1992–93 Regal Trophy

1992–93 Regal Trophy
StructureNational knockout championship
Teams37
WinnersWigan
Runners-upBradford Northern

The 1992–93 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 22nd season that the competition was held, and was the fourth staging of the competition since it was renamed the Regal Trophy.

Wigan defeated Bradford Northern by the score of 15–8 in the final to claim the trophy. The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds in front of an attendance of 13,221.

Background

This season saw several changes in the entrants, one club re-formed/renamed, two French clubs were invited instead of the junior clubs, and one club withdrew. This resulted in one less club/entrant reducing the total number to thirty-seven.

The changes, in detail, are:

  1. Trafford Borough re-formed as Blackpool Gladiators and moved back to Blackpool, playing at Jepson Way, Blackpool
  2. Two French clubs, Carcassonne and XIII Catalan were invited to join the competition, instead of the junior clubs, who were no longer invited
  3. Scarborough Pirates went into administration at the end of previous season

The preliminary round involved ten clubs, to reduce the numbers of entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.

Competition and results

[1][2]

Preliminary round

Involved 5 matches and 10 clubs

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Tue 13 Oct 1992 Warrington 32-8 Blackpool Gladiators Wilderspool 1412 [3]
2 Tue 27 Oct 1992 Chorley Borough (2) 10-38 Sheffield Eagles Grundy Hill 368 1
3 Tue 27 Oct 1992 St. Helens 44-18 Huddersfield Knowsley Road 4423 [4][5]
4 Tue 27 Oct 1992 Wakefield Trinity 90-12 Highfield Belle Vue 1650 2 [6]
5 Wed 28 Oct 1992 Swinton 12-32 Hull Kingston Rovers Gigg Lane 582

[7]

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 2 Nov 1992 Wigan 52-0 Carcassonne Central Park 4306 [2]
2 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Batley 6-13 Hunslet Mount Pleasant 709
3 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Bradford Northern 70-10 Barrow Odsal 3049
4 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Bramley 12-16 Carlisle McLaren Field 550
5 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Doncaster 4-30 Workington Town Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield 893
6 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Halifax 76-6 Nottingham City Thrum Hall 3547
7 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Hull F.C. 22-16 Dewsbury Boulevard 2984 [8]
8 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Hull Kingston Rovers 48-4 Whitehaven Craven Park (2) 1627
9 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Leigh 32-24 Keighley Cougars Hilton Park 2113
10 Sun 8 Nov 1992 London Crusaders 30-0 Wakefield Trinity Crystal Palace NSC 860 [6]
11 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Oldham 22-40 Castleford Watersheddings 4393
12 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Rochdale Hornets 32-16 XIII Catalan Spotland 1507
13 Sun 8 Nov 1992 St. Helens 15-14 Leeds Knowsley Road 11052 [5]
14 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Salford 14-18 Featherstone Rovers The Willows 3088
15 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Warrington 31-16 Sheffield Eagles Wilderspool 3112 [3]
16 Sun 8 Nov 1992 Widnes 46-4 Ryedale-York Naughton Park 3475 3 [9]

[7]

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 5 Dec 1992 Warrington 12-12 Bradford Northern Wilderspool 2145 [3]
2 Sun 6 Dec 1992 Castleford 54-0 Carlisle The Jungle 2539
3 Sun 6 Dec 1992 Featherstone Rovers 8-25 St. Helens Post Office Road 4473 [5]
4 Sun 6 Dec 1992 Hull F.C. 28-14 Halifax Boulevard 5494 [8]
5 Sun 6 Dec 1992 Hull Kingston Rovers 0-18 Wigan Craven Park (2) 3779 [2]
6 Sun 6 Dec 1992 Hunslet 12-34 Workington Town Elland Road 1225
7 Sun 6 Dec 1992 Leigh 16-6 London Crusaders Hilton Park 2181
8 Sun 6 Dec 1992 Widnes 30-2 Rochdale Hornets Naughton Park 3591 [9]

[10]

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
1 Wed 16 Dec 1992 Bradford Northern 9-6 Warrington Odsal 3474 [3]

