Ayrshire League

Ayrshire Combination

Page created: 28 July 2020

Updated: 25 March 2024

The Ayrshire League was formed by ten clubs in 1891 and two years later the Ayrshire Combination was founded by six of its member clubs.

Kilmarnock left for the Scottish League in 1895 and they were joined by Ayr in 1897. At its AGM in June 1897 the Combination was wound up and its member clubs concentrated on the North Ayrshire Cup.

Winners

1893-94 Annbank

1894-95 Ayr

1895-96 Ayr

1896-97 Ayr

1893-94 Ayrshire Combination

Ann

Ayr

AyrP

Hurl

Kilb

Kilm

Stev

Annbank

27 Jan

3-1

2 Dec

2-6

20 Jan

1-0

4 Nov

2-0

24 Mar

4-2

26 Aug

6-2

Ayr

21 Oct

3-2

19 Aug

4-0

17 Feb

2-1

30 Sep

0-1

3 Apr

3-2

3 Feb

2-1

Ayr Parkhouse

10 Mar

1-7

13 Jan

1-2

21 Apr

7-5

25 Nov

3-1

14 Apr

2-5

31 Mar

3-1

Hurlford

30 Sep

3-0

31 Mar

5-2

7 Apr

1-1

12 May

8-1

3 Feb

3-1

28 Apr

2-2

Kilbirnie

31 Mar

0-2

10 Mar

0-4

24 Mar

1-2

12 Aug

0-8

30 Dec

3-2

14 Oct

9-2

Kilmarnock

7 Apr

2-0

26 Aug

4-2

17 Feb

3-4

5 May

1-1

27 Jan

3-0

16 Sep

6-0

Stevenston Thistle

10 Feb

0-3

9 Sep

2-3

30 Sep

2-2

10 Mar

0-3

20 Jan

10-1

23 Dec

3-2

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Annbank	12	8	0	4	32	20	16
Ayr	12	8	0	4	28	22	16
Hurlford	12	6	3	3	39	18	15
Ayr Parkhouse	12	6	2	4	32	34	14
Kilmarnock	12	5	1	6	33	24	11
Stevenston Thistle	12	2	2	8	25	42	6
Kilbirnie	12	3	0	9	17	46	6

Play-off for the championship at Ayr

12 May Annbank v Ayr 4-3

1894-95 Ayrshire Combination

Ann

Ayr

AyrP

Hurl

Kilm

KilmA

Monk

Salt

Steve

Annbank

28 May

1-0

5 Jun

4-1

23 Feb

6-1

27 Apr

2-2

11 May

3-1

18 May

7-0

16 Feb

11-0

25 Aug

5-4

Ayr

27 Oct

3-1

20 Oct

1-4

9 Mar

2-1

18 May

2-1

27 Apr

2-0

13 Apr

4-0

23 Feb

6-1

8 Sep

1-2

Ayr Parkhouse

30 Mar

4-2

6 Apr

0-1

20 Apr

2-1

18 Aug

2-5

23 Mar

2-2

16 Mar

6-0

25 May

8-0

8 May

4-4

Hurlford

18 Aug

2-2

3 Nov

5-2

27 Apr

3-2

22 Dec

1-4

11 Aug

1-5

8 Sep

2-2

30 Mar

3-0

23 Mar

5-3

Kilmarnock

8 Sep

3-1

25 Aug

1-2

11 May

3-0

19 Jan

2-1

27 Oct

6-2

4 May

5-0

28 May

3-1

3 Nov

2-2

Kilmarnock Athletic

8 Dec

6-1

15 Dec

2-4

4 May

2-0

2 Mar

3-2

20 Apr

7-4

13 Oct

9-0

16 Mar

8-1

20 Oct

5-0

Monkcastle

3 Nov

3-7

20 Apr

2-3

21 May

2-3

20 Oct

1-2

11 Aug

1-5

22 Dec

5-7

11 May

2-4

8 Dec

1-6

Saltcoats Victoria

20 Oct

1-4

24 Nov

0-2

8 Sep

2-8

29 Sep

1-4

8 Dec

4-7

25 Aug

1-4

15 Dec

4-3

2 Mar

4-11

Stevenston Thistle

10 Nov

2-1

4 May

1-2

13 Apr

4-1

27 Oct

6-2

20 May

1-3

9 Mar

4-2

26 Jan

4-3

19 Jan

4-0

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Ayr	16	12	0	4	37	22	24
Kilmarnock	16	11	2	3	56	29	21
Kilmarnock Athletic	16	10	1	5	65	36	21
Stevenston Thistle	16	9	2	5	58	41	20
Annbank	16	9	2	5	58	33	20
Ayr Parkhouse	16	7	2	7	47	36	16
Hurlford	16	6	2	8	36	43	14
Saltcoats Victoria	16	2	0	14	24	88	4
Monkcastle	16	0	1	15	25	78	1

