Rosebery
Charity Cup
1883-1945
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See also Compiled by Jim
Gardner |
The success in raising funds for charitable
purposes in the West of Scotland of the matches played in Glasgow for the
Merchants Charity Cup since the 1876-77 season led to the Edinburgh Football
Association approaching Lord Rosebery, a well-known and influential sporting
patron, in the hope that a similar competition could be organised for the
East of Scotland. Organised as an end
of season competition, the Cup was played for every season, including during
war time, from 1882-83 to 1944-45 inclusive, a total of 63 competitions.
Heart of Midlothian recorded the most number of wins with 32, Hibernian
coming next with 22. Leith Athletic
and St Bernard’s both recorded 4 wins with Mossend Swifts winning on the only
occasion the trophy went outside the capital city. Many of the ties, especially in the early
years of the competition, were played on neutral grounds. Even before the outbreak of World War 2
though, the appeal of end of season charity matches had dwindled, although
ironically enough the largest crowd recorded for a tie in the competition was
the 15,252 who attended the last ever game, the final at Easter Road on 9 May
1945, between Hibernian and Heart of Midlothian, although the size of the
crowd might just have been influenced by the euphoria surrounding Germany’s
unconditional surrender just 2 days earlier.
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1882-83
Semi-final
10 Mar (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 3-1
31 Mar (Tynecastle) Edinburgh University v St Bernard’s 3-5
Final
21 Apr (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 2-0 (5,500)
1883-84
Semi-final
8 Mar (Powderhall) Hibernian v Edinburgh University 5-0 (2,500)
22 Mar (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 2-4 (4,000)
Final
26 Apr (Powderhall) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 1-1 (6,000)
14 May (Rpy) (Powderhall) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 1-0
1884-85
Semi-final
21 Mar (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v Edinburgh University 2-1 (3,000)
4 Apr (Powderhall) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 4-0 (2,500)
Final
25 Apr (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 0-3
1885-86
Semi-final
3 Apr (Powderhall) Hibernian v Edinburgh University 3-1
17 Apr (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 0-0
29 Apr (Rpy) (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 4-1
Final
15 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 0-2 (4,500)
(Abandoned 75 minutes – crowd invasion.)
1 Jun (Rpy) (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 2-0
(Abandoned during 2nd half – crowd invasion.)
24 Jun (Rpy) (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 1-0 (2,500)
1886-87
Semi-final
26 Mar (Powderhall) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 2-2
9 Apr (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v Edinburgh University 1-0
18 Apr (Rpy) (Powderhall) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 2-2 (2,000)
28 Apr (Rpy) (Powderhall) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 6-1 (5,000)
Final
16 May (Powderhall) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 7-1 (4,000)
1887-88
Semi-final
14 Apr (Powderhall) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 6-0 (8,000)
21 Apr (Tynecastle) Mossend Swifts v St Bernard’s 5-3
Final
12 May (Tynecastle) Hibernian v Mossend Swifts 1-0 (6,000)
1888-89
Semi-final
23 Mar (Powderhall) Heart of Midlothian v Mossend Swifts 2-0 (5,000)
(Abandoned 88 minutes – crowd invasion.
Tie awarded to Mossend Swifts.)
6 Apr (Tynecastle) St Bernard’s v Leith Athletic 2-2
18 Apr (Rpy) (Powderhall) St Bernard’s v Leith Athletic 2-2
30 Apr (Rpy) (Easter Road) St Bernard’s v Leith Athletic 5-1
Final
15 May (Tynecastle) Mossend Swifts v St Bernard’s 1-1
22 May (Tynecastle) Mossend Swifts v St Bernard’s 4-3
1889-90
First Round
5 Apr (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernards 6-1
Semi-final
12 Apr (Logie Green) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 2-3 (10,000)
26 Apr (Tynecastle) Leith Athletic v Mossend Swifts 4-2
Final
10 May (Logie Green) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 2-4 (5,000)
1890-91
Semi-final
4 Apr (Tynecastle) Leith Athletic v Raith Rovers 4-2
23 May (Logie Green) Heart of Midlothian v Mossend Swifts 2-2 (5,000)
(Abandoned 75 minutes – Mossend Swifts
refused to play on after player sent off. Tie
awarded to Heart of Midlothian.)
Final
27 Jun (Logie Green) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 3-2 (5,000)
1891-92
Semi-final
14 May (Logie Green) Heart of Midlothian v Mossend Swifts 4-2
21 May (Tynecastle) Leith Athletic v St Bernard’s 3-1 (2,000)
Final
28 May (Logie Green) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 1-2
1892-93
Semi-final
13 May (Tynecastle) St Bernard’s v Broxburn 4-2 (1,500)
20 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 2-5 (8,000)
Final
27 May (Powderhall) St Bernard’s v Heart of Midlothian 3-3 (10,000)
(St Bernard’s protested on the grounds of
Heart of Midlothian’s second goal & when
the protest was subsequently dismissed,
St Bernard’s then refused to take part in any
replay & the trophy was awarded to Heart of
Midlothian.)
