Cumberland League

The Cumberland League is a series of rugby league divisions in the traditional county of Cumberland.

The league is run by the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA). Teams from the Cumberland league can apply for election to the National Conference League if they meet minimum criteria.

History

The Cumberland League has been in existence, in one form or another, since 1899. Millom, in 1897, was the first club in the county to defect from rugby union to Northern Union, they were followed a year later by Workington, Maryport, Whitehaven, Seaton, Brookland Rovers and Wath Brow. The first three named joined with Lancaster and the Furness clubs Barrow, Dalton and Askam to form the North Western League in 1898/99. The first champions were Millom who finished just ahead of Barrow.

On 10 May 1899 the Cumberland clubs met at the Grapes Hotel in Workington and agreed to form a Cumberland Senior League for the following season. They voted W.E. Mason (Whitehaven) to Chair the new competition and R. Nixon (Maryport) was elected Hon. Secretary.

The participants in that first season, 1899/1900, were Brookland Rovers, Maryport, Seaton, Whitehaven, Whitehaven Rec and Workington. Neither of the Whitehaven clubs nor Workington have any connection with Whitehaven and Workington Town who currently play in the Co-operative Championship and Championship One respectively.

The first winners were the Maryport.

2014 structure

Club Founded Location Club Colours
Aspatria Hornets 2012 (reformed)
Egremont Rangers 'A' 1946 Gillfoot Park, North Road, Egremont Blue, Red & White
Ellenborough Rangers 1969 Solway Park, Grasslot, Maryport Blue & White
Flimby1984 Main Road, Flimby Red & White
Great Clifton Lions 1973 William Street, Great Clifton Green & Gold
Hensingham 1905 Richmond Hill, Hensingham, Whitehaven Red & White
Kells 'A' 1931 Kells Welfare/Big Waite, Kells, Whitehaven Red & White
Lowca1974 Westcroft Terrace, Lowca, Whitehaven Black & White-
Maryport 'A' 1968 Athletic Ground, Maryport Blue & Yellow
Salterbeck Storm2000 Salterbeck Road, Workington Black, Red & White

2013 structure

Club Founded Location Club Colours
Aspatria Hornets 2012 (reformed)
Egremont Rangers 'A' 1946 Gillfoot Park, North Road, Egremont Blue, Red & White
Ellenborough Rangers 1969 Solway Park, Grasslot, Maryport Blue & White
Ellenborough Rangers 'A' 1969 Solway Park, Grasslot, Maryport Blue & White
Flimby1984 Main Road, Flimby Red & White
Great Clifton Lions 1973 William Street, Great Clifton Green & Gold
Hensingham 1905 Richmond Hill, Hensingham, Whitehaven Red & White
Kells 'A' 1931 Kells Welfare/Big Waite, Kells, Whitehaven Red & White
Lowca1974 Westcroft Terrace, Lowca, Whitehaven Black & White-
Maryport 'A' 1968 Athletic Ground, Maryport Blue & Yellow
Salterbeck Storm2000 Salterbeck Road, Workington Black, Red & White

2012 Structure

Division One

Club Founded Location Club Colours
Broughton Red Rose 1965 Papcastle Road, Great Broughton, Cockermouth Red & White
Cockermouth Titans 2006 Grassmoor Sports Centre, Tarn Close, Cockermouth Blue & Yellow
Distington 1984 Grass Road, Distington Navy & Red
Glasson Rangers 1912 Sandy Lonning, Maryport Blue & Red
Hensingham 1905 Richmond Hill, Hensingham, Whitehaven Red & White
Kells 1931 Kells Welfare/Big Waite, Kells, Whitehaven Red & White
Maryport 1968 Athletic Ground, Maryport Blue & Yellow
Seaton Rangers 1968 Welfare Field, Seaton Maroon & Amber
Seaton Rangers 'A' 1968 Welfare Field, Seaton Maroon & Amber
Wath Brow Hornets 1963 Cleator Moor Sports Field, Cleator Moor Black & Amber

Division two

Club Founded Location Club Colours
Aspatria Hornets 2012 (reformed)
Egremont Rangers 'A' 1946 Gillfoot Park, North Road, Egremont Blue, Red & White
Ellenborough Rangers 1969 Solway Park, Grasslot, Maryport Blue & White
Flimby1984 Main Road, Flimby Red & White
Frizington 2005 Jubilee Playing Field, Main Street, Frizington Blue & White
Glasson Rangers 'A' 1912 Milltofts Playing Fields, Maryport Blue & Red
Great Clifton Lions 1973 William Street, Great Clifton Green & Gold
Kells 'A' 1931 Kells Welfare/Big Waite, Kells, Whitehaven Red & White
Lowca1974 Westcroft Terrace, Lowca, Whitehaven Black & White-
Salterbeck Storm2000 Salterbeck Road, Workington Black, Red & White

