1989–90 Pilkington Cup

The 1989–90 Pilkington Cup was the 19th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at that time. Bath won the competition defeating Gloucester in the final. The Bath victory was the biggest winning margin of any previous final, helped by the fact that Gloucester's John Gadd was dismissed from the field after 57 minutes for stamping on Dave Egerton. The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.

1989–90 Pilkington Cup
Countries	England
Champions	Bath
Runners-up	Gloucester
Highest attendance	52,000 Bath v Gloucester at Twickenham

Draw and results

First round

Home team	Away team	Score
Askeans	Redruth	10-18
Barking	Old Alleynians	16-12 aet
Barnstaple	Reading	10-6
Broughton Park	Aspatria	15-18
Cheshunt	London Scottish	0-27
Drybrook	Old Colfeians	19-10
Dudley Kingswinford	Vipers	13-11
Ealing	Metropolitan Police	10-14
Exeter	High Wycombe	12-7
Fylde	Kersal	27-12
Harrogate	Peterborough	54-7
Hartlepool Rovers	Old Yardleians	29-3
Havant	Southend	14-6
Lydney	Berry Hill	10-13
Lymm	Wakefield	9-18
Mansfield	Otley	0-29
Mid-Cheshire College	Crediton	20-0
Northern	Roundhay	31-16
North Walsham	Swanage & Wareham	15-3
Nuneaton	Stockwood Park	31-4
Old Leamingtonians	Newark	10-20
Oxford	Combe Down	11-17
Ruislip	Worthing	6-16
Sheffield	Rotherham	13-13 aet*
Sidcup	London Welsh	3-29
Stafford	Vale of Lune	9-25
Streatham-Croydon	Taunton	22-9
West Hartlepool	Bedworth	30-7

Away team progress*

Second round

Home team	Away team	Score
Barking	Rugby	3-38
Barnstaple	Richmond	7-22
Berry Hill	London Scottish	15-12
Blackheath	Havant	17-0
Combe Down	Gosforth	0-26
Exeter	Streatham-Croydon	44-7
Harrogate	Aspatria	21-13
Hartlepool Rovers	West Hartlepool	9-15
Headingley	Otley	15-9
Liverpool St Helens	Coventry	17-6
London Irish	Plymouth Albion	13-17
London Welsh	Drybrook	15-9
Mid-Cheshire College	Nuneaton	10-16
Newark	Fylde	12-28
Northampton	Northern	25-4
Redruth	North Walsham	0-22
Sale	Rotherham	43-10
Vale of Lune	Dudley Kingswinford	24-12
Wakefield	Waterloo	19-3
Worthing	Metropolitan Police	10-14

Third round

Home team	Away team	Score
Bath	Harlequins	9-0
Bedford	Richmond	7-12
Bristol	Liverpool St Helens	12-29
Fylde	Gosforth	15-17
Harrogate	West Hartlepool	3-12
Headingley	North Walsham	12-0
London Welsh	Leicester	3-43
Metropolitan Police	Northampton	4-16
Moseley	Berry Hill	28-11
Nuneaton	Saracens	7-16
Plymouth Albion	Orrell	0-7
Rosslyn Park	Nottingham	9-20
Sale	Blackheath	26-16
Vale of Lune	Exeter	13-18
Wakefield	Rugby	16-9
Wasps	Gloucester	19-23

Fourth round

Home team	Away team	Score
Bath	Headingley	25–3
Bristol	Exeter	26–3
Gosforth	Gloucester	15–26
Leicester	West Hartlepool	43–15
Moseley	Saracens	15–10
Northampton	Wakefield	22–10
Nottingham	Orrell	12–6
Richmond	Sale	14–12

Quarter-finals

Home team	Away team	Score
Moseley	Bristol	15–13
Northampton	Leicester	23–7
Nottingham	Gloucester	16–26
Richmond	Bath	3–35

Semi-finals

Home team	Away team	Score
Northampton	Gloucester	12–17
Moseley	Bath	7–21

Final

5 May 1990

Bath	48–6	Gloucester
Try: Swift 2 Withey Guscott Callard Dawe Redman Ubogu Con: Barnes 4 Halliday Pen: Barnes 2		Try: Dunn Con: Smith

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Fred Howard (Liverpool)

Bath

Gloucester

16 Jonathan Callard 15 Tony Swift 14 Simon Halliday 12 Jeremy Guscott 11 Adedayo Adebayo 10 Stuart Barnes (c) 9 Richard Hill 8 Dave Egerton 7 Kevin Withey 6 Andy Robinson 5 Damian Cronin 4 Nigel Redman 3 Gareth Chilcott 2 Graham Dawe 1 Victor Ubogu Replacements: 16 Steve Knight for Hill 17 Maurice 'Richard' Lee 18 Nick Maslen 19 Jimmy Deane 20 Jonathan Webb 21 John Bamsey Coach: Jack Rowell

15 Tim Smith 14 Derrick Morgan 13 Don Caskie 12 Richard Mogg 11 Jim Breeze 10 Mike Hamlin (c) 9 Marcus Hannaford 8 Mike Teague 7 Ian Smith 6 John Gadd 5 John Brain 4 Nigel Scrivens 3 Richard Pascal 2 Kevin Dunn 1 Malcolm Preedy Replacements: 16 Damian Cummins 17 Lloyd Gardiner 18 John Hawker 19 Pete Jones 20 Dave Sims 21 Paul Ashmead Coach: Keith Richardson