# 1991–92 Regal Trophy

The 1991–92 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 21st season that the competition was held, and was the third staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.
Widnes won the final, beating Leeds by the score of 24–0.

## Background

This season saw two "name" changes and one of the three junior clubs being replaced by a new league club. The number of entrants remained the same at thirty-eight. The changes were :- 1 Runcorn Highfield became Highfield and now played at Hoghton Road Stadium in Sutton, a suburb of St. Helens and home to St Helens Town A.F.C. (although signing a 99-year lease, the club moved on after 4½ years after a proposed rent increase made a stay unviable - Fulham became London Crusaders but were still nomadic, although playing many home matches at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre before settling at Barnet Copthall for season 1993-94 2 Scarborough Pirates joined the league and the competition (albeit for a very brief one season stay before going into administration), taking the place of one of the junior teams- The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers to entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.

## Competition and results
### Preliminary round

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Notes |
| 1 | Tue 29 Oct 1991 | Rochdale Hornets | 14–24 | Widnes | Spotland | 2278 | |
| 2 | Tue 29 Oct 1991 | Wigan | 34–14 | Dewsbury | Central Park | 5020 | |
| 3 | Thu 31 Oct 1991 | Hull F.C. | 22–7 | Leigh | Boulevard | 2219 | |
| 4 | Sun 3 Nov 1991 | Saddleworth | 0–30 | Workington Town | Watersheddings | 1650 | 1, 2 |
| 5 | Sun 3 Nov 1991 | Sheffield Eagles | 36–8 | Scarborough Pirates | Don Valley Stadium | 1226 | |
| 6 | Mon 4 Nov 1991 | Leigh East | 20–10 | Chorley Borough | Hilton Park | 1393 | 3, 4 |

### First Round

Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Notes |
| 1 | Sat 16 Nov 1991 | Warrington | 8–17 | Leeds | Wilderspool | 4353 | |
| 2 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Bradford Northern | 76–0 | Leigh East | Odsal | 1613 | 3 |
| 3 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Doncaster | 21–20 | Whitehaven | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | 693 | |
| 4 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Halifax | 46–4 | Barrow | Thrum Hall | 4791 | |
| 5 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Highfield | 10–28 | Carlisle | Hoghton Road Stadium | 180 | |
| 6 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Huddersfield | 10–32 | St. Helens | Fartown | 4239 | |
| 7 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 10–22 | Castleford | Craven Park (2) | 3406 | |
| 8 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Keighley Cougars | 25–10 | Hunslet | Cougar Park | 1155 | |
| 9 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Nottingham City | 11–42 | Wakefield Trinity | Harvey Hadden Stadium | 916 | |
| 10 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Oldham | 16–10 | London Crusaders | Watersheddings | 2182 | |
| 11 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Ryedale-York | 6–13 | Sheffield Eagles | Ryedale Stadium | 1138 | |
| 12 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Salford | 74–10 | Trafford Borough | The Willows | 1783 | |
| 13 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Swinton | 8–34 | Wigan | Station Road | 4676 | |
| 14 | Sun 17 Nov 1991 | Widnes | 26–8 | Workington Town | Naughton Park | 4917 | |
| 15 | Mon 18 Nov 1991 | Hull F.C. | 12–8 | Batley | Boulevard | 2149 | |
| 16 | Tue 19 Nov 1991 | Bramley | 18–18 | Featherstone Rovers | McLaren Field | 1643 | |

#### Replay

Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Thu 21 Nov 1991 | Featherstone Rovers | 44–8 | Bramley | Post Office Road | 1617 | | | |

### Second Round

Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Notes |
| 1 | Sat 23 Nov 1991 | Hull F.C. | 4–12 | Leeds | Boulevard | 4359 | |
| 2 | Sun 24 Nov 1991 | Bradford Northern | 44–10 | Sheffield Eagles | Odsal | 3118 | |
| 3 | Sun 24 Nov 1991 | Carlisle | 16–30 | Widnes | Gifford Park | 1874 | 5 |
| 4 | Sun 24 Nov 1991 | Featherstone Rovers | 64–18 | Halifax | Post Office Road | 5462 | |
| 5 | Sun 24 Nov 1991 | Oldham | 18–24 | St. Helens | Watersheddings | 5814 | |
| 6 | Sun 24 Nov 1991 | Wakefield Trinity | 10–30 | Salford | Belle Vue | 4577 | |
| 7 | Sun 24 Nov 1991 | Wigan | 32–8 | Keighley Cougars | Central Park | 6052 | |
| 8 | Mon 25 Nov 1991 | Castleford | 38–6 | Doncaster | Wheldon Road | 4145 | |

### Third Round

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att |
| 1 | Sat 30 Nov 1991 | Salford | 24–14 | Wigan | The Willows | 4608 |
| 2 | Sun 1 Dec 1991 | Leeds | 24–4 | Castleford | Headingley | 15409 |
| 3 | Sun 1 Dec 1991 | St. Helens | 30–12 | Bradford Northern | Knowsley Road | 8641 |
| 4 | Sun 1 Dec 1991 | Widnes | 34–22 | Featherstone Rovers | Naughton Park | 6551 |

