1990–91 Pilkington Cup

English rugby union competition 1990–91 Pilkington Cup England Harlequins (2nd title) Northampton 74 1989–90 1991–92 The 1990–91 Pilkington Cup was the 20th edition of England's, premier (at that time) rugby union club competition. Harlequins won the competition, for the second time, defeating Northampton 25 – 13 at Twickenham.http://www.rugbynetwork.net/main/s99/st22456.htm 1991 Pilkington Cup Rugby Network The event was sponsored by Pilkington.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives Oxfordshire LibrariesJones Stephen Giffiths John Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991–92 1991 Queen Anne Press London 0 356 20249 6 147–151 First round Home Away ScoreAspatria Vale of Lune 3–9Chesterfield Northern 9–19Fylde Hereford 22–3Kettering Hartlepool Rovers 6–18Lichfield West Park Bramhope 21–7Morley Newark 9–3Nuneaton Preston Grasshoppers 16–21Sheffield Old Yardleians 22–0Syston Roundhay 22–6Winnington Park Broughton Park 15–19West Hartlepool Bedworth 38–3Wigan Harrogate 13–15Clifton Basingstoke 31–27Exeter Askeans 36–6Gordon League Camborne 10–21High Wycombe Ealing 28–13Lewes Banbury 21–13London Welsh Tabard 16–7North Walsham Metropolitan Police 13–7Parkhouse Lydney 9–10Reading Midsomer Norton 31–4Salisbury Brixham 26–6Spartans Gravesend 21–6Sudbury Sutton & Epsom 30–24Torquay Albion Old Whitgiftians 12–15 Second round Home team Away team ScoreBroughton Park Lichfield 24–19Harrogate Bedford 16–0Hartlepool Rovers Northern 20–9Morley Rugby 12–40Gosforth Fylde 22–9Preston Grasshoppers West Hartlepool 3–20Sheffield Headingley 13–9Syston Waterloo 6–12Vale of Lune Coventry 6–22Wakefield Sale 20–21Blackheath Salisbury 24–3Clifton Reading 20–15Exeter Camborne 20–10Lewes Spartans 6–10London Welsh Plymouth Albion 19–12Lydney High Wycombe 10–12North Walsham London Irish 11–26Richmond Sudbury 25–9 Third round Home team Away team ScoreBath Leicester 0–12Bristol Waterloo 18–9Coventry Rosslyn Park 7–21Gloucester Broughton Park 52–0Harlequins Clifton 56–4Harrogate Northampton 4–18High Wycombe Moseley 10–18London Irish Sale 20–16Newcastle Gosforth Blackheath 19–10Nottingham London Scottish 10–9Orrell Spartans 69–13Richmond Liverpool St Helens 13–12Saracens Hartlepool Rovers 36–0Rugby London Welsh 29–3Sheffield Exeter 3–0West Hartlepool Wasps 3–7 Fourth round Home team Away team ScoreBristol Moseley 6–9Gloucester Harlequins 13–15Leicester Wasps 13–15London Irish Rugby 22–11Northampton Saracens 15–10Nottingham Richmond 24–6Orrell Newcastle Gosforth 26–9Rosslyn Park Sheffield 36–0 Quarter-finals Home team Away team Score Harlequins Rosslyn Park 24–12Northampton Moseley 10–6Nottingham London Irish 48–9Wasps Orrell 9–15 Semi-finals Home team Away team ScoreHarlequins Nottingham 22–18 (aet)Northampton Orrell 18–10 Final 4 May 1991 Harlequins 25–13The score had ended 13–13 after 80 mins. n before yes Northampton LanghornHarrimanHalliday Glenister Pears 3 Pears Moss Steele 3 Twickenham Stadium, London 53,000 Ed Morrison (Bristol) _blacklower _Harlequins_2123h _greenlower 009900 000000 ffffff 000000 Harlequins _blackgoldhoops _blackgold stripes _blackgoldhoops 006342 006342 006342 000000 000000 Northampton 15 Stuart Thresher 14 Andrew Harriman 13 Will Carling 12 Simon Halliday 11 Everton Davis 10 David Pears 9 Rob Glenister 8 Richard Langhorn 7 Peter Winterbottom (c) 6 Mick Skinner 5 Paul Ackford 4 Troy Coker 3 Andy Mullins 2 Brian Moore 1 Jason LeonardReplacements: 16 Nick Kilick 17 Craig Luxton 18 Gavin Thompson 19 Paul Challinor 20 Mark Russell 21 Martin HobleyCoach: Dick Best 15 Ian Hunter 14 Frank Packman 13 John Thame 12 Peter Moss 11 Harvey Thorneycroft 10 John Steele 9 Richard Nancekivell 8 Tim Rodber 7 Phil Pask 6 Paul Alston 5 John Etheridge 4 Colin Hall 3 Gary Pearce (c) 2 John Olver 1 Gavin BaldwinReplacements: 16 David Elkington for Nancekivell 17 Ben Ward for Packman 18 Matthew Ebsworth 19 Peter Roworth 20 Vasey Pocklington 21 David NewmanCoach: Paul Bryant, St. Luke's College & Northampton Saints Notes n Sponsorship The competition was sponsored by Pilkington who had provided £700,000 over the first three seasons and agreed to a further three years worth £1,000,000. References Category:1990–91 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:1990–91 in English rugby union 1990-91