1991–92 Regal Trophy

1991–92 Regal Trophy
StructureNational knockout championship
Teams38
WinnersWidnes
Runners-upLeeds

The 1991–92 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 21st season that the competition was held, and was the third staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.

Widnes won the final, beating Leeds by the score of 24–0.

Background

This season saw two "name" changes and one of the three junior clubs being replaced by a new league club. The number of entrants remained the same at thirty-eight.
The changes were :-
1 Runcorn Highfield became Highfield and now played at Hoghton Road Stadium in Sutton, a suburb of St. Helens and home to St Helens Town A.F.C. (although signing a 99-year lease, the club moved on after 4½ years after a proposed rent increase made a stay unviable - Fulham became London Crusaders but were still nomadic, although playing many home matches at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre before settling at Barnet Copthall for season 1993-94
2 Scarborough Pirates joined the league and the competition (albeit for a very brief one season stay before going into administration), taking the place of one of the junior teams-
The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers to entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.

Competition and results

[1][2]

Preliminary round

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 29 Oct 1991 Rochdale Hornets 14–24 Widnes Spotland 2278 [3]
2 Tue 29 Oct 1991 Wigan 34–14 Dewsbury Central Park 5020 [2]
3 Thu 31 Oct 1991 Hull F.C. 22–7 Leigh Boulevard 2219 [4]
4 Sun 3 Nov 1991 Saddleworth 0–30 Workington Town Watersheddings 1650 1, 2
5 Sun 3 Nov 1991 Sheffield Eagles 36–8 Scarborough Pirates Don Valley Stadium 1226
6 Mon 4 Nov 1991 Leigh East 20–10 Chorley Borough Hilton Park 1393 3, 4

[5]

First Round

Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 16 Nov 1991 Warrington 8–17 Leeds Wilderspool 4353 [6]
2 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Bradford Northern 76–0 Leigh East Odsal 1613 3
3 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Doncaster 21–20 Whitehaven Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield 693
4 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Halifax 46–4 Barrow Thrum Hall 4791
5 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Highfield 10–28 Carlisle Hoghton Road Stadium 180
6 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Huddersfield 10–32 St. Helens Fartown 4239 [7][8]
7 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Hull Kingston Rovers 10–22 Castleford Craven Park (2) 3406
8 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Keighley Cougars 25–10 Hunslet Cougar Park 1155
9 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Nottingham City 11–42 Wakefield Trinity Harvey Hadden Stadium 916 [9]
10 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Oldham 16–10 London Crusaders Watersheddings 2182
11 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Ryedale-York 6–13 Sheffield Eagles Ryedale Stadium 1138
12 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Salford 74–10 Trafford Borough The Willows 1783
13 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Swinton 8–34 Wigan Station Road 4676 [2]
14 Sun 17 Nov 1991 Widnes 26–8 Workington Town Naughton Park 4917 [3]
15 Mon 18 Nov 1991 Hull F.C. 12–8 Batley Boulevard 2149 [4]
16 Tue 19 Nov 1991 Bramley 18–18 Featherstone Rovers McLaren Field 1643

[10]

Replay

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Thu 21 Nov 1991 Featherstone Rovers 44–8 Bramley Post Office Road 1617

Second Round

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 23 Nov 1991 Hull F.C. 4–12 Leeds Boulevard 4359 [4]
2 Sun 24 Nov 1991 Bradford Northern 44–10 Sheffield Eagles Odsal 3118
3 Sun 24 Nov 1991 Carlisle 16–30 Widnes Gifford Park 1874 5 [3]
4 Sun 24 Nov 1991 Featherstone Rovers 64–18 Halifax Post Office Road 5462
5 Sun 24 Nov 1991 Oldham 18–24 St. Helens Watersheddings 5814 [8]
6 Sun 24 Nov 1991 Wakefield Trinity 10–30 Salford Belle Vue 4577 [9]
7 Sun 24 Nov 1991 Wigan 32–8 Keighley Cougars Central Park 6052 [2]
8 Mon 25 Nov 1991 Castleford 38–6 Doncaster Wheldon Road 4145

[11]