1893-94
Semi-final
30 Apr (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 2-2 (4,000)
16 May (Tynecastle) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 2-1 (1,900)
21 May (Rpy) (Powderhall) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 2-1 (4,000)
Final
31 May (Powderhall) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 4-2 (7,500)
1894-95
Semi-final
8 May (Logie Green) Leith Athletic v Hibernian 1-1 (1,500)
(Competition rules now required 30 minutes
extra time to be played but Hibernian refused.
Tie awarded to Leith Athletic.)
15 May (Easter Road) St Bernard’s v Heart of Midlothian 3-7 (2,000)
Final
29 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 1-3 (3,500)
1895-96
Semi-final
6 May (Logie Green) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 2-0 (3,000)
13 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v St Bernard’s 5-0 (1,500)
Final
25 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 2-8 (4,000)
1896-97
Semi-final
28 Apr (Logie Green) Leith Athletic v Hibernian 0-7
5 May (Easter Road) St Bernard’s v Heart of Midlothian 1-1
7 May (Rpy) (Easter Road) St Bernard’s v Heart of Midlothian 1-4 (3,500)
Final
11 May (Logie Green) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 0-3 (5,000)
1897-98
Semi-final
7 May (Tynecastle) St Bernard’s v Hibernian 1-1 (2,000)
11 May (Rpy) (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 4-1 (1,000)
14 May (Logie Green) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 1-2 (4,000)
Final
21 May (Logie Green) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 1-6
1898-99
Semi-final
3 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v St Bernard’s 2-1 (2,000)
8 May (Logie Green) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 3-2 (5,000)
Final
27 May (Logie Green) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 1-0 (5,000)
1899-00
Semi-final
25 Apr (Easter Road) St Bernard’s v Heart of Midlothian 0-4
9 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 3-2
Final
19 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 3-3 (4,000)
23 May (Rpy) (Powderhall) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 0-3
1900-01
Semi-final
20 May (Powderhall) St Bernard’s v Heart of Midlothian 4-4 (1,500)
(There was some doubt over whether a period
of 30 minutes extra time should be played
but after a 10 minute delay the period of
extra time began. However, within just a
further 5 minutes it became too dark to play
on & the game was abandoned without any
further scoring.)
22 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 3-0 (1,000)
25 May (Rpy) (Easter Road) St Bernard’s v Heart of Midlothian 1-2 (3,000)
Final
31 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 4-0 (3,000)
1901-02
Semi-final
17 May (Easter Road) St Bernard’s v Heart of Midlothian 2-6 (3,000)
19 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 4-2
Final
24 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 1-0 (6,000)
1902-03
Semi-final
16 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 3-1 (3,000)
18 May (Gymnasium) St Bernard’s v Hibernian 1-2 (900)
Final
29 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 3-1 (2,000)
1903-04
Semi-final
21 May (Tynecastle) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 2-0 (2,000)
23 May (Gymnasium) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 0-3 (2,000)
Final
30 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 3-0 (4,000)
1904-05
Semi-final
20 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 2-1
22 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 0-3
Final
27 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 0-5
1905-06
Semi-final
26 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 3-2 (2,000)
(After 30 minutes extra time – 90 minutes
score 2-2.)
26 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 3-1 (3,000)
Final
30 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 0-2 (3,000)
1906-07
Semi-final
20 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v St Bernard’s 0-0 (2,000)
(After 30 minutes extra time – Leith Athletic
won by 2 corners to 1.)
25 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 1-0 (7,000)
Final
1 Jun (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 4-1
1907-08
Semi-final
2 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 1-1 (4,000)
(After 30 minutes extra time – score after 90
minutes 1-1. St Bernard’s won by 2 corners
to 1.)
9 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 0-2 (8,000)
Final
16 May (Easter Road) St Bernard’s v Heart of Midlothian 3-2 (9,000)
1908-09
Semi-final
1 May (Tynecastle) Leith Athletic v St Bernard’s 2-0
8 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 2-1 (7,000)
Final
15 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 3-0 (6,000)
1909-10
Semi-final
4 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v St Bernard’s 2-1 (2,000)
7 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 0-1 (5,000)
Final
14 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 2-0 (6,000)
1910-11
Semi-final
3 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v St Bernard’s 1-1 (1,000)
6 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 1-2 (8,000)
10 May (Rpy) (Gymnasium) St Bernard’s v Leith Athletic 2-1 (1,500)
Final
13 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 5-0 (3,000)
1911-12
Semi-final
4 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 0-5
8 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 2-0
Final
11 May (Tynecastle) Hibernian v Rest of Edinburgh 0-0
(Hibernian won by 7 corners to 4 – no record
of extra time being played. Heart of Midlothian
could not take part in the final as they were
committed to a tour of Denmark. The
opposition consisted of a select side made up
of 5 players from St Bernard’s, 3 from Leith
Athletic & 3 from Heart of Midlothian’s 2nd XI.)
