AYRSHIRE CUP

1877-1998

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The results of the competition from 1877-78 to 1914-15 were researched and compiled by Stuart Robertson ©. There are a number of missing results and dates, so if you can help with these, please contact me.

The first proposers of the Ayrshire Cup were two medical students, a John Smith of Mauchline and a Mr Wilson of Ayr. After failing to persuade Ayr Thistle to take up the task, John Wallace of Kilmarnock took up the baton. Voluntary contributions, almost exclusively in Kilmarnock, helped finance the competition and was instrumental in the town having an almost exclusive hold on the choice of final venues. Indeed it wasni’t until 1897 when the final tie was played outside the town with Ayr being the choice.

The following notes regarding the competition in the 20^th Century have been supplied thanks to David Ross.

There were a couple of occasions when the winners didn't actually 'win' the Final. In 1921 Ayr United refused to replay at Rugby Park on the date set by the Ayrshire FA so Kilmarnock were awarded the trophy. In 1959 the scores were level after two legs so in the days before penalty shoot-outs or away goals counting double the rule was that in the event of a tie the holders kept the trophy so it stayed in Ayr.

Penalty shoot-outs were introduced in 1970-71.

Between 1946-1978 Kilmarnock and Ayr United were the only entrants. Prior to WW2 the number of entrants fluctuated - from a peak of over forty to just four in the 1930s (Kilmarnock, Ayr United, Beith and Galston). In 1978-79 Girvan joined the competition.

The last winners outside the 'big two' were Beith in 1926-27.

Although the competition was suspended during WW2 the second leg of the 1938-39 final was played on September 30th 1939, after the outbreak of war but eight days after the SFA lifted their ban on competitive football.

The latest date for a final is for the 1932-33 competition which was actually played in February 1934. However the 1934-35 competition took longer to conclude. The final was held at Rugby Park in October 1935 but was drawn 3-3. The replay at Somerset wasn't played until 22 April 22 1936 when Kilmarnock won 8-0 (a record score for a Kilmarnock-Ayr United game) with six different players scoring.

Most successive wins is seven - Kilmarnock from 1950-51 to 1956-57 inclusive. Kilmarnock have also won five times in a row 1980-81 to 1984-85 inclusive. They were the first club to win three in succession (1884, 1885, 1886), a feat they achieved on several more occasions.

Ayr United's best run was four in a row from 1974-75 - 77-78. They also won three in succession - 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71. No other club has won more than twice in succession though Stevenston United - winners in 1914-15 and again in 1919-20 held the trophy for six seasons as it wasn't contested between those dates.

Some snippets on managers. Most successful was Kilmarnock's Malky MacDonald with eight victories. Best for Ayr was Ally McLeod with seven, the same tally as Kilmarnock's Hugh Spence.

MacDonald & McLeod were also both in charge of Scotland of course. The only ACF in which they were opposite each other was 1966. Other Scotland managers to have won the Ayrshire Cup are Tommy Burns and George Burley. They faced each other in the ACF in 1992 & 1993.

Ayr manager Gerry Mays (1962) was a former Kilmarnock player. And Alex Gibson who managed Ayr in the 1932-33 competition (completed in 1934) was a former Kilmarnock Chairman! James MacDonald, Ayr secretary/manager in the early 1920s held the same position at Rugby Park before WWI and Ayr boss from 1979-1983, Willie McLean, was the brother of Kilmarnock players Tommy & Jim.

Winners

1878 Mauchline 1879 Kilmarnock Athletic 1880 Beith 1881 Lugar Boswell 1882 Kilmarnock Portland 1883 Kilmarnock Athletic 1884 Kilmarnock 1885 Kilmarnock 1886 Kilmarnock 1887 Hurlford 1888 Kilbirnie 1889 Hurlford 1890 Annbank 1891 Kilmarnock 1892 Annbank 1893 Annbank 1894 Hurlford 1895 Annbank 1896 Kilmarnock 1897 Kilmarnock Athletic 1898 Kilmarnock 1899 Kilmarnock 1900 Kilmarnock 1901 Ayr 1902 Ayr Parkhouse 1903 Galston 1904 Galston 1905 Ayr 1906 Ayr 1907 Hurlford 1908 Galston 1909 Hurlford 1910 Ayr 1911 Hurlford 1912 Ayr United 1913 Galston 1914 Galston 1915 Stevenston United 1920 Stevenston United 1921 Kilmarnock 1922 Kilmarnock 1923 Kilmarnock 1924 Beith 1925 Galston 1926 Ayr United 1927 Beith 1928 Kilmarnock 1929 Ayr United 1930 Kilmarnock 1931 Kilmarnock 1933 Ayr United

1935 Kilmarnock 1936 Ayr United 1938 Ayr United 1939 Ayr United 1947 Kilmarnock 1950 Ayr United 1951 Kilmarnock 1952 Kilmarnock 1953 Kilmarnock 1954 Kilmarnock 1955 Kilmarnock 1956 Kilmarnock 1957 Kilmarnock 1958 Ayr United / Kilmarnock (shared 4-4 on agg) 1959 Ayr United 1960 Kilmarnock 1961 Ayr United 1962 Kilmarnock 1965 Ayr United 1966 Kilmarnock 1969 Ayr United 1970 Ayr United 1971 Ayr United 1972 Kilmarnock 1973 Kilmarnock 1974 Kilmarnock 1975 Ayr United 1976 Ayr United 1977 Ayr United 1978 Ayr United 1979 Kilmarnock 1980 Ayr United 1981 Kilmarnock 1982 Kilmarnock 1983 Kilmarnock 1984 Kilmarnock 1985 Kilmarnock 1986 Ayr United 1987 Kilmarnock 1988 Ayr United 1989 Ayr United 1990 Kilmarnock 1991 Ayr United 1992 Kilmarnock 1993 Kilmarnock 1994 Kilmarnock 1995 Ayr United 1996 Kilmarnock 1997 Ayr United 1998 Kilmarnock

Results 1877-78 to 1914-15

Ayrshire Cup – 1877/78

1^st round:

Catrine walkover Largs Western scratched

Beith walkover Beith Thistle scratched

Dalry Rangers 1 Kilmarnock 5

(played at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock)

Kilbirnie 6 Ayr Academicals 0

(after a draw)

Kilmarnock Cricket and Football Club

1 Kilmarnock Portland 2

Kilmarnock Dean 0 Kilmarnock Hawthorn 1 Nov 24

Kilmaurs Floors 1 Irvine 3 Dec 1

[Irvine scorers - Johnstone and Light body (2)]

Weather described as excellent but pitch was waterlogged and the match continued “after dark.”

(game claimed by Kilmaurs as Irvine did not appear on the agreed date – protest upheld)

Mauchline 16 Burnfoothill Ramblers 0 Dec 8

Maybole Carrick 4 Tarbolton 1 Dec 8

Maybole Ladywell 1 Cumnock 0

Rankinston Mountaineers 0 Lanemark 2

(after a draw)

Stewarton 2 Kilmarnock Star 2

(Stewarton, under protest, refused to play again and were thrown out of the competition)

Vale of Irvine(Galston) scratched Girvan walkover

Hurlford received a bye.

2^nd round:

Catrine 2 Maybole Carrick 1

Kilmarnock 0 Mauchline 4 Jan 12 – also noted as 1-4

Beith 4 Maybole Ladywell 1 Dec 31

Girvan scratched Hurlford walkover

Kilmarnock Portland 2 Kilbirnie 1

(after a 0-0 draw and a 1-1 draw)

Kilmarnock Hawthorn 1 Kilmarnock Star 0

(after a 0-0 draw and a 2-2 draw)

Lanemark 1 Kilmaurs Floors 0

3^rd round:

Kilmarnock Hawthorn 3 Lanemark 1

Mauchline 2 Catrine 0

Kilmarnock Portland 1 Hurlford 0

Beith received a bye.

Semi-Final:

Kilmarnock Portland 1 Kilmarnock Hawthorn 0

Mauchline 3 Beith 0

Final:

Mauchline 4 Kilmarnock Portland 3 Apr 13

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock, att 5,000)

Ayrshire Cup – 1878/79

1^st round: (Note – venue of ties is not known)

Kilmarnock Athletic 9 Kilmarnock Star 0

Crescent(Saltcoats) 1 Burnfoothill 0

Irvine 2 Kilmarnock Academicals 0 Nov 2

Cumnock 3 Barkip 2 Nov 9 – also noted as 3-0

(after a 0-0 draw)

Kilbirnie 12 Ayr Rovers 0 Nov 9

Ayr Thistle scratched Ayr Academicals walkover

Kilmarnock Hawthorn 3 Kilbirnie Athletic 0 Nov 16

(after two 2-2 draws)

Hurlford Rovers 3 Girvan 0

Coylton 1 Kilmarnock Dean 0

Kilmarnock Portland 13 Vale of Ayr(Muirkirk) 0

Tarbolton 3 Vale of Irvine(Galston) 1

Lanemark 5 Overton 0

Lugar Boswell 2 Stewarton 1

Largs Western scratched Dalry walkover

Busbiehead 3 Rankinston 3

(Busbiehead thrown out of competition for infringing rules)

Maybole Ladywell 4 Common Rangers 0

Mauchline 7 Kilmarnock 0

Kilmaurs 1 Galston Blue Bells 0

(after a 2-2 draw)

Auchinleck Boswell 3 Cumnock Bute 0

Beith 2 Catrine 0

Hurlford 5 Maybole Carrick 0

Ochiltree received a bye.

2^nd round:

Kilmarnock Athletic 7 Tarbolton 1

Maybole Ladywell 6 Ochiltree 0

Hurlford 1 Crescent(Saltcoats) 0

Lanemark 4 Hurlford Rovers 1

Cumnock 4 Lugar Boswell 0

Kilbirnie 6 Auchinleck Boswell 1

Ayr Academicals 1 Kilmaurs 0

(after a 1-1 draw)

Rankinston 1 Coylton 0

(after two draws)

Dalry scratched Mauchline walkover

Kilmarnock Hawthorn 2 Irvine 0

Kilmarnock Portland 1 Beith 0

3^rd round:

Kilmarnock Athletic 8 Cumnock 0

Ayr Academicals 1 Hurlford 0

Mauchline 3 Kilbirnie 1

Kilmarnock Hawthorn 1 Maybole Ladywell 0

Kilmarnock Portland 2 Rankinston 1

Lanemark received a bye

4^th round:

Lanemark 3 Kilmarnock Hawthorn 2

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Mauchline 1 Mar 22 – att. 4,000

Kilmarnock Portland 1 Ayr Academicals 0

Semi-Finals:

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Lanemark 0

Kilmarnock Portland received a bye.

