Churchill Cup
Page created: 12 June 2020
Updated: 19 March 2023
Cup competition, the forerunner to the Southern Counties Cup, open to clubs in
the Dumfries & Galloway region.
The trophy was
donated by Rev A Churchill, an Englishman who resided for a time in of Moffat. When he left to live in Reigate in 1881, he, and
his sister, donated a trophy for competition, initially to be played between
clubs in Dumfries-shire, but soon extended to clubs from the whole region.
Fifteen clubs entered the first tournament, and it became the south of Scotland's
premier competition. By the mid-1890s though, after 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV
won in 1895, the Churchill Cup was allowed to lapse. The trophy was soon
returned to Rev Churchill who, from accounts was dismayed to find that football
had atrophied somewhat in D&G area. He later returned the trophy to a
silversmith who erased the names of the winners.
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Winners |
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1881-82 Newton Stewart Athletic / 5th
Kirkcudbright RV |
1885-86 Queen of the South Wanderers 1886-87 Mid-Annandale |
1890-91 5th Kirkcudbright RV 1891-92 Mid-Annandale |
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1881-82 Churchill Cup 26 Nov Moffat v
Gatehouse 9-0 at Nunfield,
Dumfries 26 Nov Dumfries Herald v Thornhill 3-0 at Palmerston Park 3 Dec Newton Stewart Athletic v Bladnoch 7-0 3 Dec Queen of the South Wanderers v Dumfries
Thistle 8-1 3 Dec Glenluce v Stranraer 0-4 26 Nov Kirkcudbright
Athletic v Vale of Nith 1-1 3 Dec Vale of Nith v
Kirkcudbright Athletic 2-1 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Drumlanrig
Rangers wo-scr Garliestown bye Second round 17 Dec Newton Stewart Athletic v Garliestown 3-0 24 Dec Moffat v
Dumfries Herald 8-0 31 Dec Queen of the South Wanderers v Vale of Nith 6-0 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Stranraer wo-scr Third round 4 Feb Queen of the South Wanderers v Moffat 4-3 11 Feb 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Newton Stewart
Athletic 3-3 18 Feb 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Newton Stewart
Athletic 3-3 both clubs progress Semi-final 11 Mar 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Queen of the South
Wanderers 5-1 Newton Stewart Athletic bye Final 1 Apr 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Newton Stewart
Athletic 3-3 at Moffat 22 Apr 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Newton Stewart
Athletic 1-1aet at Nunholm,
Dumfries Both clubs
shared the Cup |
1882-83 Churchill Cup 4 Nov East End Rovers v Mid-Annandale 1-2 4 Nov Vale of Nith v
Dumfries Rob Roy 8-0 11 Nov Lochmaben v Moffat 1-11 11 Nov Vale of Annan (Moffat) v Southern Hibernian 3-2 11 Nov Drumlanrig
Rangers v 5th Kirkcudbright RV 2-9 protest by Drumlanrig upheld 25 Nov Drumlanrig Rangers v 5th Kirkcudbright RV 5-1 11 Nov Thornhill v Vale of Fleet 1-1 at Dumfries, Thornhill later scratched 11 Nov Stranraer v Volunteer Athletic (Newton Stewart) 3-6 Queen of the South Wanderers v St Cuthbert
Wanderers wo-scr Garliestown bye Second round 25 Nov Vale of Nith v Moffat 6-1 23 Dec Volunteer Athletic v Garliestown
5-0 23 Dec Queen of the South Wanderers v Drumlanrig Rangers 6-1 Mid-Annandale v Vale of Fleet wo-scr Vale of Annan bye Third round 13 Jan Vale of Nith v
Vale of Annan 5-2 27 Jan Volunteer Athletic v Mid-Annandale 7-1 at Castle Douglas Queen of the South Wanderers bye Semi-final 24 Feb Queen of the South Wanderers v Volunteer
