1982–83 John Player Trophy

1982–83 John Player Trophy
StructureNational knockout championship
Teams33
WinnersWigan
Runners-upLeeds

The 1982–83 John Player Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament sponsored by John Player & Sons. It was the 12th season that the competition was held.

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 £49,027.

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

This game was the first time Wigan and Leeds had met in a cup final.[13] The Leeds team was weakened by the absence of several players, with Keith Rayne, Kevin Rayne and Alan Smith all missing out due to injury.[14]

The final was contested at Elland Road, and was won by Wigan through second-half tries scored by Gill and Juliff. Wigan stand-off Martin Foy received the man of the match award.[15]

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 [2][16][17]

Teams and scorers

[18][16][17]

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 Mark Conway (not used)
Brian Case (for Graeme West 50 min) 15 David Heselwood (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 points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one 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

[18]

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows:[19]

Finish Position Cash Prize No. receiving prize Total Cash
Winner £10,000 1 £10,000
Runner-up £5,000 1 £5,000
Semi-finalist £2,500 2 £5,000
Loser in Rd 3 £1,175 4 £4,700
Loser in Rd 2 £900 8 £7,200
Loser in Rd 1 £700 16 £11,200
Loser in Prelim Round £700 2 £1,400
Total prize money £44,500
Development fund £10,500
Grand Total £55,000

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First round Second round Third round Semifinals 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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".
  4. ^ a b "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  5. ^ a b c "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  6. ^ a b "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  7. ^ a b c d "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  8. ^ "Wakefield until I die".
  9. ^ a b c "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
  10. ^ "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. ^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (22 January 1983). "Murphy's law may prevail". The Guardian. London. p. 14. ProQuest 186403987.
  14. ^ Fletcher & Howes (1983), p. 125.
  15. ^ Peake, Trevor (24 January 1983). "Murphy subs take Wigan to Trophy". Liverpool Daily Post. p. 22 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617851 X.
  17. ^ a b Raymond Fletcher and David Howes (1991). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0 35617852 8.
  18. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Final archived results".
  19. ^ Fletcher & Howes (1983), p. 129.

References

  • Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1983). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1983-84. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-356-09729-9.