Final:

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Kilmarnock Portland 1 Apr 26

(aet, at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, att. 4,000, after a 1-1 draw at Rugby Park on Apr 12, att. 6,000)

Ayrshire Cup – 1879/80

1^st round:

Rankinston 3 Stewarton 1

Stewarton Cunninghame 2 Busbiehead 0

(after two 1-1 draws)

Irvine 3 Lanemark 2 Oct 25

Catrine 5 Cronberry Eglinton 0

(after three 1-1 draws)

Saltcoats Crescent 2 Barkip 0

(after a 1-1 draw)

Irvine Rangers 2 Ayr Rovers Oct 25

Kilmarnock Arthurlie 6 Darvel 2

Girvan 4 Ochiltree 0

Ardnith 2 Maybole Ladywell 1

Ayr Robert Burns 4 Bank(New Cumnock) 1

Ayr 3 Ardrossan Seafield 2

(after a 2-2 draw)

Kilmarnock 6 Ayr Athole 1

Kilmarnock Portland 10 Vale of Annick 0

Kilmarnock Hibs 1 Auchinleck Boswell 0

Kilmaurs 6 Galston 0

(after a 1-1 draw)

Hurlford 0 Kilbirnie 4

Kilmarnock Athletic 16 Overton 0

Coylton Coila 9 Troon 1

Lugar Boswell 7 Burnfoothill 0

Afton Lads walkover Maybole Carrick scratched

Vale of Ayr scratched Common Rangers walkover

Mauchline walkover Kilmarnock Dean disqualified

(after a 1-1 draw)

Kilmarnock Academicals

scratched Cumnock walkover

Beith walkover Tarbolton scratched

2^nd round:

Kilmarnock Athletic 10 Irvine Rangers 0 Nov 29

Stewarton Cunninghame 2 Cumnock 1

Girvan 2 Lugar Boswell 3

Kilmarnock Arthurlie 0 Kilmarnock 5

Mauchline 13 Ardnith 0

Common Rangers 0 Kilmarnock Portland 4

Irvine 0 Coylton Coila 3 Nov 29

Rankinston 2 Ayr Robert Burns 1

Catrine 8 Afton Lads 1

Saltcoats Crescent 1 Ayr 0

Kilmarnock Hibs 0 Beith 2

Kilbirnie 3 Kilmaurs 0

3^rd round:

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Rankinston 1

Kilmarnock Portland 1 Kilmarnock 0

Mauchline 3 Lugar Boswell 0

Stewarton Cunninghame 0 Kilbirnie 5 Jan 1

Beith 5 Coylton Coila 1 Jan 3

(after an unfinished game)

Saltcoats Crescent 0 Catrine 2

(after a 1-1 draw at Catrine)

4^th round:

Kilmarnock Portland 1 Beith 5 Jan 31 – att. 4,000

(at Hamilton Park, Kilmarnock)

Kilbirnie 4 Catrine 0 Jan 31

(after a 3-3 draw at Catrine on Jan 17)

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Mauchline 4 Feb 14

(aet and after a draw on Jan 31)

Semi-Finals:

Mauchline 0 Beith 1 Apr 3

(att. 4,000, after a protested game at Beith on Mar 20 which was stopped due to break-in with Mauchline leading 1-0)

Kilbirnie received a bye.

Final:

Beith 1 Kilbirnie 0 Apr 17

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock, att. 5,000)

Ayrshire Cup – 1880/81

1^st round:

Lugar Boswell 13 Barleith 1

Mauchline 5 Waterside 1

Darvel 3 Cameronians 1

Burnfoothill 6 Cumnock 0

Common Rangers 14 Ochiltree 0

Crosshouse 1 Kilmarnock Arthurlie 4 Oct 9

Kimarnock Burns 1 Vale of Cessnock 0

Kilmarnock Athletic 15 Irvine Athletic 0 Oct 9

Kilmarnock Portland 10 Burnfoothill Ardnith 0 Oct 9

Stewarton Cunningham 4 Ayr Rovers 0 Oct 16

Hurlford 4 Rankinston 0

(after a 2-2 draw)

Ardrossan Seafield 7 Ayr Robert Burns 0

Gatehead 2 Beith 5 Oct 16

Ardeer 0 Beith Burnside 1 Oct 16

Cronberry Eglinton 6 Ayr Athole 0

Kilmarnock Caledonian 4 Lanemark 3 Oct 23

Irvine Rangers 2 Coylton Coila 6 Oct 30

This match was played in Irvine at the Irvine Mains Farm which is roughly where Irvine Meadow XI play today. Rangers took a 2-0 lead but were down 3-2 by half-time. With the score at 6-2 to Coylton and thirty minutes to play , the ball burst. With no replacement the match ended but Coylton, were awarded the tie.

Kilmaurs 3 Stewarton 2

Ayr 20 Dreghorn Black Watch 0

Maybole 5 Kilmarnock Hibs 0

Annbank 5 Catrine 0

Kilmarnock 7 Barkip 0 Nov 20

(after a 2-2 draw at Barkip on Oct 30)

Overton walkover Afton Lads scratched

(after a 1-1 draw)

Irvine walkover Girvan scratched

Kilbirnie walkover Auchinleck Boswell scratched

Maybole Albert walkover Saltcoats Crescent scratched

Troon received a bye.

2^nd round:

Burnfoothill 4 Troon 0

Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Kilmarnock Arthurlie 2

Kilbirnie 7 Kilmaurs 0 Dec 4

Kilmarnock Portland 5 Stewarton Cunningham 0 Nov 27

Ardrossan Seafield 3 Darvel 2

Annbank 4 Common Rangers 0

Lugar Boswell 2 Mauchline 0

(after a 2-2 draw)

Maybole 7 Kilmarnock Caledonian 0 Dec 18

(after a draw at Kilmarnock)

Kilmarnock 1 Cronberry Eglinton 0

(after a 5-5 draw at Cronberry on Nov 27 and a 2-2 draw)

Beith walkover Maybole Albert scratched

Ayr walkover Beith Burnside scratched

Coylton Coila walkover Kilmarnock Burns scratched

Irvine received a bye.

3^rd round:

Irvine 1 Kilbirnie 6 Dec 25

Lugar Boswell 4 Ayr 3

Ardrossan Seafield 3 Annbank 5 Jan 15

Coylton Coila 5 Kilmarnock 0

Beith 2 Kilmarnock Portland 3 Feb 5 – att. 2,000

Kilmarnock Athletic 15 Burnfoothill 0

Hurlford 3 Maybole 0

(after a protested game at Hurlford on Feb 5 won 5-1 by Hurlford)

4^th round:

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Hurlford 0

Lugar Boswell 3 Kilmarnock Portland 0

Annbank 2 Kilbirnie 1

Coylton Coila received a bye.

Semi-Finals:

Lugar Boswell 5 Kilmarnock Athletic 1

Annbank 6 Coylton Coila 1

Final:

Lugar Boswell 5 Annbank 0 Apr 2

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, att. 5,000 – result also noted as 5-1 and 4-0)

Ayrshire Cup – 1881/82

1^st round:

Beith Thistle 8 Kilmarnock Arthurlie 1 Sep 10

Rankinston 13 Irvine Eglinton 2

Stewarton Cunninghame 4 Irvine 0

Kilmarnock 2 Kilbirnie 0

Kilmarnock Portland 3 Ayr 2

Lugar Boswell 5 Mauchline 0 Oct 1

Cronberry Eglinton 5 Crosshouse 0 Oct 1

Lanemark 19 Kilmarnock St. Crispen 0

Maybole 6 Maybole Albert 0

Beith 4 Cumnock 2 Oct 8

Kilmarnock Athletic 13 Auchinleck Boswell 2

Annbank walkover Ardeer scratched

Waterside walkover Riccarton scratched

Gatehead walkover Kilmaurs scratched

Common Rangers walkover Kilmarnock Caledonians scratched

Hurlford walkover Coylton Coila scratched

Ardrossan Seafield walkover Troon scratched

Stevenston Dynamite walkover Ayr Robert Burns scratched

Largs Athletic walkover Burnfoothill scratched

Barkip walkover Catrine scratched

2^nd round:

Beith Thistle 5 Largs Athletic 2 Nov 5

Barkip 2 Stevenston Dynamite 0 Nov 5 – also noted as 2-1

Stewarton Cunninghame 8 Ardrossan Seafield 1 Nov 5

Kilmarnock Athletic 6 Beith 2 Nov 5

(after a 1-1 draw at Beith on Oct 29)

Waterside 0 Kilmarnock Portland 9

Kilmarnock 6 Rankinston 3

Lugar Boswell 5 Annbank 0

Maybole 11 Common Rangers 0 Nov 19

(after a 2-2 draw)

Lanemark 2 Cronberry Eglinton 1

(after a 3-3 draw)

Hurlford walkover Gatehead scratched

3^rd round:

Stewarton Cunninghame 3 Maybole 0 Jan 7

Lugar Boswell 0 Kilmarnock Portland 6

(after a 3-3 draw at Kilmarnock on Dec 17)

Beith Thistle 0 Kilmarnock 4 Jan 28

(after a protested tie at Beith on Jan 14 won 2-1 by Kilmarnock)

Lanemark 12 Barkip 1

Kilmarnock Athletic 0 Hurlford 2 Jan 21

(after a 3-3 draw at Hurlford on Jan 7)

4^th round:

Hurlford 7 Stewarton Cunninghame 0

Kilmarnock 3 Lanemark 0

Kilmarnock Portland received a bye.

Semi-Finals:

Kilmarnock Portland 2 Hurlford 0

(after a draw at Hurlford on Feb 18, a 0-0 draw at Kilmarnock on Mar 4 and

a game on Mar 18 which was abandoned due to crowd trouble on Mar 18)

Kilmarnock received a bye.

