1982–83 League Cup (rugby league)























1982–83 League Cup
Structure National knockout championship
Teams 33
Winners Wigan
Runners-up Leeds

← 1981–82

Seasons
1983–84 →


This was the twelfth season of the League Cup, which was known as the John Player Trophy for sponsorship purposes.


Wigan claimed the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 22-11 in the final played at Elland Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The attendance was 19,553 and receipts were £49027.




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Competition and Results[1][2]


    • 2.1 Preliminary Round


    • 2.2 Round 1 - First Round[3]


    • 2.3 Round 2 - Second Round[10]


    • 2.4 Round 2 - Second Round Replays


    • 2.5 Round 3 -Quarter Finals[11]


    • 2.6 Round 4 – Semi-Finals[12]


    • 2.7 Final[13]


      • 2.7.1 Teams and Scorers[13][14][15]


      • 2.7.2 Timeline in the final




    • 2.8 Prize Money


    • 2.9 The road to success




  • 3 Notes and comments


    • 3.1 General information for those unfamiliar




  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Background


This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-three.

The preliminary round of one match remained



Competition and Results[1][2]



Preliminary Round


Involved 1 matches and 2 Clubs














































Game No
Fixture Date
Home Team

Score

Away Team
Venue
Att
Rec
Notes
Ref

Sun 21 Nov 1982 Huyton 9-19 Workington Town Alt Park, Huyton 240


Round 1 - First Round[3]


Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs
































































































































































































































































Game No
Fixture Date
Home Team

Score

Away Team
Venue
Att
Rec
Notes
Ref

1 Sat 27 Nov 1982 St. Helens 17-5 Fulham Knowsley Road 2365 [4]
2 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Blackpool Borough 6-5 Batley Borough Park 592
3 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Cardiff City 7-11 Rochdale Hornets Ninian Park 620
4 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Carlisle 26-17 Doncaster Brunton Park 1413
5 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Castleford 10-16 Wigan Wheldon Road 5422 [2]
6 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Dewsbury 11-28 Barrow Crown Flatt 866
7 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Featherstone Rovers 14-18 Hull F.C. Post Office Road 4005 [5]
8 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Hull Kingston Rovers 42-3 Whitehaven Craven Park (1) 5929
9 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Keighley 0-18 Bradford Northern Lawkholme Lane 4278
10 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Leeds 17-7 Bramley Headingley 4085
11 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Leigh 13-12 Oldham Hilton Park 5780
12 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Salford 23-11 Hunslet The Willows 1471
13 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Swinton 13-22 Huddersfield Station Road 1417 [6]
14 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Warrington 19-8 Halifax Wilderspool 2892 [7]
15 Sun 5 Dec 1982 Widnes 17-12 Wakefield Trinity Naughton Park 4075
[8][9]
16 Sun 5 Dec 1982 York 18-15 Workington Town Clarence Street 2134


Round 2 - Second Round[10]


Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
















































































































































Game No
Fixture Date
Home Team

Score

Away Team
Venue
Att
Rec
Notes
Ref

1 Sat 11 Dec 1982 Hull Kingston Rovers 36-7 Leigh Craven Park (1) 5975 1
2 Sun 12 Dec 1982 Bradford Northern 12-12 Hull F.C. Odsal 6222 1 [5]
3 Sun 12 Dec 1982 Carlisle 2-10 Widnes Brunton Park 1905 1
4 Sun 12 Dec 1982 Leeds 31-10 York Headingley 3718 1
5 Sun 12 Dec 1982 Rochdale Hornets 5-27 Barrow Athletic Grounds 1295 1
6 Sun 12 Dec 1982 Salford 21-19 Huddersfield The Willows 1924 1 [6]
7 Sun 12 Dec 1982 Warrington 36-15 Blackpool Borough Wilderspool 2347 1, 2 [7]
8 Sun 12 Dec 1982 Wigan 9-5 St. Helens Central Park 12172 1
[2][4]


Round 2 - Second Round Replays


Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs














































Game No
Fixture Date
Home Team

Score

Away Team
Venue
Att
Rec
Notes
Ref

Wed 15 Dec 1982 Hull F.C. 8-10 Bradford Northern Boulevard 7628 1 [5]


Round 3 -Quarter Finals[11]


Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs























































































Game No
Fixture Date
Home Team

Score

Away Team
Venue
Att
Rec
Notes
Ref

1 Sat 18 Dec 1982 Salford 4-5 Wigan The Willows 3237 [2]
2 Sun 19 Dec 1982 Barrow 8-13 Leeds Craven Park 4216
3 Sun 19 Dec 1982 Warrington 11-10 Hull Kingston Rovers Wilderspool 3943 [7]
4 Sun 19 Dec 1982 Widnes 16-10 Bradford Northern Naughton Park 4667 [9]


Round 4 – Semi-Finals[12]


Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs



























































Game No
Fixture Date
Home Team

Score

Away Team
Venue
Att
Rec
Notes
Ref

1 Tue 28 Dec 1982 Leeds 8-2 Widnes Fartown 7247 [9]
2 Sat 1 Jan 1983 Wigan 15-14 Warrington Knowsley Road 9017
[2][7]


Final[13]













































