Law Cup
Page created: 11 June 2020
Updated: 22 July 2022
Senior competition
for senior clubs in Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire, awarded by T Law of
Castle Douglas. At one time the most prestigious tournament in the south, it
gradually lost its importance after the introduction of the Southern Counties
Cup in 1891.
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Winners |
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1889-90 Stranraer |
1895-96 Douglas Volunteers |
1901-02 Douglas Wanderers |
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1889-90 Law Cup 18 Jan Vale of Urr v
Newton Stewart Athletic 3-4 at Creetown 18 Jan Barholm Rovers v
Douglas Rovers 1-3 18 Jan Newton Stewart Clerks v Stranraer 2-2 XXXXXStranraer v Newton Stewart Clerks 18 Jan Whithorn v Wigtown 1-6 Tarff Rovers v Gatehouse Swifts wo-scr Garliestown Excelsior v v 5th Kirkcudbright RV wo-scr Second round 1 Feb Douglas Rovers v Garliestown Excelsior 2-0 second goal
disputed by two Garliestown players who left the
field after 30 mins. The remaining players played out a friendly, score 1-1 8 Feb Stranraer v Newton Stewart Athletic 3-1 XXXXXTarff Rovers
v Wigtown Semi-final 8 Mar Wigtown
v Douglas Rovers 3-1 Stranraer bye Final at Balmoral Park, Castle
Douglas 5 Apr Stranraer v Wigtown
6-2 |
1890-91 Law Cup XXXXXNewton Stewart Clerks v Newton Stewart Athletic DRAW 1 Nov Newton Stewart Athleticv
Newton Stewart Clerks 1-1 both
qualified 25 Oct St Cuthbert Wanderers v Whithorn 1-7 at Creetown 1 Nov Barholm Rovers v Wigtown 2-0 1 Nov Douglas Rovers v Garliestown
8-3 1 Nov Tarff Rovers v Stranraer 1-2 Dalbeattie bye Second round XXXXXNewton Stewart Athletic v Whithorn XXXXXStranraer v Newton Stewart Clerks 27 Dec Dalbeattie v Barholm
Rovers 1-1 Douglas Rovers bye Semi-final 7 Feb Stranraer v
Douglas Rovers 3-0 at Newton Stewart 7 Feb Barholm Rovers v
Newton Stewart Athletic 0-4 Final at Black Park, Castle Douglas 7 Mar Newton Stewart Athletic v Stranraer 4-1 |
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1891-92 Law Cup 7 Nov Stranraer Clerks v Wigtown
6-0 7 Nov Whithorn v Newton
Stewart Athletic 4-4 XXXXXNewton Stewart Athletic v Whithorn 7 Nov Douglas Rovers v Vale of Fleet 12-0 7 Nov St Cuthbert Wanderers v Barholm
Rovers 11-1 Dalbeattie Garliestown Second round 12 Dec Dalbeattie v Newton Stewart Athletic 1-0 at Castle Douglas, abandoned due to stormy
weather XXXXXDalbeattie v Newton Stewart Athletic 19 Dec Stranraer Clerks v St Cuthbert Wanderers
4-7 at Creetown Douglas Rovers and Garliestown byes Semi-final 23 Jan Newton Stewart Athletic v Garliestown 1-0 23 Jan St Cuthbert Wanderers v Douglas
Rovers 7-1 Final at Balmoral Park, Castle Douglas 27 Feb Newton Stewart Athletic v St Cuthbert
Wanderers 2-1
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1892-93 Law Cup 3 Dec Newton Stewart Athletic v Garliestown 2-2 17 Dec Garliestown v
Newton Stewart Athletic 0-8 XXXXXSt Cuthbert Wanderers v 6th Galloway RV XXXXXDouglas Rovers v Barholm Rovers Stranraer v Wigtown wo-scr Tarff Rovers bye Second round XXXXXDouglas Rovers v Tarff Rovers Rest byes Semi-final XXXXXNewton Stewart Athletic v St Cuthbert Wanderers XXXXXStranraer v Douglas Rovers or Tarff
Rovers Final XXXXXNewton Stewart Athletic |
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1893-94 Law Cup XXXXX3rd Galloway RV v Garliestown 31 Mar Douglas Wanderers v 6th Galloway RV 6-5 Rest byes Second round 31 Mar St Cuthbert Wanderers v Vale of Fleet 6-1 7 Apr Newton Stewart Athletic v 3rd Galloway RV
7-2 7 Apr Douglas Wanderers v Barholm
Rovers 0-1 XXXXXWhithorn v Wigtown Semi-final 28 Apr Barholm Rovers v
St Cuthbert Wanderers 1-1 XXXXXWhithorn v Newton Stewart Athletic Final at Show Field, Castle Douglas 19 May St Cuthbert Wanderers v Whithorn 6-1
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1894-95 Law Cup Final XXXXXSt Cuthbert Wanderers |
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1895-96 Law Cup 25 Jan Tarff Rovers v Newton Stewart Athletic 2-1 Semi-final Douglas Wanderers v Barholm
Rovers Garliestown v Tarff Rovers Final at Castle
Douglas 25 Apr Douglas Wanderers v Garliestown
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1896-97 Law Cup 13 Feb Douglas Wanderers v St Cuthbert Wanderers
