Link:1989–90 Regal Trophy
Prevseason Year:1989–90
Nextseason Link:1991–92 Regal Trophy
Nextseason Year:1991–92
No Of Teams:38

The 1990–91 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 20th season that the competition was held, and was the second staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.

The final was won by Warrington, who beat Bradford Northern 12-2 in the match played at Headingley, Leeds. The attendance was 11,154 and receipts were £57662.

Background

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-eight.

The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers to entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.

Competition and results

[1] [2] [3]

Preliminary round

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Wed 14 Nov 1990Doncaster14-12Ryedale-YorkBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield1165
2Sat 17 Nov 1990Bradford Dudley Hill18-24DewsburyNeil Hunt Ground, Bradford9701
3Sat 17 Nov 1990Saddleworth35-18Egremont (Cumbria)Watersheddings9002,3
4Sun 18 Nov 1990Carlisle10-28Wakefield TrinityGifford Park1479[4]
5Sun 18 Nov 1990Leeds58-6HalifaxHeadingley9761
6Sun 18 Nov 1990Sheffield Eagles8-12Bradford NorthernDon Valley Stadium2788
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Round 1 - First Round

Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs

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1Fri 30 Nov 1990Rochdale Hornets30-10Saddleworth (Oldham)Spotland24342
2Sat 1 Dec 1990Widnes24-16Hull F.C.Naughton Park4940[6] [7]
3Sun 2 Dec 1990Barrow16-54Featherstone RoversCraven Park1200
4Sun 2 Dec 1990Bradford Northern12-11Workington TownOdsal2850
5Sun 2 Dec 1990Bramley30-16DewsburyMcLaren Field680
6Sun 2 Dec 1990Fulham8-14CastlefordChiswick Poly *8314
7Sun 2 Dec 1990Huddersfield13-15KeighleyFartown1256[8]
8Sun 2 Dec 1990Leeds26-22Hull Kingston RoversHeadingley9753
9Sun 2 Dec 1990Leigh66-5Chorley Borough (2)Hilton Park1313
10Sun 2 Dec 1990Nottingham City6-35BatleyHarvey Hadden Stadium3675
11Sun 2 Dec 1990Oldham26-6SalfordWatersheddings4932
12Sun 2 Dec 1990Swinton7-31St. HelensStation Road3385[9]
13Sun 2 Dec 1990Trafford Borough10-10DoncasterMoss Lane Altrincham409
14Sun 2 Dec 1990Wakefield Trinity40-8HunsletBelle Vue3531
15Sun 2 Dec 1990Warrington33-7Runcorn HighfieldWilderspool2712[10]
16Sun 2 Dec 1990Whitehaven6-24WiganRecreation Ground3459
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Round 1 - First Round replays

Involved xx matches and xx Clubs

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1Thu 5 Dec 1990Doncaster19-7Trafford BoroughBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield1195

Round 2 - Second Round

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

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1Sat 8 Dec 1990Widnes22-6LeedsNaughton Park3465
2Sun 9 Dec 1990Batley20-16OldhamMount Pleasant2054
3Sun 9 Dec 1990Wakefield Trinity4-20CastlefordBelle Vue7031
4Sun 9 Dec 1990Warrington11-6LeighWilderspool3588
5Sun 9 Dec 1990Wigan36-16KeighleyCentral Park5955
6Tue 11 Dec 1990Bradford Northern28-0BramleyOdsal1815
7Tue 11 Dec 1990Featherstone Rovers16-33St. HelensPost Office Road3343
8Wed 12 Dec 1990Doncaster10-14Rochdale HornetsBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield1341
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Round 3 -Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

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1Sat 15 Dec 1990Wigan6-12Bradford NorthernCentral Park5285
2Sun 16 Dec 1990Castleford14-19Rochdale Hornets4017
3Sun 16 Dec 1990Warrington18-12St. HelensWilderspool7390
4Sun 16 Dec 1990Widnes56-6BatleyNaughton Park6656
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Round 4 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

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1Sat 22 Dec 1990Bradford Northern13-2Rochdale HornetsHeadingley3788
2Sat 29 Dec 1990Warrington8-4WidnesCentral Park7874
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Final

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Saturday 12 January 1991Warrington12-2Bradford NorthernHeadingley11154576626

Teams and scorers

width=280 abbr=winnerWarringtonwidth=60 abbr="Number"№width=280 abbr=runner-upBradford Northern
teams
David Lyon1Ian Wilkinson
Des Drummond (c)2Gerald Cordle
Allan Bateman3Darrall Shelford
Tony Thornileyhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Thorniley&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search4Roger Simpson
Mark Forster5Tony Marchant
Chris O'Sullivanhttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=O'Sullivan&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search6Neil Summers
Kevin Ellis7Brett Iti
Neil Harmon8David Hobbs
Duane Mann9Brian Noble
Gary Chambershttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Chambers&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search10John Hamer
Gary Mercer11Paul Medley
Billy McGinty12David Croft
Paul Cullen13John Pendlebury (c)
Mark Thomashttp://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Thomas&ddlAppearances=0&ddlTries=0&ddlGoals=0&ddlPoints=0&code=%25&Search=Search (for Gary Chambers 41 mins)14Phil Hellewell (for Tony Marchant 41 mins)
Rowland Phillips (for Neil Harmon 79 min)15Craig Richards (not used)
Brian JohnsonCoachDavid Hobbs
12score2
4HT2
Scorers
Tries
Mark Thomas (1)T
Goals
David Lyon (4)GDavid Hobbs (1)
RefereeJim Smith (Halifax)
Man of the matchBilly McGinty - Warrington -
Competition SponsorRegal
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

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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
Winner30000130000
Runner-up16000116000
semi-finalist8500217000
loser in Rd 35000420000
loser in Rd 23250826000
Loser in Rd 120001632000
Loser in Prelim Round20001224000
Grand Total165000
plus to capital development fund110000
Grand Total275000

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

Notes and comments

1 * Bradford Dudley Hill are a Junior (amateur) club from Bradford
2 * Saddleworth Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from Oldham
3 * Egremont are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria
4 * At this time Fulham were a bit nomadic, using a collection of grounds as their "home", but the likelihood was that this match was probably played at Chiswick Polytechnic Sports Ground
5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and Rothmans yearbook 1991-92[3] give the score as 6-35 but Wigan official archives[5] gives it as 6-5, which must be a misprint as Batley were the team progressing to the next round
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.
  3. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.
  4. Web site: Wakefield until I die.
  5. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results.
  6. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.
  7. Web site: HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results.
  8. Web site: Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage.
  9. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
  10. 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 .
  11. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results.
  12. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results.

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