Cumbria Cup

The Cumbria Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Cumbria Rugby Union. It was first introduced during the 1882-83 season, when it was known as the Cumberland Challenge Cup, and the inaugural winners were Aspatria. Originally it was open only to club sides in Cumberland, but in 1974, as a result of the 1972 Local Government Act, Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness merged to form what we now know as Cumbria, and the competition was renamed as the Cumbria Cup, although the Westmorland & Furness Cup continued intermittently up until 2008. It is the most important cup competition in the county ahead of the Cumbria League Cup and Cumbria Shield.

For the rugby league competition, see BARLA Cumbria Cup.
Cumbria Cup
SportRugby Union
Instituted1882 (1882) (Cumberland Challenge Cup)
1974 (1974) (Cumbria Cup)
Number of teams16
Country England
HoldersKendal (5th title) (2017-18)
Most titlesAspatria (32 titles)
WebsiteCumbria Rugby Union

The Cumbria Cup is currently open to the top club sides based in Cumbria, typically playing in tier 5 (National League 3 North), tier 6 (North 1 West) and tier 7 (North Lancashire/Cumbria), of the English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to be held at a neutral venue between April-May.[1] Between 2006-14 there was also a Cumbria Plate competition for sides knocked out of the first round of the main cup competition but this has been discontinued in recent years.[2]

Cumbria Cup winners
Cumbria Cup Finals
Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue
1882-83Aspatria
1883-84Whitehaven
1884-85Aspatria
1885-86Carlisle
1886-87Millom
1887-88Millom
1888-89Millom
1889-90Egremont
1890-91[3]Aspatria5-0PenrithRugby Ground, Carlisle
1891-92Aspatria
1892-93Maryport
1893-94Maryport
1894-95Seaton
1895-96Aspatria
1896-97Seaton
1897-98Seaton
1898-99Aspatria
1900-07No competition
1907-08Carlisle
1908-09Aspatria
1909-10Carlisle
1910-11Aspatria
1911-12Aspatria
1912-13Blennerhasset
1913-14Whitehaven
1914-18No competition due to World War I
1919-20Workington
1920-21Workington
1921-22Egremont
1922-23Aspatria
1923-24Workington
1924-25Workington
1925-26Workington
1926-27St Bees
1927-28Aspatria
1928-29Aspatria
1929-30Aspatria
1930-31Workington
1931-32Egremont
1932-33Silloth
1933-34Cockermouth
1934-35Silloth
1935-36Keswick
1936-37Aspatria
1937-38Aspatria
1938-39Cockermouth
1940-45No competition due to World War II
1946-47Keswick
1947-48Keswick
1948-49Keswick
1949-50Workington
1950-51Keswick
1951-52Keswick
1952-53Workington
1953-54Workington
1954-55Keswick
1955-56Cockermouth
1956-57Egremont
1957-58Egremont
1958-59Egremont
1959-60[3]Penrith6-3Old Creightonians
1960-61Carlisle
1961-62Workington
1962-63Whitehaven
1963-64Egremont
1964-65Wigton
1965-66Cockermouth
1966-67Netherhall
1967-68Egremont
1968-69Whitehaven
1969-70Wigton
1970-71Wigton
1971-72Wigton
1972-73Wigton
1973-74Netherhall
1974-75Cockermouth
1975-76Cockermouth
1976-77Aspatria
1977-78Aspatria
1978-79Wigton
1979-80Aspatria
1980-81Aspatria
1981-82Aspatria
1982-83Aspatria
1983-84Aspatria
1984-85[4]AspatriaPenrith
1985-86Wigton
1986-87Aspatria
1987-88Aspatria
1988-89Aspatria
1989-90Aspatria
1990-91Wigton
1991-92[4]AspatriaPenrith
1992-93Aspatria
1993-94Wigton
1994-95Kendal
1995-96Aspatria
1996-97[5]WigtonSt Benedict's
1997-98Kendal
1998-99Aspatria
1999-00[6]Penrith12-11[a 1]WorkingtonRugby Ground, Carisle
2000-01[7]WorkingtonNetherhall
2001-02[7]WorkingtonAspatria
2002-03WigtonAspatria
2003-04WigtonSt Benedict'sBower Park, Aspatria[8]
2004-05PenrithSt Benedict'sBower Park, Aspatria[9]
2005-06[10]Penrith31-17AspariaLowmoor Road, Wigton
2006-07[11]Kendal21-11CarlisleWinters Park, Penrith[12]
2007-08[13]Kendal35-25AspatriaWinters Park, Penrith[14]
2008-09[15]Penrith28-20CarlisleBower Park, Aspatria
2009-10[16]Penrith31-20CarlisleLowmoor Road, Wigton
2010-11[17]Penrith15-12KendalDavidson Park, Keswick
2011-12[18]Penrith27-17[a 2]CarlisleEllis Sports Ground, Workington
2012-13[19]Aspatria30-25CarlisleEllis Sports Ground, Workington
2013-14[20]Wigton36-24St Benedict'sRugby Ground, Carisle
2014-15[21]St Benedict's24-23PenrithDavidson Park, Keswick[22]
2015-16[23]St Benedict's64-29WhitehavenBleach Green, Egremont[24]
2016-17[25]Carlisle29-13St Benedict'sBower Park, Aspatria
2017-18[26]Kendal18-10CarlisleDavidson Park, Keswick
2018-19