4-3 Semi-final XXXXXNewton Stewart Athletic v Douglas Wanderers 5-1 XXXXX6th Galloway RV Final at Castle Douglas 17 Apr 6th Galloway RV v Newton Stewart Athletic
4-3 |
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1897-98 Law Cup 12 Feb Ellangowan
Swifts v Douglas Wanderers 2-7 Newton Stewart Athletic v 6th Galloway RV wo-scr Semi-final 12 Mar Stranraer v Newton Stewart Athletic 2-2 12 Mar St Cuthbert Wanderers v Douglas Wanderers
2-0 Final at Show Field, Castle Douglas 9 Apr Newton Stewart Athletic v St Cuthbert
Wanderers 3-2
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1898-99 Law Cup 14 Jan Newton Stewart Athletic v Douglas Wanderers
2-1 14 Jan Stranraer v St Cuthbert Wanderers 3-3 XXXXXSt Cuthbert Wanderers v Stranraer Final XXXXXNewton Stewart Athletic |
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1899-1900 Law Cup 24 Feb St Cuthbert Wanderers v 6th Galloway RV
2-2 3 Mar Stranraer v Newton Stewart Athletic 0-3 Final XXXXXNewton Stewart Athletic
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1900-01 Law Cup Semi-final 13 Apr Douglas Wanderers v Newton
Stewart Athletic 5-1 6 Apr St Cuthbert Wanderers v 6th
Galloway RV 1-3 Final 4 May 6th
Galloway RV v Douglas Wanderers 1-0 |
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1901-02 Law Cup Semi-final 29 Mar St Cuthbert Wanderers v
Douglas Wanderers 1-5 5 Apr Barholm
Rovers v Fleetside Rovers 6-0 Final at Show Field, Castle Douglas 17 May Douglas Wanderers v Barholm Rovers 2-1 |
1902-03 Law Cup First
round 29 Nov Barholm
Rovers v Fleetside Rovers 5-2 29 Nov Wigtown
v Garlieston 5-2 Stranraer, Tarff Rovers, Newton
Stewart, Douglas Wanderers, 6th Galloway RV and St Cuthbert Wanderers byes Second
round 27 Dec Stranraer v Tarff Rovers 3-1 27 Dec Newton Stewart v Wigtown 7-3 14 Mar 6th Galloway RV v Douglas
Wanderers 1-3 Barholm Rovers v St Cuthbert Wanderers wo-scr Semi-final 21 Mar Barholm
Rovers v Newton Stewart 4-0 4 Apr Douglas Wanderers v Stranraer
wo-scr Final 25 Apr Douglas Wanderers v Barholm Rovers 3-1 |
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1903-04 Law Cup First
round 27 Feb Fleetside
Rovers v 6th Galloway RV 0-1 Rest byes Second
round 12 Mar St Cuthbert Wanderers v Barholm Rovers 5-1 12 Mar Newton Stewart v Stranraer 1-3 12 Mar Douglas Wanderers v 6th
Galloway RV 3-2 12 Mar Garliestown
v Tarff Rovers 2-1 Semi-final 26 Mar Stranraer v Douglas Wanderers
0-5 St Cuthbert Wanderers v Garliestown wo-scr Final at Castle Douglas 14 May St Cuthbert Wanderers v
Douglas Wanderers 4-1 |
1904-05 Law Cup First
round 29 Oct Newton Stewart v Tarff Rovers
4-2 29 Oct Stranraer v Garlieston 10-1 29 Oct Douglas Wanderers v Fleetside Rovers 5-0 5 Nov St
Cuthbert Wanderers v Barholm Rovers 5-1 Semi-final 31 Dec Douglas Wanderers v St
Cuthbert Wanderers 4-1 31 Dec Stranraer v Newton Stewart wo-scr Final at Castle Douglas 18 Feb Douglas Wanderers v Stranraer
3-1 protest 23 Sep 1905 Douglas Wanderers v Stranraer 5-1 |
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1905-06 Law Cup First
round 16 Dec Fleetside
Rovers v Newton Stewart 2-3 Rest byes Second
round 23 Dec Whithorn
v Newton Stewart Hibernian 4-0 protest 6 Jan Whithorn
v Newton Stewart Hibernian 5-2 30 Dec Garlieston
v Newton Stewart 1-0 30 Dec Tarff Rovers v 6th Galloway RV
0-4 30 Dec Stranraer v Douglas Wanderers
3-1 Semi-final 10 Mar 6th Galloway RV v Garlieston wo-scr 10 Mar Stranraer v Whithorn 3-1 Final at Castle Douglas Stranraer v 6th Galloway RV
wo-disbanded The final was postponed from 28 Apr as Stranraer had
other cup ties to fulfil. The final was to be held over until the following
season but by then 6th GRV had disbanded, Stranraer were awarded the cup |
1906-07 Law Cup First
round 5 Jan Whithorn
v Tarff Rovers 7-1 5 Jan St Cuthbert Wanderers v
Kirkcudbright Select XI 2-2 Select XI
later scratched Rest byes Second
round 26 Jan Newton Stewart v Creetown Volunteers 2-2 9 Feb Creetown
Volunteers v Newton Stewart 3-1 26 Jan Garlieston
v Whithorn 3-3 9 Feb Whithorn
v Garlieston 3-3 23 Feb Whithorn
v Garlieston 2-0 protest 2 Mar Whithorn
v Garlieston 5-1 26 Jan Dalbeattie Star v St Cuthbert
Wanderers 2-2 16 Feb St Cuthbert Wanderers v
Dalbeattie Star 3-2 16 Feb Douglas Wanderers v Fleetside Rovers 5-0 Semi-final 9 Mar Douglas Wanderers v St Cuthbert
Wanderers 2-0 9 Mar Creetown
Volunteers v Whithorn 5-0 Final at Castle Douglas 4 May Douglas Wanderers v Creetown Volunteers 7-1 |