The 1990–91 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 20th season that the competition was held, and was the second staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.

1990–91 Regal Trophy
StructureNational knockout championship
Teams38
WinnersWarrington
Runners-upBradford Northern

The final was won by Warrington, who beat Bradford Northern 12-2 in the match played at Headingley, Leeds. The attendance was 11,154 and receipts were £57662.

Background

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This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-eight.

The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers to entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.

Competition and results

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Preliminary round

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Wed 14 Nov 1990 Doncaster 14-12 Ryedale-York Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield 1165
2 Sat 17 Nov 1990 Bradford Dudley Hill 18-24 Dewsbury Neil Hunt Ground, Bradford 970 1
3 Sat 17 Nov 1990 Saddleworth 35-18 Egremont (Cumbria) Watersheddings 900 2,3
4 Sun 18 Nov 1990 Carlisle 10-28 Wakefield Trinity Gifford Park 1479 [4]
5 Sun 18 Nov 1990 Leeds 58-6 Halifax Headingley 9761
6 Sun 18 Nov 1990 Sheffield Eagles 8-12 Bradford Northern Don Valley Stadium 2788

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Round 1 - First Round

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Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Fri 30 Nov 1990 Rochdale Hornets 30-10 Saddleworth (Oldham) Spotland 2434 2
2 Sat 1 Dec 1990 Widnes 24-16 Hull F.C. Naughton Park 4940 [6][7]
3 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Barrow 16-54 Featherstone Rovers Craven Park 1200
4 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Bradford Northern 12-11 Workington Town Odsal 2850
5 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Bramley 30-16 Dewsbury McLaren Field 680
6 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Fulham 8-14 Castleford Chiswick Poly * 831 4
7 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Huddersfield 13-15 Keighley Fartown 1256 [8]
8 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Leeds 26-22 Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley 9753
9 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Leigh 66-5 Chorley Borough (2) Hilton Park 1313
10 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Nottingham City 6-35 Batley Harvey Hadden Stadium 367 5
11 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Oldham 26-6 Salford Watersheddings 4932
12 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Swinton 7-31 St. Helens Station Road 3385 [9]
13 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Trafford Borough 10-10 Doncaster Moss Lane Altrincham 409
14 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Wakefield Trinity 40-8 Hunslet Belle Vue 3531 [4]
15 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Warrington 33-7 Runcorn Highfield Wilderspool 2712 [10]
16 Sun 2 Dec 1990 Whitehaven 6-24 Wigan Recreation Ground 3459 [2]

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Round 1 - First Round replays

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Involved xx matches and xx Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Thu 5 Dec 1990 Doncaster 19-7 Trafford Borough Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield 1195

Round 2 - Second Round

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Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 8 Dec 1990 Widnes 22-6 Leeds Naughton Park 3465 [6]
2 Sun 9 Dec 1990 Batley 20-16 Oldham Mount Pleasant 2054
3 Sun 9 Dec 1990 Wakefield Trinity 4-20 Castleford Belle Vue 7031 [4]
4 Sun 9 Dec 1990 Warrington 11-6 Leigh Wilderspool 3588 [10]
5 Sun 9 Dec 1990 Wigan 36-16 Keighley Central Park 5955 [2]
6 Tue 11 Dec 1990 Bradford Northern 28-0 Bramley Odsal 1815
7 Tue 11 Dec 1990 Featherstone Rovers 16-33 St. Helens Post Office Road 3343 [9]
8 Wed 12 Dec 1990 Doncaster 10-14 Rochdale Hornets Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield 1341

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Round 3 -Quarter-finals

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Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 15 Dec 1990 Wigan 6-12 Bradford Northern Central Park 5285 [2]
2 Sun 16 Dec 1990 Castleford 14-19 Rochdale Hornets Wheldon Road 4017
3 Sun 16 Dec 1990 Warrington 18-12 St. Helens Wilderspool 7390 [9][10]
4 Sun 16 Dec 1990 Widnes 56-6 Batley Naughton Park 6656 [6]

