1995–96 Pilkington Cup

English rugby union competition 1995–96 Pilkington Cup Bath (10th title) 1994–95 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.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/double-chasers-to-give-and-receive-no-quarter-pilkington-cup-final-1345632.html 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 Double-chasers to give and receive no quarter : Pilkington Cup Final The Independent The event was sponsored by Pilkington 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 (Sep 9) Team one Team two ScoreAskeans Brixham 30-18Basingstoke Berry Hill 20-11Bridlington Syston 34-10Broadstreet Wharfedale 26-21Camberley Barking 26-24Ealing Weston-Super-Mare 8-26Gloucester Old Boys Camborne 25-8Harlow Abbey 41-6Henley Ruislip 30-8High Wycombe Cheltenham 0-15Hornets Bournemouth 34-23Hull Ionians Selly Oak 52-8Launceston Metropolitan Police 10-16Leighton Buzzard Birmingham 11-29Lewes Oxford 24-17Macclesfield Sandal 47-17Manchester Scunthorpe 15-22North Walsham Letchworth 23-12Northern Sheffield 22-10Nuneaton Winnington Park 26-32 aetOld Blues Tabard 5-11Olney Westcombe Park 0-23Preston Grasshoppers Stourbridge 19-44Stafford Netherall 13-18Stockton Broughton Park 13-11Stoke Lichfield 13-11Sudbury Lydney 6-28Worcester Kendal 30-17 Second round (Oct 7) Team one Team two ScoreBasingstoke Lewes 19-28Birmingham Worcester 14-19Bridlington Aspatria 50-10Cheltenham Weston-Super-Mare 11-13Clifton Metropolitan Police 11-12Gloucester Old Boys London Welsh 7-16Harrogate Fylde 6-23Havant Exeter 11-20Henley Hornets 33-8Liverpool St Helens Hull Ionians 15-8Lydney Harlow 37-7Macclesfield Morley 18-6Netherall Winnington Park 7-17Northern Stourbridge 21-22Otley Stoke 16-11Plymouth Camberley 18-39Redruth North Walsham 19-15Rosslyn Park Richmond 14-22Rotherham Coventry 15-24Scunthorpe Walsall 18-49Stockton Leeds 8-27Tabard Askeans 28-15Westcombe Park Reading 9-32 Third round (Nov 4) Team one Team two ScoreBridlington Winnington Park 13-17Coventry Stourbridge 78-20Exeter Redruth 17-15Leeds Fylde 12-6Lewes Camberley 10-40London Welsh Richmond 27-12Macclesfield Walsall 35-36Metropolitan Police Reading 10-27Otley Rugby 31-40Tabard Lydney 17-19Weston-Super-Mare Henley 19-18Worcester Liverpool St Helens 24-8 Fourth round (Dec 23) Team one Team two ScoreBath Northampton 12-3Bedford Worcester 27-12Blackheath Coventry 9-19Camberley Wakefield 0-18Exeter Leicester 0-27Gloucester Walsall 47-0Leeds Waterloo 20-15London Irish London Welsh 21-3Newcastle Moseley 26-5Nottingham London Scottish 32-16Orrell Harlequins 17-19Reading Bristol 7-44Sale Wasps 9-18Saracens Rugby 27-7Weston-Super-Mare West Hartlepool 9-25Winnington Park Lydney 26-11 Fifth round (Jan 27 & Feb 10) Team one Team two ScoreBedford Bristol 0-37Leeds London Irish 13-29Leicester Saracens 40-16Newcastle Gosforth Harlequins 22-44Nottingham Gloucester 10-36Wakefield Bath 12-16West Hartlepool Coventry 16-6Winnington Park Wasps 0-57 Quarter-finals (Feb 24) Team one Team two Score London Irish West Hartlepool 11-10Gloucester Wasps 22-9Leicester Harlequins 24-9Bristol Bath 12-19 Semi-finals (Mar 23) Team one Team two ScoreLondon Irish Leicester 21-46Bath Gloucester 19-10 Final 4 May 1996 Bath 16–15 Leicester Penalty try Callard Callard 2 Catt MalonePoole Liley Liley Twickenham Stadium, London 75,000 (World Record) Steve Lander (Liverpool) _collar _hoops black blue ffffff ffffff ffffff 000066 Bath _leicester99rugbykit _leicester99rugbykit _leicester99rugbykit _leicestersocks 008000 008000 FFFFFF 000000 Leicester 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 Steve Ojomoh 6 Andy Robinson 5 Nigel Redman 4 Martin Haag 3 John Mallett 2 Graham Dawe 1 Dave HiltonReplacements: 16 Richard Butland 17 Ian Sanders 18 Darren Crompton 19 Neil McCarthy 20 Andy Reed 21 Ed PearceCoach: 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 Neil Back F John Wells E Matt Poole D Martin Johnson C Darren Garforth B Richard Cockerill A Graham RowntreeReplacements: P Jez Harris Q Jamie Hamilton R Derek Jelley S Dorian West T Chris Tarbuck U Bill Drake-LeeCoach: References 1995-96 Category:1995–96 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:1995–96 in English rugby union