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1981–82 John Player Trophy

This was the eleventh season for the rugby league League Cup, which was once again known as the John Player Trophy for sponsorship reasons.

Hull F.C. won the trophy, beating derby rivals Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 12-4 in the final, which was played at Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The attendance was 25,245 and receipts were £42987.

Background

This season saw two change in the entrants. With the entry of Cardiff City and Carlisle into the league and also this competition, no junior team was invited, and the number of entrants increased to thirty-three
To cater for the odd number, a preliminary round consisting of just one single match was introduced.[citation needed]

Competition and results

[1][2]

Preliminary round

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

First round

[3]Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

First-round replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Second round

[3]Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Quarter finals

[3]Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Semi-finals

[3]Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Final

Teams and scorers

[12][13]

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

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

Notes and comments

1 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 957, but the Huddersfield Yearbook 1981[8] gives the attendance for this match as 931
2 * Wigan official archives[3] give the score as 12-10 (obviously incorrect as Hull proceeded to the Semi-finals) but RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives it as 12-14
3 * Wigan official archives[3] give the score as 0-8 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives it as 0-6
4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 25,165 but Rothman's Yearbooks 1990-91 [11] and 1991-92[12] give it as 25,245
5 * The attendance was a new record for the final, easily beating last years previous record of 12,820
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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Wigan "Cherry and White" j Player Round 1 and onwards archived results".
  4. ^ a b c "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  5. ^ a b "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  6. ^ a b c d e "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  7. ^ a b "Fartown Rugby League Yearbook 1981" (PDF).
  8. ^ a b c C & AC (1982). Huddersfield Yearbook 1981 price 60p. Huddersfield C & A C Supporters Club.
  9. ^ "Wakefield until I die".
  10. ^ a b "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  11. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  12. ^ a b c Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  13. ^ "Hull RLFC official stats".

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