1985–86 John Player Special Trophy

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1985–86 John Player Special Trophy
StructureNational knockout championship
Teams36
Winners Wigan
Runners-up Hull Kingston Rovers

This was the fifteenth season of the competition. The League Cup was again known as the John Player Special Trophy this season for sponsorship reasons.

Contents

Wigan won the final, beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 11-8. The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds. The attendance was 17,573 and receipts were £66714.

Background

This season saw several changes in the entrants :-
1 Bridgend Blue Dragons and Southend Invicta both folded
2 and the invitation to two junior clubs continued
This involved a decrease in entrants to thirty-six, in turn resulting in a 4 match, 8 club preliminary round to reduce the number of clubs taking part in the first round proper to thirty-two
There were no drawn matches throughout the tournament

Competition and results

[1] [2]

Preliminary round

[3] Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sun 10 Nov 1985 Carlisle 6-24 Rochdale Hornets Brunton Park 752
2Sun 10 Nov 1985 Featherstone Rovers 10-14 Warrington Post Office Road 1803 [4]
3Sun 10 Nov 1985 Keighley 24-6Jubilee Hotel (Featherstone) Lawkholme Lane 10071
4Sun 10 Nov 1985West Hull10-24 Castleford Boulevard 25002

Round 1 - First Round

[3] Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 23 Nov 1985 Halifax 2-11 Hull Kingston Rovers Thrum Hall 4147
2Sun 24 Nov 1985 Barrow 5-2 Leeds Craven Park 4886
3Sun 24 Nov 1985 Batley 2-70 Leigh Mount Pleasant 15433
4Sun 24 Nov 1985 Blackpool Borough 22-24 Wakefield Trinity Borough Park 683 [5]
5Sun 24 Nov 1985 Bramley 8-46 Oldham McLaren Field2738
6Sun 24 Nov 1985 Doncaster 22-20 Runcorn Highfield Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield375
7Sun 24 Nov 1985 Fulham 13-20 Warrington Chiswick Poly Sports Grd 1493 [4]
8Sun 24 Nov 1985 Hunslet 20-12 Workington Town Elland Road 726
9Sun 24 Nov 1985 Keighley 20-10 Huddersfield Barracudas Lawkholme Lane 12644 [6]
10Sun 24 Nov 1985 St. Helens 42-6 Dewsbury Knowsley Road 5364 [7]
11Sun 24 Nov 1985 Salford 18-12 Rochdale Hornets The Willows 2844
12Sun 24 Nov 1985 Sheffield Eagles 16-24 Bradford Northern Owlerton Stadium 1342
13Sun 24 Nov 1985 Whitehaven 7-12 Widnes Recreation Ground 3097 [2]
14Sun 24 Nov 1985 Wigan 26-0 Mansfield Marksman Central Park 100405 [2]
15Sun 24 Nov 1985 York 12-10 Castleford Clarence Street3765
16Sun 27 Nov 1985 Hull F.C. 44-0 Swinton Boulevard 3797 [8]

Round 2 - Second Round

[9] Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 30 Nov 1985 Widnes 30-6 Bradford Northern Naughton Park 2222 [10]
2Sun 1 Dec 1985 Hull F.C. 30-10 Salford Boulevard 5659 [8]
3Sun 1 Dec 1985 Hull Kingston Rovers 8-7 Oldham Craven Park (1) 7069
4Sun 1 Dec 1985 Leigh 48-6 Hunslet Hilton Park 3267
5Sun 1 Dec 1985 St. Helens 36-20 Doncaster Knowsley Road 4092 [7]
6Sun 1 Dec 1985 Wakefield Trinity 21-30 Wigan Belle Vue 7360 [2] [5]
7Sun 1 Dec 1985 Warrington 34-14 Barrow Wilderspool 3705 [4]
8Sun 1 Dec 1985 York 21-16 Keighley Clarence Street2511

Round 3 -Quarter Finals

[11] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 7 Dec 1985 Warrington 22-26 Wigan Wilderspool 6737 [2] [4]
2Sun 8 Dec 1985 Hull Kingston Rovers 24-16 York Craven Park (1) 6228
3Sun 8 Dec 1985 Widnes 31-35 Leigh Naughton Park 6153 [10]
4Wed 11 Dec 1985 St. Helens 57-14 Hull Knowsley Road 7536 [7] [8]