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 19 Dec 1992 St. Helens 8–12 Castleford Knowsley Road 4785 [5]
2 Sun 20 Dec 1992 Hull F.C. 24–14 Leigh Boulevard 4835 [8]
3 Sun 20 Dec 1992 Workington Town 12–24 Wigan Derwent Park 7682 4 [2]
4 Tue 29 Dec 1992 Bradford Northern 21–10 Widnes Odsal 5346 [9]

[11]

Round 4 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs. From this season onwards, Regal Trophy semi-finals were no longer played at neutral venues.[12]

Game No Fixture Date Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Rec Notes Ref
1 Sat 2 Jan 1993 Wigan 19–4 Hull F.C. Central Park 8020 [2][8]
2 Sat 2 Jan 1993 Bradford Northern 19–12 Castleford Valley Parade 5602

[13]

Final

23 January 1993
Wigan 15 – 8 Bradford Northern
Tries: Robinson, Edwards
Goals: Botica (3)
Drop goals: Hampson
 [14]
 Tries: McGowan
Goals: Hobbs, Mumby
Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 13,221
Referee: John Holdsworth (Kippax)
Player of the Match: Shaun Edwards

Teams and scorers

Wigan No. Bradford Northern
Teams
Steve Hampson 1 Dave Watson
Jason Robinson 2 Tony Marchant
Dean Bell 3 Steve McGowan
Andrew Farrar 4 Tony Anderson
Martin Offiah 5 Roger Simpson
Frano Botica 6 Neil Summers
Shaun Edwards 7 Deryck Fox
Neil Cowie 8 David Hobbs
Martin Dermott 9 Brian Noble
Andy Platt 10 Roy Powell
Denis Betts 11 Paul Medley
Billy McGinty 12 Karl Fairbank
Phil Clarke 13 David "Dave" Heron
Joe Lydon (for Martin Offiah 59-mins) 14 Keith Mumby (for Tony Anderson 44-mins)
Sam Panapa (for Phil Clarke 9-mins) 15 Trevor Clark (for Brian Noble 44-mins)
John Monie Coach Peter Fox

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 ? 5 ?
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
               
Batley 6
Hunslet 13
Hunslet 12
Workington Town 34
Doncaster 4
Workington Town 30
Workington Town 12
Wigan 24
Hull Kingston Rovers 48
Whitehaven 4
Hull Kingston Rovers 0
Wigan 18
Wigan 52
Carcassonne 0
Wigan 19
Hull F.C. 4
Hull F.C. 22
Dewsbury 16
Hull F.C. 28
Halifax 14
Halifax 76
Nottingham City 6
Hull F.C. 24
Leigh 14
Leigh 32
Keighley Cougars 24
Leigh 16
London Crusaders 6
London Crusaders 30
London Crusaders 0
Wigan 15
Bradford Northern 8
Warrington 31
Sheffield Eagles 16
Warrington 12 (6)
Bradford Northern 12 (9)
Bradford Northern 70
Barrow 10
Bradford Northern 21
Widnes 10
Widnes 46
Ryedale-York 4
Widnes 30
Rochdale Hornets 2
Rochdale Hornets 32
XIII Catalan 16
Bradford Northern 19
Castleford 12
Salford 14
Featherstone Rovers 18
Featherstone Rovers 8
St. Helens 25
St. Helens 15
Leeds 14
St. Helens 8
Castleford 12
Oldham 22
Castleford 40
Castleford 54
Carlisle 0
Bramley 12
Carlisle 16

Notes and comments

1 * Grundy Hill was the home ground of Horwich RMI, in Bolton
2 * The second highest score, at the time
3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject[1] gives the attendance as 3,475 but Widnes official archives[9] gives it as 3,343
4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject[1] gives the attendance as 7,682 but Wigan official archives[2] gives it as 8,000

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
  3. ^ a b c d "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
  4. ^ "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b c d "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
  6. ^ a b "Wakefield until I die".
  7. ^ a b "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".
  8. ^ a b c d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
  9. ^ a b c d "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. ^ "Regal Trophy shake-up sees switch from neutral grounds". The Guardian. London. 11 December 1991. p. 17. ProQuest 187239971.
  13. ^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player S-F archived results".
  14. ^ Hadfield, Dave (24 January 1993). "Rugby League / Regal Trophy Final: Wigan's stamp of authority: Rejuvenated Bradford's spirited challenge undermined by Watson's rush of blood". The Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

Sources

  • Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1993). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1993-94. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7472-7890-0.