1994–95 Regal Trophy

1994–95 Regal Trophy
StructureNational knockout championship
Teams48
WinnersWigan
Runners-upWarrington

The 1994–95 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. This was the 24th season that the competition was held, and was the sixth staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.

Wigan won the final, beating Warrington 40-10 at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield. The attendance was 19,636.

Background

This season saw no changes from last season's re-vamping, with no new members and no withdrawals, and the number remaining at forty-eight.

The entrants still included two French clubs and eleven junior clubs.

The sixteen first round winners added to the sixteen clubs given byes, gave a total of entrants into the second round as 32.

Competition and results

[1][2]

Round 1

Round 1 involved 16 matches and 32 clubs.

Game no. Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 19 Nov 1994 Hunslet 14-18 AS Saint Estève Elland Road 521 [a]
2 Sun 20 Nov 1994 Dewsbury 22-4 XIII Catalan Crown Flatt 1196 [b]
3 Thu 24 Nov 1994 Barrow 138-0 Nottingham City Craven Park 500 [c]
4 Sat 26 Nov 1994 Huddersfield 142-4 Blackpool Gladiators Alfred McAlpine Stadium 1111 [d]
5 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Batley 38-8 Queens Mount Pleasant 607 [e]
6 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Bramley 40-14 Myson (Hull) McLaren Field 302 [f]
7 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Carlisle 25-12 Bradford Dudley Hill Gifford Park 206 [g]
8 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Highfield 12-6 Ovenden (Halifax) Hoghton Road Stadium 285 [h]
9 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Hull Kingston Rovers 48-8 Hensingham Craven Park (2) 1158 [i]
10 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Keighley Cougars 56-0 Chorley Borough (2) Cougar Park 2370
11 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Leigh 18-12 Leigh Miners' Welfare Hilton Park 2561 [j]
12 Sun 27 Nov 1994 London Crusaders 34-16 Hemel Stags Barnet Copthall 668 [k]
13 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Rochdale Hornets 34-10 Woolston Rovers Spotland 576 [l]
14 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Ryedale-York 26-9 West Hull Ryedale Stadium 668 [m]
15 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Swinton 32-26 Saddleworth Rangers Gigg Lane 380 [n]
16 Sun 27 Nov 1994 Whitehaven 66-0 Thatto Heath Recreation Ground 686 [o]

Round 2

Round 2 involved 16 matches and 32 clubs. The 16 winners of the first round were joined by the 16 First Division clubs in the second round.

Game no Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 3 Dec 1994 Carlisle 16-30 Dewsbury Gifford Park 287
2 Sat 3 Dec 1994 Castleford 32-26 Halifax The Jungle 4740
3 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Highfield 2-50 Widnes Hoghton Road Stadium 1199 [9]
4 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Huddersfield 11-52 St. Helens Alfred McAlpine Stadium 5534 [10]
5 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Hull F.C. 26-16 Barrow Boulevard 2325 [11]
6 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Keighley Cougars 28-4 Bramley Cougar Park 2515
7 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Leeds 54-24 Swinton Headingley 4867
8 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Oldham 28-0 Hull Kingston Rovers Watersheddings 2277
9 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Salford 16-14 London Crusaders The Willows 2088
10 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Sheffield Eagles 46-10 Leigh Don Valley Stadium 870
11 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Warrington 44-14 Doncaster Wilderspool 3581 [12]
12 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Whitehaven 18-12 Featherstone Rovers Recreation Ground 1248
13 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Wigan 34-12 Rochdale Hornets Central Park 7493 [2]
14 Sun 4 Dec 1994 Workington Town 24-8 Wakefield Trinity Derwent Park 2349 [13]
15 Wed 7 Dec 1994 Batley 36-8 Ryedale-York Mount Pleasant 719
16 Wed 7 Dec 1994 Bradford Northern 32-6 Saint Estève Odsal 2250

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Round 3

Round 3 involved eight matches and 16 clubs.