Past winners

Cumberland Senior League

Year League Leaders Play Off Final
Winner Result Runner-up
1899/00 Workington Maryport def. Workington
1900/01 Maryport Maryport def. Workington
1901/02 Seaton Seaton 5-3 Whitehaven Rec
1902/03 Maryport Maryport 18-0 Seaton
1903/04 Parton Parton 5-2 Brookland Rovers
1904/05 Parton
1905/06 Whitehaven Rec
1906/07 Millom Workington 25-3 Millom
1907/08 Whitehaven Rec Workington WO Whitehaven Rec
1908/09 Workington Workington 6-5 Egremont
1909/10 Broughton Moor Broughton Moor 8-0 Brookland Rovers
1910/11 Broughton Moor Brookland Rovers 2-0 Broughton Moor
1911/12 Seaton Seaton 10-5 Brookland Rovers
1912/13 Seaton Seaton 29-0 Fothergill United
1913/14 Seaton Seaton 23-3 Broughton Moor
1919/20 Brookland Rovers Brookland Rovers 7-5 Broughton Moor
1920/21 Dearham Wanderers 14-4 Seaton
1921/22 Broughton Moor Broughton Moor 7-5 Wath Brow
1922/23 Brookland Rovers Brookland Rovers 2-0 Aspatria Hornets
1923/24 Glasson Rangers 5-3 Flimby & Fothergill Utd
1924/25 Brookland Rovers 3-0 Flimby & Fothergill Utd
1925/26 Hensingham Hensingham vs. Dearham/Brookland
1926/27 Dearham Wanderers Dearham Wanderers 11-0 Brookland Rovers
1927/28 Dearham Wanderers Dearham Wanderers 20-0 Whitehaven Rec
1928/29 Whitehaven Rec Glasson Rangers 2-0 Whitehaven Rec
1929/30 Great Clifton Glasson Rangers 12-5 Great Clifton
1930/31 Great Clifton Egremont Rangers 5-2 Great Clifton
1931/32 Glasson Rangers Glasson Rangers 2-0 Flimby
1932/33 Flimby Flimby 4-0 Great Clifton
1933/34 Dearham Wanderers Dearham Wanderers 5-2 Kells
1934/35 Kells Flimby 6-0 Kells
1935/36 Glasson Rangers Glasson Rangers 11-3 Maryport
1936/37 Netherton 6-0 Broughton
1937/38 Glasson Rangers 21-0 Maryport
1938/39 Glasson Rangers Glasson Rangers
1945/46
1946/47
1947/48
1948/49
1949/50
1950/51
1951/52
1952/53
1953/54
1954/55
1955/56
1956/57
1957/58
1958/59
1959/60
1960/61
1961/62
1962/63
1963/64
1964/65
1965/66
1966/67
1967/68
1968/69
1969/70
1970/71
1971/72
1972/73
1973/74 Seaton Rangers
1974/75 Maryport Maryport
1975/76 Wath Brow Hornets
1976/77 Wath Brow Hornets
1977/78
1978/79 Lowca Ellenborough Rangers 14-0 Lowca
1979/80 Lowca
1980/81
1981/82 Kells Glasson Rangers
1982/83 Kells 12-8 Lowca
1983/84 Great Clifton Lions Egremont Rangers def. Great Clifton Lions
1984/85 Egremont Rangers
1985/86
1986/87
1987/88
1988/89 Hensingham
1989/90 Kells
1990/91 Ellenborough Rangers
1991/92 Ellenborough Rangers
1992/93 Ellenborough Rangers
1993/94 Hensingham
1994/95 Hensingham Ellenborough Rangers def. Hensingham
1995/96 Hensingham Wath Brow Hornets
1996/97 Westfield Ellenborough Rangers def. Westfield
1997/98 Wath Brow Hornets Ellenborough Rangers 22-6 Wath Brow Hornets
1998/99 Ellenborough Rangers Ellenborough Rangers 28-12 Wath Brow Hornets
1999/00 Wath Brow Hornets Hensingham 29-16 Wath Brow Hornets
2000/01 Wath Brow Hornets Wath Brow Hornets 28-18 Ellenborough Rangers
2001/02 Wath Brow Hornets Wath Brow Hornets
2002/03 Hensingham Hensingham
2003/04 Hensingham Seaton Rangers def. Hensingham
2004/05 Seaton Rangers Kells 52-10 Egremont Rangers
2005/06 Seaton Rangers Seaton Rangers def.
2006/07 Seaton Rangers
2007/08 Ellenborough Rangers
2008/09 Kells
2012 Kells

Division two

2009-10 Cockermouth Titans 2010-11 Seaton Rangers A

Dale Campbell Savours Cup

See also

External links

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