1988–89 Pilkington Cup

Rugby cup 1988–89 Pilkington Cup 1987–88 1989–90 The 1988–89 Pilkington Cup was the 18th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Leicester in the final.Jones Stephen Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1990 Rothmans Publications Ltd 0-356-19162-1 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 Team one Team two ScoreBarking Ealing 12-7Berry Hill Askeans 18-7Birkenhead Park Bedworth 13-7Brixham Okehampton 38-9Combe Down Havant 19-24Exeter Sudbury 40-12Finchley Lydney 10-9Fylde Wolverhampton 17-6Guildford & Godalming Old Culverhaysians 12-20Harrogate West Hartlepool 10-22Hereford Leighton Buzzard 18-12Marlow Maidstone 15-37Matlock Aspatria 12-34Medway Old Mid-Whitgiftians 11-9Metropolitan Police Reading 13-11Middlesbrough West Park 30-21Newark Winnington Park 6-12North Walsham Old Juddians 38-6Oxford Tabard 17-6Plymouth Albion Stoke Old Boys 60-3Redruth Worthing 21-6Rugby Vale of Lune 27-6Sandal Durham City 0-3Sheffield Wakefield 3-16Stoneygate Nuneaton 9-30Swindon Ruislip 22-0Tynedale Stockwood Park 15-0Widnes Bromsgrove 16-13 Second round Team one Team two ScoreBedford Nuneaton 16-0Berry Hill London Welsh 24-9Birkenhead Park Tynedale 3-38Coventry Plymouth Albion 7-12Durham City Sales 19-10Exeter Redruth 18-3Finchley Richmond 6-40Gosforth Fylde 31-10Headingley Wakefield 7-10Hereford Widnes 28-9London Irish Metropolitan Police 25-13Maidstone London Scottish 12-37Medway Havant 9-30Middlesbrough Aspatria 12-18North Walsham Saracens 3-31Old Culverhaysians Brixham 3-13Oxford Barking 28-0Swindon Blackheath 3-13West Hartlepool Rugby 9-30Winnington Park Northampton 4-37 Third round Team one Team two ScoreAspatria Moseley 6-3Bath Oxford 82-9Bedford Nottingham 3-6Blackheath Waterloo 6-13Bristol Orrell 13-7Brixham Gloucester 4-28Gosforth Wakefield 9-29Havant Exeter 9-3Hereford Tynedale 10-6Liverpool St Helens Leicester 6-37London Irish Berry Hill 14-3London Scottish Saracens 16-0Richmond Northampton 6-0Rosslyn Park Plymouth Albion 16-0Rugby Harlequins 3-25Wasps Durham City 33-3 Fourth round Team one Team two ScoreBath Hereford 48-0Bristol London Irish 45-16Gloucester Waterloo 19-16Harlequins London Scottish 22-6Richmond Nottingham 9-12Rosslyn Park Leicester 9-23Wakefield Havant 18-10Wasps Aspatria 39-7 Quarter-finals Team one Team two Score Bath Bristol 14-12Harlequins Nottingham 15-9Leicester Wasps 22-18Wakefield Gloucester 13-28 Semi-finals Team one Team two ScoreGloucester Bath 3-6Harlequins Leicester 7-16 Final 29 April 1989 Bath 10–6 Leicester Stuart Barnes Stuart Barnes 2 Dusty Hare 2 Twickenham Stadium, London 59,300 Fred Howard (Liverpool) _collar _hoops black blue ffffff ffffff ffffff 000080 ffffff Bath _leicester99rugbykit _leicester99rugbykit _leicester99rugbykit _leicestersocks 008000 008000 FFFFFF 000000 Leicester 16 John Palmer 15 Tony Swift 14 Simon Halliday 12 Jeremy Guscott 11 Fred Sagoe 10 Stuart Barnes (c) 9 Richard Hill 8 Dave Egerton 7 Jon Hall 6 Andy Robinson 5 Damian Cronin 4 John Morrison 3 Maurice 'Richard' Lee 2 Graham Dawe 1 Gareth ChilcottReplacements: 16 Steve Knight 17 Keith Hoskin 18 Jimmy Deane 19 Victor Ubogu 20 Nigel Redman 21 Paul Simpson for EgertonCoach: Jack Rowell O Dusty Hare N Barry Evans M Paul Dodge (c) L Ian Bates K Rory Underwood J Les Cusworth I Aadel Kardooni A Stuart Redfern B Troy Thacker C Wayne Richardson D Malcolm Foulks-Arnold E Tom Smith F John Wells H Ian "Dosser" Smith G Dean RichardsReplacements: P Tony Underwood Q Jez Harris R Steve Kenney S Dave Kitching T Chris Tressler U Adey MarriottCoach: David Matthews References Category:1988–89 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:1988–89 in English rugby union 1988