Game no. Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 17 Dec 1994 Salford 24-31 Warrington The Willows 2189 [12]
2 Sun 18 Dec 1994 Batley 22-22 St. Helens Mount Pleasant 3017 [10]
3 Sun 18 Dec 1994 Hull F.C. 14-38 Wigan Boulevard 6203 [2][11]
4 Sun 18 Dec 1994 Keighley Cougars 26-10 Sheffield Eagles Cougar Park 3914
5 Sun 18 Dec 1994 Whitehaven 14-34 Bradford Northern Recreation Ground 1962
6 Sun 18 Dec 1994 Widnes 20-6 Oldham Naughton Park 3517 [9]
7 Sun 18 Dec 1994 Workington Town 14-18 Leeds Derwent Park 3648
8 Tue 20 Dec 1994 Dewsbury 2-30 Castleford Crown Flatt 3325

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Round 3 – third round replays

Round 3 's replays involved one match and two clubs.

Game no. Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 20 Dec 1994 St. Helens 50-22 Batley Knowsley Road 4940 [10]

Round 4 – quarterfinals

Round 4's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.

Game no. Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 7 Jan 1995 Leeds 14-34 Castleford Headingley 10650
2 Sun 8 Jan 1995 Keighley Cougars 18-20 Warrington Cougar Park 5685 [12]
3 Sun 8 Jan 1995 Widnes 23-10 Bradford Northern Naughton Park 4807 [p] [9]
4 Sun 8 Jan 1995 Wigan 24-22 St. Helens Central Park 23278 [2][10]

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Round 5 – semifinals

Round 5's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.

Game no. Fixture date Home team Score Away team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 14 Jan 1995 Widnes 4-30 Warrington Naughton Park 6181 [9][12]
2 Sun 15 Jan 1995 Wigan 34-6 Castleford Central Park 13006 [2]

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Final

28 January 1995
Wigan 40 – 10 Warrington
Tries: Tuigamala (2), Botica, Connolly, McDermott, Offiah
Goals: Botica (8)
 [18]
 Tries: Forster (2)
Goals: Davies
Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield[q]
Attendance: 19,636
Referee: Stuart Cummings (Widnes)
Player of the Match: Phil Clarke

Teams and scorers

Wigan № Warrington
Teams
Henry Paul 1 Jonathan Davies
Jason Robinson 2 Mark Forster
Va'aiga Tuigamala 3 Allan Bateman
Gary Connolly 4 Iestyn Harris
Martin Offiah 5 Rob Myler[19]
Frano Botica 6 Francis Maloney
Shaun Edwards 7 Greg Mackey
Kelvin Skerrett 8 Gary Tees[20]
Martin Hall 9 Tukere Barlow
Neil Cowie 10 Bruce McGuire
Denis Betts 11 Paul Cullen
Mick Cassidy 12 Paul Darbyshire[21]
Phil Clarke 13 Kelly Shelford
Paul Atcheson (for Va'aiga Tuigamala 56-mins) 14 Andy Bennett[22] (for Tukere Barlow 66-mins)
Barrie McDermott (for Neil Cowie half-time) 15 Gary Sanderson[23] (for Paul Darbyshire 18-mins)
Graeme West Coach Reg Bowden[24]

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season was as follows:[25]

Finish position Cash prize No. receiving prize Total cash
Winner £36,000 1 £36,000
Runner-up £19,000 1 £19,000
Semifinalist £10,250 2 £20,500
Quarterfinalist £6,500 4 £26,000
Third round losers £4,200 8 £33,600
Second round losers £2,700 16 £43,200
First round (RFL clubs and French clubs) £2,700 21 £56,700
First round (amateur clubs) £1,000 11 £11,000
Total prize money £246,000
Development fund £164,000
Grand total £410,000

The road to success

This tree excludes the first round fixtures.

