1981–82 John Player Cup

English rugby cup 1981–82 John Player Cup 1980–81 1982–83 The 1981–82 John Player Cup was the 11th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gloucester and Moseley shared the title after playing out a 12-12 draw in the final.Jenkins Vivian Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1981 Rothmans Publications Ltd 0-907574-05-X 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 ScoreLiverpool Morpeth 19-3Birkenhead Park Hartlepool Rovers 6-7Aspatria Roundhay 0-19Northampton Kettering Bournemouth St Ives 10-18Dartfordians Hertford 4-11Dudley Kingswinford Nuneaton 9-27Exeter University Lydney 12-13High Wycombe Newbury 13-0Saracens US Portsmouth 10-4Woodford Old Gaytonians 19-6Weston-super-Mare Oxford 6-9Walsall Westleigh 24-15Lewes Streatham-Croydon 19-0 Second round Team one Team two ScoreBlackheath Woodford 13-0Hertford Lydney 10-13Lewes St Ives 0-10Nuneaton Roundhay 10-7Matson Thurrock 12-12*Oxford High Wycombe 9-10Stamford Liverpool 3-15Stourbridge Hartlepool Rovers 9-19Walsall Northampton 9-32London Irish Saracens 19-3 Away team progress* Third round Team one Team two ScoreExeter Thurrock 7-0Bath Rosslyn Park 9-11London Welsh Lydney 16-3Northampton Morley 12-7Waterloo Nuneaton 3-0St Ives Bristol 6-16Richmond Metropolitan Police 10-20Blackheath London Scottish 3-16Gloucester High Wycombe 40-6Nottingham Sale 9-15Moseley Harrogate 17-4Leicester Hartlepool Rovers 53-19London Irish Coventry 7-10Orrell Liverpool 12-15Harlequins Wasps 19-10Bedford Gosforth 3-14 Fourth round Team one Team two ScoreGloucester Exeter 34-3Sale Rosslyn Park 19-3Moseley London Welsh 25-9Leicester Northampton 23-10Coventry Waterloo 29-9Liverpool Bristol 12-10Harlequins Metropolitan Police 28-6Gosforth London Scottish 26-19 Quarter-finals Team one Team two Score Gloucester Sale 13-6Moseley Liverpool 15-13Coventry Harlequins 24-12Leicester Gosforth 18-9 Semi-finals Team one Team two ScoreMoseley Leicester 12-4Coventry Gloucester 9-18 Final 1 May 1982 Gloucester 12–12 Moseley Ford 4 Perry 3 Perry Twickenham Stadium, London 20,000 Roger Quittenton (Sussex) _red hoops _redhoops _red hoops _whitestripe ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 000000 Gloucester _thin_blackhoops _thin_blackhoops _thin_blackhoops _redtop ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 000000 Moseley 15 Paul Ford 14 Philip Pritchard 13 Paul Taylor 12 Steven Parsloe 11 Richard Mogg 10 Leslie Jones 9 Steve Baker 1 Malcolm Preedy 2 Steve Mills (c) 3 Phil Blakeway 4 Steve Boyle 5 John Orwin 6 John Gadd 8 Mike Teague 7 Mike LongstaffReplacements: 16 Nick Price 17 Gary Thomas 18 Paul Wood for Longstaff (65m) 19 John Fidler 20 Gordon Sargent for Preedy (41m) 21 Kevin WhiteCoach: Dick Smith 15 Martin Cooper 14 John Goodwin 13 Jon Desborough 12 Dave Shorrock 11 Richard Lawson 10 Mike Perry 9 Steve Sutherland 1 Trevor Corless 2 Gary Cox 3 Steve Acaster 4 John Davidson 5 Al Recardo 6 Dave Warren 8 Derek Nutt (c) 7 Nick JeavonsReplacements: 16 Phil Millington 17 Steve Morley 18 Ian Metcalfe 19 Bob Barr 20 Kevin Astley 21 Alan ThomasCoach: References Category:1981–82 rugby union tournaments for clubs John Player Cup Category:RFU Knockout Cup