1990–91 Challenge Cup

1991 Silk Cut Challenge Cup
Duration	6 Rounds
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	St. Helens
Lance Todd Trophy	Denis Betts
	← 1990; 1992 →;

The 1991 Challenge Cup was the 90th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, the final was contested by Wigan and St. Helens at Wembley. Wigan won the match 13–8.

Preliminary round

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
27 Jan	Carlisle	Workington Town	8-9
27 Jan	Hensingham	Dewsbury	7-24
27 Jan	Leigh East	Bradford Northern	12-24
27 Jan	Salford	Cutsyke	44-4
27 Jan	Warrington	Huddersfield	22-4
30 Jan	Sheffield Eagles	Hull FC	19-6

First round

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
10 Feb	Doncaster	Widnes	4-30
10 Feb	Leeds	Dewsbury	40-20
10 Feb	Swinton	St Helens	8-18
12 Feb	Castleford	Wigan	4-28
14 Feb	Keighley	Runcorn	36-4
15 Feb	Salford	Batley	36-14
17 Feb	Barrow	Hunslet	13-8
17 Feb	Bradford Northern	Leigh	50-4
17 Feb	Bramley	Oldham	6-38
17 Feb	Halifax	Fulham	46-6
17 Feb	Nottingham	Whitehaven	10-26
17 Feb	Ryedale-York	Warrington	1-8
17 Feb	Sheffield Eagles	Featherstone Rovers	19-12
17 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	Trafford	18-7
17 Feb	Workington Town	Hull Kingston Rovers	18-12
19 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Chorley	14-10

Second round

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Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
23 Feb	Rochdale	Wigan	4-72
24 Feb	Barrow	Widnes	4-28
24 Feb	Halifax	Whitehaven	46-12
24 Feb	Keighley	Warrington	10-42
24 Feb	Sheffield	Salford	16-19
24 Feb	Workington Town	Oldham	15-20
24 Feb	St Helens	Wakefield Trinity	16-2
24 Feb	Bradford Northern	Leeds	5-0

Quarter-finals

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
09 Mar	Warrington	Widnes	14-26
10 Mar	Wigan	Bradford Northern	32-2
10 Mar	Halifax	St Helens	16-24
10 Mar	Oldham	Salford	40-3

Semi finals

23 March 1991

Wigan	30 – 16	Oldham
Try: Botica, Edwards, Goodway, Hanley, Iro Goal: Botica (5)	Report	Try: Ford, Henderson, McAlister Goal: Atkinson (2)

Burnden Park, Bolton
Attendance: 19,057

30 March 1991

St. Helens	19 – 2	Widnes
Try: Griffiths (2), Hunte Goal: Loughlin (3) Drop goal: Groves	Report	Goal: Davies

Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 16,109

Final

27 April 1991

Wigan	13 – 8	St. Helens
Try: Myers, Botica Goal: Botica (2) Drop goal: Gregory	Report	Try: Hunte Goal: Bishop (2)

Wembley, London
Attendance: 75,532
Player of the Match: Denis Betts^[2]


FB	1	Steve Hampson
RW	2	David Myers
RC	3	Kevin Iro
LC	4	Dean Bell
LW	5	Frano Botica
SO	6	Shaun Edwards
SH	7	Andy Gregory
PR	8	Ian Lucas
HK	9	Martin Dermott
PR	10	Andy Platt
SR	11	Denis Betts
SR	12	Phil Clarke
LF	13	Ellery Hanley (c)
Substitutions:
IC	14	Bobbie Goulding
IC	15	Andy Goodway
Coach:
John Monie


FB	1	Phil Veivers
RW	2	Alan Hunte
RC	3	Tea Ropati
LC	4	Paul Loughlin
LW	5	Les Quirk
SO	6	Jonathan Griffiths
SH	7	Paul Bishop
PR	8	Jon Neill
HK	9	Bernard Dwyer
PR	10	Kevin Ward
SR	11	John Harrison
SR	12	George Mann
LF	13	Shane Cooper (c)
Substitutions:
IC	14	Gary Connolly
IC	15	Paul Groves
Coach:
Mike McClennan

References

^ "Keith MacKlin. "Burgess puts seal on a memorable week." Times [London, England] 25 Feb. 1991". The Times.
^ Fitzpatrick, Paul (29 April 1991). "Monie's walking wounded make history". The Guardian. London. p. 14. ProQuest 187141258.

External links

Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1990/91 results at Rugby League Project

[1] "Keith MacKlin. "Burgess puts seal on a memorable week." Times [London, England] 25 Feb. 1991". The Times.

[2] Fitzpatrick, Paul (29 April 1991). "Monie's walking wounded make history". The Guardian. London. p. 14. ProQuest 187141258.

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