1994–95 League Cup (rugby league)

1994–95 League Cup

Structure

National knockout championship

Number of teams

Winners

Wigan

Runners-up

Warrington

< 1993–94	Seasons	1995–96 >

This was the twenty-fourth season of the League Cup, rugby league's secondary cup competition known as the Regal Trophy due to sponsorship.

Wigan won the final, beating Warrington 40-10 at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield. The attendance was 19,636.

Background

This season saw no changes from last season's re-vamping, with no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at forty-eight.
The entrants still included two French clubs and eleven junior clubs
The sixteen First Round winners added to the sixteen clubs given byes, gave a total of entrants into the second round as thirty-two.

Competition and Results^[1]^[2] =

Round 1 - First Round - (a Preliminary Round)

Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs, with 16 byes

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Notes

1	Sat 19 Nov 1994	Hunslet	14-18	AS Saint Estève	Elland Road	521	1
2	Sun 20 Nov 1994	Dewsbury	22-4	XIII Catalan	Crown Flatt	1196	2
3	Thu 24 Nov 1994	Barrow	138-0	Nottingham City	Craven Park	500	3
4	Sat 26 Nov 1994	Huddersfield	142-4	Blackpool Gladiators	Alfred McAlpine Stadium	1111	4
5	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Batley	38-8	Queens	Mount Pleasant	607	5
6	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Bramley	40-14	Myson (Hull)	McLaren Field	302	6
7	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Carlisle	25-12	Bradford Dudley Hill	Gifford Park	206	7
8	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Highfield	12-6	Ovenden (Halifax)	Hoghton Road Stadium	285	8
9	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Hull KR	48-8	Hensingham	Craven Park (2)	1158	9
10	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Keighley Cougars	56-0	Chorley Borough (2)	Cougar Park	2370
11	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Leigh	18-12	Leigh Miners' Welfare	Hilton Park	2561	10
12	Sun 27 Nov 1994	London Crusaders	34-16	Hemel Stags	Barnet Copthall	668	11
13	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Rochdale Hornets	34-10	Woolston Rovers	Spotland	576	12
14	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Ryedale-York	26-9	West Hull	Ryedale Stadium	668	13
15	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Swinton	32-26	Saddleworth (Oldham)	Gigg Lane	380	14
16	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Whitehaven	66-0	Thatto Heath	Recreation Ground	686	15
1		Bradford Northern		bye
2		Castleford		bye
3		Doncaster		bye
4		Featherstone Rovers		bye
5		Halifax		bye
6		Hull F.C.		bye
7		Leeds		bye
8		Oldham		bye
9		St Helens		bye
10		Salford		bye
11		Sheffield Eagles		bye
12		Wakefield Trinity		bye
13		Warrington		bye
14		Widnes		bye
15		Wigan		bye
16		Workington Town		bye

Round 2 Second Round^[3]

Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Sat 3 Dec 1994	Carlisle	16-30	Dewsbury	Gifford Park	287
2	Sat 3 Dec 1994	Castleford	32-26	Halifax	The Jungle	4740
3	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Highfield	2-50	Widnes	Hoghton Road Stadium	1199	^[4]
4	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Huddersfield	11-52	St Helens	Alfred McAlpine Stadium	5534	^[5]
5	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Hull F.C.	26-16	Barrow	Boulevard	2325	^[6]
6	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Keighley Cougars	28-4	Bramley	Cougar Park	2515
7	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Leeds	54-24	Swinton	Headingley	4867
8	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Oldham	28-0	Hull KR	Watersheddings	2277
9	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Salford	16-14	London Crusaders	The Willows	2088
10	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Sheffield Eagles	46-10	Leigh	Don Valley Stadium	870
11	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Warrington	44-14	Doncaster	Wilderspool	3581	^[7]
12	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Whitehaven	18-12	Featherstone Rovers	Recreation Ground	1248
13	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Wigan	34-12	Rochdale Hornets	Central Park	7493	^[2]
14	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Workington Town	24-8	Wakefield Trinity	Derwent Park	2349	^[8]
15	Wed 7 Dec 1994	Batley	36-8	Ryedale-York	Mount Pleasant	719
16	Wed 7 Dec 1994	Bradford Northern	32-6	Saint Estève	Odsal	2250

