1981–82 John Player Cup

The 1981–82 John Player Cup was the 11th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Gloucester and Moseley shared the title after playing out a 12-12 draw in the final.^[1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2]

1981–82 John Player Cup
Tournament statistics
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Draw and results

First round

Team one	Team two	Score
Liverpool	Morpeth	19-3
Birkenhead Park	Hartlepool Rovers	6-7
Aspatria	Roundhay	0-19
Northampton	Kettering
Bournemouth	St Ives	10-18
Dartfordians	Hertford	4-11
Dudley Kingswinford	Nuneaton	9-27
Exeter University	Lydney	12-13
High Wycombe	Newbury	13-0
Saracens	US Portsmouth	10-4
Woodford	Old Gaytonians	19-6
Weston-super-Mare	Oxford	6-9
Walsall	Westleigh	24-15
Lewes	Streatham-Croydon	19-0

Second round

Team one	Team two	Score
Blackheath	Woodford	13-0
Hertford	Lydney	10-13
Lewes	St Ives	0-10
Nuneaton	Roundhay	10-7
Matson	Thurrock	12-12*
Oxford	High Wycombe	9-10
Stamford	Liverpool	3-15
Stourbridge	Hartlepool Rovers	9-19
Walsall	Northampton	9-32
London Irish	Saracens	19-3

Away team progress*

Third round

Team one	Team two	Score
Exeter	Thurrock	7-0
Bath	Rosslyn Park	9-11
London Welsh	Lydney	16-3
Northampton	Morley	12-7
Waterloo	Nuneaton	3-0
St Ives	Bristol	6-16
Richmond	Metropolitan Police	10-20
Blackheath	London Scottish	3-16
Gloucester	High Wycombe	40-6
Nottingham	Sale	9-15
Moseley	Harrogate	17-4
Leicester	Hartlepool Rovers	53-19
London Irish	Coventry	7-10
Orrell	Liverpool	12-15
Harlequins	Wasps	19-10
Bedford	Gosforth	3-14

Fourth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Gloucester	Exeter	34-3
Sale	Rosslyn Park	19-3
Moseley	London Welsh	25-9
Leicester	Northampton	23-10
Coventry	Waterloo	29-9
Liverpool	Bristol	12-10
Harlequins	Metropolitan Police	28-6
Gosforth	London Scottish	26-19

Quarter-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Gloucester	Sale	13-6
Moseley	Liverpool	15-13
Coventry	Harlequins	24-12
Leicester	Gosforth	18-9

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Moseley	Leicester	12-4
Coventry	Gloucester	9-18

Final

1 May 1982

Gloucester	12–12	Moseley
Pen: Ford 4		Pen: Perry 3 Drop: Perry

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Roger Quittenton (Sussex)

Gloucester

Moseley

15 Paul Ford 14 Peter Pritchard 13 Paul Taylor 12 Steven Parsloe 11 Richard Mogg 10 Leslie Jones 9 Steve Baker 1 Malcolm Preedy 2 Steve Mills (c) 3 Phil Blakeway 4 Steve Boyle 5 John Orwin 6 John Gadd 8 Mike Teague 7 Mike Longstaff Replacements: 16 Nick Price 17 G Thomas 18 Paul Wood for Longstaff (65m) 19 John Fidler 20 Gordon Sargent for Preedy (41m) 21 Kevin White Coach: Dick Smith

15 Martin Cooper 14 John Goodwin 13 Jon Desborough 12 Dave Shorrock 11 Richard Lawson 10 Mike Perry 9 Steve Sutherland 1 Trevor Corless 2 Gary Cox 3 Steve Acaster 4 John Davidson 5 Al Recardo 6 Dave Warren 8 Derek Nutt (c) 7 Nick Jeavons Replacements: 16 Phil Millington 17 Steve Morley 18 Ian Metcalfe 19 Bob Barr 20 Kevin Astley 21 Alan Thomas Coach: