1974–75 John Player Cup

1974–1975 RFU National KO competition

Tournament statistics

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The 1974-1975 RFU National KO competition was the fourth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bedford won the competition defeating Rosslyn Park in the final.^[1] The final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2]

Draw and Results

First Round

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bournemouth	Bedford	6-66
Nottingham	Sale	6-16
Blackheath	Wasps	9-3
Coventry	Bradford	40-10
Bristol	Plymouth Albion	7-6
Northampton	Gosforth	4-7
Solihull	Liverpool	6-7
Falmouth	Bath	9-9*
Aylesbury	London Scottish	12-39
Rosslyn Park	London Welsh	22-9
Morpeth	Stockwood Park	10-0
Maidstone	London Irish	16-19
Moseley	Wilmslow	15-7
Streatham-Croydon	Richmond	3-10
Morley	Waterloo	16-7
Gloucester	St Lukes College, Exeter	21-3

Progress to next round as away team*

Second Round

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bedford	Sale	23-3
Blackheath	Coventry	6-32
Bristol	Gosforth	3-13
Liverpool	Bath	6-12
London Scottish	Rosslyn Park	6-11
Morpeth	London Irish	19-3
Moseley	Gloucester	10-7
Richmond	Morley	14-6

Quarter Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bath	Morpeth	9-13
Bedford	Gosforth	12-6
Richmond	Coventry	0-3
Rosslyn Park	Moseley	21-7

Semi Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bedford	Coventry	13-6
Morpeth	Rosslyn Park	6-28

Final

26 April 1975

Bedford	28-12	Rosslyn Park
Try: Derek Wyatt Chris Bailward Bob Demming (2) Brian Keen Con: Neil Bennett (4)		Try: David McKay (2) Bob Fisher

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: R.F 'Johnny' Johnson (London)


	15	Tony Jorden
	14	Bob Demming
	13	Richard Chadwick
	12	John Howard
	11	Derek Wyatt
	10	Neil Bennett
	9	Alun Lewis
	1	Brian Keen
	2	Norman Barker
	3	Chris Bailward
	4	Clive Hooker
	5	Bob Wilkinson
	6	Andy Hollins
	7	Budge Rogers (c)
	8	Foster Edwards
Replacements (none used):
	16	Chris Davies
	17	Ashley Johnson
	18	David Jackson
	19	Guy Fletcher
	20	Steve Wells
	21	Brian Page
Coach:
Patrick Briggs


	15	Ray Codd
	14	Rob Fisher
	13	Chris Saville
	12	Mark Bazalgette
	11	David McKay
	10	Phil Treseder
	9	Lionel Weston
	1	Les Barlow
	2	Phil Keith-Roach (c)
	3	Paddy Hinton
	4	Tony Rodgers
	5	Neil Mantell
	6	Paul Anderson
	7	Geoff Link
	8	Andy Ripley
Coach:
Peter Berryman / Glen Robertson

References

↑ Jenkins, Vivian (1975). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

Anglo-Welsh Cup

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