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Cumbria Plate winners
Cumbria Plate Finals
Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue
2006-07[28]Workington28-10KeswickGrassmoor Sports Centre, Cockermouth
2007-08[29]Millon13-11NetherhallBleach Green, Egremont
2008-09Final not held
2009-10[30]Whitehaven27-16Millom
2010-11[31]St Benedict's22-5Egremont
2011-12[32]Keswick24-13[a 3]SillothLowmoor Road, Wigton
2012-13St Benedict's
2013-14[33][34]Upper Eden19-13AspatriaDavidson Park, Keswick

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Number of wins

Notes
  1. The 2000 final score was not clear from the press report available. However, as it was stated it was a low scoring game in which Simon Veitch is stated to have scored 4/5 kicks (penalties) and Penrith won by 1 point, then a 12-11 scoreline is a reasonable conclusion.[6]
  2. The 2012 cup final score was not particularly clear in the press report but Penrith are likely to have scored 27 points as two of their second half tries were scored in between the posts while the final try was the result of a line-out, with a successful conversion not mentioned (if it had the final score would have been 29-17).[18]
  3. The 2012 final score was not clear from the press report available. The press report mentions all tries and penalties but does not mention any conversions (other than several missed), leading to 24-13 being a reasonable estimation of the final score.[32]
  4. Seaton won the cup several times in the 1890s but switched over to Rugby League in 1898-99.[36]
  5. Maryport won the cup several times in the 1890s but switched over to Rugby League in 1898-99.[37]

See also

References
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  2. "CUMBRIA CUP DRAW". Aspatria RUFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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  4. "NOT often have Penrith had successful runs in the Cumbria Cup". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 8 April 2000.
  5. "Honours". St Benedicts RUFC. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  6. "CUP TRIUMPH IS ICING ON CAKE OF A MEMORABLE SEASON". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 29 April 2000.
  7. "History". Workington RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. "Emotional day as Wigton aim for Cup Final glory". News & Start. 23 April 2005.
  9. "PENRITH LOOK FOR THIRD RU COUNTY CUP WIN". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 13 April 2005.
  10. "WINTERS PARK MEN LAND LEAGUE AND CUP DOUBLE". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 13 May 2006.
  11. "CARLISLE ARE REAL HEROES OF STORY". News & Star. 23 April 2007.
  12. "Carlisle aim to Stoke up cup final fire". News & Star. 13 April 2007.
  13. "Rugby - Kendal retain Cumbria Cup". News Shopper. 26 April 2008.
  14. "Holders Kendal ease past Penrith to reach Story Cumbria Cup final". News & Star. 7 April 2008.
  15. "Penrith add Cumbria Cup to league title". News & Star. 30 April 2009.
  16. "CARLISLE MAKE PENRITH WORK HARD TO RETAIN CUMBRIA CUP". News & Star. 3 May 2010.
  17. "Penrith beat Kendal to retain Cumbria Cup". News & Star. 4 May 2011.
  18. "Penrith claim fourth consecutive county title Cup winners again!". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 10 May 2012.
  19. "Underdogs Aspatria beat Carlisle to win Cumbria Cup". News & Star. 3 April 2013.
  20. "County Champions!". Wigton RUFC (Pitchero). 19 April 2014.
  21. "ST BENEDICTS 24 PENRITH 23". Penrith RUFC (Pitchero). 25 April 2015.
  22. "St. Benedict's will not start as cup final". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 24 April 2015.
  23. "St Benedict's romp to win to retain Cumbria Cup". News & Star. 25 May 2016.
  24. "Cumbria Cup Final Whitehaven Vs St.Benedict's". Whitehaven RUFC (Pitchero). 10 May 2016.
  25. "Carlisle claim Cumbria Cup win over St Benedict's at Aspatria's Bower Park". News & Star. 10 May 2017.
  26. "Carlisle lose in close County Cup final match at a damp Keswick". Carlisle RFC (Pitchero). 1 May 2018.
  27. "Cumbria Cup - Previous Winners (Word Doc)". Cumbria RU. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  28. "Super Zebras storm back to lift Plate and land historic double". News & Star. 3 May 2007.
  29. "Millom seal Netherhall's Plate fate". News & Star. 8 May 2008.
  30. "Champions Whitehaven beat Millom to win Cumbria Plate". News & Star. 17 May 2010. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  31. "St Benedict's complete Shield and Plate double". News & Star. 11 May 2011.
  32. "Cumbrian Plate glory for Keswick". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 13 April 2012.
  33. "Eden save their best until last". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 2 May 2014.
  34. "Upper Eden 19 13 Aspatria". Upper Eden RUFC (Pitchero). 29 April 2014.
  35. "Cumbria Plate - Previous Winners (Word Doc)". Cumbria RU. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  36. "SEATON RANGERS ARLFC CLUB HISTORY". Seaton Rangers ARLFC. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  37. "History 3". Maryport ARLFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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