1960/1961 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Athletic II v Hartlepool O.B. II Horden II v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. v Hartlepool Rovers II Hartlepool B.B.O.B. v West Hartlepool II |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Athletic II v Horden Hartlepool Rovers II v West Hartlepool II |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II v Hartlepool Athletic II Played at New Friarage, 12/04/1961 |
1961/1962 |
Preliminary round |
Hartlepool Athletic II v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. West Hartlepool II v Hartlepool B.B.O.B. West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. v Billingham II |
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1st round |
Horden v Hartlepool Rovers II Stockton/Billingham T.C. v Hartlepool Athletic II West Hartlepool II v Stockton II Hartlepool O.B. II 3 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 17 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II v Hartlepool Athletic II West Hartlepool II 21 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 11 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 11 Hartlepool Rovers II 3 Played at New Friarage, 26/04/1962 |
1962/1963 |
Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II lost to West Hartlepool on Grayfields. Hartlepool Athletic II lost to West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. on the Trading Estate Played on 23/04/1963 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 28 West Hartlepool 6 Played at New Friarage 30/04/1963 |
1963/1964 |
1st round |
Stockton/Billingham T.C. v Hartlepool Athletic II (both withdrew) West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 3 West Hartlepool II 15 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 13 Hartlepool Rovers II 23 West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. v Hartlepool O.B. II |
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Semi finals |
The 1st round tie played on 23/04/1964 counted as a semi Hartlepool Rovers II 10 West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 3 (30/04/1964) |
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Finalists |
Hartlepool Rovers II v West Hartlepool II If a final was played it could only be on 2nd May 1964. |
1964/1965 |
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Under County re-organisation the South Durham District Junior Union was disbanded and the duties split among various County sub committees. No provision was made for the Pyman Cup and it was not played for during this season. The Hartlepool & District Committee was formed in December 1965 and the Pyman Cup and West Shield restarted. |
1965/1966 |
1st round |
Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 0 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 54 Hartlepool Rovers II walked over v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. West Hartlepool II walked over v Hartlepool Athletic II Horden II 0 Hartlepool O.B. II 9 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II 27 Hartlepool O.B. II 0 West Hartlepool II 3 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 19 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 22 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 0 Played at Grayfields |
1966/1967 |
1st round |
West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 10 Hartlepool Rovers 3 Horden II 0 West Hartlepool II 37 Hartlepool O.B. II & Hartlepool B.B.O.B. byes |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 19 Hartlepool O.B. II 0 West Hartlepool II 15 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 0 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 13 West Hartlepool II 8 Played at New Friarage |
1967/1968 |
1st round |
West Hartlepool II beat Hartlepool Athletic II Hartlepool B.B.O.B. v Hartlepool O.B. II West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 6 Horden II 15 Hartlepool Rovers II conceded to West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool II 3 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 8 Horden v ? |
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Final tie |
Horden II 12 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 6 Played at the King George V Field |
1968/1969 |
1st round |
Hartlepool B.B.O.B. v Hartlepool O.B. II Horden II 9 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 22 Hartlepool Athletic II 6 West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 9 Hartlepool Rovers II 6 West Hartlepool II 8 |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 3 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 6 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 0 West Hartlepool 3 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 12 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 9 After extra time. Played at New Friarage |
1969/1970 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Rovers II 14 West Hartlepool II 8 West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 0 Hartlepool O.B. II 14 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 12 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 14 Hartlepool Athletic II withdrew v Horden II |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II 31 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 11 Horden II 3 Hartlepool O.B. II 32 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers 30 Hartlepool O.B. II 6 Played at New Friarage |
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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