Cumbria Cup Explained

Cumbria Cup
Sport:Rugby Union
Founded: (Cumberland Challenge Cup)
(Cumbria Cup)
Teams:16
Champion:Kendal (5th title)
Season:2017-18
Most Champs:Aspatria
Count:32
Website:Cumbria Rugby Union

The Cumbria Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Cumbria Rugby Union. It was first introduced during the 1882-83 season, when it was known as the Cumberland Challenge Cup, and the inaugural winners were Aspatria. Originally it was open only to club sides in Cumberland, but in 1974, as a result of the 1972 Local Government Act, Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness merged to form what we now know as Cumbria, and the competition was renamed as the Cumbria Cup, although the Westmorland & Furness Cup continued intermittently up until 2008. It is the most important cup competition in the county ahead of the Cumbria League Cup and Cumbria Shield.

The Cumbria Cup is currently open to the top club sides based in Cumbria, typically playing in tier 5 (National League 3 North), tier 6 (North 1 West) and tier 7 (North Lancashire/Cumbria), of the English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to be held at a neutral venue between April–May.[1] Between 2006-14 there was also a Cumbria Plate competition for sides knocked out of the first round of the main cup competition but this has been discontinued in recent years.[2]

Winners

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Cumberland Cup Finals
SeasonWinnerScoreRunners–upVenue
1882-83 Whitehaven Cockermouth
1883-84 Walk Over Carlisle
1884-85 Whitehaven
1885-86 Aspatria
1886-87 Aspatria
1887-88 Broughton
1888-89 Maryport
1889-90 Flimby
1890-91[3] 5-0 Rugby Ground, Carlisle
1891-92 Whitehaven
1892-93 Cummersdale Hornets
1893-94 Egremont
1894-95 Aspatria
1895-96 Maryport
1896-97 Cockermouth
1897-98 Carlisle
1898-99 Penrith
1900-07 No competition
1907-08 Aspatria
1908-09 Silloth
1909-10 Aspatria
1910-11 Carlisle
1911-12 Carlisle
1912-13 Wigton
1913-14 Workington
1914-18 No competition due to World War I
1919-20
1920-21
1921-22
1922-23
1923-24
1924-25
1925-26
1926-27
1927-28
1928-29
1929-30
1930-31
1931-32
1932-33 Egremont
1933-34 Silloth Workington
1934-35 Moresby Workington
1935-36
1936-37 Keswick
1937-38 Silloth Workington
1938-39 Workington
1940-45 No competition due to World War II
1946-47
1947-48
1948-49
1949-50
1950-51
1951-52
1952-53
1953-54
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57 Carlisle Cockermouth
1957-58
1958-59
1959-60 6-3
1960-61
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74 Wigton
Cumbria Cup Finals
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85[4]
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97[5]
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00[6] 12-11
2000-01[7]
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04 Bower Park, Aspatria[8]
2004-05 Bower Park, Aspatria[9]
2005-06[10] 31-17 Lowmoor Road, Wigton
2006-07[11] 21-11 Winters Park, Penrith[12]
2007-08[13] 35-25 Winters Park, Penrith[14]
2008-09[15] 28-20 Bower Park, Aspatria
2009-10[16] 31-20 Lowmoor Road, Wigton
2010-11[17] 15-12 Davidson Park, Keswick
2011-12[18] 27-17 Ellis Sports Ground, Workington
2012-13[19] 30-25 Ellis Sports Ground, Workington
2013-14[20] 36-24
2014-15[21] 24-23 Davidson Park, Keswick[22]
2015-16[23] 64-29 Bleach Green, Egremont[24]
2016-17[25] 29-13 Bower Park, Aspatria
2017-18[26] 18-10 Davidson Park, Keswick
2018-19
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Cumbria Plate winners

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Cumbria Plate Finals
SeasonWinnerScoreRunners–upVenue
2006-07[28] 28-10 Grassmoor Sports Centre, Cockermouth
2007-08[29] 13-11 Bleach Green, Egremont
2008-09 Final not held
2009-10[30] 27-16
2010-11[31] 22-5
2011-12[32] 24-13 Lowmoor Road, Wigton
2012-13
2013-14[33] [34] 19-13 Davidson Park, Keswick
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Number of wins

