The Surrey Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Surrey Rugby Football Union. The original cup competition was first played for back in 1890, the inaugural winners being Lennox, but was discontinued in 1909, having been held intermittently over 20 seasons, due to cup competitions being considerable 'undesirable'. The cup was reintroduced around 50 years later for the 1970–71 season, with the first winners of the modern competition being Guildford & Godalming. It is the most important rugby union cup competition in Surrey, ahead of the Surrey Trophy, Surrey Shield and Surrey Bowl.
At present the Surrey Cup is a much smaller competition than it used to be with only a few clubs based in tier 5 (National League 3 London & SE) of the English rugby union league system taking part along with 2nd teams of teams in tiers 3-4 (National League 1 and National League 2 South). The final is held at Molesey Road, Hersham (home of Esher RFC) in May - on the same date and venue as the other Surrey finals.
Surrey Cup winners
Surrey Cup Finals Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue 1889-90 Lennox 1891-92 No competition 1893-94 Streatham 1894-95 Streatham 1895-96 Streatham 1896-97 Sutton 1897-98 Sutton 1898-99 Battersea 1899-1900 Surbiton 1901-02 No competition 1902-03 Streatham 1903-04 Kingston 1904-05 Old Whitgiftian 1905-06 Customs Sports 1906-07 London Devonians 1907-08 London Devonians 1908-09 Sutton 1910-69 No competition 1970-71 Guildford & Godalming Old Reigatian 1971-72 Guildford & Godalming Old Alleynians 1972-73 Camberley Guildford & Godalming 1973-74 Streatham-Croydon Esher 1974-75 Streatham-Croydon Esher 1975-76 Esher Old Surbitonians 1976-77 Esher Old Whitgiftian 1977-78 Esher Old Reigatian 1978-79 Esher Old Walcountians 1979-80 Guildford & Godalming Sutton & Epsom 1980-81 London Irish Streatham-Croydon 1981-82 London Irish Old Emanuel 1982-83 KCS Old Boys Guildford & Godalming 1983-84 Sutton & Epsom KCS Old Boys 1984-85 Old Mid-Whitgiftian Guildford & Godalming 1985-86 London Irish Old Reigatian 1986-87 London Irish Old Alleynians 1987-88 Old Mid-Whitgiftian Guildford & Godalming 1988-89 Old Alleynians Streatham-Croydon 1989-90 Sutton & Epsom Old Mid-Whitgiftians 1990-91 Sutton & Epsom Old Mid-Whitgiftians 1991-92 Old Alleynians Old Blues 1992-93 Old Mid-Whitgiftian Dorking 1993-94 Esher Sutton & Epsom 1994-95 Camberley Old Blues 1995-96 Esher Sutton & Epsom 1996-97 Sutton & Epsom Wimbledon 1997-98 Camberley Wimbledon 1998-99 Effingham & Leatherhead 23-9 Dorking Rugby Lane, Cheam, London 1999-2000 Sutton & Epsom Camberley 2000-01 Richmond Dorking The Avenue, Sunbury-on-Thames 2001-02 Richmond Sutton & Epsom 2002-03 Richmond Sutton & Epsom 2003-04 Richmond Esher 2004-05 Rosslyn Park Guildford 2005-06 Richmond Guildford 2006-07 Richmond Sutton & Epsom 2007-08 Sutton & Epsom Chobham Imber Court Sports Club, East Molesey 2008-09 Sutton & Epsom 41-27 Dorking Imber Court Sports Club, East Molesey 2009-10 Dorking 32-10 Richmond Imber Court Sports Club, East Molesey 2010-11 Esher 26-12 Dorking Imber Court Sports Club, East Molesey 2011-12 Esher 24-17 Dorking Imber Court Sports Club, East Molesey 2012-13 London Irish Wild Geese 33-12 Dorking Molesey Road, Hersham 2013-14 Dorking 22-8 Esher Molesey Road, Hersham 2014-15 Guildford 22-19 KCS Old Boys Molesey Road, Hersham 2015-16 No competition 2016-17 Dorking 32-5 Guildford Molesey Road, Hersham 2017-18 Wimbledon II 19-17 Esher II Molesey Road, Hersham 2018-19 Weybridge Vandals 31-25 Old Mid-Whifgiftian Molesey Road, Hersham
Number of wins Sutton & Epsom (10) Esher (8) Richmond (6) Streatham-Croydon (6) Guildford (4) London Irish (4) Camberley (3) Dorking (3) Old Mid-Whitgiftians (3) London Devonians (2) Old Alleynians (2) Battersea (1) Customs Sports (1) Effingham & Leatherhead (1) Kingston (1) KCS Old Boys (1) Lennox (1) London Irish Wild Geese (1) Old Whitgiftian (1) Rosslyn Park (1) Surbiton (1) Wimbledon II (1) Weybridge Vandals (1)
Notes
See also Surrey Bowl Surrey RFU Surrey Shield Surrey Trophy
References
External links Surrey RFU