Kilmarnock had 3 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player

1895-96 Ayrshire Combination

Ayr

AyrP

Beith

Hurl

Irvine

KilmA

Monk

Steve

Ayr

7 Mar

5-1

30 Nov

0-0

2 May

7-0

N/P

22 Feb

3-1

23 Nov

3-0

29 Feb

4-0

Ayr Parkhouse

19 Oct

1-2

16 Nov

3-3

11 Apr

3-1

28 Mar

6-0

17 Aug

5-3

26 Oct

6-4

13 May

2-1

Beith

25 Apr

1-2

18 Apr

2-1

12 Oct

7-2

28 Sep

5-0

23 Nov

6-2

11 Apr

2-4

24 Aug

2-2

Hurlford

N/P

21 Mar

4-2

4 Apr

3-3

29 Feb

1-2

10 Aug

4-5

18 Apr

1-2

28 Sep

4-1

Irvine

16 Nov

5-3

7 Sep

1-7

15 Feb

3-3

28 Dec

6-2

25 Jan

3-2

14 Dec

3-3

12 Oct

0-5

Kilmarnock Athletic

14 Mar

1-2

18 Jan

4-2

21 Dec

1-1

16 Nov

3-2

19 Oct

5-0

29 Feb

4-2

18 Apr

5-0

Monkcastle

15 Feb

2-2

14 Mar

5-1

17 Aug

2-1

7 Mar

4-2

18 Jan

2-3

12 Oct

7-1

16 May

1-0

Stevenston Thistle

17 Aug

3-2

9 Nov

0-1

7 Mar

3-1

14 Sep

2-0

7 Dec

3-1

2 Nov

4-3

25 Jan

5-3

Ayr's matches against Hurlford and Irvine were not played, Ayr being awarded all 4 points

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Ayr	12	8	2	2	35	15	22
Monkcastle	14	7	2	5	46	34	16
Ayr Parkhouse	14	7	1	6	41	35	15
Stevenston Thistle	14	7	1	6	29	34	15
Beith	14	4	6	4	37	28	14
Kilmarnock Athletic	14	6	1	7	40	41	13
Irvine	13	5	2	6	27	47	12
Hurlford	13	2	1	10	26	47	5

1896-97 Ayrshire Combination

Ayr

Beith

Galst

Hurl

Irvine

Monk

Steve

Ayr

3 Apr

3-4

14-20 May

4-3

N/P

5 Sep

4-1

21 Nov

4-2

17 Apr

4-2

Beith

22 Aug

2-1

N/P

15 Aug

3-3

20 Feb

2-0

17 Oct

3-3

21 Nov

3-2

Galston

17 Oct

2-1

N/P

14 Nov

2-3

3 Apr

7-1

17 Apr

2-2

22 Aug

3-2

Hurlford

27 Mar

4-1

28 Nov

4-0

27 Feb

1-0

7-13 May

13 Mar

4-0

20 Feb

2-4

Irvine

7-13 May

0-2

7 Nov

4-0

21 Nov

4-3

7-13 May

2-9

27 Feb

0-4

14 May

2-1

Monkcastle

24 Oct

0-0

N/P

3 Oct

6-1

7-13 May

3-3

14 Nov

4-0

5 Dec

5-2

Stevenston Thistle

14 Nov

2-3

24 Apr

1-0

10 Oct

3-1

19 Sep

3-1

20 Mar

3-1

9 Jan

3-1

Saltcoats Victoria resigned after playing one match, an 8-2 defeat to Galston on 15 August 1896. Rule 6 stated that all clubs could claim the points so all the clubs could be awarded 4 points each but whether this occurred is open to question.

Ayr awarded 2 points from Beith after the latter fielded an ineligible player

Both Beith v Galston matches were not played each being awarded 2 points

Monkcastle v Beith not played, Monkcastle being awarded 2 points

7 Nov Stevenston v Monkcastle 3-1 stopped after 80, Ayr v Hurlford 5-0 after 75 mins, both due to poor light. Ayr were awarded those 2 points, and the championship, when Hurlford failed to replay them on 11 May when ordered.

26 Dec Irvine v Stevenston 1-0 stopped after 30mins due to a storm

Ayr v Beith played at Beith

The aggregate score for the Irvine v Hurlford matches was 2-9

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Ayr	11	6	1	4	27	22	17
Hurlford	11	7	2	2	34	18	16
Monkcastle	11	4	4	3	27	19	14
Stevenston Thistle	12	6	0	6	28	26	12
Beith	9	4	2	3	17	21	10
Galston	10	3	1	6	24	27	9
Irvine	12	3	0	9	15	39	6