Gershon Cup

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Presented annually by Mr AJ Gershon to the winners of a round robin tournament between Aberdeen's three senior clubs. The trophy was made from his designs and became the absolute property of the winners. The Rhodesia Cup which was first played in 1898 was a similar competition.

Winners
1893-94 Orion 1894-95 Orion	1895-96 Victoria United 1896-97 Orion

1893-94 Gershon Cup

	Aber	Orion	Vic
Aberdeen		10 Feb 1-4	24 Mar 2-9
Orion	16 Dec 4-4		3 Mar 3-2
Victoria United	10 Mar 1-1	7 Apr 0-6

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Orion	4	3	1	0	17	7	7
Victoria United	4	1	1	2	12	12	3
Aberdeen	4	1	1	2	7	17	3

1894-95 Gershon Cup

	Aber	Orion	Vic
Aberdeen		23 Mar 0-2	1 Dec 3-2
Orion	20 Apr 6-0		23 May 3-0
Victoria United	6 Apr 2-1	10 Nov 3-0

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Orion	4	3	0	1	11	3	6
Victoria United	4	2	0	2	7	7	4
Aberdeen	4	1	0	3	4	12	2

25 Aug Aberdeen v Orion 3-3 was a friendly as the rules of the competition had not been finalised

5 Jan Aberdeen v Orion 4-4 friendly played due to snow

12 Jan Orion v Victoria United 2-2 friendly played due to snow

9 Feb Victoria United v Aberdeen not played due to the replayed Aberdeenshire Cup semi final between the two clubs

9 Mar Orion v Victoria United 2-4 friendly played due to snow

1895-96 Gershon Cup

	Aber	Orion	Vic
Aberdeen		26 Oct 2-2	9 Nov 2-6
Orion	7 Mar 2-2		21 Dec 2-3
Victoria United	21 Mar 4-1	12 Oct 5-2

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Victoria United	4	4	0	0	18	7	8
Orion	4	0	2	2	8	12	2
Aberdeen	4	0	2	2	7	14	2

1896-97 Gershon Cup

	Aber	Orion	Vic
Aberdeen		7 May 2-3	13 May 4-3
Orion	15 May 5-1		11 May 4-3
Victoria United	28 Nov 6-2	3 Apr 2-5

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Orion	4	3	0	1	16	9	6
Aberdeen	4	2	0	2	10	16	4
Victoria United	4	1	0	3	14	15	2