Английская Википедия:1985–86 John Player Special Trophy

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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.

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

Preliminary round

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sun 10 Nov 1985	Carlisle		6-24		Rochdale Hornets	Brunton Park	752
2	Sun 10 Nov 1985	Featherstone Rovers		10-14		Warrington	Post Office Road	1803
3	Sun 10 Nov 1985	Keighley		24-6		Jubilee Hotel (Featherstone)	Lawkholme Lane	1007		1
4	Sun 10 Nov 1985	West Hull		10-24		Castleford	Boulevard	2500		2

Round 1 - First Round

Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 23 Nov 1985	Halifax		2-11		Hull Kingston Rovers	Thrum Hall	4147
2	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Barrow		5-2		Leeds	Craven Park	4886
3	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Batley		2-70		Leigh	Mount Pleasant	1543		3
4	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Blackpool Borough		22-24		Wakefield Trinity	Borough Park	683
5	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Bramley		8-46		Oldham	McLaren Field	2738
6	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Doncaster		22-20		Runcorn Highfield	Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield	375
7	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Fulham		13-20		Warrington	Chiswick Poly Sports Grd	1493
8	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Hunslet		20-12		Workington Town	Elland Road	726
9	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Keighley		20-10		Huddersfield Barracudas	Lawkholme Lane	1264		4
10	Sun 24 Nov 1985	St. Helens		42-6		Dewsbury	Knowsley Road	5364
11	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Salford		18-12		Rochdale Hornets	The Willows	2844
12	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Sheffield Eagles		16-24		Bradford Northern	Owlerton Stadium	1342
13	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Whitehaven		7-12		Widnes	Recreation Ground	3097
14	Sun 24 Nov 1985	Wigan		26-0		Mansfield Marksman	Central Park	10040		5
15	Sun 24 Nov 1985	York		12-10		Castleford	Clarence Street	3765
16	Sun 27 Nov 1985	Hull F.C.		44-0		Swinton	Boulevard	3797

Round 2 - Second Round

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 30 Nov 1985	Widnes		30-6		Bradford Northern	Naughton Park	2222
2	Sun 1 Dec 1985	Hull F.C.		30-10		Salford	Boulevard	5659
3	Sun 1 Dec 1985	Hull Kingston Rovers		8-7		Oldham	Craven Park (1)	7069
4	Sun 1 Dec 1985	Leigh		48-6		Hunslet	Hilton Park	3267
5	Sun 1 Dec 1985	St. Helens		36-20		Doncaster	Knowsley Road	4092
6	Sun 1 Dec 1985	Wakefield Trinity		21-30		Wigan	Belle Vue	7360
7	Sun 1 Dec 1985	Warrington		34-14		Barrow	Wilderspool	3705
8	Sun 1 Dec 1985	York		21-16		Keighley	Clarence Street	2511

Round 3 -Quarter Finals

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 7 Dec 1985	Warrington		22-26		Wigan	Wilderspool	6737
2	Sun 8 Dec 1985	Hull Kingston Rovers		24-16		York	Craven Park (1)	6228
3	Sun 8 Dec 1985	Widnes		31-35		Leigh	Naughton Park	6153
4	Wed 11 Dec 1985	St. Helens		57-14		Hull	Knowsley Road	7536

Round 4 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 14 Dec 1985	Wigan		36-8		Leigh	Knowsley Road	10509
2	Sat 21 Dec 1985	Hull Kingston Rovers		22-4		St. Helens	Headingley	3856

Final

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
	Saturday 11 January 1986	Wigan		11-8		Hull Kingston Rovers	Elland Road	17573	66714	6

Teams and scorers

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
11	score	8
7	HT	4
	Scorers
	Tries
Mike Ford (1)	T	John Lydiat (1)
Shaun Wane (1)	T	David Laws (1)
	Goals
David Stephenson (1)	G
	Drop Goals
Greg Dowling (1)	DG
Referee		John Holdsworth (Kippax)
Man of the match		Paul Harkin - Hull KR - Шаблон:Rlp
Competition Sponsor		John Player Special

Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

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 Position	Cash Prize	No. receiving prize	Total 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 Шаблон:32TeamBracket

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 and Huddersfield Heritage give the score as 20-10 but Wigan official archives 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

See also

• 1985–86 Rugby Football League season
• 1985 Lancashire Cup
• 1985 Yorkshire Cup
• John Player Special Trophy
• Rugby league county cups

External links

• Шаблон:Cite web