Kent Cup

The Kent Rugby Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 1890-91 season, with the inaugural winners being R.N.C., Greenwich. It was discontinued after the 1926-27 season,[1] but reintroduced during the 1969–70 season, the winners in that year were Sidcup.

For the football competition, see Kent Senior Cup.
Kent Challenge Cup
SportRugby Union
Instituted1890 (1890)
Number of teams21
CountryEngland
HoldersOld Elthamians (1st title) (2018–19)
Most titlesBlackheath (16 titles)
WebsiteKent RFU

The cup cost fifty-two guineas (around £50 in 1890-91) and does not become the property of the winners, being a perpetual challenge cup.[2]

In 1952, during the period the competition had been discontinued, Kent Rugby Football Union provided the Kent Rugby Challenge Cup to Gravesend Rugby Football Club, for presentation to the winners of the North Kent Seven-a-Side Rugby Tournament, an annual tournament organised and run by the club from 1935 until 1972.

The Kent Rugby Challenge Cup competition, now more generally referred to as the Kent Cup competition, is the most important rugby union cup competition in Kent, ahead of the Kent Shield, Kent Vase, Kent Plate and Kent Salver.

The Kent Cup is currently open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that play in tier 5 (National League 3 London & SE) and tier 6 (London 1 South) of the English rugby union league system, along with the 2nd teams of local clubs that play in tier 3 (National League 1) and tier 4 (National League 2 South). The format is a knockout cup with a first round, second round, semi-finals and a final, typically to be held at a pre-determined ground at the end of April on the same date and venue as the Shield, Vase, Plate and Salver finals.[3] Teams that are knocked out of the first round join the teams knocked out of the first round of the Kent Shield to compete for the Kent Plate.

