1994–95 Pilkington Cup Explained

1994–95 Pilkington Cup
Champions:	Bath (9th title)
Runnersup:	Wasps
Prevseason:	1993–94
Nextseason:	1995–96

The 1994–95 Pilkington Cup was the 24th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Wasps 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 10)

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Alton	Lydney	9-28
Aylesbury	High Wycombe	10-38
Camborne	Old Colleians	23-15
Ealing	Basingstoke	7-26
Esher	Bridgwater	11-0
Henley	Sudbury	10-6
Hereford	Nuneaton	14-6
Launceston	Banbury	38-3
Lichfield	Stockton	20-12
London Welsh	Gloucester Old Boys	20-15
Loughborough Students	Winnington Park	11-43
Maidenhead	Horsham	3-0
North Walsham	Okehampton	27-3
Old Albanians	Barking	3-22
Old Coventrians	Camp Hill	6-13
Preston Grasshoppers	Stockwood Park	31-3
Ruislip	Ipswich	28-3
Sandal	Wigton	18-3
Scunthorpe	Kendal	27-21
Sheffield	Birmingham	11-5
Sherborne	Tabard	16-26
Southend	Metropolitan Police	8-20
Stourbridge	New Brighton	15-10
Tynedale	Barkers Butts	35-21
Walsall	Stafford	56-8
West Park	Old Crossleyans	38-5
Weston-super-Mare	Berry Hill	19-3
Wharfedale	Stoke	20-11

Second round (Oct 8)

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Askeans	Redruth	12-19
Aspatria	Leeds	23-0
Basingstoke	Plymouth	13-10
Camp Hill	Liverpool St Helens	15-10
Harrogate	Sheffield	46-10
Henley	Launceston	5-27
Lichfield	Preston Grasshoppers	24-12
Lydney	Esher	17-16
Maidenhead	High Wycombe	14-18
Metropolitan Police	Havant	10-16
Morley	Rotherham	11-15
North Walsham	Exeter	7-32
Reading	Barking	26-15
Richmond	Camborne	47-22
Rosslyn Park	Blackheath	12-24
Rugby	London Welsh	23-10
Ruislip	Clifton	19-20
Sandal	Winnington Park	23-10
Scunthorpe	Hereford	17-16
Stourbridge	Bedford	17-35
Tabard	Weston-super-Mare	13-5
Tynedale	Otley	29-28
West Park	Broughton Park	20-0
Wharfedale	Walsall	32-16

Third round (Nov 5)

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Aspatria	Scunthorpe	14-9
Basingstoke	Clifton	29-26
Blackheath	Redruth	31-0
Camp Hill	Sandal	8-17
Harrogate	Lichfield	22-14
Havant	Richmond	13-15
High Wycombe	Tabard	22-36
Launceston	Exeter	7-30
Lydney	Reading	16-6
Rotherham	Wharfedale	33-30
Tynedale	Rugby	16-23 aet
West Park	Bedford	14-40

Fourth round (Dec 17)

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Aspatria	Bedford	32-6
Basingstoke	London Irish	3-18
Bristol	Nottingham	41-10
Coventry	Fylde	7-45
Exeter	Rugby	9-7
Harlequins	Saracens	9-5
Leicester	Blackheath	56-11
London Scottish	Bath	6-31
Moseley	Northampton	6-16
Newcastle Gosforth	Wasps	12-58
Orrell	West Hartlepool	28-7
Richmond	Tabard	24-16
Rotherham	Waterloo	19-21
Sale	Harrogate	33-0
Sandal	Lydney	5-17
Wakefield	Gloucester	19-9

Fifth round (Jan 28)

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Bristol	Leicester	8–16
Exeter	Aspatria	18–6
London Irish	Harlequins	15–40
Lydney	Wakefield	10–23
Northampton	Richmond	27–6
Orrell	Bath	19–25
Sale	Fylde	55–13
Waterloo	Wasps	13–54

Quarter-finals (Feb 25)

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Bath	Northampton	26–6
Exeter	Wasps	0–31
Harlequins	Wakefield	13–8
Sale	Leicester	12–14

Semi-finals (Apr 1)

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Harlequins	Bath	13–31
Leicester	Wasps	22–25

Final

16 Jon Callard 15 Tony Swift 14 Phil de Glanville (c) 12 Jeremy Guscott 11 Adedayo Adebayo 10 Richard Butland 9 Ian Sanders 8 Ben Clarke 7 6 Andy Robinson 5 Nigel Redman 4 Martin Haag 3 Victor Ubogu 2 Gareth Adams 1 Kevin Yates Replacements: 16 Marcus Olsen 17 Graham Dawe 18 John Mallett for Ubogu (74m) 19 Pat McCoy 20 Jon Sleightholme 21 Audley Lumsden Coach: Brian Ashton

15 John Ufton 14 Phil Hopley 13 Damian Hopley 12 Graham Childs 11 Nick Greenstock 10 Rob Andrew 9 Steve Bates 8 Dean Ryan (c) 7 Buster White 6 Lawrence Dallaglio 5 Norm Hadley 4 Matthew Greenwood 3 Paddy Dunston 2 Kevin Dunn 1 Darren Molloy Replacements: 16 H Davies 17 Guy Gregory 18 Andy Gomarsall 19 Richard Kinsey 20 Garry Holmes 21 Paul Delaney Coach:

Notes and References

1. News: Past finals. 5 October 2006. BBC Sport.
2. Web site: Times Archives. Oxfordshire Libraries.