Final:

Kilmarnock Portland 4 Kilmarnock 0 Mar 25

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock)

Ayrshire Cup – 1882/83

1^st round:

Darvel West Kilbride

Kilbirnie Cumnock

Kilmarnock Athletic Stewarton Cunninghame

Maybole Albert Girvan

Beith Thistle Crosshouse

Kilmarnock Hurlford

Lanemark Mauchline

Ballochmyle Rangers Maybole

Skares Bute Jewel Cronberry

Rankinstone Irvine Eglinton

Ayr 2 Lugar Boswell 4 Oct 14

Irvine Academicals 5 Stevenston Dynamite 0 Oct 14

Kilmarnock Portland 10 Troon 0 Sep 23

Annbank, Largs Athletic and Beith all had byes

2nd round:

West Kilbride 1 Largs Athletic 6

Lugar Boswell 14 Irvine Academicals 2 ? Oct 28

Mauchline 2 Hurlford 1 Oct 28 – protest ?

Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Kilmarnock Portland 0 Dec 23

One report gives the score as 4-0

3rd round:

Largs Athletic walkover Rankinston scratched

Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Beith 0 Nov 25

(after an abandoned game at Beith due to darkness on Nov 18 with Kilmarnock Athletic leading 3-0)

Hurlford 6 Kilmarnock 2

Kilmarnock Athletic 4 Kilmarnock Portland 0 Dec 23

Maybole L Lugar Boswell W

Mauchline 3 Annbank 0

Semi-final:

Lugar Boswell beat Largs Athletic

Mauchline L Kilmarnock Athletic W

Final:

Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Lugar Boswell 2 Apr 7

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, att. 4,000, after a 0-0 draw on Mar 10)

(protest regarding 1^st goal and also that the goal posts were too low, although they were the same posts that had been used in previous season’s final)

Ayrshire Cup – 1883/84

1^st round:

Kilmarnock walkover Kilmarnock Portland scratched

Annbank 2 Mauchline 0

Maybole 3 Stewarton Cunningham 0

Ayr 0 Hurlford 1 Oct 6

Kilwinning Monkcastle 2 West Kilbride 1

Cumnock 3 Cronberry Eglinton 2

Coylton Coila, Troon, Vale of Ayr and Lanemark scratched

2^nd round:

Kilmarnock Athletic 7 Galston 1

Maybole 2 Kilmarnock 4

(also noted as 3-4)

Hurlford 3 Cumnock 2

Lugar Boswell 8 Kilwinning Monkcastle 1

3^rd round:

Kilmarnock 3 Lugar Boswell 2

Other semi-finalists possibly received byes.

Semi-Finals:

Kilmarnock 3 Kilmarnock Athletic 1

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock)

(Kilmarnock Athletic submitted two protests objecting to one of the Kilmarnock players eligibility and the referee's

"want of knowledge of the rules." Both were rejected.)

Hurlford 2 Annbank 1

(after playing twice – first game void)

Final:

Kilmarnock 2 Hurlford 1 Apr 5

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock, after a 2-2 draw at Holm Quarry)

(Initially, the trophy wasn't awarded to Kilmarnock after the 1884 final replay as Hurlford put in a protest which eventually failed.)

Ayrshire Cup – 1884/85

1^st round:

Stewarton Cunningham 4 Lanemark 3 Sep 27

Kilbirnie 5 Dalry 1 Sep 27

Maybole 1 Ayr 2

Hurlford 8 Irvine Athletic 3 Oct 11

[Athletic scorers - J. Blythe, J. Orr, McCartney]

Athletic were 3-2 up at half-time. This match should have been played on 27 September but was postponed due to Hurlford’s participation in the Scottish Cup.

Cumnock 9 Girvan 1

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Lugar Boswell 7

Annbank 6 Cronberry Eglinton 2 Sep 27

Kilmarnock 4 Kilwinning Monkcastle 2

Mauchline 9 Stevenston Dynamite 1

Irvine Academicals received a bye.

2^nd round:

Irvine Academicals 1 Hurlford 10 Dec 13

This match was played in Irvine at Newfield park which is roughly where the new police station is situated on the Kilwinning Road.

Kilbirnie 4 Cumnock 0

Mauchline 9 Stewarton Cunningham 1

Annbank 1 Ayr 6 Nov 8

Kilmarnock 2 Lugar Boswell 1

3^rd round:

Hurlford 5 Kilbirnie 2

Ayr, Kilmarnock and Mauchline received byes.

Semi-Finals:

Hurlford 1 Mauchline 0

Kilmarnock 5 Ayr 2 Jan 31

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock att 2,500)

Final:

Kilmarnock 2 Hurlford 0 Mar 2

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock, att. 3,000)

Ayrshire Cup – 1885/86

1^st round:

Trabboch 4 Ballochmyle 3

Ayr FC 9 Girvan 1

Maybole 4 Irvine Academicals 1 Oct 10

(After protested game 3-0 at Maybole on Sep 26)

Maybole

Ayr Rovers 10 Stevenston Dynamite 1

Cumnock 1 Muirkirk Heatherbell 0

Dalry 6 Primrose 0

Springside Athletic 3 Ayr Vulcan 2

Kilwinning Monkcastle 4 Tour Thistle 0

Kilmarnock Britannia 3 Lugar Boswell 2

Lanemark 4 Irvine Athletic 3

(after a 3-3 draw at Irvine in Oct 10)

Annbank walkover Kilmarnock Athletic scratched

Kilmarnock, Mauchline, Hurlford, West Kilbride and Kilbirnie received byes.

2^nd round:

Kilmarnock 8 Maybole 1

Kilbirnie 4 Dalry 2 Nov 7

Mauchline 6 Springside Athletic 4

Kilmarnock Britannia 1 Kilwinning Monkcastle 0

Hurlford 8 Cumnock 2

Lanemark 8 Trabboch 1

Ayr Rovers 0 Ayr 2

Annbank 11 West Kilbride 1

3^rd round:

Hurlford 4 Kilbirnie 2

Ayr 3 Mauchline 1 Dec 19

Lanemark 3 Kilmarnock Britannia 1

Kilmarnock 7 Annbank 0 Dec 26

(after a game at Kilmarnock won 5-0 by Kilmarnock)

Semi-Finals:

Kilmarnock 3 Lanemark 1

Ayr 7 Hurlford 2 Feb 20

(at Beresford Park, Ayr – protest by Hurlford dismissed)

Final:

Kilmarnock 2 Ayr 1 Mar 6

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock)

Ayrshire Cup – 1886/87

1^st round:

Nibsters(Cumnock) 3 Darnconner 1

(after a 3-3 draw)

Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Overton Wanderers 0

Lugar Boswell 10 Ayr Vulcan 2

Newmilns 4 Ardrossan Ensign 1

Ayr 10 Dalry 2

Hurlford 7 Kilwinning Monkcastle 0

Lanemark 17 Saltcoats 2

Irvine Academicals 7 Springside Athletic 1 Sep 25

Ballochmyle walkover Cumnock scratched

Ayr Rovers walkover Irvine Athletic scratched

Maybole walkover Mauchline scratched

Kilmarnock walkover Girvan scratched

Annbank walkover Stevenston Thistle scratched

Irvine Thistle, Kilbirnie and Muirkirk Heatherbell received byes.

2^nd round:

Lugar Boswell 4 Ayr 2 Nov 7

Kilbirnie 2 Irvine Academicals 0 Nov 6

Half-time 1-0

Hurlford 2 Kilmarnock 1

Ayr Rovers 3 Kilmarnock Athletic 1

Maybole 7 Ballochmyle 3

Irvine Thistle 2 Nibsters(Cumnock) 0

Lanemark 4 Newmilns 1

(after a protested gane won 6-4 by Lanemark)

Annbank walkover Muirkirk Heatherbell scratched

3^rd round:

Annbank 7 Irvine Thistle 0 Dec 18

Lugar Boswell 5 Lanemark 1

Kilbirnie 4 Maybole 3

Hurlford 7 Ayr Rovers 0

(after a 1-1 draw)

Semi-Finals:

Hurlford 9 Lugar Boswell 0

Kilbirnie 4 Annbank 2

(after a 1-1 draw)

Final:

Hurlford 4 Kilbirnie 1 Mar 12

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, att. 6,000)

Ayrshire Cup – 1887/88

1^st round:

Kilmarnock Athletic scratched Maybole walkover

Darnconner Dalry

(after a 2-2 draw on Sep 17)

Kilmarnock 13 Burnfoothill 0 Sep 17

Stevenston Thistle 0 2^nd ARV(Newmilns) 4 Sep 17

Trabboch Lanemark

Kilbirnie 8 Ayr Thistle 2 Sep 17

Kilmaurs Annbank

Ardrossan Ensign 1 Ayr 13 Sep 17

Mauchline 1 Cronberry Eglinton 0 Oct 8

(after a draw at Cronberry)

Stewarton Newmilns Rangers

Catrine, Hurlford, Irvine, Ayr Rovers, Lugar Boswell and Kilwinning Monkcastle received byes.

2^nd round:

Annbank 5 2^nd ARV(Newmilns) 0 Oct 29

Maybole 0 Kilmarnock 2 Oct 29

Irvine 6 Ayr Rovers 0 Oct 29

Kilbirnie 5 Kilwinning Monkcastle 0 Oct 29

Hurlford 10 Lugar Boswell 1 Oct 29

Ayr 0 Mauchline 1 Dec 3

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, after a 2-2 draw at Ayr on Oct 29 and a 1-1 draw at Mauchline on Nov 12)

Stewarton walkover Catrine scratched

Lanemark received a bye.

3^rd round:

Stewarton 1 Annbank United 3 Jan14

(after a protested game at Stewraton on Dec 10 won 2-0 by Stewarton)

Kilbirnie Ladeside 2 Kilmarnock 1 Dec 17

Hurlford 5 Irvine 4 Dec 10

Lanemark 1 Mauchline 8 Dec 10

Semi-finals:

Mauchline 0 Kilbirnie 2

(at Connel Park, Mauchline)

Hurlford 5 Annbank 0

(at Station Park, Hurlford)

Final:

Kilbirnie 4 Hurlford 3 Feb 18

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, att. 5,000)

Ayrshire Cup – 1888/89

1^st round:

Hurlford 10 Newmilns Rangers 1 Oct 27 – after a draw?

