Dumfries & Galloway Cup

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Dumfries & Galloway Cup
Founded1898
Abolished1931
Region Dumfries and Galloway
Most successful club(s) St Cuthbert's Wanderers (5 wins)

The Dumfries & Galloway Cup was an association football cup competition for clubs in the historic counties of Dumfriesshire, Wigtownshire, and Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

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Format

The competition was a knock-out tournament contested by the member clubs of the Dumfries & Galloway Football Association. There was considerable overlap with the Southern Counties Football Association and the competition was considered subordinate to the Southern Counties Cup.

Initial entrants

History

The first competition, in 1898–99, was won by the 6th G.R.V., who beat Newton Stewart away in a replay, after a 5–5 draw at home in the first match. [2]

The second two finals saw Dumfries beat local rivals Dumfries Hibernians, although the second final (at Dalbeattie) was considered a "mediocre" game. [3]

The competition left Dumfries again when Douglas Wanderers from Castle Douglas beat Dumfries 3–1 in a replay at Dalbeattie. [4]

Newton Stewart took the trophy for the first time in 1906–07 without having to play the final; on the scheduled date of 11 May, [5] Newton Stewart was playing in the Wigtownshire Cup final, but Douglas Wanderers apparently scratched as Newton Stewart was awarded the Dumfries trophy as well. [6] There appears to have been no final in 1907–08, given a lack of time in the calendar; [7] St Cuthbert's Wanderers won the trophy by default in 1908–09, after Dumfries refused to play the final on the arranged date. There was no competition in 1909–10 and an attempt was made in 1910–11 to play the competition as a league rather than cup, but the tournament did not complete. After Dalbeattie Star won a regular knockout tournament in 1911–12, the competition was in abeyance for the next decade.

The competition returned in 1923–24, but after Dalbeattie Star won the competition for the fourth time in 1930–31, it was abandoned.

Finals (incomplete)

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1898–996th G.R.V.5–5, ?Newton Stewart
1899–1900Dumfries5–3Dumfries Hibernians
1900–01Dumfries4–2Dumfries Hibernians
1901–02 Douglas Wanderers 0–0, 3–1Dumfries
1902–03 Maxwelltown Volunteers 4–1 Nithsdale Wanderers
1903–04Maxwelltown Volunteers2–1Douglas Wanderers
1904–05Dumfries0–0, 2–16th G.R.V.
1905–06Dumfries6–0Nithsdale Wanderers
1906–07Newton Stewartw/oDouglas Wanderers
1907–08Maxwelltown Volunteersw/oDumfries
1908–09St Cuthbert's Wanderersw/oDumfries
1923–24 Stranraer ?–?St Cuthbert's Wanderers
1924–25St Cuthbert's Wanderers?–??
1925–26St Cuthbert's Wanderers4–0Stranraer
1926–27St Cuthbert's Wanderers4–0?
1927–28Dalbeattie Star1–1, 2–1 [8] St Cuthbert's Wanderers
1928–29Dalbeattie Star?–??
1929–30St Cuthbert's Wanderers?–??
1930–31Dalbeattie Star1–1, 3–2 Solway Star

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References

  1. ↑ The club which existed from 1895 to 1901.
  2. ↑ "Round the country". Scottish Referee: 1. 1 May 1899.
  3. ↑ "Football". Glasgow Daily Mail: 3. 15 April 1901.
  4. ↑ "Here and there". Scottish Referee: 3. 26 May 1902.
  5. ↑ "Galloway gossip". Scottish Referee: 1. 10 May 1907.
  6. ↑ "Galloway gossip". Scottish Referee: 2. 13 May 1907.
  7. ↑ "Here and there". Scottish Referee: 1. 20 April 1908.
  8. ↑ "results". Sunday Post: 22. 29 April 1928.
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