1992–93 League Cup (rugby league)

1992–93 League Cup
Structure National knockout championship
Number of teams 37
Winners Wigan
Runners-up Bradford Northern
< 1991–92 Seasons 1993–94 >

This was the twenty-second season for the League Cup, a rugby league competition that was known as the Regal Trophy for sponsorship purposes.

Wigan defeated Bradford Northern by the score of 15-8 in the final to claim the trophy. The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds in front of an attendance of 13,221.

Background

This season saw several changes in the entrants, one club re-formed/re-named, two French clubs were invited instead of the junior clubs, and one club withdrew. This resulted in one less club/entrant reducing the total number to thirty-seven.
The changes, in detail, are :-
1 Trafford Borough re-formed as Blackpool Gladiators and moved back to Blackpool, playing at Jepson Way, Blackpool
2 Two French clubs, Carcassonne and XIII Catalan were invited to join the competition, instead of the junior clubs, who were no longer invited
3 Scarborough Pirates went into administration at the end of last season
The preliminary round now involved ten clubs, to reduce the numbers of entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.

Competition and Results[1][2]

Preliminary Round[3]

Involved 5 matches and 10 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Tue 13 Oct 1992Warrington32-8Blackpool GladiatorsWilderspool1412[4]
2Tue 27 Oct 1992Chorley Borough (2)10-38Sheffield EaglesGrundy Hill3681
3Tue 27 Oct 1992St Helens44-18HuddersfieldKnowsley Road4423[5][6]
4Tue 27 Oct 1992Wakefield Trinity90-12HighfieldBelle Vue16502[7]
5Wed 28 Oct 1992Swinton12-32Hull KRGigg Lane582

Round 1 - First Round[3]

Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 2 Nov 1992Wigan52-0CarcassonneCentral Park4306[2]
2Sun 8 Nov 1992Batley6-13HunsletMount Pleasant709
3Sun 8 Nov 1992Bradford Northern70-10BarrowOdsal3049
4Sun 8 Nov 1992Bramley12-16CarlisleMcLaren Field550
5Sun 8 Nov 1992Doncaster4-30Workington TownBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield893
6Sun 8 Nov 1992Halifax76-6Nottingham CityThrum Hall3547
7Sun 8 Nov 1992Hull F.C.22-16DewsburyBoulevard2984[8]
8Sun 8 Nov 1992Hull KR48-4WhitehavenCraven Park (2)1627
9Sun 8 Nov 1992Leigh32-24Keighley CougarsHilton Park2113
10Sun 8 Nov 1992London Crusaders30-0Wakefield TrinityCrystal Palace NSC860[7]
11Sun 8 Nov 1992Oldham22-40CastlefordWatersheddings4393
12Sun 8 Nov 1992Rochdale Hornets32-16XIII CatalanSpotland1507
13Sun 8 Nov 1992St Helens15-14LeedsKnowsley Road11052[6]
14Sun 8 Nov 1992Salford14-18Featherstone RoversThe Willows3088
15Sun 8 Nov 1992Warrington31-16Sheffield EaglesWilderspool3112[4]
16Sun 8 Nov 1992Widnes46-4Ryedale-YorkNaughton Park34753[9]

Round 2 - Second Round[10]

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 5 Dec 1992Warrington12-12Bradford NorthernWilderspool2145[4]
2Sun 6 Dec 1992Castleford54-0CarlisleThe Jungle 2539
3Sun 6 Dec 1992Featherstone Rovers8-25St HelensPost Office Road4473[6]
4Sun 6 Dec 1992Hull F.C.28-14HalifaxBoulevard5494[8]
5Sun 6 Dec 1992Hull KR0-18WiganCraven Park (2)3779[2]
6Sun 6 Dec 1992Hunslet12-34Workington TownElland Road1225
7Sun 6 Dec 1992Leigh16-6London CrusadersHilton Park2181
8Sun 6 Dec 1992Widnes30-2Rochdale HornetsNaughton Park3591[9]

Round 2 - Second Round Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Wed 16 Dec 1992Bradford Northern9-6WarringtonOdsal3474[4]

Round 3 -Quarter Finals[11]

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 19 Dec 1992St Helens8-12CastlefordKnowsley Road4785[6]
2Sun 20 Dec 1992Hull F.C.24-14LeighBoulevard4835[8]
3Sun 20 Dec 1992Workington Town12-24WiganDerwent Park76824, 5[2]
4Tue 29 Dec 1992Bradford Northern21-10WidnesOdsal5346[9]

Round 4 – Semi-Finals[12]

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1Sat 2 Jan 1993Wigan19-4Hull F.C.Central Park80206[2][8]
2Sat 2 Jan 1993Bradford Northern19-12CastlefordValley Parade56027

Final

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 23 January 1993Wigan15-8Bradford NorthernElland Road132218[13]

Teams and Scorers[13]