Kilmarnock Rosebank 4 Kilmarnock Rangers 0 Oct 6

ARV(Newmilns) 7 Beith 0 Oct 6

Kilwinning Monkcastle Maybole

Annbank 5 Ardrossan Ensign 2 Oct 20

Galston 3 Ayr Athletic 5 Oct 6

Irvine walkover Kilmarnock Thistle scratched

Ayr 8 Darnconner Britannia 0 Oct 6

Stewarton Cunningham 1 Kilmarnock 11 Oct 6

Kilmaurs Thistle 3 Stevenston Thistle 2 Oct 6

Dalry walkover Newmilns Star scratched

Kilbirnie, Lugar Boswell, Ballochmyle, Mauchline and Lanemark received byes.

2^nd round:

Ayr 4 Kilbirnie 2 Oct 27

Mauchline 0 Kilmarnock 4 Oct 27

Annbank 10 Dalry 0 Oct 27

Ayr Athletic 3 Lugar Boswell 6 Oct 27

Lanemark 4 ARV(Newmilns) 1 Oct 27

Kilmaurs Thistle 4 Ballochmyle 1 Nov 3

(after a 3-3/2-2 draw at Ballochmyle on Oct 27)

Irvine 3 Kilmarnock Rosebank 0 Nov 3

(after a 0-0 draw at Kilmarnock on Oct 27)

Maybole 1 Hurlford 4 Nov 10

3^rd round:

Hurlford 6 Annbank 1 Nov 17

Lanemark 1 Ayr 3 Nov 17

Kilmaurs Thistle 1 Lugar Boswell 17 Nov 17

Kilmarnock 3 Irvine 0 Dec 8

(at Somerset Park, Ayr, after a 2-2 draw at Irvine on Nov 17, a protested game at Kilmarnock on Nov 26 won 5-1 by Kilmarnock and

a 2-2 draw at Kilmarnock on Dec 1)

Semi-Finals:

Ayr walkover Lugar Boswell scratched

(Lugar Boswell failed to appear)

Hurlford 3 Kilmarnock 1

(after a 3-3 draw at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock on Dec 15 and a 1-1 draw at Station Park, Hurlford on Dec 22)

Final:

Hurlford 2 Ayr 0 Feb 9

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, att. 6,000)

Ayrshire Cup – 1889/90

1^st round:

Lanemark 2 Springside Athletic 0 Oct 26

Skares Kilwinning Monkcastle

Stewarton 4 Kilmaurs 0 Oct 26

Kilbirnie walkover Dalry scratched

Kilmarnock Rangers Muirkirk

(after a 2-2 draw at Muirkirk on Oct 19)

Beith 3 Stevenston Thistle 6 Oct 26

Ayr walkover Maybole scratched

Kilmarnock 1 Annbank 2 Oct 26

Ardrossan 1 Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Oct 26

Irvine 5 Galston 0 Oct 26

Mauchline 2 Cronberry 0 Nov 2

(after a 1-1 draw at Cronberry on Oct 26)

Dalry 1^st ARV 3 Ayr Parkhouse 1 Oct 26

Newmilns, Lugar Boswell, Hurlford and Ayr Athletic received byes.

2^nd round:

Ayr 2 Newmilns 5 Nov 23

Kilmarnock Rangers Dalry ARV

Hurlford 7 Lanemark 2 Nov 16

Kilbirnie 12 Stewarton Cunninghame 1 Nov 16

Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Annbank 6 Nov 16

Mauchline 1 Skares 2 Nov 16

Irvine 3 Stevenston Thistle 2 Nov 16

Ayr Athletic 3 Lugar Boswell 2 Nov 16

3^rd round:

Irvine 1 Annbank 4 Dec 7

Ayr Athletic 1 Dalry ARV 2 Dec 7

Kilbirnie Ladeside 5 Skares 1 Dec 7

Hurlford 3 Newmilns 1 Dec 14

(after a draw at Newmilns on Dec 7)

Semi-finals:

Dalry ARV 1 Hurlford 5 Jan 25

(at Lynn Park, Dalry)

Kilbirnie 1 Annbank 3 Jan 25

(at Milton Park, KIlbirnie)

Final:

Annbank 3 Hurlford 2 Feb 15

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, att. 7,000 – record gate for the final up until that time)

Ayrshire Cup – 1890/91

1^st round:

Mauchline 5 Ayr Athletic 2 Nov 1

Kilmarnock 5 Irvine 0 Nov 1

Cronberry Eglinton 4 Common Rangers 1

Annbank 4 Ayr Parkhouse 0 Nov 1

Lanemark 2 Kilwinning Monkcastle 1

Newmilns 2 Ayr 3

Maybole 0 Beith 3 Nov 1 – also noted as 0-4

Stevenston Thistle 4 Dalry 1

Hurlford 9 Stewarton Cunningham 1

Kilbirnie 10 Galston 0 Nov 8

(after a 2-2 draw at Galston on Nov 1)

Kilmarnock Athletic walkover Lugar Boswell scratched

Saltcoats Victoria walkover Kilmarnock Rangers scratched

Skares Thistle received a bye.

2^nd round:

Mauchline 8 Saltcoats Victoria 3

Lanemark 0 Kilmarnock 15

Beith 1 Hurlford 5 Nov 29 – also noted as 1-4

Kilmarnock Athletic 6 Annbank 1 Nov 29

Skares Thistle 2 Ayr 4

Cronberry Eglinton, Stevenston Thistle and Kilbirnie received byes.

3^rd round:

Ayr 3 Hurlford 5 Dec 13

Stevenston Thistle 4 Cronberry Eglinton 2

Kilbirnie 1 Kilmarnock 3 Jan 17

(after a 1-1 draw on Dec 13)

Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Mauchline 2 Jan 24 also noted as 3-1

Semi-Finals:

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Kilmarnock 3 Feb 7

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock)

Hurlford 2 Stevenston Thistle 1 Jan 17

(at Station Park, Hurlford)

Final:

Kilmarnock 7 Hurlford 1 Feb 21

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock)

(Andrew Kelvin scored five goals)

Ayrshire Cup - 1891/92

1^st round

Cronberry Eglinton Ayr

Kilwinning Monkcastle 6 Newmilns 0 Oct 31

Stevenston Thistle 3 1^st Royal Scots Fusiliers 0 Oct 10

Saltcoats Victoria 2 Annbank 3 Oct 31

Kilmarnock 5 Lanemark 1 Oct 31

Kilbirnie 9 Maybole Athletic 0 Oct 31

Hurlford 8 Dalry 0 Oct 31

Lugar Boswell 11 Ayr Athletic 2

Stewarton Cunningham Catrine Thistle

(after a 4-4 draw at Catrine on Oct 10)

Beith 6 Ayr Parkhouse 2 Oct 31

Kilmarnock Athletic 0 Galston 2 Oct 31

Mauchline 3 Irvine 0 Oct 31

2nd round:

Kilbirnie 10 Beith 1 Nov 21

Galston 1 Kilwinning Monkcastle 4 Nov 21

Mauchline 1 Annbank 4 Nov 21

Stewarton Cunningham 0 Kilmarnock 14 Nov 21

Lugar Boswell, Hurlford, Ayr and Stevenston Thistle received byes.

3^rd round:

Ayr 2 Kilbirnie 4 Dec 12

Kilmarnock 3 Annbank 4 Dec 12

Lugar Boswell Hurlford

Kilwinning Monkcastle Stevenston Thistle

Semi-finals:

Hurlford 9 Stevenston Thistle 4 Jan 23

(at Station Park, Hurlford)

Kilbirnie 1 Annbank United 2 Jan 23

(at Milton Park, Kilbirnie)

Final:

Annbank 3 Hurlford 0 Feb 13

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock)

Ayrshire Cup - 1892/93

1^st round:

Saltcoats Victoria 5 Dalry 3 Oct 8

Mauchline 4 Cumnock Springbank 2 Oct 22

(after a protested game on Oct 8 won 3-0 by Mauchline)

(Cumnock Springbank were initially drawn at home v Mauchline and it appears there was another

match in additiont to the two mentioned as the Herald report of Oct 24th says ‘the above teams,

having met twice at Cumnock')

Galston 4 Lugar Boswell 0 Oct 8

Kilmarnock Athletic 4 Lanemark 3 Oct 8

Ayr Parkhouse walkover Ayr Athletic scratched

Stevenston Thistle 4 Newmilns 0 Oct 8

Beith 2 Hurlford 1 Oct 22

(after a game on Oct 8 which was stopped after 83 minutes with darkness falling and the score at 3-3.

the fans invaded the pitch demanding it be re-started.)

Irvine walkover Girvan scratched

Kilbirnie 6 Ayr 0 Oct 8

Annbank 6 Kilwinning Monkcastle 0 Oct 22

(after a protested game on Oct 8 won 5-2 by Annbank)

Cronberry Eglinton Maybole Athletic

Kilmarnock and 1^st Royal Scots Fusiliers received byes.

2^nd round:

Mauchline 3 1^st Royal Scots Fusiliers 0 Nov 5

Annbank 6 Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Oct 29

Kilbirnie 4 Saltcoats Victoria 2 Oct 29

Ayr Parkhouse 5 Kilmarnock 4 Oct 29

Beith 2 Galston 1 Oct 29

Irvine, Stevenston Thistle and Cronberry Eglinton received byes.

3^rd round:

Irvine 1 Beith 3 Nov 19

Kilbirnie 7 Ayr Parkhouse 0 Dec 17

(after a game on Nov 19 which was stopped with darkness falling and Kilbirnie leading 2-1)

Annbank 8 Mauchline 0 Nov 19

Cronberry Eglinton 5 Stevenston Thistle 4 Nov 19

Semi-Finals:

Cronberry Eglinton 5 Annbank 6 Dec 17

(at Cronberry)

Beith 1 Kilbirnie 8 Jan 21

(at Beith)

Final:

Annbank 5 Kilbirnie 2 Feb 25

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock)

Ayrshire Cup – 1893/94

1^st round: (20 clubs entered)

Kilmarnock Athletic 4 Ayr 3 Oct 7

Ayr Parkhouse 2 Galston 3 Oct 7 – at Galston ?

Annbank 2 Kilmarnock 5 Oct 7

Saltcoats Victoria 8 Kilwinning Monkcastle 1 Oct 21

(after a protested game won 4-0 by Saltcoats Victoria on Oct 7)

Stevenston Thistle 1 Kilbirnie 5 Oct 7

Beith 7 Girvan 1 Oct 7

Dalry 2 Irvine 1 Oct 7

Mauchline 0 Newmilns 4

Lanemark Kilwinning Eglinton

Cronberry Eglinton Cumnock Springbank

(after an abandoned game due to crowd trouble with Cumnock Springbank leading 5-3)

Hurlford received a bye.

