1995–96 Pilkington Cup

1995–1996 Pilkington Cup
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The 1995-1996 Pilkington Cup was the twenty-fifth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition. Bath won the competition defeating Leicester in the final. The attendance of 75,000 was a world record for a rugby union match. The final ended in controversy after the referee Steve Lander awarded a penalty try in the last minute of the match which sealed victory for Bath. [1] The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.[2]

Draw and Results

First Round (Sep 9)

Team One Team Two Score
Askeans Brixham 30-18
Basingstoke Berry Hill 20-11
Bridlington Syston 34-10
Broadstreet Wharfedale 26-21
Camberley Barking 26-24
Ealing Weston-Super-Mare 8-26
Gloucester Old Boys Camborne 25-8
Harlow Abbey 41-6
Henley Ruislip 30-8
High Wycombe Cheltenham 0-15
Hornets Bournemouth 34-23
Hull Ionians Selly Oak 52-8
Launceston Metropolitan Police 10-16
Leighton Buzzard Birmingham 11-29
Lewes Oxford 24-17
Macclesfield Sandal 47-17
Manchester Scunthorpe 15-22
North Walsham Letchworth 23-12
Northern Sheffield 22-10
Nuneaton Winnington Park 26-32 aet
Old Blues Tabard 5-11
Olney Westcombe Park 0-23
Preston Grasshoppers Stourbridge 19-44
Stafford Netherall 13-18
Stockton Broughton Park 13-11
Stoke Lichfield 13-11
Sudbury Lydney 6-28
Worcester Kendal 30-17

Second Round (Oct 7)

Team One Team Two Score
Basingstoke Lewes 19-28
Birmingham Worcester 14-19
Bridlington Aspatria 50-10
Cheltenham Weston-Super-Mare 11-13
Clifton Metropolitan Police 11-12
Gloucester Old Boys London Welsh 7-16
Harrogate Fylde 6-23
Havant Exeter 11-20
Henley Hornets 33-8
Liverpool St Helens Hull Ionians 15-8
Lydney Harlow 37-7
Macclesfield Morley 18-6
Netherall Winnington Park 7-17
Northern Stourbridge 21-22
Otley Stoke 16-11
Plymouth Camberley 18-39
Redruth North Walsham 19-15
Rosslyn Park Richmond 14-22
Rotherham Coventry 15-24
Scunthorpe Walsall 18-49
Stockton Leeds 8-27
Tabard Askeans 28-15
Westcombe Park Reading 9-32

Third Round (Nov 4)

Team One Team Two Score
Bridlington Winnington Park 13-17
Coventry Stourbridge 78-20
Exeter Redruth 17-15
Leeds Fylde 12-6
Lewes Camberley 10-40
London Welsh Richmond 27-12
Macclesfield Walsall 35-36
Metropolitan Police Reading 10-27
Otley Rugby 31-40
Tabard Lydney 17-19
Weston-Super-Mare Henley 19-18
Worcester Liverpool St Helens 24-8

Fourth Round (Dec 23)

Team One Team Two Score
Bath Northampton 12-3
Bedford Worcester 27-12
Blackheath Coventry 9-19
Camberley Wakefield 0-18
Exeter Leicester 0-27
Gloucester Walsall 47-0
Leeds Waterloo 20-15
London Irish London Welsh 21-3
Newcastle Moseley 26-5
Nottingham London Scottish 32-16
Orrell Harlequins 17-19
Reading Bristol 7-44
Sale Wasps 9-18
Saracens Rugby 27-7
Weston-Super-Mare West Hartlepool 9-25
Winnington Park Lydney 26-11

Fifth Round (Jan 27 & Feb 10)

Team One Team Two Score
Bedford Bristol 0-37
Leeds London Irish 13-29
Leicester Saracens 40-16
Newcastle Gosforth Harlequins 22-44
Nottingham Gloucester 10-36
Wakefield Bath 12-16
West Hartlepool Coventry 16-6
Winnington Park Wasps 0-57

Quarter Finals (Feb 24)

Team One Team Two Score
London Irish West Hartlepool 11-10
Gloucester Wasps 22-9
Leicester Harlequins 24-9
Bristol Bath 12-19

Semi Finals (Mar 23)

Team One Team Two Score
London Irish Leicester 21-46
Bath Gloucester 19-10

Final

4 May 1996
Bath 16-15 Leicester
Try: Penalty Try
Con: Jon Callard
Pen: Jon Callard 2
Drop: Mike Catt
Try: Niall Malone
Matt Poole
Con: John Liley
Pen: John Liley
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000 (World Record)
Referee: Steve Lander (Liverpool)
16 Jon Callard
15 Audley Lumsden
14 Phil de Glanville (c)
12 Adedayo Adebayo
11 Jon Sleightholme
10 Mike Catt
9 Andy Nicol
8 Eric Peters
7 Steve Ojomoh
6 Andy Robinson
5 Nigel Redman
4 Martin Haag
3 John Mallett
2 Graham Dawe
1 Dave Hilton
Replacements:
16 Richard Butland
17 Ian Sanders
18 Darren Crompton
19 Neil McCarthy
20 Andy Reed
21 Ed Pearce
Coach:
Brian Ashton
O John Liley
N Steve Hackney
M Stuart Potter
L Richie Robinson
K Rory Underwood
J Niall Malone
I Aadel Kardooni
G Dean Richards (c)
H Neil Back
F John Wells
E Matt Poole
D Martin Johnson
C Darren Garforth
B Richard Cockerill
A Graham Rowntree
Replacements:
P Jez Harris
Q Jamie Hamilton
R Derek Jelley
S Dorian West
T Chris Tarbuck
U Bill Drake-Lee
Coach:

References

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