1950/1951 |
1st round |
Stockton II, Darlington G.S.O.B. II, West Hartlepool II Hartlepool Athletic, Hartlepool Rovers II, Darlington R.A. II byes Hartlepool O.B. II v Horden Siemens, Hartlepool v Hartlepool B.B.O.B. |
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2ND round |
Stockton II v Darlington G.S.O.B. II (Stockton withdrew) West Hartlepool II v Horden II Hartlepool B.B.O.B. v Hartlepool Athletic II Hartlepool Rovers II v Darlington R.A. II |
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Semi finals |
Darlington G.S.O.B. v Horden Hartlepool B.B.O.B. v Hartlepool Rovers II |
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Final Tie |
Hartlepool Rovers II 6 Horden 0 21st April 1951 |
1951/1952 |
Preliminary round |
Hartlepool Rovers II 22 West Hartlepool 0 West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. v Stockton II Hartlepool Athletic II scratched v Hartlepool O.B. II Siemens scratched v Hartlepool B.B.O.B. Darlington G.S.O.B. II and Darlington II scratched Darlington R.A. bye Billingham v Glaxo Labs Old Dawsonians 8 Horden 6 |
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2nd round |
Hartlepool Rovers II v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. Hartlepool O.B. II v Hartlepool B.B.O.B. Darlington R.A. bye Glaxo Labs scratched against Old Dawsonians |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II 22 Hartlepool O.B. II 0 Darlington R.A. lost to Old Dawsonians |
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Final |
Finalists known by the end of the season. However, Old Dawsonians folded during the close season and Rovers II were awarded the trophy. |
1952/1953 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Athletic II and Hartlepool B.B.O.B. bye West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 6 Hartlepool O.B. II 9 Hartlepool Rovers II v West Hartlepool II |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool B.B.O.B. v Hartlepool Athletic II Hartlepool O.B. II v ? Clubs not fulfilling dates barred |
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Final |
Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 9 Hartlepool O.B. II 0 King George V Field, 24th April 1953. |
1953/1954 |
1st round |
Hartlepool B.B.O.B. awarded tie v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. withdrew v Horden West Hartlepool II v Hartlepool O.B. II Hartlepool Rovers II withdrew v Hartlepool Athletic |
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Hartlepool B.B.O.B. progressed, Horden withdrew Hartlepool O.B. II v Hartlepool Athletic II |
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Final |
Hartlepool Athletic II 6 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 3 New Friarage 24 April, 1954 |
1954/1955 |
1st round |
Hartlepool O.B. II v Hartlepool Rovers II Horden v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. Hartlepool Athletic II v Hartlepool B.B.O.B. West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. v WEST Hartlepool II |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool O.B. II v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. West Hartlepool II v Hartlepool Athletic II |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 14 West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 10
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According to the Northern Daily Mail, the semi final was on Easter Monday, 11th April 1955: West Hartlepool II 14 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 0 The following Saturday (16th April) the finalists met in a friendly with G.S.O.B. winning 11-0 (?) |
1955/1956 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Rovers II 61 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 0 Horden v Hartlepool B.B.O.B. West Hartlepool II v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. Hartlepool O.B. II v Hartlepool Athletic |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 9 West Hartlepool II 6 Gryehound Sadium - 30 April, 1956. |
1956/1957 |
1st round |
Horden v West Hartlepool II (West awarded tie) Hartlepool Rovers II v Hartlepool O.B. II West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. v Hartlepool Athletic II Hartlepool B.B.O.B. v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. (GSOB awarded tie) |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool II 9 Hartlepool Rovers II 11 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. Played at Grayfields, 22nd April 1957 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 14 West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 3 New Friarage 24 April, 1957 |
1957/1958 |
1st round |
West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 3 Horden 10 Hartlepool Rovers II 3 West Hartlepool II 12 Hartlepool Athletic II v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. (GSOB awarded tie) Hartlepool O.B. II 16 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 0 |
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Semi finals |
Horden v West Hartlepool II West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 0 Hartlepool O.B. 3 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 3 Hartlepool O.B. 0 New Friarage 26.4.1958 |
1958/1959 |
Preliminary round |
Hartlepool Rovers II v Hartlepool O.B. II |
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1st round |
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Semi finals |
? v Horden ? v West HartlepooL G.S.O.B. |
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Final |
Horden 15 West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 0 Played at the Greyhound Stadium, Clarence Road, 29/04/1959 |
1959/1960 |
Preliminary round |
West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. v Police Cadets
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1st round |
Hartlepool B.B.O.B. v Horden Hartlepool O.B. II v Police Cadets West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. v Hartlepool Athletic II Hartlepool Rovers II v West Hartlepool II |
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Semi finals |
Horden v ? West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. v Hartlepool Rovers II |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 29 Horden 6 |
Harold English Pyman (1876 – 1917), was a West Hartlepool ship-owner, and a rugby referee, later Secretary of the Referees Society and famed for being a martinet on the field. In 1904 he presented a trophy for competition among the junior clubs in the Hartlepool area. Only clubs based within the Hartlepool and District area were eligible to compete for the trophy, and the ‘area’ in question was defined as being within 8 miles of the Heugh Lighthouse on the Headland. Originally the competition was on a League basis only.
The Competition, quickly nicknamed The Pyman League, was a success among Junior Clubs and lower teams from the Senior Cubs. After a few seasons, the League Committee (with Mr Claude Harper as its first Secretary) commenced a programme of games between the Pyman League XV and sides such as the Champion Club of the season, Hartlepool Rovers, and the Tyneside League.
Following the restart of matters Rugby post War in 1920, the Competition was revived as part of the Hartlepool & District Union remit that year and the following six seasons saw the League at its greatest popularity extending to two divisions and talk of a third being run.
The heady days of the early 20s were not last and with a decline in popularity was followed by the League being suspended in 1926 by the Durham County RFU due to allegations of irregularities over the movement of players and an honorarium paid to the Secretary. Since then, the Pyman Cup has been played for on a knock-out competition basis with mid-week matches proving popular. In recent seasons, the Cup has been run as a 20 minutes each way /15 a side competition, however in 2023, which marks the 120th Anniversary of the Cup's foundation, it reverted to its traditional knockout format, 80 minutes each way.
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