1912-13
Semi-final
3 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 3-2 (3,000)
7 May (Logie Green) Leith Athletic v Hibernian 0-1 (1,300)
Final
10 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 0-2 (8,000)
1913-14
Semi-final
2 May (Gymnasium) St Bernard’s v Heart of Midlothian 0-2 (5,000)
6 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 6-1 (1,000)
Final
9 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 2-3 (5,000)
1914-15
Semi-final
1 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 2-3
1 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 4-1
Final
8 May (Tynecastle) St Bernard’s v Hibernian 4-3
(After 30 minutes extra time – score after 90
minutes 3-3.)
1915-16
Semi-final
6 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 3-0 (2,000)
6 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 6-1 (1,500)
13 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 4-0 (5,000)
1916-17
Semi-final
5 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 3-0 (3,000)
5 May (Easter Road) Armadale v St Bernard’s 2-2
(After 30 minutes extra time – score after 90
minutes 2-2. Armadale won by 3 corners to 2.)
Final
12 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Armadale 5-3
1917-18
Final (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 0-2
1918-19
Final (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 2-1 (14,000)
1919-20
Semi-final
8 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Armadale 3-2 (5,500)
12 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 5-0 (6,500)
Final
15 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 2-0 (14,000)
1920-21
Semi-final
7 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 1-3 (5,000)
11 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 2-0 (3,000)
Final
14 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 1-0 (8,000)
1921-22
Semi-final
3 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v St Bernard’s 3-2 (2,500)
6 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 0-1 (13,000)
Final
13 May (Tynecastle) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 3-0 (5,000)
1922-23
Semi-final
5 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 2-1 (7,000)
9 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 6-1 (500)
Final
12 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 2-1 (11,000)
1923-24
Semi-final
3 May (Tynecastle) St Bernard’s v Hibernian 1-2 (3,500)
7 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 5-0 (1,500)
Final
10 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 0-2 (12,000)
1924-25
Semi-final
2 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 4-0 (2,000)
9 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 6-1 (6,000)
Final
16 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 0-1 (11,000)
1925-26
Semi-final
1 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 1-4 (5,000)
8 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 6-2 (7,000)
Final
15 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 9-0 (10,000)
1926-27
Semi-final
7 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 5-1 (6,000)
9 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 5-1
Final
14 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 1-0 (8,000)
(After 30 minutes extra time – score after 90
minutes 0-0.)
1927-28
Semi-final
2 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 1-3 (500)
5 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 2-1 (7,000)
Final
12 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 0-2 (6,000)
1928-29
Semi-final
4 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 2-1 (3,000)
8 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 5-4
Final
11 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 5-1 (8,000)
1929-30
Semi-final
3 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 0-2 (8,000)
6 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 1-0 (3,000)
Final
10 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 2-1 (12,000)
(after 30 minutes extra time – score after 90
minutes 1-1.)
1930-31
Semi-final
2 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 2-1 (8,000)
6 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 2-3 (2,000)
Final
9 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 1-2 (9,074)
1931-32
Semi-final
4 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 4-1 (4,500)
7 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 3-4 (3,000)
Final
14 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 1-2 (6,000)
1932-33
First Round
3 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 4-0 (1,800)
Semi-final
6 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Motherwell 0-1 (5,171)
10 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 4-0 (2,394)
Final
13 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell 3-1 (8,445)
1933-34
First Round
2 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 1-0 (1,000)
Semi-final
5 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Johnstone 2-1 (4,000)
9 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 1-0 (3,000)
Final
12 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 2-1 (4,919)
1934-35
First Round
1 May (Tynecastle) St Bernard’s v Hamilton Academical 2-7 (1,287)
4 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Dunfermline Athletic 2-3 (4,000)
Semi-final
8 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hamilton Academical 5-2 (4,000)
11 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Dunfermline Athletic 3-1 (3,000)
Final
15 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 2-1 (3,000)
1935-36
First Round
2 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 7-0 (4,470)
9 May (Easter Road) Edinburgh City v Dunfermline Athletic 2-5 (700)
Semi-final
6 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 2-3
13 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Dunfermline Athletic 6-4 (6,300)
Final
15 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 2-0 (9,000)
1936-37
Semi-final
1 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 6-2 (5,288)
8 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 3-1 (3,600)
Final
15 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 2-0 (5,973)
1937-38
Semi-final
4 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 0-1 (1,624)
7 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 0-1 (3,996)
Final
14 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v St Bernard’s 0-4 (2,886)
(After 30 minutes extra time – score after 90
minutes 0-0.)
1938-39
Semi-final
3 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v St Bernard’s 5-2 (1,991)
6 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Leith Athletic 1-2 (2,516)
Final
13 May (Easter Road) Leith Athletic v Heart of Midlothian 2-0 (4,791)
1939-40
Semi-final
22 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Leith Athletic 3-1
29 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v St Bernard’s 2-2
(Hibernian won by 6 corners to 2.)
Final
1 Jun (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 2-5
1940-41
Final
31 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 0-2 (5,352)
1941-42
Final
23 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 1-1 (8,300)
(Heart of Midlothian won on toss of coin.)
1942-43
Final
22 May (Easter Road) Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian 1-1 (5,537)
(Heart of Midlothian won on toss of coin.)
1943-44
Final
27 May (Tynecastle) Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 1-4