1984–85 John Player Cup

Rugby cup 1984–85 John Player Cup 1983–84 1985–86 The 1984–85 John Player Cup was the 14th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition for the second consecutive year defeating London Welsh in the final.Jones Stephen Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1990 Rothmans Publications Ltd 0-356-19162-1 The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives Oxfordshire Libraries Draw and results First round Team one Team two ScoreAlnwick Wakefield 9-34Aspatria Birkenhead Park 19-7Barkers Butts Bromsgrove 10-9Bedford Rushton & Higham 51-0Devon & Cornwall Police Lydney 4-15Fullerians Rosslyn Park +Havant King's College School Old Boys 24-11Hendon Crawley 15-18Lichfield Loughborough Students +Maidenhead Old Redcliffians 3-9Nuneaton Paviors 16-14Oxford Old Boys Swindon 13-12Preston Grasshoppers Hartlepool Rovers 9-9*Redruth Bletchley 26-9Sidcup Ipswich 13-6 +Result from Sat 22 Sep missing Second round Team one Team two ScoreNuneaton Wakefield 13-17Hartlepool Rovers Aspatria 10-16Bedford Barkers Butts 10-4Lichfield Stourbridge 17-10Sidcup Old Redcliffians 24-7Redruth Crawley 14-4Havant Berry Hill 7-27Blackheath Sutton & Epsom 40-6Rosslyn Park North Walsham 15-7Oxford Old Boys Lydney 12-21 Third round Team one Team two ScoreBath Berry Hill 24-3Bedford Waterloo 6-7Gloucester Richmond 29-0Harlequins Ealing 29-12Leicester Bristol 43-4Lichfield Sidcup 11-4Liverpool London Scottish 16-13Nottingham Northampton 15-3Plymouth Coventry 6-42Redruth Lydney 11-29Sale Aspatria 33-10Saracens Gosforth 16-13Wasps Rosslyn Park 23-10Headingley London Welsh 10-18Wakefield Blackheath 6-6*West Hartlepool Moseley 9-12 Away team progress* Fourth round Team one Team two ScoreBath Blackheath 37-3Gloucester Saracens 29-3Harlequins Lichfield 16-6Liverpool Leicester 9-37Lydney Sale 9-16Moseley Coventry 9-29Nottingham London Welsh 11-12Waterloo Wasps 21-13 Quarter-finals Team one Team two Score Sale Bath 15-25Coventry Leicester 10-10*Gloucester Harlequins 31-12London Welsh Waterloo 21-10 Coventry progress due to more tries* Semi-finals Team one Team two ScoreGloucester Bath 11-12Coventry London Welsh 10-10* London Welsh progress due to more tries* Final 27 April 1985 Bath 24–15 London Welsh David TrickGareth Chilcott John Palmer 2 John Palmer 4 Colyn Price 5 Twickenham Stadium, London 32,000 Roger Quittenton (London) _shoulder_stripes_navy_stripes _adidas_navyshoulder _shoulder_stripes_navy_stripes _hoops black blue ffffff ffffff ffffff 000055 ffffff Bath _collarwhite ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ffffff ff0000 London Welsh 16 Chris Martin 15 David Trick 14 John Palmer 12 Simon Halliday 11 Barry Trevaskis 10 John Horton 9 Richard Hill 8 Paul Simpson 7 Jon Hall 6 Roger Spurrell (c) 5 Nigel Redman 4 Nigel Gaymond 3 Maurice 'Richard' Lee 2 Greg Bess 1 Gareth ChilcottReplacements: 16 Jeremy Guscott replaced Trevaskis 17 Chris Stanley 18 Alun Rees 19Jimmy Deane 20 David Sole 21 David EgertonCoach: Jack Rowell 15 Matthew Ebsworth 14 Jeremy Hughes 13 Bob Ackerman 12 Dan Fouhy 11 Clive Rees (c) 10 Colyn Price 9 Mark Douglas 8 Kevin Bowring 7 Matthew Watkins 6 Stuart Russell 5 John Collins 4 Ted Lewis 3 Bruce Bradley 2 Byron Light 1 Tim JonesReplacements: 16 Ian George 17 Simon Page 18 Julian Davies 19 Richard John 20 Guy Leleu 21 Peter GreenwayCoach: References Category:1984–85 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:1984–85 in English rugby union Category:RFU Knockout Cup