Athletic 2-3 Vale of Nith bye Final at
Palmerston Park, Maxwelltown 24 Mar Vale of Nith v Volunteer Athletic 1-0 |
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1883-84 Churchill Cup First round 3 Nov Drumlanrig
Rangers v Moffat 3-3 at Nunholm, Dumfries 17 Nov Drumlanrig
Rangers v Moffat 1-4 at Lochmaben 3 Nov 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Mid-Annandale 10-1 13 Oct Dumfries Thistle v Queen of the South
Wanderers 0-14 XXXXX Garliestown v Stranraer 1-4 Volunteer Athletic originally received a bye but Vale of Fleet were
allowed to compete after joining 3 Nov Volunteer Athletic (Newton Stewart) v Vale of Fleet 3-4 Vale of Nith v Lochmaben wo-scr Second round 1 Dec Queen of the South Wanderers v 5th
Kirkcudbright RV 4-5 15 Dec Vale of Nith v Moffat 1-2 15 Dec Stranraer v Vale of Fleet 3-1 Semi-final 12 Jan Moffat v 5th
Kirkcudbright RV 2-3 Stranraer bye Final 9 Feb 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Stranraer 3-3 at Dumfries 16 Feb 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Stranraer 1-0 at Stranraer |
1884-85 Churchill Cup The initial draw was as follows XXXXX Wigtownshire Wanderers v Stranraer 0-7 Stranraer Waverley v Garliestown
wo-scr 8 Nov Volunteer Athletic (Newton Stewart) v Vale of Fleet 1-1 XXXXX Vale of Fleet v Volunteer Athletic 0-3 XXXXX Jessiefield Swifts (Dumfries) v Thornhill 6-0 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Mid-Annandale tie deleted Vale of Nith bye To allow Moffat and QoS Wanderers to enter part
of the draw was revised as follows 1 Nov Queen of the South Wanderers v
Mid-Annandale 10-1 8 Nov 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Moffat
5-1 Second round 6 Dec Jessiefield
Swifts v Queen of the South Wanderers 0-5 at
5th KRV FC 13 Dec Vale of Nith v
5th Kirkcudbright RV 1-3 6 Dec Stranraer v Stranraer Waverley 11-2 Volunteer Athletic bye Semi-final 10 Jan Stranraer v Volunteer Athletic 2-0 Volunteer players left field in dispute
and were disqualified 10 Jan Queen of the South Wanderers v 5th
Kirkcudbright RV 5-1 Final at Nunholm, Dumfries 14 Feb Queen of the South Wanderers v Stranraer
6-1 |
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1885-86 Churchill Cup First round 7 Nov Vale of Nith v
Queen of the South Wanderers 2-4 protest 14 Nov Vale of Nith v
Queen of the South Wanderers 1-4 7 Nov Mid-Annandale v Thornhill 7-2 31 Oct 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Dumfries Rangers
10-0 7 Nov Moffat v
Nithsdale (Dumfries) 6-1 St Cuthbert Wanderers v Stranraer wo-scr Second round 12 Dec Mid-Annandale v St Cuthbert Wanderers 9-0 at Dumfries 19 Dec 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Moffat
1-2 Queen of the South Wanderers bye Semi-final Queen of the South Wanderers v Mid-Annandale wo-scr Moffat bye Final 27 Feb Moffat v Queen
of the South Wanderers 4-4 at Ballplay Road, Moffat 6 Mar Queen of the South Wanderers v Moffat 11-1 at Nunholm, Dumfries |
1886-87 Churchill Cup First round 6 Nov Queen of the South Wanderers v Vale of Urr 10-0 6 Nov Mid-Annandale v 5th Kirkcudbright RV 3-2 protest 27 Nov Mid-Annandale v 5th Kirkcudbright RV 4-4 11 Dec Mid-Annandale v 5th Kirkcudbright RV at Moffat, 5th
KRV arrived late and the referee awarded Mid the tie 6 Nov Moffat v
Nithsdale 11-1 6 Nov Vale of Nith v
Dumfries Rangers 11-0 6 Nov Newton Stewart Athletic v Stranraer 1-2 Whithorn and
