1983–84 John Player Cup

The 1983–84 John Player Cup was the 13th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition defeating Bristol in the final.^[1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2]

1983–84 John Player Cup
Tournament statistics
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Draw and results

First round

Team one	Team two	Score
Betteshanger Colliery	Worthing	11-20
Norwich	Guildford & Godalming	9-3
Richmond	Saracens	22-16
Tabard	U.S Portsmouth	9-15
Aspatria	West Hartlepool	3-20
Morley	Alsager College	38-4
Fylde	Alnwick	43-21
Newark	Dudley Kingswinford	28-6
Nottingham	Solihull	29-3
Nuneaton	Walsall	19-6
Vipers	Bedford Athletic	18-9
High Wycombe	Launceston	7-0
Henley	Maidenhead	12-12 *
Old Redcliffians	Devon & Cornwall Police	7-6
Stroud	Bournemouth	15-0

Second round

Team one	Team two	Score
High Wycombe	Lydney	18-28
Norwich	Henley	21-15
Nottingham	Newark	36-3
Nuneaton	Fylde	33-21
Richmond	U.S Portsmouth	43-0
Southend	KCS Old Boys	24-3
Stroud	Dartfordians	18-4
Vipers	Stourbridge	3-13
West Hartlepool	Morley	6-6
Worthing	Old Redcliffians	6-25

Third round

Team one	Team two	Score
Norwich	Bristol	3-24
Nuneaton	Richmond	6-9

Fourth round

Team one	Team two	Score
Bristol	London Welsh	36-8
Plymouth Argyle	Harlequins	16-17
Waterloo	Richmond	26-19
Coventry	London Irish	16-7
London Scottish	Northampton	34-6
Moseley	Nottingham	3-10
Orrell	Wasps	15-15*
Blackheath	Bath	12-41

Wasps progress due to more tries*

Quarter-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Waterloo	Bristol	9-12
Nottingham	London Scottish	22-16
Coventry	Harlequins	16-24
Bath	Wasps	26-12

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Nottingham	Bath	3-12
Bristol	Harlequins	21-18

Final

28 April 1984

Bath	10–9	Bristol
Try: Simpson Pen: Palmer Drop: Horton		Try: Harding Con: Barnes Pen: Barnes

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Roger Quittenton (London)

Bath

Bristol

15 Chris Martin 14 David Trick 13 Alun Rees 12 John Palmer 11 Barry Trevaskis 10 John Horton 9 Richard Hill 8 Paul Simpson 7 Roger Spurrell (c) 6 Nigel Redman 5 Nigel Gaymond 4 Jon Hall 3 Maurice 'Richard' Lee 2 Rob Cunningham 1 Gareth Chilcott Replacements: 16 Alun Watkins 17 Chris Stanley 18 Greg Bess 19 Ronnie Hakin 20 Paul Turner 21 Chris Lilley Coach: Jack Rowell

A Phil Cue B Alan Morley C Simon Hogg D Ralph Knibbs E John Carr F Stuart Barnes G Richard Harding H John Doubleday I Dave Palmer J Austin Sheppard K Peter Stiff L Nigel Pomphrey M Pete Polledri N Mike Rafter (c) O D Chidgey Replacements: 16 John Watson 17 Huw Duggan 18 Lawrence Yandell 19 Kevin Bogira 20 Darryll Hickey 21 Malcolm Baker Coach: Dave Tyler