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The 1983–84 John Player Cup was the 13th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Bristol in the final.[1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium .[2]
Draw and Results
First Round
Team One
Team Two
Score
Betteshanger Colliery
Worthing
11-20
Norwich
Guildford & Godalming
9-3
Richmond
Saracens
22-16
Tabard
U.S Portsmouth
9-15
Aspatria
West Hartlepool
3-20
Morley
Alsager College
38-4
Fylde
Alnwick
43-21
Newark
Dudley Kingswinford
28-6
Nottingham
Solihull
29-3
Nuneaton
Walsall
19-6
Vipers
Bedford Athletic
18-9
High Wycombe
Launceston
7-0
Henley
Maidenhead
12-12 *
Old Redcliffians
Devon & Cornwall Police
7-6
Stroud
Bournemouth
15-0
Second Round
Team One
Team Two
Score
High Wycombe
Lydney
18-28
Norwich
Henley
21-15
Nottingham
Newark
36-3
Nuneaton
Fylde
33-21
Richmond
U.S Portsmouth
43-0
Southend
KCS Old Boys
24-3
Stroud
Dartfordians
18-4
Vipers
Stourbridge
3-13
West Hartlepool
Morley
6-6
Worthing
Old Redcliffians
6-25
Third Round
Team One
Team Two
Score
Norwich
Bristol
3-24
Nuneaton
Richmond
6-9
Fourth Round
Team One
Team Two
Score
Bristol
London Welsh
36-8
Plymouth Argyle
Harlequins
16-17
Waterloo
Richmond
26-19
Coventry
London Irish
16-7
London Scottish
Northampton
34-6
Moseley
Nottingham
3-10
Orrell
Wasps
15-15*
Blackheath
Bath
12-41
Wasps progress due to more tries*
Quarter Finals
Team One
Team Two
Score
Waterloo
Bristol
9-12
Nottingham
London Scottish
22-16
Coventry
Harlequins
16-24
Bath
Wasps
26-12
Semi Finals
Team One
Team Two
Score
Nottingham
Bath
3-12
Bristol
Harlequins
21-18
Final
15
Chris Martin
14
David Trick
13
Alun Rees
12
John Palmer
11
Barry Trevaskis
10
John Horton
9
Richard Hill
8
Paul Simpson
7
Roger Spurrell (c )
6
Nigel Redman
5
Nigel Gaymond
4
Jon Hall
3
Maurice 'Richard' Lee
2
Rob Cunningham
1
Gareth Chilcott
Replacements:
16
Alun Watkins
17
Chris Stanley
18
Greg Bess
19
Ronnie Hakin
20
Paul Turner
21
Chris Lilley
Coach:
Jack Rowell
A
Phil Cue
B
Alan Morley
C
Simon Hogg
D
Ralph Knibbs
E
John Carr
F
Stuart Barnes
G
Richard Harding
H
John Doubleday
I
Dave Palmer
J
Austin Sheppard
K
Peter Stiff
L
Nigel Pomphrey
M
Pete Polledri
N
Mike Rafter (c )
O
D Chidgey
Replacements:
16
John Watson
17
Huw Duggan
18
Lawrence Yandell
19
Kevin Bogira
20
Darryll Hickey
21
Malcolm Baker
Coach:
Dave Tyler
References