Game No
Fixture Date
Home Team

Score

Away Team
Venue
Att
Rec
Notes
Ref

Saturday 22 January 1983 Wigan 15-4 Leeds Elland Road 19553 49027 3
[2][14][15]


Teams and Scorers[13][14][15]



















































































































































































Wigan


Leeds

teams
Barry Williams 1
Neil Hague
Dennis Ramsdale 2
Mark Campbell
David Stephenson 3
Ian Wilkinson
Colin Whitfield 4
Les Dyl
Henderson Gill 5
Andy Smith
Martin Foy 6
John Holmes
Jimmy Fairhurst 7
Kevin Dick
Glyn Shaw 8
Roy Dickinson
Nicky Kiss 9
David Ward
Danny Campbell 10
Tony Burke
Graeme West 11
Andy Sykes
Mick Scott 12
Wayne Heron
John Pendlebury 13
David Heron

Brian Juliff (for Henderson Gill 61 min)
14 ? Not used

Brian Case (for Graeme West 50 min)
15 ? Not used
Alex Murphy Coach
Robin Dewhurst

15 score 4
3 HT 4

Scorers
Tries
Henderson Gill (1) T
Brian Juliff (1) T
Goals
Colin Whitfield (4) G Kevin Dick (2)
Drop Goals
Colin Whitfield (1) DG

Referee
Ronald "Ronnie" Campbell (Widnes)
Man of the match
Martin Foy - Wigan - stand-off
Competition Sponsor
John Player

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point



Timeline in the final





































































Time
Incident
Score

7 min Drop goal: Colin Whitfield 1-0
? Penalty Goal: Kevin Dick 1-2
? Penalty Goal: Kevin Dick 1-4
? Penalty Goal: Colin Whitfield 3-4
Half Time 3-4
57 min Try: Henderson Gill 6-4
Conversion: Colin Whitfield 8-4
64 min Penalty Goal: Colin Whitfield 10-4
? Try: Brian Juliff 13-4
Conversion: Colin Whitfield 15-4
Full Time 15-4


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 ? 1 ?

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
Semi Finals
Final
                             

Salford
23

Hunslet
11

Salford
21


Huddersfield
19

Swinton
13

Huddersfield
22

Salford
4


Wigan
5

Castleford
10

Wigan
16

Wigan
9


St. Helens
5

St. Helens
17

Fulham
2

Wigan
15


Warrington
14

Warrington
19

Halifax
8

Warrington
36


Blackpool Borough
15

Blackpool Borough
6

Batley
5

Warrington
11


Hull Kingston Rovers
10

Hull Kingston Rovers
42

Whitehaven
3

Hull Kingston Rovers
36


Leigh
7

Leigh
13

Oldham
12

Wigan
15


Leeds
4

Cardiff City
7

Rochdale Hornets
11

Rochdale Hornets
5


Barrow
27

Dewsbury
11

Barrow
28

Barrow
8


Leeds
13

Leeds
17

Bramley
7

Leeds
31


York
10

York
18

Workington Town
15

Leeds
8


Widnes
2

Carlisle
26

Doncaster
17

Carlisle
2


Widnes
10

Widnes
17

Wakefield Trinity
12

Widnes
16


Bradford Northern
11

Keighley
0

Bradford Northern
18

Bradford Northern
12 (10)


Hull F.C.
12 (8)

Featherstone Rovers
14

Hull F.C.
18


Notes and comments


1 * Wigan official archives[10] erroneously describe the match as being one of the first round matches

2 * Wigan official archives[10] give the score as 36-5 but RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and Warrington Wolves official archives[7] give it as 36-17

3 * 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



General information for those unfamiliar


The council of the Rugby Football League voted to introduce a new competition, to be similar to The Football Association and Scottish Football Association's "League Cup". It was to be a similar knock-out structure to, and to be secondary to, the Challenge Cup. As this was being formulated, sports sponsorship was becoming more prevalent and as a result John Player and Sons, a division of Imperial Tobacco Company, became sponsors, and the competition never became widely known as the "League Cup"

The competition ran from 1971-72 until 1995-96 and was initially intended for the professional clubs plus the two amateur BARLA National Cup finalists. In later seasons the entries were expanded to take in other amateur and French teams. The competition was dropped due to "fixture congestion" when Rugby League became a summer sport
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final usually taking place in late January

The competition was variably known, by its sponsorship name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989.



See also



  • 1982–83 Rugby Football League season

  • 1982 Lancashire Cup

  • 1982 Yorkshire Cup

  • Player's No.6 Trophy

  • Rugby league county cups



References





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  2. ^ abcdef "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".


  3. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".


  4. ^ ab "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".


  5. ^ abc "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".


  6. ^ ab "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).


  7. ^ abcde "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.


  8. ^ "Wakefield until I die".


  9. ^ abc "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".


  10. ^ abc "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".


  11. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".


  12. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player s-Final archived results".


  13. ^ ab "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Final archived results".


  14. ^ ab Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.


  15. ^ ab Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.




External links



  • Saints Heritage Society

  • 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com

  • Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897

  • Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97

  • The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org

  • Huddersfield R L Heritage

  • Wakefield until I die








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