Midland Counties Cup Matches (1886-1920)
National Cup Matches (1971-2009, 2018-____)
National Cup Preliminary Matches (1975-1978)
British & Irish Cup Matches (2009-2018)
Up to and including end of 2019/20 season.
MIDLAND COUNTIES CUP
Season | Competition | Round Reached | Opponents |
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1885/86 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 3 | Woodsetton Dudley, Moseley |
1886/87 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 3 | Wolverhampton, Rugby |
1887/88 | Did not enter | ||
1888/89 | Did not enter | ||
1889/90 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 1 | Leamington |
1890/91 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 1 | Old Edwardians |
1891/92 | Midland Counties Cup | Semi-final | Stratford-on-Avon, Worcester, Coventry |
1892/93 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 3 | Ashby de la Zouche, Leicester Swifts, Moseley |
1893/94 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 3 | Handsworth, Moseley |
1894/95 | Did not enter | ||
1895/96 | Did not enter | ||
1896/97 | Did not enter | ||
1897/98 | Did not enter | ||
1898/99 | Did not enter | ||
1899/1900 | Did not enter | ||
1900/01 | Did not enter | ||
1901/02 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 2 | Moseley Harlequins, Stratford-on-Avon |
1902/03 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 2 | Old Edwardians, Handsworth* |
1903/04 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 1 | Leicester |
1904/05 | Midland Counties Cup | Runners-up | Burton, Aston Old Edwardians, Stratford-on-Avon, Leicester |
1905/06 | Midland Counties Cup | Winners | Old Edwardians, Nuneaton, Stoneygate, MOSELEY |
1906/07 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 3 | Rugby, Coventry |
1907/08 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 3 | Stratford-upon-Avon |
1908/09 | Midland Counties Cup | Quarter-final | Medway Athletic, South Wigston, Nuneaton |
1909/10 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 2 | Coventry Trinity Guild, Leicester Fosse Road |
1910/11 | Midland Counties Cup | Quarter-final | Camp Hill Old Edwardians, Syston Street Old Boys, Moseley |
1911/12 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 2 | Bourneville, Syston Street Old Boys |
1912/13 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 2 | Oadby, Belgrave Premium Works |
1913/14 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 2 | Rugby |
1919/20 | Midland Counties Cup | Round 2 | Burton |
Note: * Lost after extra time
NATIONAL CUP
Season | Competition | Round Reached | Opponents |
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1971/72 | John Player Cup | Round 2 | Leicester, Coventry |
1972/73 | John Player Cup | Round 1 | Coventry |
1973/74 | John Player Cup | Round 1 | Saracens |
1974/75 | John Player Cup | Round 1 | Sale |
1975/76 | John Player Cup | Round 1 | Moseley |
1976/77 | Did not qualify | ||
1977/78 | John Player Cup | Round 3 | Wakefield |
1978/79 | Did not qualify | ||
1979/80 | John Player Cup | Round 4 | Northampton, Harlequins |
1980/81 | John Player Cup | Quarter-final | Birmingham, Derby, Camp Hill, Bath, Gosforth |
1981/82 | John Player Cup | Round 3 | Sale |
1982/83 | John Player Special Cup | Quarter-final | Liverpool, St Ives, Coventry |
1983/84 | John Player Special Cup | Semi-final | Solihull, Newark, Stourbridge, Moseley, London Scottish, Bath |
1984/85 | John Player Special Cup | Round 4 | Northampton, London Welsh |
1985/86 | John Player Special Cup | Quarter-final | Southend, Wakefield, Wasps** |