2^nd round:

Saltcoats Victoria 5 Galston 3 Nov 18

(after a game at Galston played as a friendly due to ground conditions which was won 4-3 by Galston on Oct 28 and

a 2-2 draw at Galston on Nov 11)

Hurlford 9 Cumnock Springbank 0 Oct 28

Dalry 6 Lanemark 4 Nov 18

(after a game at New Cumnock played as a friendly due to ground conditions which was won 4-2 by Dalry on Oct 28 and a 2-2 draw at New Cumnock on Nov 11)

Kilmarnock Athletic, Beith, Newmilns, Kilbirnie and Kilmarnock received byes.

3^rd round:

Kilmarnock 3 Kilmarnock Athletic 0 Nov 18

Hurlford 2 Newmilns 0 Nov 18

Kilbirnie 10 Beith 4 Nov 18

(abandoned late in the game due to a break-in by the crowd – result stood)

Saltcoats Victoria 6 Dalry 4 Dec 16

(after a 3-3 draw at Dalry on Nov 25 and a game played as a friendly at Saltcoats due to ground conditions on Dec 2 which was won 3-1 by Dalry)

Semi-Finals:

Kilmarnock 1 Hurlford 2 Dec 16

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, after a 2-2 draw at Station Park, Hurlford on Dec 9)

Saltcoats Victoria 2 Kilbirnie 1 Dec 16

(at Brewery Park, Saltcoats)

Final:

Hurlford 2 Saltcoats Victoria 1 Mar 17

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock, att. 5,000, after a 2-2 draw at Holm Quarry on Feb 24)

(a protest was lodged after the replay by Saltcoats but this would seem to have been rejected by the Association)

Ayrshire Cup 1894/95

1^st round 1^st Leg:

Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Annbank 4

Ayr Parkhouse 5 Stevenston Thistle 0 Sep 15

Kilbirnie 2 Hurlford 2

Cronberry Eglinton 2 Dalry 2

Irvine 11 Girvan 1 Sep 15

Kilwinning Monkcastle 3 Ayr FC 4 Sep 15

Galston 4 Saltcoats Victoria 1

Kilmarnock 7 Lanemark 2

Kilwinning Eglinton 2 Beith 5

1^st round 2^nd Leg:

Annbank 6 Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Oct 6

(aggregate score – Annbank 10 Kilmarnock Athletic 5)

Stevenston Thistle 5 Ayr Parkhouse 4 Oct 6

(aggregate score – Stevenston Thistle 5 Ayr Parkhouse 9)

Hurlford 6 Kilbirnie 0 Oct 6

(aggregate score – Hurlford 8 Kilbirnie 2)

Dalry 8 Cronberry Eglinton 1 Oct 6

(aggregate score – Dalry 10 Cronberry Eglinton 3)

Girvan 0 Irvine 5 Oct 6

(aggregate score – Girvan 1 Irvine 16)

Ayr FC 4 Kilwinning Monkcastle 2 Oct 6

(aggregate score – Ayr FC 8 Kilwinning Monkcastle 5)

Saltcoats Victoria 5 Galston 4 Oct 6

(aggregate score – Saltcoats Victoria 6 Galston 8)

Kilmarnock 2 Lanemark 0 Oct 6

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock 9 Lanemark 2)

Beith 2 Kilwinning Eglinton 3 Oct 6

(aggregate score – Beith 7 Kilwinning Eglinton 5)

2^nd round 1^st Leg:

Galston 4 Kilmarnock 4 Nov 17

All other 1^st round winners received byes.

2^nd round 2^nd Leg:

Kilmarnock 6 Galston 0 Dec 1

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock 10 Galston 4)

3^rd round 1^st Leg:

Beith 3 Irvine 3 Nov 17

Dalry 0 Annbank 4 Nov 17

Hurlford 1 Ayr FC 2 Nov 17

Ayr Parkhouse 1 Kilmarnock 3 Mar 2

3^rd round 2^nd Leg:

Irvine 5 Beith 1 Dec 1

(aggregate score – Irvine 8 Beith 4)

Annbank Dalry

(aggregate score – Annbank Dalry )

Ayr FC 3 Hurlford 1 Dec 1

(aggregate score – Ayr FC 5 Hurlford 2)

Kilmarnock 5 Ayr Parkhouse 4 Mar 9

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock 8 Ayr Parkhouse 5)

Semi-Finals 1^st Leg:

Ayr FC 0 Annbank 5 Mar 16

Irvine 0 Kilmarnock 3 Mar 16

Semi-Finals 2^nd Leg:

Annbank 6 Ayr FC 1 Mar 23

(aggregate score – Annbank 11 Ayr FC 1)

Kilmarnck 7 Irvine 0 Mar 30

(after an abandoned game due to the weather on Mar 23 with Kilmarnock leading 3-0)

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock 10 Irvine 0)

Final:

Annbank 4 Kilmarnock 2 May 25

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, after a 2-2 draw on Apr 13 at Rugby Park)

(Annbank and Kilmarnock refused to replay the final at Stevenston, which had been stipulated as

the venue by the Association. The second game was regarded as the unofficial final. The cup and

badges were withheld but the teams played a game for the Championship. The first game ended in a draw.)

(Some sources have Warner Park, Stevenston as the initial venue for the final and both the first

match and replay as unofficial. It became known locally as the 'Cupless Final.'.

This interpretation is also given in 'Fifty Years of the Kilmarnock Football Club 1869-1919.')

Ayrshire Cup - 1895/96

1^st round 1^st Leg:

Stevenston Thistle 5 Beith 1 Sep 21

Irvine 1 Saltcoats Victoria 3 Sep 21

Kilwinning Eglinton 3 Ayr 0 Sep 21

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Annbank 0 Sep 21

Galston 6 Kilbirnie 5 Sep 21

Lanemark 2 Kilmarnock Athletic 0 Sep 21

Hurlford 2 Kilmarnock 4 Sep 21

Maybole 5 Lugar Boswell 4 Sep 21

Girvan Athletic 1 Kilwinning Monkcastle 6 Sep 21

1^st round 2^nd leg:

Ayr 4 Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Oct 5

(aggregate score – Ayr 4 Kilwinning Eglinton 4,

3^rd game – Ayr 3 Kilwinning Eglinton 1 at Cochrane Park, Irvine on Nov 2)

Annbank 2 Ayr Parkhouse 0 Oct 5

(aggregate score – Annbank 2 Ayr Parkhouse 3)

Beith 1 Stevenston Thistle 0 Oct 5

(aggregate score – Beith 2 Stevenston Thistle 5)

Saltcoats Victoria 4 Irvine 0 Oct 5

(aggregate score – Saltcoats Victoria 7 Irvine 1)

Kilbirnie 0 Galston 1 Oct 5

(aggregate score – Kilbirnie 5 Galston 7)

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Lanemark 3 Oct 5

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Lanemark 5)

Kilmarnock 4 Hurlford 0 Oct 5

(aggregates score – Kilmarnock 8 Hurlford 2)

Lugar Boswell 1 Maybole 2 Oct 5

(aggregate score – Lugar Boswell 5 Maybole 7)

Kilwinning Monkcastle 8 Girvan Athletic 2 Oct 5

(aggregate score – Kilwinning Monkcastle 14 Girvan Athletic 3)

2^nd round 1^st leg:

Lanemark 4 Kilwinning Monkcastle 0 Nov 2

All other 1^st round winners received byes.

2^nd round 2^nd leg:

Kilwinning Monkcastle 1 Lanemark 0 Nov 30

(aggregate score – Kilwinning Monkcastle 1 Lanemark 4)

3^rd round 1^st leg:

Lanemark 5 Stevenston Thistle 0 Dec 14

Ayr Parkhouse 2 Ayr 2 Dec 14

Kilmarnock 11 Saltcoats Victoria 1 Dec 14

Maybole 4 Galston 6 Dec 14

3^rd round 2^nd Leg:

Ayr 2 Ayr Parkhouse 2 Dec 28

(aggregate score – Ayr 4 Ayr Parkhouse 4,

3^rd game – Ayr 0 Ayr Parkhouse 1 at Somerset Park, Ayr on Feb 8)

Stevenston Thistle 3 Lanemark 0 Jan 11

(aggregate score – Stevenston Thistle 3 Lanemark 5)

Saltcoats Victoria 1 Kilmarnock 2 Jan 25

(after an abandoned game on Dec 28 with Saltcoats Victoria leading 2-0,

aggregate score – Saltcoats Victoria 2 Kilmarnock 13)

Galston 8 Maybole 1 Dec 28

(aggregate score – Galston 14 Maybole 5)

Semi-Final 1^st Leg:

Ayr Parkhouse 1 Kilmarnock 3 Feb 15

Lanemark 1 Galston 0 Feb 1

Semi-Final 2^nd Leg:

Kilmarnock 3 Ayr Parkhouse 1 Feb 29

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock 6 Ayr Parkhouse 2)

Galston 5 Lanemark 2 Feb 29

(aggregate score – Galston 5 Lanemark 3)

Final:

Kilmarnock 7 Galston 2 May 28

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock, att. 5,000)

(pen pictures of both teams in Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, Mar 27)

Ayrshire Cup – 1896/97

1st round 1st leg:

Girvan 3 Lanemark 5 Sep 19

Barkip 0 Ayr F.C. 3 Oct 3

Kilwinning Eglinton 2 Lugar Boswell 2 Sep 19

Annbank 4 Hurlford 4 Oct 3

Kilmarnock Athletic 1 Irvine 0 Sep 19

Irvine Herald has the Kilmarnock Athletic v Irvine score as 2-0

Galston 13 Saltcoats Victoria 0 Sep 26

(game stopped at half-time)

Beith 1 Kilmarnock 2 Oct 31

Stevenston Thistle 1 Ayr Parkhouse 1 Sep 26

Maybole 5 Dalry 4 Sep 26

Kilwinning Monkcastle received a bye.

