1990–91 Regal Trophy
The 1990–91 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 20th season that the competition was held, and was the second staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.
1990–91 Regal Trophy | |
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Structure | National knockout championship |
Teams | 38 |
Winners | Warrington |
Runners-up | Bradford Northern |
The final was won by Warrington, who beat Bradford Northern 12-2 in the match played at Headingley, Leeds. The attendance was 11,154 and receipts were £57662.
Background
This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-eight.
The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers to entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.
Competition and results
Preliminary round
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Wed 14 Nov 1990 | Doncaster | 14-12 | Ryedale-York | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | 1165 | |||||
2 | Sat 17 Nov 1990 | Bradford Dudley Hill | 18-24 | Dewsbury | Neil Hunt Ground, Bradford | 970 | 1 | ||||
3 | Sat 17 Nov 1990 | Saddleworth | 35-18 | Egremont (Cumbria) | Watersheddings | 900 | 2,3 | ||||
4 | Sun 18 Nov 1990 | Carlisle | 10-28 | Wakefield Trinity | Gifford Park | 1479 | [4] | ||||
5 | Sun 18 Nov 1990 | Leeds | 58-6 | Halifax | Headingley | 9761 | |||||
6 | Sun 18 Nov 1990 | Sheffield Eagles | 8-12 | Bradford Northern | Don Valley Stadium | 2788 |
Round 1 - First Round
Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs
Round 1 - First Round replays
Involved xx matches and xx Clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Thu 5 Dec 1990 | Doncaster | 19-7 | Trafford Borough | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | 1195 |
Round 2 - Second Round
Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 8 Dec 1990 | Widnes | 22-6 | Leeds | Naughton Park | 3465 | [6] | ||||
2 | Sun 9 Dec 1990 | Batley | 20-16 | Oldham | Mount Pleasant | 2054 | |||||
3 | Sun 9 Dec 1990 | Wakefield Trinity | 4-20 | Castleford | Belle Vue | 7031 | [4] | ||||
4 | Sun 9 Dec 1990 | Warrington | 11-6 | Leigh | Wilderspool | 3588 | [10] | ||||
5 | Sun 9 Dec 1990 | Wigan | 36-16 | Keighley | Central Park | 5955 | [2] | ||||
6 | Tue 11 Dec 1990 | Bradford Northern | 28-0 | Bramley | Odsal | 1815 | |||||
7 | Tue 11 Dec 1990 | Featherstone Rovers | 16-33 | St. Helens | Post Office Road | 3343 | [9] | ||||
8 | Wed 12 Dec 1990 | Doncaster | 10-14 | Rochdale Hornets | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | 1341 |
Round 3 -Quarter-finals
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 15 Dec 1990 | Wigan | 6-12 | Bradford Northern | Central Park | 5285 | [2] | ||||
2 | Sun 16 Dec 1990 | Castleford | 14-19 | Rochdale Hornets | Wheldon Road | 4017 | |||||
3 | Sun 16 Dec 1990 | Warrington | 18-12 | St. Helens | Wilderspool | 7390 | [9][10] | ||||
4 | Sun 16 Dec 1990 | Widnes | 56-6 | Batley | Naughton Park | 6656 | [6] |
Round 4 – Semi-finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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1 | Sat 22 Dec 1990 | Bradford Northern | 13-2 | Rochdale Hornets | Headingley | 3788 | |||||
2 | Sat 29 Dec 1990 | Warrington | 8-4 | Widnes | Central Park | 7874 | [6][10] |
Final
Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
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Saturday 12 January 1991 | Warrington | 12-2 | Bradford Northern | Headingley | 11154 | 57662 | 6 | [3][10][12] |
Teams and scorers
Warrington | № | Bradford Northern |
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teams | ||
David Lyon | 1 | Ian Wilkinson |
Des Drummond (c) | 2 | Gerald Cordle |
Allan Bateman | 3 | Darrall Shelford |
Tony Thorniley | 4 | Roger Simpson |
Mark Forster | 5 | Tony Marchant |
Chris O'Sullivan | 6 | Neil Summers |
Kevin Ellis | 7 | Brett Iti |
Neil Harmon | 8 | David Hobbs |
Duane Mann | 9 | Brian Noble |
Gary Chambers | 10 | John Hamer |
Gary Mercer | 11 | Paul Medley |
Billy McGinty | 12 | David Croft |
Paul Cullen | 13 | John Pendlebury (c) |
Mark Thomas (for Gary Chambers 41 mins) | 14 | Phil Hellewell (for Tony Marchant 41 mins) |
Rowland Phillips (for Neil Harmon 79 min) | 15 | Craig Richards (not used) |
Brian Johnson | Coach | David Hobbs |
12 | score | 2 |
4 | HT | 2 |
Scorers | ||
Tries | ||
Mark Thomas (1) | T | |
Goals | ||
David Lyon (4) | G | David Hobbs (1) |
Referee | Jim Smith (Halifax) | |
Man of the match | Billy McGinty - Warrington - Second-row | |
Competition Sponsor | Regal |
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
Prize money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-
Finish Position | Cash Prize | No. receiving prize | Total Cash |
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Winner | 30000 | 1 | 30000 |
Runner-up | 16000 | 1 | 16000 |
semi-finalist | 8500 | 2 | 17000 |
loser in Rd 3 | 5000 | 4 | 20000 |
loser in Rd 2 | 3250 | 8 | 26000 |
Loser in Rd 1 | 2000 | 16 | 32000 |
Loser in Prelim Round | 2000 | 12 | 24000 |
Grand Total | 165000 | ||
plus to capital development fund | 110000 | ||
Grand Total | 275000 |
The road to success
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures
First round | Second round | Third round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Runcorn Highfield | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Leigh | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chorley Borough (2) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Barrow | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Featherstone Rovers | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Featherstone Rovers | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Swinton | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull F.C. | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Leeds | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Leeds | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull Kingston Rovers | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Batley | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nottingham City | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Batley | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Batley | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Oldham | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Salford | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Whitehaven | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Keighley | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Huddersfield | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Keighley | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wigan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Workington Town | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bramley | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bramley | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewsbury | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wakefield Trinity | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hunslet | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wakefield Trinity | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Castleford | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fulham | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Castleford | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Castleford | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Trafford Borough | 10 (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Doncaster | 10 (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Doncaster | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Saddleworth (Oldham) | 10 |
Notes and comments
1 * Bradford Dudley Hill are a Junior (amateur) club from Bradford
2 * Saddleworth Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from Oldham
3 * Egremont are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria
4 * At this time Fulham were a bit nomadic, using a collection of grounds as their "home", but the likelihood was that this match was probably played at Chiswick Polytechnic Sports Ground
5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and Rothmans yearbook 1991-92[3] give the score as 6-35 but Wigan official archives[5] gives it as 6-5, which must be a misprint as Batley were the team progressing to the next round
6 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.
See also
References
- "Rugby League Project".
- "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
- Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
- "Wakefield until I die".
- "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".
- "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
- "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
- "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
- "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
- "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
- "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".
- "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".
External links
- Saints Heritage Society
- 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
- Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97
- The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org
- Huddersfield R L Heritage
- Wakefield until I die