Second round Third round Fourth round Semifinals Final
               
Hull F.C. 26
Barrow 16
Hull F.C. 14
Wigan 38
Wigan 34
Rochdale Hornets 12
Wigan 24
St. Helens 22
Batley 36
Ryedale-York 8
Batley 22 (22)
St. Helens 22 (50)
Huddersfield 11
St. Helens 52
Wigan 34
Castleford 6
Workington Town 24
Wakefield Trinity 8
Workington Town 14
Leeds 18
Leeds 54
Swinton 24
Leeds 14
Castleford 34
Carlisle 16
Dewsbury 30
Dewsbury 2
Castleford 30
Castleford 36
Halifax 26
Wigan 40
Warrington 10
Highfield 2
Widnes 50
Widnes 20
Oldham 6
Oldham 28
Hull Kingston Rovers 0
Widnes 23
Bradford Northern 10
Whitehaven 18
Featherstone Rovers 12
Whitehaven 14
Bradford Northern 34
Bradford Northern 32
Saint Estève 6
Widnes 4
Warrington 30
Keighley Cougars 28
Bramley 4
Keighley Cougars 26
Sheffield Eagles 10
Sheffield Eagles 46
Leigh 10
Keighley Cougars 18
Warrington 20
Salford 16
London Crusaders 14
Salford 24
Warrington 31
Warrington 44
Doncaster 14

Notes and comments

  1. ^ AS Saint Estève was a French rugby league team from Perpignan, which in 2000 merged with nearby neighbours XIII Catalan to form Union Treiziste Catalaneto compete in the Super Leagueas the Catalans Dragons.
  2. ^ XIII Catalan were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, founded in 1935, founding members of the French rugby league championship. In 2000 they merged with AS Saint Estève to form Union Treiziste Catalane (or Catalans Dragons).
  3. ^ This was the highest score and the highest winning margin, at the time. The record stood for approximately two days before it was beaten. This record includes club records of (1) joint highest try scorer in a match by Steve Rowan with 6 tries, (2) highest number of goals kicked in a match by Darren Carter with 17, and (3) the highest number of points in a match also by Darren Carter with 17 goals and 2 tries, making a total of 42.
  4. ^ This beat the record for the highest score, and equalled the at[clarification needed] of the highest aggregate win, set two days earlier. This record included the all time British record of most tries by a centre in a match when Greg Austin scored 9 tries.
  5. ^ Queens are a junior (amateur) club from Leeds.
  6. ^ Myson are a junior (amateur) club from Hull.
  7. ^ Bradford Dudley Hill are a Junior (amateur) club from Bradford.
  8. ^ Ovenden are a junior (amateur) club from Halifax
  9. ^ Hensingham are a junior (amateur) club from Whitehaven.[3]
  10. ^ Leigh Miners' Welfare are a junior (amateur) club from Leigh (formed by merger of Astley & Tyldesley and Hope Rangers - and now Leigh Miners Rangers).[4]
  11. ^ Hemel Stags are a semiprofessional club based in Hemel Hempstead and playing at the Pennine Way stadium (capacity 2000).[5]
  12. ^ Woolston Rovers are a junior (amateur) club from Warrington, becoming Warrington Woolston Rovers in 2003 and Warrington Wizards in 2002. The ground is the old Warrington Home Ground of Wilderspool.[6][7]
  13. ^ West Hull are a junior (amateur) club from Hull.
  14. ^ Saddleworth Rangers are a junior (amateur) club from Oldham.
  15. ^ Thatto Heath are a junior (amateur) club from St Helens.[8]
  16. ^ RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 4,807 but Widnes official archives[9] gives it as 4,831.
  17. ^ The McAlpine Stadium is the home ground of Huddersfield Town and Super League side, Huddersfield Giants. The stadium is 40% owned by Kirklees Metropolitan Council and 60% by the two clubs. It hosted its first match in August 1994 and seats 24,499 people along with hospitality boxes and conference rooms. Since opening the stadium has been sponsored as the John Smith's Stadium, originally the Alfred McAlpine Stadium and more lately the Galpharm Stadium. It is a multi-use sports stadium in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d e "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. ^ "Hensingham ARLFC".
  4. ^ "Leigh Miners Rangers". Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  5. ^ "Hemel hempstead Stags". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  6. ^ "Woolston Rovers". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  7. ^ "Warrington Wizards". Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  8. ^ "Thatto Heath". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  10. ^ a b c d "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  11. ^ a b "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results 1896/1897".
  12. ^ a b c d "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
  13. ^ "I'm Wakefield 'til I die..."
  14. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".
  15. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".
  16. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 4 archived results".
  17. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player S-F archived results".
  18. ^ Hadfield, Dave (30 January 1995). "Supreme Wigan set a new mark". The Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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  25. ^ Fletcher & Howes (1995), p. 211.

Sources

  • Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7472-7817-7.