1986/87 | John Player Special Cup | Round 4 | Lydney, Wasps |
1987/88 | John Player Special Cup | Round 3 | Waterloo |
1988/89 | Pilkington Cup | Quarter-final | Bedford, Richmond, Harlequins |
1989/90 | Pilkington Cup | Quarter-final | Rosslyn Park, Orrell, Gloucester |
1990/91 | Pilkington Cup | Semi-final | London Scottish, Richmond, London Irish, Harlequins* |
1991/92 | Pilkington Cup | Round 3 | Bath |
1992/93 | Pilkington Cup | Round 4 | Worcester, Coventry, Leicester |
1993/94 | Pilkington Cup | Round 4 | Gloucester |
1994/95 | Pilkington Cup | Round 4 | Bristol |
1995/96 | Pilkington Cup | Round 5 | London Scottish, Gloucester |
1996/97 | Pilkington Cup | Round 5 | London Scottish |
1997/98 | Tetleys Bitter Cup | Round 2 | Doncaster |
1998/99 | Tetleys Bitter Cup | Round 4 | Preston Grasshoppers, Wharfedale, Exeter |
1999/2000 | Tetleys Bitter Cup | Round 4 | Stourbridge, Redruth, Manchester |
2000/01 | Tetleys Bitter Cup | Round 2 | Morley |
2001/02 | Powergen Cup | Round 2 | Dudley Kingswinford |
2002/03 | Powergen Cup | Round 4 | Cleckheaton, Barking, London Welsh |
2003/04 | Powergen Cup | Round 2 | Fylde |
2004/05 | Powergen Cup | Round 4 | Newbury, Bristol |
2005/06 | Powergen National Trophy | Semi-final | Lydney, Blaydon, London Welsh, Harlequins |
2006/07 | EDF Energy National Trophy | Round 5 | Sedgley Park, Coventry |
2007/08 | EDF Energy National Trophy | Semi-final | Newbury, London Welsh, Launceston, Exeter |
2008/09 | EDF Energy National Trophy | Semi-final | Blaydon, Cornish Pirates, Mounts Bay, Leeds |
2018/19 | Championship Cup | L3 Quarter-final | Coventry, Doncaster, Yorkshire ‘Leeds’, Ealing |
2019/20 | Championship Cup | L1 Semi-final… | Cornish Pirates, London Scottish, Yorkshire ‘Leeds’, Doncaster, Ealing |
Note: * Lost after extra time
** Lost on ‘away’ rule, scores still level after extra time
Up to and including end of 2019/20 season.
Introduction of the Midland Merit Table in 1972/73, which consisted of 9 Clubs Bedford, Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Moseley, Northampton, Nottingham Nuneaton and Rugby, resulted in the top 5 teams automatically qualifying for the following seasons National Cup with the bottom 4 having to qualify through a knock-out competition which required 3 wins from 3 matches for qualification.
NATIONAL CUP – PRELIMINARY ROUNDS
Season | Competition | Round Reached | Opponents |
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1975/76 | John Player Cup | Leicester | |
1976/77 | John Player Cup | Qualified - 77/78 | Rugby, Kettering, Birmingham |
1977/78 | John Player Cup | Birmingham, Loughborough Colleges, Walsall |
CROSS-BORDER CUP
Season | Competition | Round Reached | Opponents |
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2009/10 | British & Irish Cup | L3 | Bristol, Coventry, Heriots, Munster ‘A’, Neath |
2010/11 | British & Irish Cup | L4 | Bristol, Esher, Llanelli, Melrose, Munster ‘A’ |
2011/12 | British & Irish Cup | L2 Quarter-final | Currie, Doncaster, Pontypridd, Rotherham - Cornish Pirates |
2012/13 | British & Irish Cup | L1 Quarter-final | Doncaster, Llandovery, Melrose - Newcastle |
2013/14 | British & Irish Cup | L3 | Munster ‘A’, Plymouth Albion, Stirling County |
2014/15 | British & Irish Cup | L4 | Moseley, Munster ‘A’, Worcester |
2015/16 | British & Irish Cup | L4 | Cardiff Blues Premiership Select, Cornish Pirates, London Welsh |
2016/17 | British & Irish Cup | L3 | Leinster ‘A’, Scarlets Premiership Select, Richmond |
2017/18 | British & Irish Cup | L3 | Bedford, Munster ‘A’, Ospreys Premiership Select |