1988–89 Pilkington Cup

The 1988–89 Pilkington Cup was the 18th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Leicester in the final. The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.

1988–89 Pilkington Cup
Tournament statistics
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Draw and results

First round

Team one	Team two	Score
Barking	Ealing	12-7
Berry Hill	Askeans	18-7
Birkenhead Park	Bedworth	13-7
Brixham	Okehampton	38-9
Combe Down	Havant	19-24
Exeter	Sudbury	40-12
Finchley	Lydney	10-9
Fylde	Wolverhampton	17-6
Guildford & Godalming	Old Culverhaysians	12-20
Harrogate	West Hartlepool	10-22
Hereford	Leighton Buzzard	18-12
Marlow	Maidstone	15-37
Matlock	Aspatria	12-34
Medway	Old Mid-Whitgiftians	11-9
Metropolitan Police	Reading	13-11
Middlesbrough	West Park	30-21
Newark	Winnington Park	6-12
North Walsham	Old Juddians	38-6
Oxford	Tabard	17-6
Plymouth Albion	Stoke Old Boys	60-3
Redruth	Worthing	21-6
Rugby	Vale of Lune	27-6
Sandal	Durham City	0-3
Sheffield	Wakefield	3-16
Stoneygate	Nuneaton	9-30
Swindon	Ruislip	22-0
Tynedale	Stockwood Park	15-0
Widnes	Bromsgrove	16-13

Second round

Team one	Team two	Score
Bedford	Nuneaton	16-0
Berry Hill	London Welsh	24-9
Birkenhead Park	Tynedale	3-38
Coventry	Plymouth Albion	7-12
Durham City	Sales	19-10
Exeter	Redruth	18-3
Finchley	Richmond	6-40
Gosforth	Fylde	31-10
Headingley	Wakefield	7-10
Hereford	Widnes	28-9
London Irish	Metropolitan Police	25-13
Maidstone	London Scottish	12-37
Medway	Havant	9-30
Middlesbrough	Aspatria	12-18
North Walsham	Saracens	3-31
Old Culverhaysians	Brixham	3-13
Oxford	Barking	28-0
Swindon	Blackheath	3-13
West Hartlepool	Rugby	9-30
Winnington Park	Northampton	4-37

Third round

Team one	Team two	Score
Aspatria	Moseley	6-3
Bath	Oxford	82-9
Bedford	Nottingham	3-6
Blackheath	Waterloo	6-13
Bristol	Orrell	13-7
Brixham	Gloucester	4-28
Gosforth	Wakefield	9-29
Havant	Exeter	9-3
Hereford	Tynedale	10-6
Liverpool St Helens	Leicester	6-37
London Irish	Berry Hill	14-3
London Scottish	Saracens	16-0
Richmond	Northampton	6-0
Rosslyn Park	Plymouth Albion	16-0
Rugby	Harlequins	3-25
Wasps	Durham City	33-3

Fourth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Bath	Hereford	48-0
Bristol	London Irish	45-16
Gloucester	Waterloo	19-16
Harlequins	London Scottish	22-6
Richmond	Nottingham	9-12
Rosslyn Park	Leicester	9-23
Wakefield	Havant	18-10
Wasps	Aspatria	39-7

Quarter-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Bath	Bristol	14-12
Harlequins	Nottingham	15-9
Leicester	Wasps	22-18
Wakefield	Gloucester	13-28

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Gloucester	Bath	3-6
Harlequins	Leicester	7-16

Final

29 April 1989

Bath	10–6	Leicester
Try: Stuart Barnes Pen: Stuart Barnes 2		Pen: Dusty Hare 2

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 59,300 Referee: Fred Howard (Liverpool)

Bath

Leicester

16 John Palmer 15 Tony Swift 14 Simon Halliday 12 Jeremy Guscott 11 Fred Sagoe 10 Stuart Barnes (c) 9 Richard Hill 8 Dave Egerton 7 Jon Hall 6 Andy Robinson 5 Damian Cronin 4 John Morrison 3 Maurice 'Richard' Lee 2 Graham Dawe 1 Gareth Chilcott Replacements: 16 Steve Knight 17 Keith Hoskin 18 Jimmy Deane 19 Victor Ubogu 20 Nigel Redman 21 Paul Simpson for Egerton Coach: Jack Rowell

O Dusty Hare N Barry Evans M Paul Dodge (c) L Ian Bates K Rory Underwood J Les Cusworth I Aadel Kardooni A Stuart Redfern B Troy Thacker C Wayne Richardson D Malcolm Foulks-Arnold E Tom Smith F John Wells H Ian "Dosser" Smith G Dean Richards Replacements: P Tony Underwood Q Jez Harris R Steve Kenney S Dave Kitching T Chris Tressler U Adey Marriott Coach: David Matthews