Third Round

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 30 Nov 1991 Salford 24–14 Wigan The Willows 4608 [2]
2 Sun 1 Dec 1991 Leeds 24–4 Castleford Headingley 15409
3 Sun 1 Dec 1991 St. Helens 30–12 Bradford Northern Knowsley Road 8641 [8]
4 Sun 1 Dec 1991 Widnes 34–22 Featherstone Rovers Naughton Park 6551 [3]

[12]

Semi final

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 7 Dec 1991 Leeds 22–15 Salford Valley Parade 7275 6
2 Sat 21 Dec 1991 Widnes 18–10 St. Helens Central Park 6376 [3][8]

[12]

Final

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 15,070.[13]

11 January 1992
Widnes 24 – 0 Leeds
Tries: Davies, Holliday, Tait, Sorensen
Goals: Davies (3)
Drop goals: Davies, Holliday
 [14]
Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 15,070
Referee: Brian Galtress (Bradford)
Player of the Match: Les Holliday

Teams

Widnes No. Leeds
Teams
Alan Tait 1 Morvin Edwards
John Devereux 2 Phil Ford
Andy Currier 3 David Creasser
Darren Wright 4 Simon Irving
Mark Sarsfield 5 John Bentley
Jonathan Davies (c) 6 Garry Schofield (c)
Barry Dowd 7 Bobbie Goulding
Kurt Sorensen 8 Shaun Wane
Paul Hulme 9 Richard Gunn
David Smith 10 Mike O'Neill
Harvey Howard 11 Roy Powell
Richard Eyres 12 Paul Dixon
Les Holliday 13 Gary Divorty
Substitutes
Paul Atcheson (for Sarsfield, 73 min.) 14 Carl Gibson (for Irving, 53 min.)
Joe Grima (for Holliday, 59 min.) 15 Steve Molloy (for Wane, 46 min.)
Frank Myler Coach Doug Laughton

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows:[15]

Finish Position Cash Prize No. receiving prize Total Cash
Winner £32,000 1 £32,000
Runner-up £17,000 1 £17,000
Semi-finalist £9,000 2 £18,000
Loser in Rd 3 £5,500 4 £22,000
Loser in Rd 2 £3,500 8 £28,000
Loser in Rd 1 £2,250 16 £36,000
All clubs in Prelim Round £2,250 12 £27,000
Total Prize Money £180,000
Capital Development Fund £120,000
Grand Total £300,000

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final
               
Highfield 10
Carlisle 28
Carlisle 16
Widnes 30
Widnes 26
Workington Town 8
Widnes 34
Featherstone Rovers 22
Bramley 18 (8)
Featherstone Rovers 18 (44)
Featherstone Rovers 64
Halifax 18
Halifax 46
Barrow 4
Widnes 18
St. Helens 10
Oldham 16
London Crusaders 10
Oldham 18
St. Helens 24
Huddersfield 10
St. Helens 32
St. Helens 30
Bradford Northern 12
Bradford Northern 76
Leigh East 0
Bradford Northern 44
Sheffield Eagles 10
Ryedale-York 6
Sheffield Eagles 13
Widnes 24
Leeds 0
Hull F.C. 12
Batley 8
Hull F.C. 4
Leeds 12
Warrington 8
Leeds 17
Leeds 24
Castleford 4
Hull Kingston Rovers 10
Castleford 22
Castleford 38
Doncaster 6
Doncaster 21
Whitehaven 20
Leeds 22
Salford 15
Nottingham City 11
Wakefield Trinity 42
Wakefield Trinity 10
Salford 30
Salford 74
Trafford Borough 10
Salford 24
Wigan 14
Swinton 8
Wigan 34
Wigan 32
Keighley Cougars 8
Keighley Cougars 25
Hunslet

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. ^ a b c d e "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  4. ^ a b c "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  5. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Prelim Rd archived results".
  6. ^ "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
  7. ^ "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  8. ^ a b c d "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  9. ^ a b "Wakefield until I die".
  10. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".
  11. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".
  12. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 onward archived results".
  13. ^ Fletcher & Howes (1992), p. 184.
  14. ^ Macklin, Keith (13 January 1992). "Holliday's time in control gives trophy to Widnes". The Times. London. p. 33.
  15. ^ Fletcher & Howes (1992), p. 188.

References

  • Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1992). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7472-7906-8.