Round 3 - Third Round^[9]

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Sat 17 Dec 1994	Salford	24-31	Warrington	The Willows	2189	^[7]
2	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Batley	22-22	St Helens	Mount Pleasant	3017	^[5]
3	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Hull F.C.	14-38	Wigan	Boulevard	6203	^[2]^[6]
4	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Keighley Cougars	26-10	Sheffield Eagles	Cougar Park	3914
5	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Whitehaven	14-34	Bradford Northern	Recreation Ground	1962
6	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Widnes	20-6	Oldham	Naughton Park	3517	^[4]
7	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Workington Town	14-18	Leeds	Derwent Park	3648
8	Tue 20 Dec 1994	Dewsbury	2-30	Castleford	Crown Flatt	3325

Round 3 - Third Round Replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

1	Tue 20 Dec 1994	St Helens		50-22		Batley	Knowsley Road	4940			^[5]

Round 4 -Quarter Finals^[10]

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref

1	Sat 7 Jan 1995	Leeds	14-34	Castleford	Headingley	10650
2	Sun 8 Jan 1995	Keighley Cougars	18-20	Warrington	Cougar Park	5685		^[7]
3	Sun 8 Jan 1995	Widnes	23-10	Bradford Northern	Naughton Park	4807	16	^[4]
4	Sun 8 Jan 1995	Wigan	24-22	St Helens	Central Park	23278		^[2]^[5]

Round 5 – Semi-Finals^[11]

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Sat 14 Jan 1995	Widnes	4-30	Warrington	Naughton Park	6181	^[4]^[7]
2	Sun 15 Jan 1995	Wigan	34-6	Castleford	Central Park	13006	^[2]

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

	Saturday 28 January 1995	Wigan		40-10		Warrington	Alfred McAlpine Stadium	19636		17	^[7]^[12]

Teams and Scorers^[12]

Wigan	№	Warrington

	teams
Henry Paul	1	Jonathan Davies
Jason Robinson	2	Mark Forster
Va'aiga Tuigamala	3	Allan Bateman
Gary Connolly	4	Iestyn Harris
Martin Offiah	5	Robert "Rob" Myler
Frano Botica	6	Francis Maloney
Shaun Edwards	7	Greg Mackey
Kelvin Skerrett	8	Gary Tees
Martin Hall	9	Tukere Barlow
Neil Cowie	10	Bruce McGuire
Denis Betts	11	Paul Cullen
Mick Cassidy	12	Paul Darbyshire
Phil Clarke	13	Kelly Shelford
Paul Atcheson (for Va'aiga Tuigamala 56-mins)	14	Andrew "Andy" Bennett (for Tukere Barlow 66-mins)
Barrie McDermott (for Neil Cowie half-time)	15	xGary Sanderson (for Paul Darbyshire 18-mins)
Graeme West	Coach	Reg Bowden

40	score	10
28	HT	4

	Scorers
	Tries
Va'aiga Tuigamala (2)	T	Mark Forster (2)
Frano Botica (1)	T
Gary Connolly (1)	T
Barrie McDermott (1)	T
Martin Offiah (1)	T
	Goals
Frano Botica (8)	G	Jonathan Davies (1)

Referee		Stuart Cummings (Widnes)
Man of the match		Phil Clarke - Wigan - loose forward/lock
Competition Sponsor		Regal

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	?	16	?