Round 4 – Semi-Finals

[12] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sat 14 Dec 1985 Wigan 36-8 Leigh Knowsley Road 10509 [2]
2Sat 21 Dec 1985 Hull Kingston Rovers 22-4 St. Helens Headingley 3856 [7]

Final

11 January 1986
Wigan 11 – 8 Hull Kingston Rovers
Tries: Wane, Ford
Goals: Stephenson
Drop goals: Dowling
 [13]
Tries: Lydiat, Laws
Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 17,573
Referee: John Holdsworth (Kippax)
Player of the Match: Paul Harkin

Teams and scorers

[14]

Wigan № Hull Kingston Rovers
Teams
Steve Hampson 1 John Lydiat
Ray Mordt 2 Garry Clark
David Stephenson 3 Mike Smith
Ellery Hanley 4 John Dorahy
Henderson Gill 5 David Laws
Steve Ella 6 Gordon Smith
Mike Ford 7 Paul Harkin
Greg Dowling 8 Peter Johnston
Nicky Kiss 9 David Watkinson
Shaun Wane 10 Asuquo "Zook" Ema
Graeme West 11 Chris Burton
Andy Goodway 12 Andy Kelly
Ian Potter 13 Gavin Miller
Shaun Edwards (for Henderson Gill on 74th minute)14 Ian Robinson (for Peter Johnston 74 min)
Nick Du Toit (for Ian Potter Half Time)15? Not used
Colin Clarke and Alan McInnes Coach Roger Millward

Prize money

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

Finish PositionCash PrizeNo. receiving prizeTotal Cash
Winner?1?
Runner-up?1?
semi-finalist?2?
loser in Rd 3?4?
loser in Rd 2?8?
Loser in Rd 1?16?
Loser in Prelim Round???
Grand Total

Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final
               
Fulham 13
Warrington 20
Warrington 34
Barrow 14
Barrow 5
Leeds 2
Warrington 22
Wigan 26
Blackpool Borough 22
Wakefield Trinity 24
Wakefield Trinity 21
Wigan 30
Wigan 26
Mansfield Marksman 0
Wigan 36
Leigh 8
Whitehaven 7
Widnes 12
Widnes 30
Bradford Northern 6
Sheffield Eagles 16
Bradford Northern 24
Widnes 31
Leigh 35
Batley 2
Leigh 70
Leigh 48
Hunslet 6
Hunslet 22
Workington Town 12
Wigan 11
Hull Kingston Rovers 8
Halifax 2
Hull Kingston Rovers 11
Hull Kingston Rovers 8
Oldham 7
Bramley 8
Oldham 46
Hull Kingston Rovers 24
York 16
York 12
Castleford 10
York 21
Keighley 16
Keighley 20
Huddersfield Barracudas 10
Hull Kingston Rovers 22
St. Helens 4
St. Helens 42
Dewsbury 6
St. Helens 36
Doncaster 20
Doncaster 22
Runcorn Highfield 20
St. Helens 57
Hull 14
Hull 44
Swinton 0
Hull 30
Salford 10
Salford 18
Rochdale Hornets 12

Notes and comments

1 * Jubilee Hotel are a Junior (amateur) club from Featherstone
2 * West Hull are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull
3 * highest score, highest score by away team, and highest winning margin - all between professional clubs, to date
4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject [1] and Huddersfield Heritage [6] give the score as 20-10 but Wigan official archives [2] gives it as 20-18
5 * Mansfield Marksman have moved from Mansfield and are now playing at North Street, Alfreston
6 * Elland Road, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds United A.F.C. with a capacity of 37,914 (The record attendance was 57,892 set on 15 March 1967 for a cup match Leeds v Sunderland). The ground was originally established in 1897 by Holbeck RLFC who played there until their demise after the conclusion of the 1903-04 season

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rugby League Project".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. 1 2 "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  5. 1 2 "Wakefield until I die".
  6. 1 2 "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  8. 1 2 3 "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  9. ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".
  10. 1 2 "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  11. ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".
  12. ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player SF archived results".
  13. ↑ Macklin, Keith (13 January 1986). "Wigan jump as much for relief as joy". The Times. p. 19.
  14. ↑ "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
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