1st round 2nd leg:

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Irvine 3 Oct 31

(at Beresford Park, Ayr, after a protested game at Irvine on Oct 3 won 4-0 by Irvine)

Dalry 4 Maybole 2 Oct 3

(aggregate score - Dalry 8 Maybole 7)

Lanemark 4 Girvan 0 Oct 3

(aggregate score - Lanemark 9 Girvan 3)

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Stevenston Thistle 2 Oct 3

(aggregate score - Ayr Parkhouse 4 Stevenston Thistle 3)

Lugar Boswell 5 Kilwinning Eglinton 0 Oct 3

(aggregate score - Lugar Boswell 7 Kilwinning Eglinton 2)

Ayr F.C. 3 Barkip 1 Oct 10

(aggregate score - Ayr F.C. 6 Barkip 1)

Saltcoats Victoria scratched Galston walkover

Hurlford 2 Annbank 2 Oct 17

(aggregate score - Hurlford 6 Annbank 6, 3rd game - Annbank 3 Hurlford 1 at Cochrane Park, Irvine on Oct 31)

Kilmarnock Beith

2nd round 1st leg:

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Annbank 2 Nov 21

(game stopped but it would seem the result stood)

Kilwinning Monkcastle 5 Lugar Boswell 0 Oct 31

All other 1st round winners received byes.

2nd round 2nd leg:

Lugar Boswell 2 Kilwinning Monkcastle 0 Nov 28

(game stopped due to crowd invasion but it would seem the result stood,

aggregate score Lugar Boswell 2 Kilwinning Monkcastle 5)

Kilmarnock Athletic 0 Annbank 2 Nov 28

(aggregate score - Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Annbank 4)

3rd round 1st leg:

Kilwinning Monkcastle 0 Ayr Parkhouse 1 Dec 12

Galston 0 Ayr F.C. 2 Dec 12

Lanemark 2 Kilmarnock 4 Dec 12

Dalry 0 Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Dec 12

3rd round: 2nd leg:

Ayr Parkhouse 9 Kilwinning Monkcastle 1 Dec 26

(aggregate score - Ayr Parkhouse 10 Kilwinning Monkcastle 1)

Ayr F.C. 7 Galston 0 Dec 26

(aggregate score - Ayr F.C. 9 Galston 0)

Kilmarnock Athletic Dalry Dec 26

Kilmarnock walkover Lanemark scratched

Semi-Finals 1st leg:

Ayr Parkhouse 2 Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Feb 6

Ayr F.C. 2 Kilmarnock 1 Feb 20

Semi-Finals 2nd leg:

Kilmarnock 4 Ayr F.C. 1 Feb 27

(aggregate score - Kilmarnock 5 Ayr F.C. 3)

Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Ayr Parkhouse 0 Feb 27 (also noted as 2-1)

(aggregate score - Kilmarnock Athletic 4 Ayr Parkhouse 2)

Final:

Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Kilmarnock 0 Apr 24

(at Somerset Park, Ayr, after a 1-1 draw at Beresford Park, Ayr)

Ayrshire Cup – 1897/98

1^st round 1^st leg:

Annbank 2 Ayr 0 Sep 18

Kilmarnock 7 Lugar Boswell 2 Sep 18

Stevenston Thistle 1 Kilwinning Monkcastle 1 Sep 18

Lanemark 1 Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Sep 18

Irvine 2 Kilmarnock Athletic 5 Sep 18

Beith 1 Ayr Parkhouse 3 Sep 18

Hurlford 7 Girvan 0 Sep 18

Maybole 2 Galston 5 Sep 18

Cronberry Eglinton 5 Barkip 0 Sep 18

1^st round 2^nd leg:

Ayr 1 Annbank 1 Oct 23

(aggregate score – Ayr 1 Annbank 3)

Lugar Boswell 2 Kilmarnock 3 Oct 2

(aggregate score – Lugar Boswell 4 Kilmarnock 10)

Kilwinning Monkcastle 2 Stevenston Thistle 3 Oct 2

(aggregate score – Kilwinning Monkcastle 3 Stevenston Thistle 4)

Kilwinning Eglinton 5 Lanemark 0 Oct 9

(aggregate score – Kilwinning Eglinton 6 Lanemark 1)

Kilmarnock Athletic 7 Irvine 0 Oct 2

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock Athletic 12 Irvine 2)

Ayr Parkhouse 7 Beith 2 Oct 2

(aggregate score – Ayr Parkhouse10 Beith 3)

Girvan 2 Hurlford 6 Oct 2

(aggregate score – Girvan 2 Hurlford 13)

Galston 1 Maybole 3 Oct 2

(aggregate score – Galston 6 Maybole 5)

Barkip 1 Cronberry Eglinton 2 Oct 2

(aggregate score – Barkip 1 Cronberry Eglinton 7)

2^nd round 1^st leg:

Annbank 3 Kilmarnock Athletic 1 Oct 30

All other 1^st round winners received byes.

2^nd round 2^nd leg:

Kilmarnock Athletic 1 Annbank 2 Nov 13

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock Athletic 2 Annbank 5)

3^rd round 1^st leg:

Cronberry Eglinton 4 Galston 1 Nov 13

Annbank 10 Stevenston Thistle 1 Nov 27

Kilwinning Eglinton 3 Hurlford 1 Nov 27

Ayr Parkhouse 1 Kilmarnock 1 Dec 4

3^rd round 2^nd leg:

Galston 5 Cronberry Eglinton 1 Nov 27

(aggregate score – Galston 6 Cronberry Eglinton 5)

Stevenston Thistle 3 Annbank 1 Dec 11

(aggregate score – Stevenston Thistle 4 Annbank 11)

Hurlford 3 Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Dec 11

(aggregate score – Hurlford 4 Kilwining Eglinton 4,

3^rd game – Hurlford 2 Kilwinning Eglinton 5 at Cochrane Park, Irvine on Dec 25)

Kilmarnock 5 Ayr Parkhouse 1 Dec 11

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock 6 Ayr Parkhouse 2)

Semi-Finals 1st leg:

Kilwinning Eglinton 3 Kilmarnock 4 Jan 15

Annbank 3 Galston 0 Jan 15

Semi-Finals 2nd leg:

Kilmarnock 6 Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Jan 29

(aagregate score - Kilmarnock 10 Kilwinning Eglinton 4)

Galston 3 Annbank 0 Jan 22

(aggregate score – Galston 3 Annbank 3,

3^rd game – Galston 2 Annbank 1 at Station Park, Hurlford on Jan 29)

Final:

Kilmarnock 9 Galston 3 Feb 26

(at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock)

Ayrshire Cup – 1898/99

1^st round 1^st leg:

Kilwinning Eglinton walkover Lugar Boswell scratched

Kilwinning Monkcastle 2 Kilmarnock 5 Sep 17

Stevenston Thistle 0 Ayr Parkhouse 2 Sep 17

Ayr 4 Lanemark 1 Sep 17

Girvan Athletic 2 Maybole 4 Sep 17

Beith 1 Galston 0 Sep 24

Hurlford 1 Kilmarnock Athletic 3 Oct 15

Annbank 3 Irvine 1 Oct 15

1^st round 2^nd leg:

Kilmarnock 10 Kilwinning Monkcastle 0 Oct 1

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock 15 Kilwinning Monkcastle 2)

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Stevenston Thistle 4 Oct 22

(aggregate score – Ayr Parkhouse 5 Stevenston Thistle 4)

Lanemark 1 Ayr 3 Oct 22

(aggregate score – Lanemark 2 Ayr 7, after a void game on Oct 15 won 5-1 by Lanemark against Ayr ‘A’)

Maybole 2 Girvan Athletic 0 Oct 1

(aggregate score – Maybole 6 Girvan Athletic 2)

Galston 7 Beith 2 Oct 8

(aggregate score – Galston 7 Beith 3)

Kilmarnock Athletic 4 Hurlford 1 Oct 22

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock Athletic 7 Hurlford 2)

Irvine 1 Annbank 4 Oct 22

(aggregate score – Irvine 2 Annbank 7)

2^nd round 1^st leg:

Annbank 1 Ayr 0 Oct 29

Kilwinning Eglinton 5 Maybole 2 Oct 29

Kilmarnock Athletic 1 Kilmarnock 7 Nov 12

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Galston 5 Nov 26

2^nd round 2^nd leg:

Ayr 5 Annbank 1 Dec 10

(aggregate score – Ayr 5 Annbank 2)

Maybole 1 Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Nov 19

(aggregate score – Maybole 3 Kilwinning Eglinton 6)

Kilmarnock 4 Kilmarnock Athletic 1 Dec 24

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock 11 Kilmarnock Athletic 2)

Galston 3 Ayr Parkhouse 2 Dec 24

(game unfinished but result stood, aggregate score – Galston 8 Ayr Parkhouse 5)

Semi-Finals 1^st leg:

Galston 4 Ayr 1 Feb 11

Kilmarnock 6 Kilwinning Eglinton 0 Mar 4

(the teams agreed to play a one-off game which was played at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock)

Semi-Finals 2^nd leg:

Ayr 6 Galston 3 Feb 18

(aggregate score 7-7, 3^rd game at Warner Park, Stevenston on Mar 4 – Galston 1 Ayr 1,

4^th game at Warner Park, Stevenston on Mar 11 – Galston 2 Ayr 1)

Final:

Kilmarnock 6 Galston 3 Apr 1

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock)

Ayrshire Cup – 1899/00

1^st round 1^st leg:

Kilwinning Monkcastle 3 Girvan 0 Sep 30

Irvine 3 Lugar Boswell 5 Sep 30

Beith 3 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 2 Sep 30

Maybole 3 Galston 3 Sep 30

Ayr 1 Annbank 3 Sep 30

Stevenston Thistle walkover Kilmarnock Athletic scratched

(Kilmarnock Athletic had closed down)

Lanemark 3 Ayr Parkhouse 3 Oct 14

Kilwinning Eglinton received a bye.

1^st round 2^nd leg:

Girvan 5 Kilwinning Monkcastle 6 Oct 28

(aggregate score – Girvan 5 Kilwinning Monkcastle 9)

Lugar Boswell Irvine

The Lugar Boswell v Irvine 2nd leg match was never played. Irvine FC had gone defunct by October 1899. Continuing financial problems were the main reasons for the club closing down. However, the emergent and very successful junior side, Irvine Meadow XI, saw the senior club as a direct rival for the town’s support and resources. A comment in the Irvine Herald summed this up, “Rather curious, isn’t it that at the Irvine FC meeting, a Meadow XI committee-man was the mover that the senior club be wound up!”

