1990/1991 |
1st round |
Hartlepool II 4 Horden II 46 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 3 Hartlepool Rovers II 22 Seaton Carew 6 West Hartlepool II 18 Played by the end of October. |
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Semi finals |
Horden II 10 West Hartlepool II 23 Hartlepool Athletic 0 Hartlepool Rovers II 50 |
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Final tie |
Hartlepool Rovers II 6 West Hartlepool II 7 Played at Mayfield Park on Thursday 19th September. Kick off at 6pm |
1991/1992 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Rovers II 15 Horden II 16 after a 3-3 draw Seaton Carew bye to the semi Hartlepool Athletic 3 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 19 |
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Semi final |
West Hartlepool II 33 Seaton Carew 6 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 13 Horden II 9 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 17 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 3 Played at Brierton Lane on Tuesday 28th April. Kick off at 7pm. |
1992/1993 |
1st round |
Seaton Carew 3 West Hartlepool III 49 Horden II 38 Hartlepool II 3 Hartlepool Rovers II 30 Hartlepool Athletic 5 |
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Semi finals |
Horden II 11 West Hartlepool III 34 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 13 Hartlepool Rovers II 7 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool III 26 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 3 Played at Brierton Lane on Wednesday 28th April 1993. |
1993/1994 |
90th Anniversary season |
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1st round |
28/12/1993. Hartlepool Rovers II 11 West Hartlepool II 6 15/09/1993. Hartlepool II 7 Billingham II 18 Horden II 17 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 13 Hartlepool Athletic 0 Seaton Carew 5 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II 31 Billingham II 0 16/04/1993. Seaton Carew 3 Horden II 30 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 16 Horden II 13 Played at Welfare Park, Horden, a.e.t. on Thursday 28th April 1994. |
1994/1995 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Athletic 7 West Hartlepool II 12 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. 12 Horden II 18 Seaton Carew 25 Billingham 5 Hartlepool 20 Hartlepool Rovers II 36 |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool II withdrew Seaton Carew bye 15/04/1995. Horden II 57 Hartlepool Rovers II ? |
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Final |
Horden II 3 Seaton Carew 8 Played at New Friarage on Tuesday 31st October, 1995. |
1995/1996 |
Preliminary round |
Seaton Carew v Hartlepool B.B.O.B. |
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1st round |
A: preliminary winners v Billingham B; West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. v Hartlepool Rovers II C: Horden v West Hartlepool D: Hartlepool Athletic 10 Hartlepool 11 (end October 1995) |
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Semi finals |
Winner of D v Winner of C Winner of B v Winner of A This was the situation with the competition in February of 1996, Competition abandoned. |
1996/1997 1997/1998 |
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No Competition made, Clubs unable/unwilling take part, lack of leadership from the top of the game and a lack of confidence at “shop floor” level. |
1998/1999 |
1st round |
Hartlepool Athletic 10 Hartlepool Rovers II 50 Seaton Carew 34 West Hartlepool Amateurs 0 |
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Semi finals |
Seaton Carew 25 Hartlepool Rovers II 26 Hartlepool 3 Horden II 45 |
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Final |
Horden II 24 Hartlepool Rovers II 11 Played at New Friarage, Wednesday 28th April 1999 |
1999/2000 |
1st round |
A: Horden II 15 Seaton Carew 21 B: Hartlepool Rovers II 15 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. II 16 C: Hartlepool withdrew v West Hartlepool Amateurs walkover |
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Semi finals |
Seaton Carew 25 West Hartlepool Amateurs 6 Hartlepool Athletic 5 West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. II 47 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool TDSOB II 20 Seaton Carew 10 Played at Grayfields on 1st April 2000. |
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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