North Midlands Cup

The North Midlands Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out cup club competition organised by the North Midlands Rugby Football Union and was first contested during the 1971-72 season with the inaugural cup being won by the now defunct Birmingham Police, who beat Evesham at the final held at The Reddings in Birmingham (formerly home of Moseley RFC).[1] It is currently open for clubs ranked in tier 5-6 of the English rugby union system that fall under the North Midlands RFU umbrella, including sides based in Birmingham and the West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire.[2] Originally the North Midlands Cup was the sole cup competition in the region but in 2001 and 2005, the North Midlands Shield and North Midlands Vase competitions were introduced for lower ranked clubs.[3] A further change in 2014 saw the introduction of a 'Plate' competition for sides eliminated in the early stages of the cup, although it was not played for during the 2018-19 competition.[4]

North Midlands Cup
SportRugby Union
Instituted1971 (1971)
Number of teams11
Country England
HoldersBridgnorth (1st title) (2018–19)
Most titlesStourbridge (7 titles)
WebsiteNorth Midlands RFU

The current format is as a knock-out cup with a preliminary round, quarter-final, semi-final and final which is held at a neutral venue in March. Due to the disjointed numbers of teams several teams have to play in the preliminary round.

North Midlands Cup winners
North Midlands Cup winners[5]
Season Cup Winner Score Cup Runners–up Plate Winner[a 1] Score Plate Runners–up Venue
1971-72[1]Birmingham City Police10-4EveshamThe Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1972-73[6]Evesham9-4Old EdwardiansThe Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1973-74[6]Old EdwardiansOld Dixonians
1974-75[7]Old Dixonians21-3LuctoniansThe Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1975-76[7]Old Dixonians21-9StourbridgeThe Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1976-77[8]Dudley Kingswinford13-10Worcester
1977-78[8]Worcester9-0Camp Hill
1978-79[9][10]Dudley Kingswinford11-0StourbridgeThe Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1979-80[11][12]Camp Hill19-15HerefordThe Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1980-81[13]Stourbridge7-3Dudley KingswinfordSixways, Worcester, Worcestershire
1981-82Bromsgrove
1982-83Stourbridge
1983-84Stourbridge
1984-85Stourbridge
1985-86Stourbridge10-6Old Dixonians
1986-87[7]Old Dixonians26-0DroitwichThe Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1987-88Hereford
1988-89[9][14]Dudley Kingswinford11-6Old YardleiansThe Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1989-90[15]Hereford22-9Old YardleiansThe Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1990-91Stourbridge
1991-92Hereford
1992-93[16]Birmingham & Solihull35-0HerefordThe Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1993-94[11]Camp Hill17-11Worcester
1994-95StourbridgeSelly Oak The Reddings, Birmingham, West Midlands
1995-96Worcester
1996-97[17]WhitchurchWorcester
1997-98[18]Worcester60-7StourbridgeSixways, Worcester, Worcestershire
1998-99[19][20]Whitchurch19-15StourbridgeSixways, Worcester, Worcestershire
1999-00[21]Dudley Kingswinford15-13HerefordStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2000-01[22]Bromsgrove34-10Newport (Salop)Stourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2001-02[23][24]Malvern47-8Aston Old EdwardiansStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2002-03[25][26]Aston Old Edwardians24-12LuctoniansStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2003-04[27][28]Aston Old Edwardians12-9MalvernHeathbrook, Kingswinford, West Midlands
2004-05[29][30]Luctonians14-13WhitchurchStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2005-06[30]Luctonians10-9Dudley KingswinfordStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2006-07[31]Solihull27-3MalvernStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2007-08[32][33]Luctonians20-3HerefordStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2008-09[34]Luctonians35-19Dudley KingswinfordStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2009-10[35]Bromsgrove25-18BournvilleStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2010-11[36][37]Newport (Salop)25-12BromsgroveStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands
2011-12[38]Dudley Kingswinford26-20Newport (Salop)Heathbrook, Kingswinford, West Midlands
2012-134[39]Bournville14-13Worcester WanderersHeathbrook, Kingswinford, West Midlands
2013-14[40]Newport (Salop)20-18Worcester WanderersHeathbrook, Kingswinford, West Midlands
2014-15[41][42]Old Halesonians52 - 6WhitchurchBromsgrove29-17Dudley KingswinfordHeathbrook, Kingswinford, West Midlands
2015-16[43]Birmingham & Solihull20-20[a 2]Newport (Salop)Whitchurch24-22BromsgroveHeathbrook, Kingswinford, West Midlands
2016-17[45][46]Bournville25-25[a 3]Old HalesoniansBridgnorth32-0HerefordHeathbrook, Kingswinford, West Midlands
2017-18Newport (Salop)40-16BromsgroveBridgnorth47-7Old HalesoniansHeathbrook, Kingswinford, West Midlands
2018-19[47]Bridgnorth20-17Dudley KingswinfordStourton Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands

Number of wins

Notes
  1. Plate competition introduced for 2014-15 season for teams that were knocked out of the first round of the North Midlands Cup.[4]
  2. After 80 minutes the game was tied 20-20 when Newport having received a penalty kicked for touch not realizing that extra time was not allowed in this cup competition, resulting in Birmingham & Solihull winning by virtue of scoring 3 tries to Newport's 2. This caused some controversy amongst players and supporters who felt that the referee had not made this clear hence Newport kicking off the field instead of going all out for a winner.[43][44]
  3. Bournville RFC won by virtue of scoring more tries (4-3) than Old Halesonians.[45]

See also

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