Berwick & District Competitions
Page created: 9 October 2023
Updated:
Competitions for Senior clubs in Berwick &
district.
The Short Cup was a trophy presented by
Mr. T B Short, a grain merchant in Tweedmouth, to be played for by clubs within
a 30-mile radius of Berwick. The trophy was later reused for the Berwick
Charity Cup.
After Berwick Rangers had left their old Pier
Field ground they moved to the now disbanded Shielfield Athletic Association
field in 1890, negotiating with Mr W Shiels Dods who had been the leading light
of the SAA. He put up the Shiels Dods Medals and later Challenge Cup
in the in memory of his Association. The competition was held at Mr Dods; field
which later became Shielfield Park. After a number of years, the trophy was
renamed the Shielfield Cup and from 1901 the was awarded to the winners
of the newly founded Border Amateur
League.
Winners |
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Short Cup 1888-89 Berwick Rangers 1889-90 Seaside Rovers 1890-91 Berwick Rangers Berwick
Athletic Medals 1895-96 Berwick Rangers |
W Shiels Dods
Medals 1889-90 Berwick Rangers W Shiels Dods Challenge Cup 1890-91 Berwick Rangers 1891-92 Dock View Harriers |
Shielfield
Cup 1895-96
Berwick Rangers 1896-97
Berwick Rangers 1897-98
no competition 1898-99 Berwick Rangers |
1888-89
Short Cup First
round 16
Feb Berwick Rangers 2nd XI v Eyemouth Fort 3-0 16
Feb Belford v Tweedside Wanderers 3-1 both qualified 16
Feb Swinton Athletic v Berwick Rangers 0-4 Duns
bye Second
round 2
Mar Seaside Rovers v Duns 4-2 2
Mar Berwick Rangers v Tweedside Wanderers 3-0 Belford
and Berwick Rangers 2nd XI byes Semi-final 30
Mar Belford v Berwick Rangers 1-4 30
Mar Berwick Rangers 2nd XI v Seaside Rovers 1-1 abandoned, Seaside later
scratched Final at Pier Field,
Berwick 20
Apr Berwick Rangers v Berwick Rangers 2nd XI 3-0 |
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1889-90
Short Cup First
round 1
Feb Duns v Tweedside Wanderers 2nd XI 3-1 1
Feb Kelso Athletic v Seaside Rovers 3-3 15
Feb Seaside Rovers v Kelso Athletic 3-3 XXXXSeaside Rovers v Kelso
Athletic 1
Feb Tweedside Wanderers v Swinton Athletic 4-1 Berwick Rangers 2nd XI v Berwick Rangers scr-wo Semi-final 15 Feb Tweedside Wanderers v
Berwick Rangers 4-5 8 Mar Tweedside Wanderers v
Berwick Rangers 1-1, Berwick later scratched 22 Mar Seaside Rovers v Duns 5-4 Final at Shielfield Park,
Berwick 5
Apr Seaside Rovers v Tweedside Wanderers 2-1 |
1889-90
W Shiel Dods Medals First
round 1 Jan Berwick Rangers v Tweedside Wanderers 2-1 1
Jan Seaside Rovers v Horncliffe Ramblers 10-1 Final 1
Jan Berwick Rangers v Seaside Rovers 6-2 All
ties were played at Mr Dod’s field on Etal Road, Berwick |
1890-91
Short Cup First
round 25
Oct Berwick Rangers v KOSB Depot 9-1 1
Nov Berwick Rangers 2nd XI v Tweedside Wanderers
2nd XI 4-0 1
Nov Coldstream v Seaside Rovers 1-1 XXXXSeaside Rovers v Coldstream 1
Nov KOSB Depot 2nd XI v Kelso 0-1 1
Nov Tweedside Wanderers v Border Swifts 7-2 Duns
and Swinton Athletic byes Second
round 22
Nov Duns v Kelso 9-1 22
Nov Seaside Rovers v Swinton Athletic 6-0 protest 6
Dec Swinton Athletic v Seaside Rovers 1-1 XXXXSwinton Athletic v Seaside
Rovers Berwick
Rangers v Berwick Rangers 2nd XI wo-scr Tweedside Wanderers bye Semi-final 20 Dec Berwick Rangers v Tweedside Wanderers 4-4 17 Jan Berwick Rangers v Tweedside Wanderers 4-0 27
Dec Seaside Rovers v Duns 1-7 Final 14 Feb Berwick Rangers v Duns 5-3 The
trophy was later re-used as the Berwick Charity Cup |
1890-91
W Shiel Dods Challenge Cup First
round 29 Nov Tweedside Wanderers v Seaside Rovers 2nd XI 11-1 6 Dec Berwick Rangers v Tweedside Wanderers 2nd XI 6-2 Rest
byes Semi-final 1
Jan Berwick Rangers v Seaside Rovers 5-2 1 Jan Tweedside Wanderers v Border Swifts 3-2 Final 1 Jan Berwick Rangers v Tweedside Wanderers 7-3 All
ties were played at Shielfield Park Berwick |
1891-92
W Shiel Dods Challenge Cup Winners Dock View Harriers The
trophy was later re-used as the Shielfield Cup |
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1895-96
Shielfield Cup First
round 1
Jan Berwick Athletic v Vale of Tweed 6-1 1
Jan Berwick Rangers v Tweedside United 1-0 Final
at
Shielfield, Berwick 1
Jan Berwick Rangers v Berwick Athletic 3-0 The
trophy was previously played for as the Dod’s
Challenge Cup |
1895-96
Berwick Athletic Medals First
round Berwick
Rangers 2nd XI v Woodyard 1 Feb Berwick Rangers v KOSB Depot 6-2 Semi-final 21
Mar Berwick Rangers v Tweedside United 2-1 Berwick
Athletic v Berwick Rangers 2nd XI or Woodyard Final at Shielfield, Berwick 28
Mar Berwick Rangers v Berwick Athletic 3-0 |
1896-97
Shielfield Cup First
round 1
Jan Berwick Rangers v Tweed Saw Mills 6-0 1
Jan Vale of Tweed v Tweedside United 2-1 Final at Shielfield,
Berwick 1 Jan Berwick Rangers v Vale of Tweed 4-1 |
1897-98
Shielfield Cup No
competition |
1898-99
Shielfield Cup First
round 15
Apr Tweedside United v Berwick Rangers 0-4 Semi-final 22
Apr KOSB Depot v Berwick Rangers 0-1 protest 27
Apr KOSB Depot v Berwick Rangers 1-2 Final
at
Shielfield, Berwick 28 Apr Berwick Rangers v Tweedside Albion 1-1 29 Apr Berwick Rangers v Tweedside Albion 2-0 |
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