1974–75 John Player Cup

The 1974–75 RFU National KO competition was the fourth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bedford won the competition defeating Rosslyn Park in the final.[1] The final was held at Twickenham Stadium.[2] This Final was the last appearance at Twickenham of one of England`s finest players Budge Rogers.

1974–75 RFU National KO competition
Tournament statistics
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Draw and Results

First Round

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bournemouth	Bedford	6-66
Nottingham	Sale	6-16
Blackheath	Wasps	9-3
Coventry	Bradford	40-10
Bristol	Plymouth Albion	7-6
Northampton	Gosforth	4-7
Solihull	Liverpool	6-7
Falmouth	Bath	9-9*
Aylesbury	London Scottish	12-39
Rosslyn Park	London Welsh	22-9
Morpeth	Stockwood Park	10-0
Maidstone	London Irish	16-19
Moseley	Wilmslow	15-7
Streatham-Croydon	Richmond	3-10
Morley	Waterloo	16-7
Gloucester	St Luke's College	21-3

Progress to next round as away team*

Second Round

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bedford	Sale	23-3
Blackheath	Coventry	6-32
Bristol	Gosforth	3-13
Liverpool	Bath	6-12
London Scottish	Rosslyn Park	6-11
Morpeth	London Irish	19-3
Moseley	Gloucester	10-7
Richmond	Morley	14-6

Quarter Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bath	Morpeth	9-13
Bedford	Gosforth	12-6
Richmond	Coventry	0-3
Rosslyn Park	Moseley	21-7

Semi Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Bedford	Coventry	13-6
Morpeth	Rosslyn Park	6-28

Final

26 April 1975

Bedford	28-12	Rosslyn Park
Try: Derek Wyatt Chris Bailward Bob Demming (2) Brian Keen Con: Neil Bennett (4)		Try: David McKay (2) Bob Fisher

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 18,000 Referee: R.F 'Johnny' Johnson (London)

15 Tony Jorden 14 Bob Demming 13 Richard Chadwick 12 John Howard 11 Derek Wyatt 10 Neil Bennett 9 Alun Lewis 1 Brian Keen 2 Norman Barker 3 Chris Bailward 4 Clive Hooker 5 Bob Wilkinson 6 Andy Hollins 7 Budge Rogers (c) 8 Foster Edwards Replacements (none used): 16 Chris Davies 17 Ashley Johnson 18 David Jackson 19 Guy Fletcher 20 Steve Wells 21 Brian Page Coach: Patrick Briggs

15 Ray Codd 14 Rob Fisher 13 Chris Saville 12 Mark Bazalgette 11 David McKay 10 Phil Treseder 9 Lionel Weston 1 Les Barlow 2 Phil Keith-Roach (c) 3 Paddy Hinton 4 Tony Rodgers 5 Neil Mantell 6 Paul Anderson 7 Geoff Link 8 Andy Ripley Coach: Peter Berryman / Glen Robertson

References

1. Jenkins, Vivian (1975). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.