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 the First Round fixtures

Second Round		Third Round		Fourth Round		Semi Finals		Final


Hull F.C.	26

Barrow	16
		Hull F.C.	14

		Wigan	38
Wigan	34

Rochdale Hornets	12
				Wigan	24

				St Helens	22
Batley	36

Ryedale-York	8
		Batley	22 (22)

		St Helens	22 (50)
Huddersfield	11

St Helens	52
						Wigan	34

						Castleford	6
Workington Town	24

Wakefield Trinity	8
		Workington Town	14

		Leeds	18
Leeds	54

Swinton	24
				Leeds	14

				Castleford	34
Carlisle	16

Dewsbury	30
		Dewsbury	2

		Castleford	30
Castleford	36

Halifax	26
								Wigan	40

								Warrington	10
Highfield	2

Widnes	50
		Widnes	20

		Oldham	6
Oldham	28

Hull KR	0
				Widnes	23

				Bradford Northern	10
Whitehaven	18

Featherstone Rovers	12
		Whitehaven	14

		Bradford Northern	34
Bradford Northern	32

Saint Estève	6
						Widnes	4

						Warrington	30
Keighley Cougars	28

Bramley	4
		Keighley Cougars	26

		Sheffield Eagles	10
Sheffield Eagles	46

Leigh	10
				Keighley Cougars	18

				Warrington	20
Salford	16

London Crusaders	14
		Salford	24

		Warrington	31
Warrington	44

Doncaster	14

Notes and comments

1 * AS Saint Estève was a French rugby league team from Perpignan, which in 2000 it merged with nearby neighbours XIII Catalan to form Union Treiziste Catalaneto compete in the Super Leagueas the Catalans Dragons.
2 * XIII Catalan were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, founded in 1935, founding members of the French rugby league championship. In 2000 they merged with AS Saint Estève to form Union Treiziste Catalane (or Catalans Dragons)
3 * The highest score and the highest winning margin, at the time. The record stood for approximately two days before it was beaten. This record includes club records of (1) joint highest try scorer in a match by Steve Rowan with 6 tries, (2) highest number of goals kicked in a match by Darren Carter with 17, and (3) the highest number of points in a match also by Darren Carter with 17 goalds and 2 tries making a total of 42
4 * This beat the record for the highest score, and equalled the at of the highest aggregate win, set two days earlier. This record included the all time British record of most tries by a centre in a match when Greg Austin scored 9 tries
5 * Queens are a Junior (amateur) club from Leeds
6 * Myson are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull
7 * Bradford Dudley Hill are a Junior (amateur) club from Bradford
8 * Ovenden are a Junior (amateur) club from Halifax
9 * Hensingham are a Junior (amateur) club from Leigh^[13]
10 * Leigh Miners' Welfare are a Junior (amateur) club from Leigh (formed by merger of Astley & Tyldesley and Hope Rangers - and now Leigh Miners Rangers)^[14]
11 * Hemel Stags are a semi professional club based in Hemel Hempstead and playing at the Pennine Way stadium (capacity 2000)^[15]
12 * Woolston Rovers are a Junior (amateur) club from Warrington, becoming Warrington Woolston Rovers in 2003 and Warrington Wizards in 2002. the ground is the old Warrington Home Ground of Wilderspool ^[16]^[17]
13 * West Hull are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull
14 * Saddleworth Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from Oldham
15 * Thatto Heath are a Junior (amateur) club from St Helens^[18]
16 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject^[1] gives the attendance as 4,807 but Widnes official archives^[4] gives it as 4,831
17 * The McAlpine Stadium is the home ground of Huddersfield Town and Super League side, Huddersfield Giants. The stadium is 40% owned by Kirklees Metropolitan Council and 60% by the two clubs, hosted its first match in August 1994 and seats 24,499 people along with hospitality boxes and conference rooms. Since opening the stadium has been sponsored as The John Smith's Stadium, originally the Alfred McAlpine Stadium and more lately the Galpharm Stadium, is a multi-use sports stadium in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England

General information

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.

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