Berwick & District Competitions

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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
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
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
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