1995–96 Pilkington Cup Explained

1995–96 Pilkington Cup
Champions:	Bath (10th title)
Previous Year:	1994–95
Next Year:	1996–97

The 1995–96 Pilkington Cup was the 25th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition. Bath won the competition defeating Leicester in the final. The attendance of 75,000 was a world record for a rugby union match. The final ended in controversy after the referee Steve Lander awarded a penalty try in the last minute of the match which sealed victory for Bath.^[1] The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2]

Draw and results

First round (Sep 9)

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Askeans	Brixham	30-18
Basingstoke	Berry Hill	20-11
Bridlington	Syston	34-10
Broadstreet	Wharfedale	26-21
Camberley	Barking	26-24
Ealing	Weston-Super-Mare	8-26
Gloucester Old Boys	Camborne	25-8
Harlow	Abbey	41-6
Henley	Ruislip	30-8
High Wycombe	Cheltenham	0-15
Hornets	Bournemouth	34-23
Hull Ionians	Selly Oak	52-8
Launceston	Metropolitan Police	10-16
Leighton Buzzard	Birmingham	11-29
Lewes	Oxford	24-17
Macclesfield	Sandal	47-17
Manchester	Scunthorpe	15-22
North Walsham	Letchworth	23-12
Northern	Sheffield	22-10
Nuneaton	Winnington Park	26-32 aet
Old Blues	Tabard	5-11
Olney	Westcombe Park	0-23
Preston Grasshoppers	Stourbridge	19-44
Stafford	Netherall	13-18
Stockton	Broughton Park	13-11
Stoke	Lichfield	13-11
Sudbury	Lydney	6-28
Worcester	Kendal	30-17

Second round (Oct 7)

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Basingstoke	Lewes	19-28
Birmingham	Worcester	14-19
Bridlington	Aspatria	50-10
Cheltenham	Weston-Super-Mare	11-13
Clifton	Metropolitan Police	11-12
Gloucester Old Boys	London Welsh	7-16
Harrogate	Fylde	6-23
Havant	Exeter	11-20
Henley	Hornets	33-8
Liverpool St Helens	Hull Ionians	15-8
Lydney	Harlow	37-7
Macclesfield	Morley	18-6
Netherall	Winnington Park	7-17
Northern	Stourbridge	21-22
Otley	Stoke	16-11
Plymouth	Camberley	18-39
Redruth	North Walsham	19-15
Rosslyn Park	Richmond	14-22
Rotherham	Coventry	15-24
Scunthorpe	Walsall	18-49
Stockton	Leeds	8-27
Tabard	Askeans	28-15
Westcombe Park	Reading	9-32

Third round (Nov 4)

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Bridlington	Winnington Park	13-17
Coventry	Stourbridge	78-20
Exeter	Redruth	17-15
Leeds	Fylde	12-6
Lewes	Camberley	10-40
London Welsh	Richmond	27-12
Macclesfield	Walsall	35-36
Metropolitan Police	Reading	10-27
Otley	Rugby	31-40
Tabard	Lydney	17-19
Weston-Super-Mare	Henley	19-18
Worcester	Liverpool St Helens	24-8

Fourth round (Dec 23)

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Bath	Northampton	12-3
Bedford	Worcester	27-12
Blackheath	Coventry	9-19
Camberley	Wakefield	0-18
Exeter	Leicester	0-27
Gloucester	Walsall	47-0
Leeds	Waterloo	20-15
London Irish	London Welsh	21-3
Newcastle	Moseley	26-5
Nottingham	London Scottish	32-16
Orrell	Harlequins	17-19
Reading	Bristol	7-44
Sale	Wasps	9-18
Saracens	Rugby	27-7
Weston-Super-Mare	West Hartlepool	9-25
Winnington Park	Lydney	26-11

Fifth round (Jan 27 & Feb 10)

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Bedford	Bristol	0-37
Leeds	London Irish	13-29
Leicester	Saracens	40-16
Newcastle Gosforth	Harlequins	22-44
Nottingham	Gloucester	10-36
Wakefield	Bath	12-16
West Hartlepool	Coventry	16-6
Winnington Park	Wasps	0-57

Quarter-finals (Feb 24)

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London Irish	West Hartlepool	11-10
Gloucester	Wasps	22-9
Leicester	Harlequins	24-9
Bristol	Bath	12-19

Semi-finals (Mar 23)

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London Irish	Leicester	21-46
Bath	Gloucester	19-10

Final

16 Jon Callard 15 Audley Lumsden 14 Phil de Glanville (c) 12 Adedayo Adebayo 11 Jon Sleightholme 10 Mike Catt 9 Andy Nicol 8 Eric Peters 7 6 5 Nigel Redman 4 Martin Haag 3 John Mallett 2 Graham Dawe 1 Dave Hilton Replacements: 16 Richard Butland 17 Ian Sanders 18 Darren Crompton 19 Neil McCarthy 20 Andy Reed 21 Ed Pearce Coach: Brian Ashton

O John Liley N Steve Hackney M Stuart Potter L Richie Robinson K Rory Underwood J Niall Malone I Aadel Kardooni G Dean Richards (c) H F E Matt Poole D C Darren Garforth B A Graham Rowntree Replacements: P Jez Harris Q Jamie Hamilton R Derek Jelley S Dorian West T Chris Tarbuck U Bill Drake-Lee Coach:

Notes and References

1. Web site: Double-chasers to give and receive no quarter : Pilkington Cup Final. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/double-chasers-to-give-and-receive-no-quarter-pilkington-cup-final-1345632.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. The Independent.
2. Web site: Times Archives. Oxfordshire Libraries.