Thornhill byes Second round XXXXX Whithorn v Stranraer 1-2 4 Dec Vale of Nith v
Thornhill 4-1 11 Dec Queen of the South Wanderers v Moffat 6-3 protest 22 Jan Queen of the South Wanderers v Moffat 13-1 Mid-Annandale bye Semi-final 29 Jan Mid-Annandale v Queen of the South
Wanderers 4-2 29 Jan Vale of Nith v
Stranraer 4-1 Final at Mildamhead, Dumfries 26 Feb Mid-Annandale v Vale of Nith 4-3 |
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1887-88 Churchill Cup First round 5 Nov 5th Kirkcudbright RV v All Scarlet 13-2 12 Nov Queen of the South Wanderers v Nithsdale 9-2 QoS
were later suspended by the Scottish FA for professionalism and Nithsdale
were re-instated 3 Dec Vale of Nith v Whithorn 5-2 10 Dec Mid-Annandale v
Vale of Fleet 9-0 at Dumfries Moffat bye Second round 17 Dec 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Nithsdale
12-2 Vale of Nith
and Mid-Annandale byes Semi final 7 Jan 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Moffat
1-6 14 Jan Vale of Nith v Mid-Annandale 3-5 protest 4 Feb Vale of Nith v Mid-Annandale 2-4 Final 3 Mar Moffat v
Mid-Annandale 4-4 at Ballplay Park, Moffat 21 Apr Moffat v
Mid-Annandale 7-6 at Dumfries |
1888-89 Churchill Cup First round 24 Nov Vale of Nith v Thornhill 4-0 24 Nov 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Nithsdale
9-1 24 Nov Newton
Stewart Athletic v Wigtown 6-1 1 Dec Moffat v Queen of
the South Wanderers 4-5 Mid-Annandale and Whithorn byes Second round 22 Dec 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Queen of the South
Wanderers 3-1 22 Dec Mid-Annandale v
Vale of Nith 19-1 XXXXX Whithorn v Newton Stewart Athletic Semi-final 26 Jan Mid-Annandale v
Newton Stewart Athletic 4-3 at Dumfries 5th Kirkcudbright RV bye Final at Ballplay Park, Moffat 23 Feb Mid-Annandale v
5th Kirkcudbright RV 2-2 2 Mar 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Mid-Annandale
4-2 |
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1889-90 Churchill Cup First round 16 Nov Newton Stewart Clerks v Whithorn 1-1 XXXXX Whithorn v Newton Stewart Clerks 16 Nov Wigtown v Newton Stewart Athletic 1-4 16 Nov Garliestown v Douglas Rovers 0-9 16 Nov Mid-Annandale v Blackwood Rangers 15-2 16 Nov Dumfries v Dumfries Harp 7-1 16 Nov Queen of the South Wanderers v Moffat
3-1 QoS were disqualified 9 Nov Annan Our Boys v 5th Kirkcudbright RV 6-12 Upper Nithsdale Wanderers v Thornhill Second round 7 Dec Douglas Rovers v Newton Stewart Athletic 4-7 XXXXX Moffat v Mid-Annandale 7 Dec Dumfries v Upper Nithsdale Wanderers 12-3 Newton Stewart Clerks or
Whithorn and 5th Kirkcudbright RV byes Third round 21 Dec Dumfries v 5th Kirkcudbright RV 1-8 Newton Stewart Athletic v Newton
Stewart Clerks or Whithorn Moffat bye Semi-final 25 Jan Moffat v 5th Kirkcudbright RV 4-1 Newton Stewart Athletic bye Final at Dumfries 15 Feb Moffat v Newton
Stewart Athletic 1-0 |
1890-91 Churchill Cup First round XXXXX Stranraer v Whithorn XXXXXWigtown v Newton Stewart Athletic 15 Nov Barholm
Rovers v Douglas Rovers 1-2 XXXXX Garliestown v Newton Stewart Clerks 8 Nov Dumfries v
Rising Thistle 17-0 Rest byes Second round 6 Dec Douglas Rovers v Whithorn
3-1 at Creetown 6 Dec
Dumfries Wanderers v Dumfries
12-1 6 Dec Newton Stewart Athletic v Newton Stewart Clerks
2-1 24 Jan Mid-Annandale v
5th Kirkcudbright RV 2-7 6 Dec Annan v Moffat
1-4 XXXXX Upper Nithsdale Wanderers v Blackwood Rangers Third round 27 Dec Newton Stewart Athletic v Douglas Rovers
