JW Hunt Cup
The JW Hunt Cup is an annual charity football competition for teams based in the West Midlands area of England.
| Founded | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Region | Staffordshire, Shropshire, Leicestershire, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England |
| Number of teams | 36 (2015–16) |
| Current champions | Sporting Khalsa |
The 2018-19 winners were Sporting Khalsa, who beat Highgate United 4–1.[1]
History
The JW Hunt Cup was formed in 1926 to raise funds for the benefit of the local blind. It is named in memory of John William Hunt, a local businessman, keen supporter of charities and founder of the Chillington Tool Company.
The inaugural winners at the end of the 1926–27 season were Short Heath United, beating Cannon Iron on 14 April 1927 at Molineux.[2] Short Heath United are the joint most successful club in the competition alongside Goodyear F.C, with both clubs having won on four occasions. Other successful clubs in the competition include Richmond Swifts and Great Wyrley.
Charity
The cup aims to raise money for local blind charities, raising over £360,000 since its formation in 1926.[3] In 2018, the cup committee presented a cheque worth £10,000 to the Beacon Centre for the blind.[4]
JW Hunt Cup winners
| Year | Team |
|---|---|
| 2018/19 | Sporting Khalsa |
| 2016/17 | Alvechurch |
| 2015/16 | Sporting Khalsa |
| 2014/15 | Tividale |
| 2013/14 | Tividale |
| 2012/13 | Black Country Rangers |
| 2011/12 | Black Country Rangers |
| 2010/11 | AFC Wulfrunians |
| 2009/10 | Bloxwich United |
| 2008/09 | Bloxwich United |
| 2007/08 | Dudley Sports |
| 2006/07 | Wyrley Rangers |
| 2005/06 | Great Wyrley |
| 2004/05 | Great Wyrley |
| 2003/04 | Great Wyrley |
| 2002/03 | Old Wulfrunians |
| 2001/02 | Marston Wolves |
| 2000/01 | Ounsdale |
| 1999/00 | Continental Star |
| 1998/99 | Blackheath Electrodrives |
| 1997/98 | Tamworth |
| 1996/97 | Richmond Swifts |
| 1995/96 | Richmond Swifts |
| 1994/95 | Richmond Swifts |
| 1993/94 | Walsall Phoenix |
| 1992/93 | Handrahan Timbers |
| 1991/92 | Old Wulfrunians |
| 1990/91 | Bilston Community College |
| 1989/90 | Shifnal Town |
| 1988/89 | Bloxwich Strollers |
| 1987/88 | Weston United |
| 1986/87 | Harvey Plant FC |
| 1985/86 | Deeleys FC |
| 1984/85 | Lower Gornal YL |
| 1983/84 | Ettingshall Holy Trinity |
| 1982/83 | Ettingshall Holy Trinity |
| 1981/82 | New World |
| 1980/81 | John Thompsons |
| 1979/80 | Kingswinford United |
| 1978/79 | Sedgley Rovers |
| 1977/78 | Willenhall Town |
| 1976/77 | Wolverhampton United |
| 1975/76 | Manders FC |
| 1974/75 | Whitmore Old Boys |
| 1973/74 | Northicote Old Boys |
| 1972/73 | Wednesfield Town |
| 1971/72 | Wednesfield Town |
| 1970/71 | Willenhall Town |
| 1969/70 | Wednesfield Social |
| 1968/69 | Public Works |
| 1967/68 | Albrighton |
| 1966/67 | Gibbons Bros. |
| 1965/66 | Albrighton |
| 1964/65 | Whitmore Old Boys |
| 1963/64 | Stewarts & Lloyds |
| 1962/63 | Highley Miners |
| 1961/62 | Madeley Miners |
| 1960/61 | Whitmore Old Boys |
| 1959/60 | Wednesbury Tube |
| 1958/59 | Donnington Wood |
| 1957/58 | Jenks & Catell |
| 1956/57 | Claregate Old Boys |
| 1955/56 | Sankey (Hadley) |
| 1954/55 | Sankey (Hadley) |
| 1953/54 | Marandola |
| 1952/53 | Goodyear FC |
| 1951/52 | Goodyear FC |
| 1950/51 | Goodyear |
| 1949/50 | Stafford Road Works |
| 1948/49 | Lower Gornal |
| 1947/48 | Walsall Trinity |
| 1946/47 | C. Snapes |
| 1945/46 | Oxley |
| 1944/45 | Oxley |
| 1943/44 | Oxley |
| 1942/43 | Coley Hay |
| 1941/42 | Butlers Sports |
| 1940/41 | Albion Works |
| 1939/40 | Yale & Town |
| 1938/39 | Essington St. John |
| 1937/38 | Goodyear FC |
| 1936/37 | Heath Town United |
| 1935/36 | Short Heath United |
| 1934/35 | Streetly Works |
| 1933/34 | Streetly Works |
| 1932/33 | Blakenhall Villa |
| 1931/32 | Short Heath United |
| 1930/31 | Hickmans Institute |
| 1929/30 | Short Heath United |
| 1928/29 | Tarmac |
| 1927/28 | Tarmac |
| 1926/27 | Short Heath United |
References
- "JW Hunt Cup History". simplesite.com. JW Hunt Cup (1926). Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- http://wmrl.non-league.org/jw_hunt_cup.htm
- http://www.simplesite.com/jwhuntcup/
- http://www.simplesite.com/jwhuntcup/441798439 |date=20 July 2012 }}