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Round 4 – Semi-finals

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Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 22 Dec 1990 Bradford Northern 13-2 Rochdale Hornets Headingley 3788
2 Sat 29 Dec 1990 Warrington 8-4 Widnes Central Park 7874 [6][10]

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Final

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Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
Saturday 12 January 1991 Warrington 12-2 Bradford Northern Headingley 11154 57662 6 [3][10][12]

Teams and scorers

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Warrington Bradford Northern
teams
David Lyon 1 Ian Wilkinson
Des Drummond (c) 2 Gerald Cordle
Allan Bateman 3 Darrall Shelford
Tony Thorniley[1] 4 Roger Simpson
Mark Forster 5 Tony Marchant
Chris O'Sullivan[2] 6 Neil Summers
Kevin Ellis 7 Brett Iti
Neil Harmon 8 David Hobbs
Duane Mann 9 Brian Noble
Gary Chambers[3] 10 John Hamer
Gary Mercer 11 Paul Medley
Billy McGinty 12 David Croft
Paul Cullen 13 John Pendlebury (c)
Mark Thomas[4] (for Gary Chambers 41 mins) 14 Phil Hellewell (for Tony Marchant 41 mins)
Rowland Phillips (for Neil Harmon 79 min) 15 Craig Richards (not used)
Brian Johnson Coach David Hobbs
12 score 2
4 HT 2
Scorers
Tries
Mark Thomas (1) T
Goals
David Lyon (4) G David Hobbs (1)
Referee Jim Smith (Halifax)
Man of the match Billy McGinty - Warrington - Second-row
Competition Sponsor Regal

Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

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Prize money

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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 30000 1 30000
Runner-up 16000 1 16000
semi-finalist 8500 2 17000
loser in Rd 3 5000 4 20000
loser in Rd 2 3250 8 26000
Loser in Rd 1 2000 16 32000
Loser in Prelim Round 2000 12 24000
Grand Total 165000
plus to capital development fund 110000
Grand Total 275000

The road to success

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This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Final
               
Warrington 33
Runcorn Highfield 7
Warrington 11
Leigh 6
Leigh 66
Chorley Borough (2) 5
Warrington 18
St. Helens 12
Barrow 16
Featherstone Rovers 64
Featherstone Rovers 16
St. Helens 33
Swinton 7
St. Helens 31
Warrington 8
Widnes 4
Widnes 24
Hull F.C. 6
Widnes 22
Leeds 6
Leeds 26
Hull Kingston Rovers 22
Widnes 56
Batley 6
Nottingham City 6
Batley 35
Batley 20
Oldham 16
Oldham 26
Salford 6
Warrington 12
Bradford Northern 2
Whitehaven 6
Wigan 24
Wigan 36
Keighley 16
Huddersfield 13
Keighley 15
Wigan 6
Bradford Northern 12
Bradford Northern 12
Workington Town 11
Bradford Northern 28
Bramley 0
Bramley 30
Dewsbury 16
Bradford Northern 13
Rochdale Hornets 2
Wakefield Trinity 40
Hunslet 8
Wakefield Trinity 4
Castleford 12
Fulham 8
Castleford 14
Castleford 14
Rochdale Hornets 19
Trafford Borough 10 (7)
Doncaster 10 (19)
Doncaster 10
Rochdale Hornets 14
Rochdale Hornets 30
Saddleworth (Oldham) 10

Notes and comments

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1 * Bradford Dudley Hill are a Junior (amateur) club from Bradford
2 * Saddleworth Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from Oldham
3 * Egremont are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria
4 * At this time Fulham were a bit nomadic, using a collection of grounds as their "home", but the likelihood was that this match was probably played at Chiswick Polytechnic Sports Ground
5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and Rothmans yearbook 1991-92[3] give the score as 6-35 but Wigan official archives[5] gives it as 6-5, which must be a misprint as Batley were the team progressing to the next round
6 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. ^ a b c d Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  4. ^ a b c "Wakefield until I die".
  5. ^ a b c "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".
  6. ^ a b c d "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  7. ^ "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  8. ^ "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  9. ^ a b c "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  10. ^ a b c d e "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  11. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".
  12. ^ a b c "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".
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