1992–93 Regal Trophy Explained

1992–93 Regal Trophy
Pixels:200px
Structure:National knockout championship
Season Champs:Wigan
Season Champ Name:Winners
Runner-Up Name:Runner-up
Second Place:Bradford Northern
Prevseason Link:1991–92 Regal Trophy
Prevseason Year:1991–92
Nextseason Link:1993–94 Regal Trophy
Nextseason Year:1993–94
No Of Teams:37

The 1992–93 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 22nd season that the competition was held, and was the fourth staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.

Wigan defeated Bradford Northern by the score of 15-8 in the final to claim the trophy. The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds in front of an attendance of 13,221.

Background

This season saw several changes in the entrants, one club re-formed/renamed, two French clubs were invited instead of the junior clubs, and one club withdrew. This resulted in one less club/entrant reducing the total number to thirty-seven.

The changes, in detail, are:

  1. Trafford Borough re-formed as Blackpool Gladiators and moved back to Blackpool, playing at Jepson Way, Blackpool
  2. Two French clubs, Carcassonne and XIII Catalan were invited to join the competition, instead of the junior clubs, who were no longer invited
  3. Scarborough Pirates went into administration at the end of previous season

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

Competition and results

[1] [2]

Preliminary round

Involved 5 matches and 10 clubs

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1Tue 13 Oct 1992Warrington32-8Blackpool GladiatorsWilderspool1412[3]
2Tue 27 Oct 1992Chorley Borough (2)10-38Sheffield EaglesGrundy Hill3681
3Tue 27 Oct 1992St. Helens44-18HuddersfieldKnowsley Road4423[4] [5]
4Tue 27 Oct 1992Wakefield Trinity90-12HighfieldBelle Vue16502[6]
5Wed 28 Oct 1992Swinton12-32Hull Kingston RoversGigg Lane582
[7]

Round 1 - First Round

Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs

width=10 abbr="No" Game Nowidth=110 abbr="Date"Fixture Datewidth=150 abbr="Home Team"Home Teamwidth=5 abbr="space" width=20 abbr="Score" Scorewidth=5 abbr="space" width=150 abbr="Away Team" Away Teamwidth=150 abbr="Venue" Venuewidth=30 abbr="Att" Attwidth=30 abbr="Rec" Recwidth=20 abbr="Notes" Noteswidth=30 abbr="Ref" Ref
1Sat 2 Nov 1992Wigan52-0CarcassonneCentral Park4306
2Sun 8 Nov 1992Batley6-13HunsletMount Pleasant709
3Sun 8 Nov 1992Bradford Northern70-10BarrowOdsal3049
4Sun 8 Nov 1992Bramley12-16CarlisleMcLaren Field550
5Sun 8 Nov 1992Doncaster4-30Workington TownBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield893
6Sun 8 Nov 1992Halifax76-6Nottingham CityThrum Hall3547
7Sun 8 Nov 1992Hull F.C.22-16DewsburyBoulevard2984[8]
8Sun 8 Nov 1992Hull Kingston Rovers48-4WhitehavenCraven Park (2)1627
9Sun 8 Nov 1992Leigh32-24Keighley CougarsHilton Park2113
10Sun 8 Nov 1992London Crusaders30-0Wakefield TrinityCrystal Palace NSC860
11Sun 8 Nov 1992Oldham22-40CastlefordWatersheddings4393
12Sun 8 Nov 1992Rochdale Hornets32-16XIII CatalanSpotland1507
13Sun 8 Nov 1992St. Helens15-14LeedsKnowsley Road11052
14Sun 8 Nov 1992Salford14-18Featherstone RoversThe Willows3088
15Sun 8 Nov 1992Warrington31-16Sheffield EaglesWilderspool3112
16Sun 8 Nov 1992Widnes46-4Ryedale-YorkNaughton Park34753[9]
[7]

Round 2 - Second Round

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

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1Sat 5 Dec 1992Warrington12-12Bradford NorthernWilderspool2145
2Sun 6 Dec 1992Castleford54-0Carlisle2539
3Sun 6 Dec 1992Featherstone Rovers8-25St. HelensPost Office Road4473
4Sun 6 Dec 1992Hull F.C.28-14HalifaxBoulevard5494
5Sun 6 Dec 1992Hull Kingston Rovers0-18WiganCraven Park (2)3779
6Sun 6 Dec 1992Hunslet12-34Workington TownElland Road1225
7Sun 6 Dec 1992Leigh16-6London CrusadersHilton Park2181
8Sun 6 Dec 1992Widnes30-2Rochdale HornetsNaughton Park3591
[10]

Round 2 - Second Round replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

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1Wed 16 Dec 1992Bradford Northern9-6WarringtonOdsal3474

Round 3 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

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1Sat 19 Dec 1992St. Helens8–12CastlefordKnowsley Road4785
2Sun 20 Dec 1992Hull F.C.24–14LeighBoulevard4835
3Sun 20 Dec 1992Workington Town12–24WiganDerwent Park76824
4Tue 29 Dec 1992Bradford Northern21–10WidnesOdsal5346
[11]

Round 4 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs. From this season onwards, Regal Trophy semi-finals were no longer played at neutral venues.[12]

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1Sat 2 Jan 1993Wigan19–4Hull F.C.Central Park8020
2Sat 2 Jan 1993Bradford Northern19–12CastlefordValley Parade5602
[13]

Final

Teams and scorers

width=280 abbr=winnerWiganwidth=60 abbr="Number"№width=280 abbr=runner-upBradford Northern
Teams
Steve Hampson1Dave Watson
Jason Robinson2Tony Marchant
Dean Bell3Steve McGowan
Andrew Farrar4Tony Anderson
Martin Offiah5Roger Simpson
Frano Botica6Neil Summers
Shaun Edwards7Deryck Fox
Neil Cowie8David Hobbs
Martin Dermott9Brian Noble
Andy Platt10Roy Powell
Denis Betts11Paul Medley
Billy McGinty12Karl Fairbank
Phil Clarke13David "Dave" Heron
Joe Lydon (for Martin Offiah 59-mins)14Keith Mumby (for Tony Anderson 44-mins)
Sam Panapa (for Phil Clarke 9-mins)15Trevor Clark (for Brian Noble 44-mins)
John MonieCoachPeter Fox

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?5?
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 * Grundy Hill was the home ground of Horwich RMI, in Bolton
2 * The second highest score, at the time
3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject[1] gives the attendance as 3,475 but Widnes official archives[9] gives it as 3,343
4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject[1] gives the attendance as 7,682 but Wigan official archives[2] gives it as 8,000

See also

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
  2. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results.
  3. Web site: Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100706043029/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 . 2010-07-06 .
  4. Web site: Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage.
  5. Web site: Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97.
  6. Web site: Wakefield until I die.
  7. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results.
  8. Web site: HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results.
  9. Web site: Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97.
  10. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results.
  11. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results.
  12. News: Regal Trophy shake-up sees switch from neutral grounds . The Guardian . 11 December 1991 . London . 17 . .
  13. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player S-F archived results.

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