1989–90 Pilkington Cup

The 1989–90 Pilkington Cup was the 19th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at that time. Bath won the competition defeating Gloucester in the final. The Bath victory was the biggest winning margin of any previous final, helped by the fact that Gloucester's John Gadd was dismissed from the field after 57 minutes for stamping on Dave Egerton.[1] The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.[2]

1989–90 Pilkington Cup
Countries England
ChampionsBath
Runners-upGloucester
Highest attendance52,000 Bath v Gloucester at Twickenham

Draw and results

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First round

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Home team Away team Score
Askeans Redruth 10-18
Barking Old Alleynians 16-12 aet
Barnstaple Reading 10-6
Broughton Park Aspatria 15-18
Cheshunt London Scottish 0-27
Drybrook Old Colfeians 19-10
Dudley Kingswinford Vipers 13-11
Ealing Metropolitan Police 10-14
Exeter High Wycombe 12-7
Fylde Kersal 27-12
Harrogate Peterborough 54-7
Hartlepool Rovers Old Yardleians 29-3
Havant Southend 14-6
Lydney Berry Hill 10-13
Lymm Wakefield 9-18
Mansfield Otley 0-29
Mid-Cheshire College Crediton 20-0
Northern Roundhay 31-16
North Walsham Swanage & Wareham 15-3
Nuneaton Stockwood Park 31-4
Old Leamingtonians Newark 10-20
Oxford Combe Down 11-17
Ruislip Worthing 6-16
Sheffield Rotherham 13-13 aet*
Sidcup London Welsh 3-29
Stafford Vale of Lune 9-25
Streatham-Croydon Taunton 22-9
West Hartlepool Bedworth 30-7

Away team progress*

Second round

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Home team Away team Score
Barking Rugby 3-38
Barnstaple Richmond 7-22
Berry Hill London Scottish 15-12
Blackheath Havant 17-0
Combe Down Gosforth 0-26
Exeter Streatham-Croydon 44-7
Harrogate Aspatria 21-13
Hartlepool Rovers West Hartlepool 9-15
Headingley Otley 15-9
Liverpool St Helens Coventry 17-6
London Irish Plymouth Albion 13-17
London Welsh Drybrook 15-9
Mid-Cheshire College Nuneaton 10-16
Newark Fylde 12-28
Northampton Northern 25-4
Redruth North Walsham 0-22
Sale Rotherham 43-10
Vale of Lune Dudley Kingswinford 24-12
Wakefield Waterloo 19-3
Worthing Metropolitan Police 10-14

Third round

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Home team Away team Score
Bath Harlequins 9-0
Bedford Richmond 7-12
Bristol Liverpool St Helens 12-29
Fylde Gosforth 15-17
Harrogate West Hartlepool 3-12
Headingley North Walsham 12-0
London Welsh Leicester 3-43
Metropolitan Police Northampton 4-16
Moseley Berry Hill 28-11
Nuneaton Saracens 7-16
Plymouth Albion Orrell 0-7
Rosslyn Park Nottingham 9-20
Sale Blackheath 26-16
Vale of Lune Exeter 13-18
Wakefield Rugby 16-9
Wasps Gloucester 19-23

Fourth round

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Home team Away team Score
Bath Headingley 25–3
Bristol Exeter 26–3
Gosforth Gloucester 15–26
Leicester West Hartlepool 43–15
Moseley Saracens 15–10
Northampton Wakefield 22–10
Nottingham Orrell 12–6
Richmond Sale 14–12

Quarter-finals

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Home team Away team Score
Moseley Bristol 15–13
Northampton Leicester 23–7
Nottingham Gloucester 16–26
Richmond Bath 3–35

Semi-finals

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Home team Away team Score
Northampton Gloucester 12–17
Moseley Bath 7–21

Final

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5 May 1990
Bath48–6Gloucester
Try: Swift 2
Withey
Guscott
Callard
Dawe
Redman
Ubogu
Con: Barnes 4
Halliday
Pen: Barnes 2
Try: Dunn
Con: Smith
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Fred Howard (Liverpool)
16 Jonathan Callard
15 Tony Swift
14 Simon Halliday
12 Jeremy Guscott
11 Adedayo Adebayo
10 Stuart Barnes (c)
9 Richard Hill
8 Dave Egerton
7 Kevin Withey
6 Andy Robinson
5 Damian Cronin
4 Nigel Redman
3 Gareth Chilcott
2 Graham Dawe
1 Victor Ubogu
Replacements:
16 Steve Knight for Hill
17 Maurice 'Richard' Lee
18 Nick Maslen
19 Jimmy Deane
20 Jonathan Webb
21 John Bamsey
Coach:
Jack Rowell
15 Tim Smith
14 Derrick Morgan
13 Don Caskie
12 Richard Mogg
11 Jim Breeze
10 Mike Hamlin (c)
9 Marcus Hannaford
8 Mike Teague
7 Ian Smith
6 John Gadd
5 John Brain
4 Nigel Scrivens
3 Richard Pascal
2 Kevin Dunn
1 Malcolm Preedy
Replacements:
16 Damian Cummins
17 Lloyd Gardiner
18 John Hawker
19 Pete Jones
20 Dave Sims
21 Paul Ashmead
Coach:
Keith Richardson

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Stephen (1990). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-356-19162-1.
  2. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.