Kilmarnock ‘A’ 8 Beith 1

Galston 2 Maybole 0 Oct 28

(aggregate score – Galston 5 Maybole 3)

Annbank 1 Ayr 0 Oct 28

(aggregate score – Annbank 4 Ayr 1)

Ayr Parkhouse 4 Lanemark 2 Oct 28

(aggregate score – Ayr Parkhouse 7 Lanemark 5)

2^nd round 1^st leg:

Stevenston Thistle 2 Ayr Parkhouse 1 Nov 25

Stevenston Thistle 1 Ayr Parkhouse 0 ????

(game played at Ayr)

Lugar Boswell 2 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 2 Nov 25

Annbank 5 Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Nov 25

Galston v Kilwinning Monkcastle

2^nd round 2^nd leg:

Kilmarnock ‘A’ 5 Lugar Boswell 3 Dec 23

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock 7 Lugar Boswell 5)

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Stevenston Thistle 1 Jan 20

Kilwinning Eglinton Annbank

Kilwinning Monkcastle v Galston

Semi-Finals 1^st leg:

Ayr Parkhouse 1 Annbank 2 Jan 27

Galston 2 Kilmarnock 2 Jan 20

Semi-Finals 2^nd leg:

Annbank 1 Ayr Parkhouse 2 Feb 24

(aggregate score 3-3, 3^rd game at Somerset Park, Ayr – Ayr Parkhouse 3 Annbank 2 on Mar 3)

Kilmarnock 3 Galston 1 Feb 24

Final:

Kilmarnock 4 Ayr Parkhouse 0 Mar 24

(at Somerset Park, Ayr, att. 4,000 – 5,000)

Ayrshire Cup – 1900/01

1^st round 1^st leg:

Ayr 3 Kilmarnock 3 Sep 29

Galston 1 Ayr Parkhouse 3 Oct 20

Annbank 6 Girvan 1 Sep 29

Stevenston Thistle 1 Maybole 1 Sep 29

Lugar Boswell 1 Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Sep 29

Lanemark 2 Beith 2 Oct 13

(after a game that was stopped on Oct 6 due to the weather with Lanemark leading 2-1)

Hurlford and Kilwinning Monkcastle received byes.

1^st round 2^nd leg:

Kilmarnock ‘A’ 1 Ayr 3 Oct 27

(note that Kilmarnock played their reserve team in the 2^nd leg as the 1^st team were engaged in a Scottish League fixture,

aggregate score – Kilmarnock 4 Ayr 6)

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Galston 3 Oct 27

(aggregate score – Ayr Parkhouse 6 Galston 4)

Girvan 1 Annbank 3 Oct 27

(aggregate score – Girvan 2 Annbank 9)

Maybole 0 Stevenston Thistle 1 Oct 27

(aggregate score – Maybole 1 Stevenston Thistle 2)

Kilwinning Eglinton 4 Lugar Boswell 1 Oct 27

(aggregate score – Kilwinning Eglinton 5 Lugar Boswell 2)

Beith 1 Lanemark 3 Oct 27

(aggregate score – Beith 3 Lanemark 5)

2^nd round 1^st leg:

Ayr 8 Hurlford 0 Dec 1

(2^nd leg not played)

Lanemark 5 Ayr Parkhouse 2 Nov 24

Kilwinning Monkcastle scratched Kilwinning Eglinton walkover

Stevenston Thistle 3 Annbank 0 Nov 24

2^nd round 2^nd leg:

Ayr Parkhouse 5 Lanemark 0 Dec 22

(aggregate score – Ayr Parkhouse 7 Lanemark 5)

Hurlford scratched Ayr walkover

Annbank 4 Stevenston Thistle 3 Dec 22

(aggregate score – Annbank 4 Stevenston Thistle 6)

Semi-Finals 1^st leg:

Kilwinning Eglinton 3 Ayr 1 Feb 9

Ayr Parkhouse 2 Stevenston Thistle 3 Jan 19

Semi-Finals 2^nd leg:

Ayr 2 Kilwinning Eglinton 0 Feb 16

(aggregate score 3-3,

3^rd game at Warner Park, Stevenston – Ayr 1 Kilwinning Eglinton 0 on Mar 2)

Stevenston Thistle 1 Ayr Parkhouse 0 Feb 16

(aggregate score – Stevenston Thistle 4 Ayr Parkhouse 2)

Final:

Ayr 2 Stevenston Thistle 1 Mar 30

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, att. 3-4,000,

after a 1-1 draw at Rugby Park on Mar 23, att. 6,000, gate £135)

Ayrshire Cup – 1901/02

1^st round 1^st leg:

Lugar Boswell scratched Stevenston Thistle walkover

Kilwinning Eglinton 0 Ayr 1 Sep 28

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 1 Sep 28

Girvan scratched Galston walkover

Hurlford 4 Beith 1 Sep 28

Annbank, Lanemark and Maybole received byes.

1^st round 2^nd leg:

Ayr 5 Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Oct 26

(aggregate score – Ayr 6 Kilwinning Eglinton 1)

Kilmarnock 4 Ayr Parkhouse 3 Oct 26

(aggregate score – Kilmarnock 5 Ayr Parkhouse 6)

Beith 3 Hurlford 0 Oct 26

(aggregate score – Beith 4 Hurlford 4, 3^rd game ????)

2^nd round 1^st leg:

Ayr 2 Galston 1 Nov 23

Beith 4 Ayr Parkhouse 3 Nov 30

Maybole 1 Stevenston Thistle 2 Nov 23

Lanemark 0 Annbank 0 Nov 23

2^nd round 2^nd leg:

Galston walkover Ayr scratched

(not played – Ayr conceded tie due to fixture congestion)

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Beith 2 Dec 28

(aggregate score - Ayr Parkhouse 6 Beith 6,

3rd game - Beith 0 Ayr Parkhouse 0 at Warner Park, Stevenston on Jan 18,

4th game - Beith 2 Ayr Parkhouse 3 at Warner Park, Stevenston on Jan 25)

Annbank 4 Lanemark 3 Jan 18

(after an abandoned game on Jan 11 with the score at 1-1,

Aggregate score - Annbank 4 Lanemark 3)

Stevenston Thistle 1 Maybole 1 Dec 21

(aggregate score – Stevenston Thistle 3 Maybole 2)

Semi-Finals 1st leg:

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Stevenston Thistle 0 Feb 22

Annbank 2 Galston 4 Feb 22

Semi-Finals 2nd leg:

Ayr Parkhouse 5 Stevenston Thistle 1 Mar 1

(Stevenston Thistle were given a cash incentive to play 2nd leg at Ayr,

aggregate score - Ayr Parkhouse 8 Stevenston Thistle 1)

Galston 2 Annbank 3 Mar 1

(aggregate score - Galston 6 Annbank 5)

Final:

Ayr Parkhouse 1 Galston 0 Mar 22

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock)

Ayrshire Cup – 1902/03

1^st round 1st leg:

Maybole 6 Hurlford 2 Sep 27

Annbank walkover Kilmarnock scratched

Kilwinning Eglinton 3 Beith 1 Sep 27

Stevenston Thistle 3 Galston 1 Sep 27

Ayr scratched Lanemark walkover

Ayr Parkhouse received a bye.

1st round 2nd leg:

Hurlford 3 Maybole 1 Oct 25

(aggregate score - Hurlford 5 Maybole 7)

Beith 1 Kilwinning Eglinton 0 Oct 25

(aggregate score - Beith 2 Kilwinning Eglinton 3)

Galston 6 Stevenston Thistle 0 Oct 25

(aggregate score - Galston 7 Stevenston Thistle 3)

2nd round 1st leg:

Galston 7 Ayr Parkhouse 1 Nov 22

Annbank 0 Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Nov 22

Maybole and Lanemark received byes.

2nd round 2nd leg:

Ayr Parkhouse 4 Galston 1 Dec 20

(aggregate score - Ayr Parkhouse 5 Galston 8)

Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Annbank 2 Dec 20

(aggregate score - Kilwinning Eglinton 2 Annbank 2,

3rd game - Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Annbank 2 at Somerset Park, Ayr on Jan 31)

Semi-finals 1^st leg:

Galston 10 Lanemark 0 Jan 24

Annbank 3 Maybole 1 Feb 14

Semi-finals 2^nd leg:

Lanemark 0 Galston 5 Feb 14

(aggregate score – Lanemark 0 Galston 15)

Maybole 0 Annbank 0 Feb 21

(aggregate score – Maybole 1 Annbank 3)

Final:

Galston 2 Annbank 0 Apr 18

(at Somerset Park, Ayr(gate £80. 4s 9d), game unfinished due to a break-in by Annbank supporters. Annbank lodged another protest regarding Ralston of Galston but this was thrown out by the Ayrshire F.A. The Association also voted by 7 votes to 2 to award the Cup to Galston as Annbank had wanted the game replayed as the game had not been completed. This was after a protested game won 4-3 by Galston at Beresford Park, Ayr and a 1-1 draw at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock on Apr 11 (att. 3,000, gate £103 0s 3d))

Ayrshire Cup – 1903/04

1^st round:

Ayr scratched Hurlford walkover

Kilmarnock walkover Stevenston Thistle scratched

(Stevenston Thistle had closed down)

Galston 3 Kilwinning Eglinton 0 Oct 31

(game stopped due to darkness falling, after a 3-3 draw at Kilwinning on Sep 26)

Annbank 2 Beith 1 Sep 26

Maybole 0 Ayr Parkhouse 3 Sep 26

Beith protested to the Ayrshire Football Association stating that the draw for the competition was not legal as there had not been a quorum present at the meeting when the draw was made. This was upheld and the competition was re-drawn.

1^st round:

Maybole 0 Beith 1 Nov 21

Kilwinning Eglinton 2 Annbank 0 Nov 21

Hurlford 1 Galston 5 Dec 26

(at Galston, after a 3-3 draw at Galston on Nov 21, a 1-1 draw at Galston which was stopped after an hours play on Nov 28)

Kilmarnock walkover Stevenston Thistle scratched

Ayr 5 Ayr Parkhouse 1 Dec 12

(after a 2-2 draw at Beresford Park, Ayr on Dec 5)

2^nd round:

Beith 3 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 1 Mar 5

(after a 1-1 draw at Kilmarnock on Jan 16)

Ayr, Galston and Kilwinning Eglinton received byes.

