1980/1981 |
1st round |
13/09/1980. West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 10 Hartlepool Rovers II 16 01/10/1980. Seaton Carew 7 West Hartlepool II 42 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 16 Horden II 21 (after a drawn game 21-21) October 1980. Hartlepool Athletic II 6 Hartlepool II 21 |
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Semi finals |
18/11/1980. Hartlepool Rovers II 27 Horden II ? 17/12/1980. West Hartlepool II 10 Hartlepool II 0 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 12 West Hartlepool II 6 Played at Brierton Lane, Wednesday 29th April 1981 |
1981/1982 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Athletic II withdrew Seaton Carew walked over 03/12/1982. Hartlepool Rovers II 19 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 0 23/09/1982. West Hartlepool II 56 Horden II 0 Hartlepool II 4 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 3 |
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Semi finals |
04/11/1981. West Hartlepool II 25 Hartlepool II 0 27/03/1982. Seaton Carew 3 Hartlepool Rovers II 35 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 12 Hartlepool Rovers II 6 Played at Brierton Lane, 20th April 1982. |
1982/1983 |
1st round |
15/09/1982. Horden II 15 Seaton Carew 15 02/10/1982. Replay Seaton Carew 9 Horden II 6 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 9 Hartlepool Athletic 6 18/01/1983. Hartlepool II 13 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 4 06/10/1982. Hartlepool Rovers II 3 West Hartlepool II 15 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool II 12 Seaton Carew 16 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 19 West Hartlepool II 22 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 26 Seaton Carew 6 Played at New Friarage, Wednesday 27th April 1983 |
1983/1984 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Rovers II 19 Hartlepool II 3 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 15 West Hartlepool II 25 Hartlepool Athletic II 6 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 25 Seaton Carew 3 Hartlepool Hawks 6 |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool II 22 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 4 Hartlepool Rovers II 19 Horden II 10 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 21 Hartlepool Rovers II 13 Played at Brierton Lane, 17th April 1984 |
1984/1985 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Athletic 10 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 16 Hartlepool II 6 Hartlepool Rovers II 28 West Hartlepool II 39 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 0 Horden II 9 Seaton Carew 6 |
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Semi finals |
Horden II 4 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 18 Hartlepool Rovers II 12 West Hartlepool II 9 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 22 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 13 Played at Mayfield Park, Tuesday 23rd April 1985 |
1985/1986 |
1st round |
Hartleppol Athletic II 0 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 24 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 12 Horden II 10 (at New Friarage) Seaton Carew 6 Hartlepool Rovers II 17 (at New Friarage) West Hartlepool II 78 Hartlepool II 0 |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool II 27 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 7 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 0 Hartlepool Rovers II 16 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 13 Hartlepool Rovers II 3 Played at Brierton Lane, Thursday 1st May 1986 |
1986/1987 |
1st round |
West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 14 Hartlepool Rovers II 24 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 30 Seaton Carew 12 Hartlepool II 0 West Hartlepool II 54 Hartlepool Athletic 14 Horden II 16 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II 29 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. 4 West Hartlepool II 50 Horden II 0 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II beat Hartlepool Rovers II Brierton Lane 28th April, 1987 |
1987/1988 |
1st round |
Hartlepool II 10 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 3 Hartlepool Rovers II 19 Seaton Carew 6 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. withdrew West II walked over Horden II walked over Hartlepool Athletic withdrew |
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Semi finals |
Horden II 11 Hartlepool Rovers II 34 West Hartlepool II 60 Hartlepool II 0 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 16 West Hartlepool II 9 Played at Brierton Lane, Tuesday 26th April 1988 |
1988/1989 |
1st round |
Hartlepool II 0 Hartlepool Rovers II 38 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. bye to semi Hartlepool Athletic 22 Seaton Carew 19 West Hartlepool II 9 Horden II 3 |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 0 Hartlepool Athletic 0 Replayed West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 15 Hartlepool Athletic 3 West Hartlepool II 15 Hartlepool Rovers II 9 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 41 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 6 Played at Grayfields, Thursday 28th April 1989 |
1989/1990 |
1st round |
07/10/1989. West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 3 West Hartlepool II 26 27/09/1989. Hartlepool Rovers II 4 Seaton Carew 0 04/11/1989. Hartlepool Athletic 4 Hartlepool II 0 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II beat West Hartlepool II 27/01/1990. Hartlepool Athletic 0 Horden II 18 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 9 Horden 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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