1998–99 Tetley's Bitter Cup

1998–1999 Tetley's Bitter Cup
Tournament statistics
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The 1998-1999 Tetley's Bitter Cup was the twenty-eighth edition of England's rugby union club competition. Wasps won the competition defeating Newcastle Falcons in the final.^[1] The event was sponsored by Tetley's Brewery and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium. ^[2]

Draw and Results

First Round (Sep 19)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Aspatria	Bedford Athletic	17-32
Banbury	Scunthorpe	5-27
Barkers Butts	Macclesfield	17-24
Bromsgrove	Sedgley Park	10-34
Cheshunt	Morpeth	33-26
Clevedon	Barking	7-32
Clifton	Esher	3-60
Doncaster	Walsall	30-19
Guildford & Godalming	Bridgwater	18-28
Hinckley	Nuneaton	20-24
Hull Ionians	Egremont	59-0
Kendal	Broadstreet	13-12
Launceston	North Walsham	32-18
Malvern	Sandal	14-52
Metropolitan Police	Cheltenham	34-8
New Brighton	Lichfield	33-8
Norwich	Winchester	15-23
Penzance & Newlyn	Cambridge	32-13
Plymouth	Redruth	32-18
Preston Grasshoppers	Kenilworth	43-6
Ruislip	Old Colleians	9-43
Spartans	Havant	10-24
Swanage & Wareham	Abbey	33-7
Tabard	Wimbledon	26-23
Torquay Athletic	Maidenhead	15-29
Tynedale	Winnington Park	47-10
Westcombe Park	Bracknell	14-21
Weston-super-Mare	Ipswich	34-26
Whitchurch	Aspull	32-10

Second Round (Oct 17)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bridgwater	Rosslyn Park	15-49
Esher	Tabard	41-3
Henley Hawks	Havant	100-19
Hull Ionians	Macclesfield	13-3
Kendal	Liverpool	20-7
Lydney	Camberley	44-34
Maidenhead	Launceston	22-21
Metropolitan Police	Winchester	25-14
New Brighton	Nuneaton	25-10
Newbury	Cheshunt	37-13
Nottingham	Preston Grasshoppers	50-3
Old Colleians	Swanage & Wareham	23-32
Otley	Morley	18-20
Plymouth	Barking	13-18
Reading	Penzance & Newlyn	21-5
Sandal	Doncaster	6-3
Scunthorpe	Harrogate	0-29
Sedgley Park	Manchester	20-17
Tynedale	Stourbridge	22-30
Weston-super-Mare	Bracknell	15-42
Wharfedale	Birmingham & Solihull	27-5
Whitchurch	Bedford Athletic	23-15

Third Round (Nov 14)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Blackheath	Sedgley Park	21-22
Bracknell	Metropolitan Police	13-6
Bristol	Sandal	55-0
Coventry	Worcester	26-36
Esher	Harrogate	42-17
Exeter	Whitchurch	81-11
Hull Ionians	Newbury	7-31
Lydney	Stourbridge	44-5
Morley	Maidenhead	39-25
Moseley	Fylde	22-15
Nottingham	Wharfedale	27-17
Reading	Orrell	12-23
Rosslyn Park	Henley Hawks	12-16
Rotherham	London Welsh	8-6
Rugby	Leeds	7-68
Swanage & Wareham	Barking	6-36
Wakefield	Kendal	8-16
Waterloo	New Brighton	34-23

Fourth Round (Jan 11)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bedford	Henley Hawks	22-29
Bristol	London Irish	19-43
Gloucester	Worcester	31-17
Harlequins	Esher	46-10
Kendal	London Scottish	20-25
Leicester	Barking	65-6
Morley	Saracens	8-76
Moseley	Lydney	23-25
Newcastle Falcons	Bath	25-22
Nottingham	Exeter	8-24
Rotherham	Leeds	24-27
Richmond	Newbury	46-12
Sale	Northampton	31-47
Sedgley Park	Wasps	3-53
Waterloo	Orrell	16-11 aet
West Hartlepool	Bracknell	34-14

Fifth Round (Jan 30)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Gloucester	Henley Hawks	31-9
Leicester	Leeds Tykes	49-0
London Scottish	Harlequins	33-37
Lydney	Saracens	0-40
Northampton	London Irish	6-21
Richmond	Exeter	37-10
Wasps	Waterloo	27-10
West Hartlepool	Newcastle Falcons	21-32

Quarter Finals (Feb 27)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Gloucester	Harlequins	15-13
Newcastle Falcons	Saracens	15-0
Richmond	Leicester	15-13
Wasps	London Irish	19-3

Semi Finals (Apr 3 & 4)

Team One	Team Two	Score
Richmond	Newcastle Falcons	3-20
Wasps	Gloucester	35-21

Final

15 May 1999

Wasps	29-19	Newcastle Falcons
Try: Alex King Josh Lewsey Con: Gareth Rees 2 Pen: Gareth Rees 4 Drop: Alex King		Try: Va'aiga Tuigamala Con: Jonny Wilkinson Pen: Jonny Wilkinson 4

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Steve Lander (Liverpool)

15 Gareth Rees 14 Josh Lewsey 13 Fraser Waters 12 Mark Denney 11 Paul Sampson 10 Alex King 9 Andy Gomarsall 8 Peter Scrivener 7 Joe Worsley 6 Lawrence Dallaglio 5 Simon Shaw 4 Mark Weedon (c) 3 Will Green 2 Trevor Leota 1 Darren Molloy Replacements: 16 Mike Friday 17 Kenny Logan 18 Rob Henderson 19 Dinos Alexopoulos 20 Joe Beardshaw 21 Paul Volley 22 Adam Black Coach: Rob Smith

15 Stuart Legg 14 Jim Naylor 13 Martin Shaw 12 Tom May 11 Va'aiga Tuigamala 10 Jonny Wilkinson 9 Gary Armstrong (c) 8 Ross Beattie 7 Richard Arnold 6 Peter Walton 5 Doddie Weir 4 Gareth Archer 3 Marius Hurter 2 Ross Nesdale 1 George Graham Replacements: 16 Hall Charlton 17 Peter Massey 18 Tony Underwood 19 Richard Horton 20 Ian Peel 21 Hugh Vyvyan 22 Jimmy Cartmell Coach: Steve Bates

References

1. "Sport: Rugby Union Wasps win Cup at last". BBC Sport.
2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.