Cup

Plate

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Cumbria Cup Draw. Cumbria RU. 3 July 2017 .
  2. Web site: CUMBRIA CUP DRAW. Aspatria RUFC (Pitchero). 18 July 2017 .
  3. Web site: NOT often have Penrith had successful runs in the Cumbria Cup. Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 25 December 1999 .
  4. Web site: NOT often have Penrith had successful runs in the Cumbria Cup. Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 8 April 2000 .
  5. Web site: Honours. St Benedicts RUFC. 4 July 2017 .
  6. Web site: CUP TRIUMPH IS ICING ON CAKE OF A MEMORABLE SEASON. Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 29 April 2000 .
  7. Web site: History. Workington RFC (Pitchero). 3 July 2017 .
  8. Web site: Emotional day as Wigton aim for Cup Final glory. News & Start. 23 April 2005 .
  9. Web site: PENRITH LOOK FOR THIRD RU COUNTY CUP WIN. Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 13 April 2005 .
  10. Web site: WINTERS PARK MEN LAND LEAGUE AND CUP DOUBLE. Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 13 May 2006 .
  11. Web site: CARLISLE ARE REAL HEROES OF STORY. News & Star. 23 April 2007 .
  12. Web site: Carlisle aim to Stoke up cup final fire. News & Star. 13 April 2007 .
  13. Web site: Rugby - Kendal retain Cumbria Cup. News Shopper. 26 April 2008 .
  14. Web site: Holders Kendal ease past Penrith to reach Story Cumbria Cup final. News & Star. 7 April 2008 .
  15. Web site: Penrith add Cumbria Cup to league title. News & Star. 30 April 2009 .
  16. Web site: CARLISLE MAKE PENRITH WORK HARD TO RETAIN CUMBRIA CUP. News & Star. 3 May 2010.
  17. Web site: Penrith beat Kendal to retain Cumbria Cup. News & Star. 4 May 2011 .
  18. Web site: Penrith claim fourth consecutive county title Cup winners again!. Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 10 May 2012 .
  19. Web site: Underdogs Aspatria beat Carlisle to win Cumbria Cup. News & Star. 3 April 2013 .
  20. Web site: County Champions!. Wigton RUFC (Pitchero). 19 April 2014 .
  21. Web site: ST BENEDICTS 24 PENRITH 23. Penrith RUFC (Pitchero). 25 April 2015 .
  22. Web site: St. Benedict’s will not start as cup final. Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 24 April 2015 .
  23. Web site: St Benedict's romp to win to retain Cumbria Cup. News & Star. 25 May 2016 .
  24. Web site: Cumbria Cup Final Whitehaven Vs St.Benedict's. Whitehaven RUFC (Pitchero). 10 May 2016 .
  25. Web site: Carlisle claim Cumbria Cup win over St Benedict's at Aspatria's Bower Park. News & Star. 10 May 2017 .
  26. Web site: Carlisle lose in close County Cup final match at a damp Keswick. Carlisle RFC (Pitchero). 1 May 2018 .
  27. Web site: Cumbria Cup - Previous Winners (Word Doc). Cumbria RU. 2 July 2017 .
  28. Web site: Super Zebras storm back to lift Plate and land historic double. News & Star. 3 May 2007 .
  29. Web site: Millom seal Netherhall’s Plate fate. News & Star. 8 May 2008 .
  30. Web site: Champions Whitehaven beat Millom to win Cumbria Plate. News & Star. 17 May 2010. 18 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180517082137/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/Champions-Whitehaven-beat-Millom-to-win-Cumbria-Plate-0a7d9e24-9d4f-4093-afc6-740ee571fcd5-ds. 17 May 2018. dead.
  31. Web site: St Benedict’s complete Shield and Plate double. News & Star. 11 May 2011 .
  32. Web site: Cumbrian Plate glory for Keswick. Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 13 April 2012 .
  33. Web site: Eden save their best until last. Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 2 May 2014 .
  34. Web site: Upper Eden 19 13 Aspatria. Upper Eden RUFC (Pitchero). 29 April 2014 .
  35. Web site: Cumbria Plate - Previous Winners (Word Doc). Cumbria RU. 18 July 2017 .