# 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.

## 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)
| | 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 ||