Surrey Cup

For the football competition, see Surrey Senior Cup.

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.^[1] It is the most important rugby union cup competition in Surrey, ahead of the Surrey Trophy, Surrey Shield and Surrey Bowl.

Surrey Cup

Sport	Rugby Union
Instituted	1890; 135 years ago (1890)
Number of teams	2
Country	England
Holders	Weybridge Vandals RFC (1st title) (2018-19)
Most titles	Sutton & Epsom (10 titles)
Website	Surrey RFU

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.^[2]

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[3]	Effingham & Leatherhead	23-9	Dorking	Rugby Lane, Cheam, London
1999-2000	Sutton & Epsom		Camberley
2000-01	Richmond		Dorking	The Avenue, Sunbury-on-Thames[4]
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[5]
2008-09[6]	Sutton & Epsom	41-27	Dorking	Imber Court Sports Club, East Molesey
2009-10[7]	Dorking	32-10	Richmond	Imber Court Sports Club, East Molesey
2010-11[8]	Esher	26-12	Dorking	Imber Court Sports Club, East Molesey
2011-12[9]	Esher	24-17	Dorking	Imber Court Sports Club, East Molesey
2012-13[10]	London Irish Wild Geese	33-12	Dorking	Molesey Road, Hersham
2013-14[11]	Dorking	22-8	Esher	Molesey Road, Hersham[12]
2014-15[13]	Guildford	22-19	KCS Old Boys	Molesey Road, Hersham[14]
2015-16	No competition
2016-17[15]	Dorking	32-5	Guildford	Molesey Road, Hersham[16]
2017-18[17]	Wimbledon II	19-17	Esher II	Molesey Road, Hersham
2018-19[18]	Weybridge Vandals	31-25	Old Mid-Whifgiftian	Molesey Road, Hersham

^[1]

Number of wins

• Sutton & Epsom (10)^{[a 1]}
• Esher (8)
• Richmond (6)
• Streatham-Croydon (6)^{[a 2]}
• Guildford (4)^{[a 3]}
• 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

1. Includes 3 titles won by Sutton FC.^[19]
2. Includes 4 titles won by Streatham RFC.
3. Includes 3 titles won when known as Guildford & Godalming.

See also

• Surrey Bowl
• Surrey RFU
• Surrey Shield
• Surrey Trophy