The Beaumont Cup was a Trinidadian first-class cricket competition which regional sides competed for, the matches taking place over three days.
History The competition began in 1925–26, when Rolland Beaumont, the South African Test player who had moved to Trinidad and become manager of an oil company, donated the cup to be played for by North Trinidad and South Trinidad.Wisden 1972, p. 978. Beginning with the 1958–59 season the annual match was granted first-class status. In 1970–71 East Trinidad and Central Trinidad joined the competition, which now had two preliminary matches and a final.
In 1971–72 the competition was renamed the Texaco Cup. From 1975–76 to 1977–78 the competition was decided on a round robin format, with six matches each season. In 1978–79 Tobago joined the competition, and there were ten round-robin matches. That was the final season in which the Texaco Cup had first-class status.
In 1975–76 the Beaumont Cup was revived, to be contested by two teams again, in an annual match between South and Central Trinidad and North and East Trinidad. It had first-class status from 1975–76 to 1979–80, and from 1982–83 to 1984–85.
The Beaumont Cup was also held as a non-first-class contest between South and Central Trinidad and North and East Trinidad in 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1985–86. The non-first-class contest between the two teams continued under the names Trintoc Trophy (1986–87 to 1995–96) and Gerry Gomez Memorial Trophy (1996–97 to 2000–01).
Honour board
The tables below list the winners of the Beaumont Cup and Texaco Cup in the seasons in which the competition had first-class status.
Beaumont Cup 1958–59 to 1969–70
Contested by North Trinidad and South Trinidad. Winners held the Cup until they were defeated outright in a subsequent season.
Season Winning team/Result 1958–59 Match drawn 1959–60 Match drawn 1960–61 North Trinidad 1961–62 North Trinidad 1962–63 North Trinidad 1963–64 North Trinidad 1964–65 Match drawn 1965–66 North Trinidad 1966–67 Match drawn 1967–68 Match drawn 1968–69 Match drawn 1969–70 Match drawn
Beaumont Cup 1970–71, Texaco Cup 1971–72 to 1978–79
Contested by North Trinidad, South Trinidad, Central Trinidad and East Trinidad. Tobago also competed in 1978–79.
Season Winning team/Result Opponent/Teams 1970–71 Match drawn North Trinidad, East Trinidad 1971–72 East Trinidad South Trinidad 1972–73 South Trinidad East Trinidad 1973–74 Central Trinidad North Trinidad 1974–75 North Trinidad East Trinidad 1975–76 South Trinidad Round robin format 1976–77 East Trinidad Round robin format 1977–78 North Trinidad Round robin format 1978–79 Central Trinidad Round robin format
Beaumont Cup 1975–76 to 1984–85
Contested by North and East Trinidad and South and Central Trinidad.
Season Winning team/Result 1975–76 Match drawn 1976–77 North and East Trinidad 1977–78 Match abandoned 1978–79 South and Central Trinidad 1979–80 South and Central Trinidad 1982–83 Match drawn 1983–84 North and East Trinidad 1984–85 North and East Trinidad
References
External links Cricket Archive