1993–94 Pilkington Cup Explained

1993–94 Pilkington Cup
Champions:	Bath (8th title)
Runnersup:	Leicester
Prevseason:	1992–93
Nextseason:	1994–95

The 1993–94 Pilkington Cup was the 23rd 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 (Sep 11)

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Alton	St Ives	8-23
Berry Hill	Henley	15-20
Bradford & Bingley	Tynedale	12-6
Brixham	Reading	17-14
Broadstreet	Birmingham & Solihull	6-17
Camborne	Wimborne	22-14
Cheshunt	High Wycombe	8-14
Chiltern	Worthing	8-0
Durham City	Wolverhampton	14-8
Kettering	Widnes	8-3
Lichfield	Walsall	9-14
London Welsh	Windsor	44-0
Lydney	Maidstone	64-0
New Brighton	Wigton	14-8
North Walsham	Metropolitan Police	22-3
Nuneaton	Hereford	9-11
Old Mid-Whitgiftians	Bridgwater & Albion	8-12
Preston Grasshoppers	Stoke	38-0
Ruislip	Tabard	5-30
Scunthorpe	Wharfedale	6-59
Southend	Cambridge	11-20
Stockton	Syston	8-11
Stourbridge	Camp Hill	15-10
Stroud	Basingstoke	12-16
Westcombe Park	Ealing	20-16
Weston-super-Mare	Barking	10-39
Winnington Park	Rotherham	15-13
York	Kendal	16-15

Second round (Oct 16)

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Amersham & Chilton	London Welsh	5-23
Askeans	Basingstoke	0-6
Aspatria	Stourbridge	17-22
Birmingham & Solihull	Harrogate	7-3
Bradford & Bingley	Bedford	23-15
Brixham	North Walsham	3-3*
Broughton Park	Morley	6-5
Camborne	Bridgwater & Albion	20-21
Coventry	York	33-19
Exeter	Clifton	6-9
Henley	St Ives	65-0
High Wycombe	Preston Grasshoppers	9-20
Leeds	Kettering	6-13
Lydney		11-16
New Brighton	Liverpool St Helens	17-12
Plymouth Albion	Barking	22-11
Redruth	Rosslyn Park	6-30
Richmond	Blackheath	21-23
Sheffield	Hereford	9-8
Syston	Fylde	9-15
Tabard	Sudbury	9-33
Walsall	Wharfedale	17-22
Westcombe Park	Cambridge	6-21
Winnington Park	Durham City	37-3

Away team progress *

Third round (Nov 27)

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Blackheath	London Welsh	21-9
Birmingham & Solihull	Broughton Park	13-3
Bradford	Fylde	6-13
Clifton	Bridgwater & Albion	12-24
Coventry	Preston Grasshoppers	10-5
Havant	Cambridge	24-13
Henley	North Walsham	17-3
Kettering	Stourbridge	6-13
New Brighton	Winnington Park	3-16
Rosslyn Park	Plymouth Albion	38-7
Sheffield	Wharfedale	0-20
Sudbury	Basingstoke	6-25

Fourth round (Dec 18)

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Bath	Wasps	24-11
Blackheath	Leicester	10-16
Bristol	Henley	46-6
Harlequins	Basingstoke	52-3
Havant	London Irish	13-18
London Scottish	Fylde	6-8
Moseley	Winnington Park	32-6
Newcastle Gosforth	Bridgwater & Albion	53-10
Northampton	Waterloo	22-3
Nottingham	Gloucester	9-29
Orrell	Stourbridge	55-3
Otley	Wharfedale	20-5
Rosslyn Park	Coventry	22-15
Rugby	Sale	13-17
Saracens	Birmingham & Solihull	26-3
Wakefield	West Hartlepool	17-18

Fifth round (Jan 22)

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Bath	Bristol	14–9
Gloucester	Northampton	11–6
Harlequins	West Hartlepool	23–15
Leicester	London Irish	43–10
Moseley	Fylde	15–6
Newcastle Gosforth	Orrell	7–12
Otley	Sale	7–58
Rosslyn Park	Saracens	12–29

Quarter-finals (Feb 26)

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Gloucester	Orrell	3–10
Harlequins	Sale	26–13
Leicester	Moseley	12–6
Saracens	Bath	6–23

Semi-finals (Apr 2)

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Orrell	Leicester	18–31
Harlequins	Bath	25–26

Final

16 Jon Callard 15 Tony Swift 14 12 Mike Catt 11 Adedayo Adebayo 10 9 8 Ben Clarke 7 Jon Hall (c) 6 5 4 Nigel Redman 3 Victor Ubogu 2 Graham Dawe 1 Dave Hilton Replacements: 16 Ian Sanders 17 Tim Beddow 18 John Mallett 19 Steve Ojomoh for Robinson (49m) 20 Ed Rayner 21 Audley Lumsden Coach: Jack Rowell

O Wayne Kilford N Tony Underwood M Stuart Potter L Laurence Boyle K Rory Underwood J Jez Harris I Aadel Kardooni G Dean Richards (c) H F E D C Darren Garforth B A Graham Rowntree Replacements: P Niall Malone Q Jamie Hamilton R Derek Jelley S Chris Johnson T Chris Tarbuck U Bill Drake-Lee Coach: Ian "Dosser" Smith

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rugby Union / Pilkington Cup. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-pilkington-cup-final-bath-have-a-swift-answer-to-punch-line-double-trouble-as-the-lucky-1434745.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. the Independent.
2. Web site: Times Archives. Oxfordshire Libraries.