7-4 31 Jan Moffat v 5th Kirkcudbright RV 2-5 Dumfries Wanderers v Blackwood Rangers wo-scr Semi-final 7 Feb Dumfries Wanderers v 5th Kirkcudbright RV
1-2 Newton Stewart Athletic bye Final at Dumfries 21 Feb 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Newton Stewart
Athletic 13-0 |
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1891-92 Churchill Cup First round 31 Oct Gladstonians v Queen of the
South Wanderers 2-14 31 Oct Dumfries St
John's v Annan 2-5 31 Oct Mid-Annandale v Moffat 9-0 31 Oct Rising
Thistle v 5th Kirkcudbright RV 0-13 31 Oct Barholm Rovers v
Whithorn 8-2 31 Oct St Cuthbert Wanderers
v Douglas Rovers 3-1 XXXXX Stranraer v Garliestown Newton Stewart Athletic bye Second round 21 Nov Barholm Rovers v Newton Stewart Athletic 0-3 21 Nov 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Queen of the
South Wanderers 4-2 Mid-Annandale v Annan wo-scr St Cuthbert
Wanderers v Garliestown wo-scr Semi-final 12 Dec Mid-Annandale v St Cuthbert Wanderers 1-0 at Dumfries 19 Dec 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Newton
Stewart Athletic 10-0 Final at Moffat 6 Feb Mid-Annandale v 5th Kirkcudbright RV 3-0 |
1892-93 Churchill Cup First round 22 Oct Queen of the South Wanderers v 5th
Kirkcudbright RV 3-3 29 Oct Queen of the South Wanderers v 5th
Kirkcudbright RV 2-2 12 Nov Queen of the South Wanderers 5th
Kirkcudbright RV 2-1 aet, stopped due to darkness 19 Nov Queen of the South Wanderers v 5th
Kirkcudbright RV 4-0 22 Oct Annan v Sanquhar Rangers 7-0 22 Oct Stranraer v Newton Stewart Athletic 0-4 22 Oct Rising Thistle v Mid-Annandale 0-14 Rising protested that two of Mid's players had played for Moffat in the Scottish Cup 22 Oct Moffat v Thornhill 3-3 at Lockerbie 29 Oct Thornhill v Moffat 1-9 at Dumfries 22 Oct Barholm
Rovers v Douglas Rovers 3-1 St Cuthbert Wanderers v Garliestown Second round 19 Nov
Mid-Annandale v Annan 4-1 24 Dec Moffat v Queen of the South Wanderers
3-2 stopped
after 84 mins due to darkness 21 Jan Moffat v Queen of the South Wanderers 0-4 19 Nov St Cuthbert Wanderers
v Newton Stewart Athletic 5-7 at Castle
Douglas Barholm Rovers bye Semi-final 24 Dec Newton
Stewart Athletic v Mid-Annandale 3-2 at
Castle Douglas, Mid left the field because of referee's decisions Queen of the South Wanderers v
Barholm Rovers wo-scr Final at Palmerston
Park, Dumfries 11 Feb Queen of the South Wanderers v Newton Stewart Athletic 6-0 |
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1893-94 Churchill Cup First round 21 Oct Newton
Stewart Athletic v 3rd Galloway RV 2-1 28 Oct 5th Kirkcudbright RV Queen of the South
Wanderers 5-0 28 Oct St Cuthbert Wanderers v Garliestown 1-3 at Creetown Second round 11 Nov 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Annan 4-1 XXXXX Newton Stewart Athletic v Garliestown Moffat bye Semi-final 20 Jan Moffat v 5th Kirkcudbright RV
2-5 Garliestown bye Final at Holm Park, Newton Stewart 10 Feb 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Garliestown 7-0 |
1894-95 Churchill Cup First round XXXXX Tarff Rovers v Vale of Fleet Rest byes Second round 10 Nov 5th Kirkcudbright RV v Annan 4-1 17 Nov Maxwelltown Thistle
v Mid-Annandale 5-2 17 Nov Tarff Rovers v Newton Stewart Athletic 1-4 17 Nov Garliestown v St Cuthbert Wanderers 1-3 at
Newton Stewart Semi-final 29 Dec
5th Kirkcudbright RV v Newton Stewart Athletic 2-0 29 Dec Maxwelltown Thistle v St Cuthbert
Wanderers Final at Palmerston Park,
Dumfries 9 Mar
5th Kirkcudbright RV v Maxwelltown Thistle 3-2 |