Kent Challenge Cup winners
Kent Challenge Cup Finals
Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue
1890-91 R.N.C., Greenwich Thanet Wanderers Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1891-92 Blackheath "A" Chatham Garrison Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1892-93 Queen's Sidcup Charlton
1893-94 Chatham Garrison 8–7 Queen's Plumstead
1894-95 Duke of Wellington's Regiment 5–0 Queen's Charlton
1895-96 Royal Engineers Queen's Catford
1896-97 Park House Royal Engineers Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1897-98 Park House Royal Engineers Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1898-99 Park House Duke of Wellington's Regiment Berlin Road, Catford
1899-1900 Catford Bridge R.N.C., Greenwich Catford
1900-01 R.N.C., Greenwich Catford Bridge Catford
1901-02 R.N.C., Greenwich Royal Engineers Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1902-03 Catford Bridge 13–0 Royal Engineers (Chatham) Catford
1903-04 R.N.C., Greenwich Park House Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1904-05 Catford Bridge R.N.C., Greenwich Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1905-06 R.N.C., Greenwich Catford Bridge Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1906-07 Catford Bridge Old Charltonians Catford
1907-08 R.N.C., Greenwich 18–3 Old Charltonians Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1908-09 R.N.C., Greenwich 18–0 Royal Engineers
1909-10 Catford Bridge 17–8 Guy's Hospital Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1910-11 Catford Bridge 5–0 R.N.C., Greenwich Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1911-12 Royal Engineers Old Charltonians Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1912-13 Royal Engineers Goldsmiths' College Catford
1913-14 Royal Engineers 8–6 R.N.C., Greenwich Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1914-18 (War. No Competition)
1919-20
1920-21 (Competition unfinished)
1921-22 R.N.C., Greenwich Royal Engineers Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1922-23 Guy's Hospital "A" Old Dunstonians Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1923-24 R.N.C., Greenwich
1924-25
1925-26 King's Own Royal Regiment (Shorncliffe) 19–17 Westcombe Park Rectory Field, Blackheath, London
1926-27 Guy's Hospital "A"
1969-70 Sidcup
1970–71Sidcup
1971–72Blackheath
1972–73Sidcup
1973–74Maidstone
1974–75Canterbury
1975–76Sidcup
1976–77[4]Blackheath10–3Old Dunstonian
1977–78Blackheath
1978–79Maidstone
1979–80Blackheath
1980–81Blackheath
1981–82Blackheath
1982–83Blackheath
1983–84Blackheath
1984–85Blackheath
1985–86Blackheath
1986–87Blackheath
1987–88Maidstone
1988–89Askeans
1989–90[5]Gravesend12–0Park House
1990–91Sidcup
1991–92Old Colfeians Westcombe Park Donald Biggs Drive, Gravesend, DA12 2TL
1992–93Westcombe Park
1993–94Old Colfeians Charlton Park Mote Park, Willow Way, Maidstone, ME15 7RN
1994–95Westcombe Park
1995–96Blackheath
1996–97[6]Sevenoaks28–24Canterbury
1997–98Westcombe Park Old Colfeians Donald Biggs Drive, Gravesend, DA12 2TL
1998–99Westcombe Park
1999-00[7]Westcombe ParkMaidstone
2000–01Thanet Wanderers
2001–02[8]Westcombe Park41–21Thanet WanderersRectory Field, Blackheath, London
2002–03BlackheathOld Colfeians
2003–04[9]Westcombe Park36–0BlackheathMerton Lane, Canterbury, Kent
2004–05CanterburyWestcombe Park
2005–06CanterburyBlackheathKnole Paddock, Sevenoaks, Kent[10]
2006–07[11]Canterbury41–27BlackheathWilliam Davey Memorial Ground, Maidstone, Kent
2007–08[12]Canterbury28–18BlackheathTomlin Ground, Cranbrook, Kent
2008–09BlackheathGravesendThe Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent
2009–10[13]Gravesend24–23Old ElthamiansFoxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, London
2010–11[14]Gravesend34–32Tonbridge JuddiansMerton Lane, Canterbury, Kent[15]
2011–12[16]Canterbury22–14Westcombe ParkPriestfields, Rochester, Kent
2012–13[17]Blackheath II43–25Old ElthamiansCanterbury Road, Ashford, Kent
2013–14[18]Gravesend27–24Blackheath IIFootscray Road, New Eltham, London
2014–15[19]Tonbridge Juddians34–17Old Elthamians IITomlin Ground, Cranbrook, Kent
2015–16[20]Westcombe Park16–12Blackheath IIThe Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent
2016–17[21]Tonbridge Juddians62–3SidcupMerton Lane, Canterbury, Kent
2017–18[22]Sidcup33–27Old Elthamians IIFootscray Road, New Eltham, London
2018–19Old Elthamians 55-29 Sidcup 60a Broad Walk, Kidbrooke, London, SE3 8NB
2019-20 (Competition unfinished)
2020-21

Number of wins

Notes
  1. Blackheath's Kent Cup victories include wins by both the 1st and 2nd teams.

See also

References
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  2. "Park House Football Club". The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 13 May 1899.
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  13. "Gs clinch Kent Cup and Lordswood win Vase". Kent News. 27 April 2010.
  14. "TJs pay the penalty as double dream fades". Kent Online. 6 May 2011.
  15. "Tonbridge Juddians v Gravesend". Sports Images. 1 May 2011.
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  17. "Blackheath 43 Old Elthamians 25". Old Elthamians RFC (Pitchero). 28 April 2013.
  18. "Gravesend triumph in Kent Cup final". Gravesend RFC (Pitchero). 27 April 2014.
  19. "Tonbridge Juddians beat Old Ethalmians to the Kent Cup". Kent Live. 28 April 2015.
  20. "Combe triumph in Kent Cup Final clash with 'Club'". Westcombe Park RFC. 1 May 2016.
  21. "Rugby: Tonbridge Juddians cruise past Sidcup to win double". Times of Tunbridge Wells. 3 May 2017.
  22. "Cup woe as Extras fall at the final hurdle". Old Elthamians RFC (Pitchero). 29 April 2018.
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