Wigan № Bradford Northern
teams
Steve Hampson1Dave Watson
Jason Robinson2Tony Marchant
Dean Bell3Steve McGowan
Andrew Farrar4Tony Anderson
Martin Offiah5Roger Simpson
Frano Botica6Neil Summers
Shaun Edwards7Deryck Fox
Neil Cowie8David Hobbs
Martin Dermott9Brian Noble
Andy Platt10Roy Powell
Denis Betts11Paul Medley
Billy McGinty12Karl Fairbank
Phil Clarke13David "Dave" Heron
Joe Lydon (for Martin Offiah 59-mins)14Keith Mumby (for Tony Anderson 44-mins)
Sam Panapa (for Phil Clarke 9-mins)15Trevor Clark (for Brian Noble 44-mins)
Coach
15score8
6HT2
Scorers
Tries
Jason Robinson (1)TSteve McGowan
Shaun Edwards (1)T
Goals
Frano Botica (3)GDavid Hobbs (1)
GKeith Mumby (1)
Drop Goals
Steve Hampson (1)DG
RefereeJohn Holdsworth (Kippax)
Man of the match? - ? - ?
Competition SponsorRegal

Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) 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
Winner?1?
Runner-up?1?
semi-finalist?2?
loser in Rd 3?4?
loser in Rd 2?8?
Loser in Rd 1?16?
Loser in Prelim Round?5?
Grand Total

Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First Round Second Round Third Round Semi Finals Final
               
Batley 6
Hunslet 13
Hunslet 12
Workington Town 34
Doncaster 4
Workington Town 30
Workington Town 12
Wigan 24
Hull KR 48
Whitehaven 4
Hull KR 0
Wigan 18
Wigan 52
Carcassonne 0
Wigan 19
Hull F.C. 4
Hull F.C. 22
Dewsbury 16
Hull F.C. 28
Halifax 14
Halifax 76
Nottingham City 6
Hull F.C. 24
Leigh 14
Leigh 32
Keighley Cougars 24
Leigh 16
London Crusaders 6
London Crusaders 30
London Crusaders 0
Wigan 15
Bradford Northern 8
Warrington 31
Sheffield Eagles 16
Warrington 12 (6)
Bradford Northern 12 (9)
Bradford Northern 70
Barrow 10
Bradford Northern 21
Widnes 10
Widnes 46
Ryedale-York 4
Widnes 30
Rochdale Hornets 2
Rochdale Hornets 32
XIII Catalan 16
Bradford Northern 19
Castleford 12
Salford 14
Featherstone Rovers 18
Featherstone Rovers 8
St Helens 25
St Helens 15
Leeds 14
St Helens 8
Castleford 12
Oldham 22
Castleford 40
Castleford 54
Carlisle 0
Bramley 12
Carlisle 16

Notes and comments

1 * Grundy Hill was the home ground of Horwich RMI, in Bolton
2 * The second highest score, at the time
3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject[1] gives the attendance as 3,475 but Widnes official archives[9] gives it as 3,343
4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject[1] gives the attendance as 7,682 but Wigan official archives[2] gives it as 8,000
5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject[1] and Wigan official archives[2] gives the score as 12-34 but Wigan's official detailed archives[11] erroneously gives it as 12-24 whilst showing that 4 tries and 4 goals were scored
6 * Wigan's official detailed archives[12] erroneously shows the second semi-final as St Helens 8 Castleford 12, (which was actually the third round clash)
8 * Elland Road, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds United A.F.C. with a capacity of 37,914 (The record attendance was 57,892 set on 15 March 1967 for a cup match Leeds v Sunderland). The ground was originally established in 1897 by Holbeck RLFC who played there until their demise after the conclusion of the 1903-04 season On their demise the ground was taken over by Leeds City F.C.. After their expulsion from The Football League eight games into the 1919–20 season, leading to their liquidation the ground was taken over by, and is still the home ground, of Leeds United

General information for those unfamiliar

The council of the Rugby Football League voted to introduce a new competition, to be similar to The Football Association and Scottish Football Association's "League Cup". It was to be a similar knock-out structure to, and to be secondary to, the Challenge Cup. As this was being formulated, sports sponsorship was becoming more prevalent and as a result John Player and Sons, a division of Imperial Tobacco Company, became sponsors, and the competition never became widely known as the "League Cup"
The competition ran from 1971-72 until 1995-96 and was initially intended for the professional clubs plus the two amateur BARLA National Cup finalists. In later seasons the entries were expanded to take in other amateur and French teams. The competition was dropped due to "fixture congestion" when Rugby League became a summer sport The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final usually taking place in late January
The competition was variably known, by its sponsorship name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rugby League Project".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897".
  5. ↑ "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  7. 1 2 "Wakefield until I die".
  8. 1 2 3 4 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  10. ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".
  11. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".
  12. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player S-F archived results".
  13. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Final archived results".

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