Semi-finals:

Ayr 0 Galston 3 Feb 20

(at Somerset Park, Ayr, game was abandoned after a pitch invasion, game awarded to Galston)

Kilwinning Eglinton 1 Beith 6 Mar 12

(at Blacklands Park, Kilwinning)

Final:

Galston 4 Beith 1 Mar 26

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock)

Ayrshire Cup – 1904/05

1^st round:

Annbank 2 Ayr Academicals 0 Apr 22

(at Beresford Park, Ayr, after a 1-1 draw at Annbank on Mar 25 and a 1-1 draw at Ayr on Apr 8)

Hurlford Kilwinning Eglinton Mar 25

Beith 2 Maybole 0 Apr 22

(at Wellington Park, Hurlford, after a 1-1 draw at Maybole on Mar 25 and

a 1-1 draw at Beith on Apr 8)

Ayr, Ayr Parkhouse, Galston, Kilmarnock and Lanemark received byes

2^nd round:

Hurlford 0 Galston 2 Apr 8

Beith 4 Ayr Parkhouse 1 May 6

(after a 2-2 draw at Ayr on Apr 29)

Kilmarnock 4 Annbank 0 Apr 29

Ayr 2 Lanemark 0 Apr 8

Semi-finals:

Ayr 3 Beith 0 May 13

(at Somerset Park, Ayr)

Galston 1 Kilmarnock 2 May 6

(at Riverside Park, Galston)

Final:

Ayr 1 Kilmarnock 0 Sep 23 1905

(at Beresford Park, Ayr, att 5,000)

Ayrshire Cup – 1905/06

1^st round:

Girvan Athletic 2 Ayr 5 Mar 3

Maybole 2 Kilwinning Eglinton 0 Mar 3

2^nd round:

Ayr 1 Galston 0 Mar 17

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Ayr Academicals 1 Mar 24

Maybole 2 Hurlford 4 Mar 17

Lanemark Annbank

Semi-finals:

Ayr 2 Annbank 1 Apr 14

(at Somerset Park, Ayr)

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Hurlford 0 Mar 31

(at Beresford Park, Ayr)

Final:

Ayr 1 Ayr Parkhouse 0 Apr 28

(at Beresford Park, Ayr, att 3,800)

Ayrshire Cup – 1906/07

1^st round:

Girvan Athletic 0 Maybole 5 Mar 9

(after a protested game at Girvan on Mar 2 won 4-2 by Maybole)

Kilmarnock ‘A’ 5 Galston 1 Mar 9

(after a 0-0 draw at Galston on Mar 2)

Ayr 6 Ayr Academicals 0 Mar 2

Annbank 2 Beith 4 Mar 2

Ayr Parkhouse, Hurlford, Kilwinning Eglinton and Lanemark received byes.

2^nd round:

Ayr Parkhouse 0 Ayr 2 Mar 16

Maybole 1 Beith 2 Mar 16

Hurlford 2 Kilwinning Eglinton 0 Mar 16

Lanemark 3 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 2 Mar 23

Semi-finals:

Lanemark 1 Ayr 0 Mar 30

(at Connel Park, New Cumnock)

Hurlford 4 Beith 1 Apr 6

(at Wellington Park, Hurlford, after a 0-0 draw at Glebe Park, Beith on Mar 30)

Final:

Hurlford 3 Lanemark 1 Apr 20

(at Somerset Park, Ayr)

Ayrshire Cup – 1907/08

1^st round:

Ayr Parkhouse 5 Ayr 2 Apr 11

(after a 1-1 draw at Somerset Park, Ayr on Feb 29)

Annbank 2 Maybole 1 Mar 7

Beith 3 Girvan Athletic 0 Mar 7

Galston, Hurlford, Kilmarnock ‘A’, Kilwinning Eglinton and Lanemark received byes.

2^nd round:

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Annbank 1 Apr 25

(after a 1-1 draw at Annbank on Apr 18)

Galston 4 Hurlford 0 Mar 14

Kilmarnock ‘A’ 3 Lanemark 0 Mar 14

Beith 4 Kilwinning Eglinton 0 Mar 14

Semi-Finals:

Kilmarnock ‘A’ 2 Beith 0 Apr 4

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock)

Ayr Parkhouse 1 Galston 2 Aug 15 1908

(at Beresford Park, Ayr)

Final:

Galston 2 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 1 Sep 26 1908

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, after a 2-2 draw at Somerset Park, Ayr on Aug 29 1908)

Ayrshire Cup – 1908/09

1^st round:

Ayr Parkhouse 2 Maybole 0 Feb 6

2^nd round:

Ayr 2 Ayr Parkhouse 1 Feb 27

(after a 1-1 draw at Beresford Park on Feb 20, att. 4,000)

Beith 0 Lanemark 1 Feb 20

(game unfinished – crowd invaded park)

Girvan Athletic 3 Galston 6 Feb 27

Hurlford 2 Annbank 1 Mar 27

(after a 1-1 draw at Hurlford on Mar 13 and a draw at Annbank on Mar 20)

Semi-Finals:

Ayr 2 Galston 1 Mar 13

(after an abandoned game at Ayr due to ground conditions on Mar 6 with Ayr leading 3-1)

Hurlford 3 Lanemark 0 Apr 3

Final:

Hurlford 1 Ayr 0 Apr 24

(at Beresford Park, Ayr, after a 1-1 draw at Beresford Park on Apr 17)

Ayrshire Cup – 1909/10

1^st round:

Kilmarnock ‘A’ 8 Annbank 1 Feb 5

Girvan Athletic 1 Maybole 2 Feb 12

2^nd round:

Kilmarnock ‘A’ 1 Ayr 2 Feb 12

Lanemark 0 Ayr Parkhouse 2 Mar 5

(after a 1-1 draw at Ayr on Feb 12)

Maybole 1 Hurlford 0 Feb 26

Galston 3 Beith 1 Feb 19

(after a 2-2 draw at Beith on Feb 12)

Semi-Finals:

Ayr 6 Maybole 0 Mar 12

(at Somerset Park, Ayr)

Ayr Parkhouse 3 Galston 0 Mar 19

(at Beresford Park, Ayr)

Final:

Ayr 1 Ayr Parkhouse 0 Apr 9

(at Somerset Park, Ayr, att 5,000)

Ayrshire Cup – 1910/11

1^st round:

Beith 3 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 1 Feb 11

2^nd round:

Ayr United 3 Beith 1 Mar 25

(at Beresford Park, Ayr aet, after a 1-1 draw at Ayr on Feb 25 and a 1-1 draw at Beith on Mar 11)

Girvan Athletic 3 Maybole 1 Mar 11

(at Beresford Park, Ayr aet, after a 2-2 draw at Maybole on Feb 18 and a 2-2 draw at Girvan on Feb 25)

Annbank 0 Lanemark 1 Feb 25

Hurlford 2 Galston 0 Mar 4

(after a 1-1 draw at Galston on Feb 25)

Semi-Finals:

Girvan Athletic 1 Ayr United 4 Apr 15

(at Hamilton Park, Girvan)

Lanemark 0 Hurlford 2 Mar 25

(at Connell Park, New Cumnock, after a 0-0 draw at Wellington Park, Hurlford on Mar 18)

Final:

Hurlford 3 Ayr United 2 Apr 22

(at Beresford Park, Ayr)

Ayrshire Cup – 1911/12

1^st round:

Hurlford 6 Maybole 1 Feb 17

2^nd round:

Lanemark 2 Beith 0 Feb 17

Girvan Athletic 3 Annbank 0 Feb 24

Hurlford 5 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 2 Mar 30

(at Hurlford, after a 0-0 draw also at Hurlford on Mar 2)

Galston 0 Ayr United 1 Mar 9

Semi-Finals:

Ayr United 7 Girvan Athletic 0 Apr 6

(at Somerset Park, Ayr)

Hurlford 3 Lanemark 0 Apr 6

(at Wellington Park, Hurlford)

Final:

Ayr United 2 Hurlford 0 Apr 27

(at Beresford Park, Ayr)

Ayrshire Cup – 1912/13

1^st round:

Girvan Athletic 2 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 1 Feb 1

2^nd round:

Ayr United 3 Annbank 2 Feb 15

Girvan Athletic 2 Hurlford 1 Feb 22

Lanemark 2 Galston 4 Mar 8

Maybole 1 Beith 3 Apr 5

Semi-Finals:

Ayr United 3 Beith 0 Apr 26

(at Somerset Park, Ayr, after a 1-1 draw at Glebe Park, Beith on Apr 19)

Galston 6 Girvan Athletic 2 Apr 5

(at Riverside Park, Galston)

Final:

Galston 2 Ayr United 1 Nov 22 1913

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, gate £58, after a 3-3 draw at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, on Oct 4 1913, gate £70)

Ayrshire Cup – 1913/14

1^st round:

Hurlford 2 Annbank 1 Feb 14

2^nd round:

Beith 1 Lanemark 3 Feb 21

Maybole lost to Hurlford Feb 21

Girvan Athletic 0 Stevenston United 1 Feb 28

Galston 3 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 0 Mar 7

Semi-finals:

Stevenston United 3 Hurlford 0 Mar 14

(at Warner Park, Stevenston, att. 2,000)

Galston 5 Lanemark 3 Mar 28

(at Riverside Park, Galston, after a 2-2 draw at Connell Park, New Cumnock on Mar 21)

Final:

Galston 3 Stevenston United 2 Apr 11

(at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, gate £127)

Ayrshire Cup – 1914/15

1^st round:

Beith v Hurlford due on Jan 23

Galston v Annbank due on Jan 23

2^nd round:

Girvan Athletic v Maybole due on Feb 6

Beith/Hurlford v Ardrossan Academy FP’s due on Feb 6

Galston/Annbank v Kilmarnock ‘A’ due on Feb 6

Stevenston United v Lanemark due on Feb 6

Semi-finals:

Stevenston United beat Beith

(after a draw)

Kilmarnock ‘A’ v Girvan Athletic/Maybole

Final:

Stevenston United 2 Kilmarnock ‘A’ 1 Apr 24

(aet, at Riverside Park, Galston, after a 0-0 draw at Riverside Park on Apr 17, gate £58 5s 6d(+£10 from stand))

Source: Stuart Robertson, with additional material by David Ross and Andy Mitchell. Many thanks to Ian King for his contributions featuring the Irvine based clubs and for supplying details of the 1882-83 season