1970/1971 |
1st round |
West Hartlepool II 19 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 9 Hartlepool Rovers II walked over v Hartlepool Athletic II West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 0 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 40 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 33 Horden II 8 |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 6 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 6 (replay WHTDSOB 20 HBBOB 9) Hartlepool Rovers II 11 West Hartlepool II 9 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 9 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 6 Played at New Friarage |
1971/1972 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Athletic II withdrew v Hartlepool Rovers II Horden II 16 Hartlepool O.B. II 21 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 0 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 0 (replay HBBOB 14 WHTDSOB 18) West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 0 West Hartlepool II 75 |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool II 10 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 9 Hartlepool Rovers II 20 Hartlepool O.B. II 0 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 9 Hartlepool Rovers II 8 Played at New Friarage |
1972/1973 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Rovers II v Hartlepool B.B.O.B. Hartlepool Athletic II v West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. Horden II v West Hartlepool II Hartlepool O.B. II v West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. v Hartlepool Rovers II West Hartlepool II 9 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 8 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 19 West Hartlepool II 0 Played at New Friarage |
1973/1974 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Rovers II v West Hartlepool II West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 4 Hartlepool O.B. 12 West Hartlepool G.S.O.B. 0 Horden II 28 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. walked over v Hartlepool Athletic II |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II 10 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 12 Horden II v Hartlepool O.B. II |
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Final |
Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 31 Hartlepool O.B. II 10 Played at New Friarage |
1974/1975 |
1st round |
West Hartlepool II walked over v Hartlepool Athletic West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 21 Seaton Carew 3 Horden II 4 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 20 Hartlepool O.B. 3 Hartlepool Rovers II 15 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II 0 West Hartlepool T.S.D.O.B. 4 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. walked over v West Hartlepool II |
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Final |
West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 17 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 3 Played at Brierton Lane |
1975/1976 |
1st round |
Horden II walked over v Hartlepool Athletic II West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 0 West Hartlepool II 3 Seaton Carew 6 Hartlepool Rovers II 31 Hartlepool O.B. II 13 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 3 |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool II 3 Hartlepool O.B. II 9 Horden II 12 Hartlepool Rovers II 6 |
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Final |
Hartlepool O.B. II 17 Horden II 9 Played at Mayfield Park under floodlights. 7:30 kick off. |
1976/1977 |
1st round |
15/09/1976. Hartlepool O.B. 4 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 3 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. walked over v Hartlepool Athletic II 15/09/1976. Hartlepool Rovers II 21 Seaton Carew 3 29/09/1976. Horden II 6 West Hartlepool II 15 |
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Semi finals |
20/10/1976. Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 3 Hartlepool Rovers 26 20/10/1976. Hartlepool O.B. II 3 West Hartlepool II 10 a.e.t. |
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Final |
24/04/1977. Hartlepool Rovers II 6 West Hartlepool II 0 Played at Brierton Lane |
1977/1978 |
1st round |
Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 7 West Hartlepool II 12 Hartlepool Athletic II withdrew Hartlepool II walked over Hartlepool Rovers II 40 Horden II 0 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 20 Seaton Carew 0 |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool II 21 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 0 Hartlepool O.B. II 3 Hartlepool Rovers II 10 |
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Final |
26/04/1978. West Hartlepool II 9 Hartlepool Rovers III 3 Played at New Friarage |
1978/1979 |
1st round |
West Hartlepool II walked over Hartlepool Athletic II withdrew West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 9 Horden II 0*** Hartlepool O.B. II 38 Seaton Carew 3 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 21 Hartlepool Rovers II 15 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool O.B. II walked over as the game *** was not completed and both sides withdrew from the competition. West Hartlepool II 23 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 0 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 19 Hartlepool O.B. II 0 Played at Brierton Lane, Wednesday 25th April 1979. |
1979/1980 |
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This season marked the 75th Anniversary of the Pyman Cup. |
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1st round |
Seaton Carew 4 Hartlepool II 0 Horden II 16 West Hartlepool II 0 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. walked over v Hartlepool Athletic II Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 9 Hartlepool Rovers II 16 |
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Semi finals |
Horden II 8 Hartlepool Rovers II 12 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 12 Seaton Carew 7 |
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Final |
29/03/1980. Hartlepool Rovers II 22 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 4 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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