- Draw and Results First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
- References
{{Infobox Six Nations Championship 2 | name = 1984–1985 John Player Cup | image = | imagesize = | caption = | date = | countries = | teams = | champions = | count = | grand slam = | triple crown = | matches = | attendance = | tries = | top point scorer = | top try scorer = | website = | previous year = 1983-1984 | previous tournament = | next year = 1985-1986 | next tournament = }}The 1984-1985 John Player Cup was the fourteenth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition for the second consecutive year defeating London Welsh in the final.[1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.[2] Draw and ResultsFirst RoundTeam One | Team Two | Score |
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Alnwick | Wakefield | 9-34 | Aspatria | Birkenhead Park | 19-7 | Barkers Butts | Bromsgrove | 10-9 | Bedford | Rushton & Higham | 51-0 | Devon & Cornwall Police | Lydney | 4-15 | Fullerians | Rosslyn Park | + | Havant | Kings College School Old Boys | 24-11 | Hendon | Crawley | 15-18 | Lichfield | Loughborough Students | + | Maidenhead | Old Redcliffians | 3-9 | Nuneaton | Paviors | 16-14 | Oxford Old Boys | Swindon | 13-12 | Preston Grasshoppers | Hartlepool Rovers | 9-9* | Redruth | Bletchley | 26-9 | Sidcup | Ipswich | 13-6 |
+Result from Sat 22 Sep missing Second RoundTeam One | Team Two | Score |
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Nuneaton | Wakefield | 13-17 | Hartlepool Rovers | Aspatria | 10-16 | Bedford | Barkers Butts | 10-4 | Lichfield | Stourbridge | 17-10 | Sidcup | Old Redcliffians | 24-7 | Redruth | Crawley | 14-4 | Havant | Berry Hill | 7-27 | Blackheath | Sutton & Epsom | 40-6 | Rosslyn Park | North Walsham | 15-7 | Oxford Old Boys | Lydney | 12-21 |
Third RoundTeam One | Team Two | Score |
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Bath | Berry Hill | 24-3 | Bedford | Waterloo | 6-7 | Gloucester | Richmond | 29-0 | Harlequins | Ealing | 29-12 | Leicester | Bristol | 43-4 | Lichfield | Sidcup | 11-4 | Liverpool | London Scottish | 16-13 | Nottingham | Northampton | 15-3 | Plymouth | Coventry | 6-42 | Redruth | Lydney | 11-29 | Sale | Aspatria | 33-10 | Saracens | Gosforth | 16-13 | Wasps | Rosslyn Park | 23-10 | Headingley | London Welsh | 10-18 | Wakefield | Blackheath | 6-6* | West Hartlepool | Moseley | 9-12 |
Away team progress* Fourth RoundTeam One | Team Two | Score |
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Bath | Blackheath | 37-3 | Gloucester | Saracens | 29-3 | Harlequins | Lichfield | 16-6 | Liverpool | Leicester | 9-37 | Lydney | Sale | 9-16 | Moseley | Coventry | 9-29 | Nottingham | London Welsh | 11-12 | Waterloo | Wasps | 21-13 |
Quarter FinalsTeam One | Team Two | Score |
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Sale | Bath | 15-25 | Coventry | Leicester | 10-10* | Gloucester | Harlequins | 31-12 | London Welsh | Waterloo | 21-10 |
Coventry progress due to more tries* Semi FinalsTeam One | Team Two | Score |
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Gloucester | Bath | 11-12 | Coventry | London Welsh | 10-10* |
London Welsh progress due to more tries* Final{{rugbybox |date=27 April 1985 |time= |home= Bath |score= 24-15 |report= |away= London Welsh |try1= David Trick {{try}} Gareth Chilcott {{try}} |con1= John Palmer 2 |pen1= John Palmer 4 |drop1= |try2= |con2= |pen2= Colyn Price 5 |drop2= |stadium=Twickenham Stadium, London |attendance= 32,000 |referee= Roger Quittenton (London) }} | |
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16 | Chris Martin | 15 | David Trick | 14 | John Palmer | 12 | Simon Halliday | 11 | Barry Trevaskis | 10 | John Horton | 9 | Richard Hill | 8 | Paul Simpson | 7 | Jon Hall | 6 | Roger Spurrell (c) | 5 | Nigel Redman | 4 | Nigel Gaymond | 3 | Maurice 'Richard' Lee | 2 | Greg Bess | 1 | Gareth Chilcott | Replacements: | 16 | Jeremy Guscott replaced Trevaskis | 17 | Chris Stanley | 18 | Alun Rees | 19 | Jimmy Deane | 20 | David Sole | 21 | David Egerton | Coach: | Jack Rowell | |
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15 | Matthew Ebsworth | 14 | Jeremy Hughes | 13 | Bob Ackerman | 12 | Dan Fouhy | 11 | Clive Rees (c) | 10 | Colyn Price | 9 | Mark Douglas | 8 | Kevin Bowring | 7 | Matthew Watkins | 6 | Stuart Russell | 5 | John Collins | 4 | Ted Lewis | 3 | Bruce Bradley | 2 | Byron Light | 1 | Tim Jones | Replacements: | 16 | Ian George | 17 | Simon Page | 18 | Julian Davies | 19 | Richard John | 20 | Guy Leleu | 21 | Peter Greenway | Coach: | | |
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References1. ^{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Stephen|title=Rothmans Rugby Yearbook|year=1990|publisher=Rothmans Publications Ltd|isbn=0-356-19162-1}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online|title=Times Archives|publisher=Oxfordshire Libraries}}
{{Anglo-Welsh Cup}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1984-85 John Player Cup}} 2 : 1984–85 rugby union tournaments for clubs|1984–85 in English rugby union |