### Semi final

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
| Game No | Fixture Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | Sat 7 Dec 1991 | Leeds | 22–15 | Salford | Valley Parade | 7275 | | 6 | |
| 2 | Sat 21 Dec 1991 | Widnes | 18–10 | St. Helens | Central Park | 6376 | | | |

### Final

The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 15,070.
* 11 January 1992
| Widnes | 24 – 0 | Leeds |
| Tries: Davies, Holliday, Tait, Sorensen Goals: Davies (3) Drop goals: Davies, Holliday | | |
* Central Park, Wigan Attendance: 15,070 Referee: Brian Galtress (Bradford) Player of the Match: Les Holliday

#### Teams

| Widnes | No. | Leeds |
| | Teams | |
| Alan Tait | 1 | Morvin Edwards |
| John Devereux | 2 | Phil Ford |
| Andy Currier | 3 | David Creasser |
| Darren Wright | 4 | Simon Irving |
| Mark Sarsfield | 5 | John Bentley |
| Jonathan Davies (c) | 6 | Garry Schofield (c) |
| Barry Dowd | 7 | Bobbie Goulding |
| Kurt Sorensen | 8 | Shaun Wane |
| Paul Hulme | 9 | Richard Gunn |
| David Smith | 10 | Mike O'Neill |
| Harvey Howard | 11 | Roy Powell |
| Richard Eyres | 12 | Paul Dixon |
| Les Holliday | 13 | Gary Divorty |
| | Substitutes | |
| Paul Atcheson (for Sarsfield, 73 min.) | 14 | Carl Gibson (for Irving, 53 min.) |
| Joe Grima (for Holliday, 59 min.) | 15 | Steve Molloy (for Wane, 46 min.) |
| Frank Myler | Coach | Doug Laughton |

### 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 | £32,000 | 1 | £32,000 |
| Runner-up | £17,000 | 1 | £17,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £9,000 | 2 | £18,000 |
| Loser in Rd 3 | £5,500 | 4 | £22,000 |
| Loser in Rd 2 | £3,500 | 8 | £28,000 |
| Loser in Rd 1 | £2,250 | 16 | £36,000 |
| All clubs in Prelim Round | £2,250 | 12 | £27,000 |
| Total Prize Money | | | £180,000 |
| Capital Development Fund | | | £120,000 |
| Grand Total | | | £300,000 |

### The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| Highfield | Highfield | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Carlisle | Carlisle | 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Carlisle | Carlisle | 28 | Carlisle | Carlisle | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Widnes | Widnes | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Widnes | Widnes | 26 | Widnes | Widnes | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Workington Town | Workington Town | 8 | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 34 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 22 | | | | | | | | |
| Bramley | Bramley | 18 (8) | | | | | | | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 22 | | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 18 (44) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 18 (44) | Featherstone Rovers | Featherstone Rovers | 64 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Halifax | Halifax | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Halifax | Halifax | 46 | Halifax | Halifax | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barrow | Barrow | 4 | | | | | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 18 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | | | | |
| Oldham | Oldham | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 10 | | | | |
| London Crusaders | London Crusaders | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| London Crusaders | London Crusaders | 10 | Oldham | Oldham | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 10 | St. Helens | St. Helens | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 32 | | | | St. Helens | St. Helens | 30 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 76 | | | | | | | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh East | Leigh East | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leigh East | Leigh East | 0 | Bradford Northern | Bradford Northern | 44 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Sheffield Eagles | Sheffield Eagles | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ryedale-York | Ryedale-York | 6 | Sheffield Eagles | Sheffield Eagles | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sheffield Eagles | Sheffield Eagles | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sheffield Eagles | Sheffield Eagles | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | Widnes | Widnes | 24 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 0 |
| Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 0 |
| Batley | Batley | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Batley | Batley | 8 | Hull F.C. | Hull F.C. | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Leeds | Leeds | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrington | Warrington | 8 | Leeds | Leeds | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds | Leeds | 17 | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 24 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Castleford | Castleford | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull Kingston Rovers | 10 | | | | | | | Castleford | Castleford | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Castleford | Castleford | 22 | Castleford | Castleford | 38 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Doncaster | Doncaster | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 21 | Doncaster | Doncaster | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 20 | | | | | | | | Leeds | Leeds | 22 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 15 | | | | |
| Nottingham City | Nottingham City | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | Salford | Salford | 15 | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 42 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 42 | Wakefield Trinity | Wakefield Trinity | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Salford | Salford | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Salford | Salford | 74 | Salford | Salford | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trafford Borough | Trafford Borough | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trafford Borough | Trafford Borough | 10 | | | | Salford | Salford | 24 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| Swinton | Swinton | 8 | | | | | | | Wigan | Wigan | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 34 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wigan | Wigan | 34 | Wigan | Wigan | 32 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Keighley Cougars | Keighley Cougars | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Keighley Cougars | Keighley Cougars | 25 | Keighley Cougars | Keighley Cougars | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hunslet | Hunslet | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |