1990–91 Regal Trophy

1990–91 Regal Trophy
1990–91 Regal Trophy
Structure	National knockout championship
Teams	38
Winners	Warrington
Runners-up	Bradford Northern
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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.

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

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

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	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

Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	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

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

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	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

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	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

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	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

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

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

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

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

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.

References

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

External links

"Regal Trophy 1990/91 - Results". Rugby League Project.

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[CherryMisc-2] "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".

[Roth1991-92Misc-3] Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.

[WakefieldTIDMisc-4] "Wakefield until I die".

[CherryJP1Misc-5] "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".

[ChemicsMisc-6] "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".

[HullMisc-7] "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".

[HuddHeritageMisc-8] "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).

[SaintsMisc-9] "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".

[WiresMisc-10] "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.

[CherryJP2Misc-11] "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".

[CherryJP3Misc-12] "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".

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