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The Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup in the 19th Century

 April 1877
The Sheffield Football Association

The Sheffield Football Association was founded in 1867, but until 1877 the clubs played the Sheffield Rules variant of the game. In 1877 Sheffield adopted the Association rules, or rather the last differences were ironed out, the FA having already adopted several Sheffield innovations and reciprocal compromises having being reached (after the use of hands and touchdowns had disappeared from both sets of rules, offsides and throw ins had been the main sticking point).


The clubs of the Sheffield F.A. of 1877 were: 
Albion
Artillery and Hallamshire Rifles
Attercliffe
Brightside
Brincliffe
Broomhall
Crookes
Exchange
 Exchange Brewery
Fir Vale
Gleadless
Hallam
Heeley
Kimberworth
Millhouses
Norfolk
Norfolk Works
Owlerton
Oxford
Parkwood Springs
Philadelphia
Rotherham
Sheffield
Surrey
Thursday Wanderers
Wednesday


On March 19th 1877 Hyde Park Sheffield hosted a tournament for 'non association' clubs. The teams  played for a prize of 3 footballs. The donor of the prize was unknown, but the local press carried reassurances that there was no move afoot to start a rival association.  
The teams taking part were:  
       Talbot Street,   Attercliffe Zion,  Huttons Wanderers,  Perseverence*,  Alliance*, and Adalene.

* later members of the New Association.

Sheffield New Association

In 1877 a rival association given the name Sheffield New Association was established in protest at the Sheffield FA's decision not to allow any club under two years old to become a member.

The original members of the New Association were:


Alliance
Buckingham
  Friends
Nether
Newfield
Owlerton Broughton
Park Friendly
Park Wanderers
Perseverence
Pye Bank
Rising Star
St Jude’s
St Phillip’s
Saxons
Sheaf United

In 1883 the New Association changed its name to The Hallamshire Football Association

Sheffield Challenge Cup
1877
Wednesday
4
3
Heeley
1878
Wednesday
2
0
Attercliffe
1879
Thursday Wanderers
3
1
Heeley
1880
Staveley
3
1
Heeley
1881
Wednesday
8
1
Ecclesfield
1882
Heeley
5
0
Pyebank
1883
Wednesday
2
1
Lockwood Brothers
1884
Lockwood Brothers
2
0
Heeley & Middlesbrough
1885
Lockwood Brothers
2
0
Park Grange
1886
Mexborough
2
1
Heeley
1887
Wednesday
2
1
Collegiate


 Sheffield New Association Challenge Cup
1878
Pye Bank
5
0
Owlerton Broughton
1879
Rising Star 
4
1
Pitsmoor Christ Church
1880
Burton Star 
2
1
Rising Star
1881
Intake 
2
0
Burton Star
1882
Intake  
1
0
Dronfield Exchange

 Hallamshire Challenge Cup
1883
Spital (Chesterfield)


?
1884
Eckington
4
3
Clinton
1885
Staveley
?
?
Eckington
1886
Staveley
3
2
Eckington
1887
Eckington
3
0
Clinton

At the end of the 1886–87 season a merger of the two associations was negotiated by Charles Clegg who took charge of the new association with Pierce-Dix as secretary.


The Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup
1888
The Wednesday
3
2
Ecclesfield
1889
Rotherham
2
1
Staveley


1890
Rotherham Town
1
0
Sheffield United

Midland League


1891
Doncaster Rovers
2
1
Sheffield United


Midland League

1892
Sheffield United
2
1
The Wednseday Res.

Northern League


1893
Sheffield United Res.
3
1
The Wednseday Res.

  Sheffield Association  League



1894
Mexborough
 (League 
 format)
Sheffield United Res.

  Sheffield Association  League

  Sheffield Association  League

1895
The Wednseday Res.
League 
format )
Sheffield United Res.


  Sheffield Association  League

1896
Mexborough
 (League 
format )
Sheffield United Res.

Midland League
  Sheffield Association  League

1897
Sheffield United Res.
3
0
Wath

  Sheffield Association  League

  Sheffield Association  League
1898
Sheffield United Res.
3
1
The Wednesday Res.

Yorkshire League
Yorkshire League

1899
Sheffield United Res.
5
2
Attercliffe

Midland League

  Sheffield Association  League
1900
The Wednesday Res.
2
0
Worksop Town

Yorkshire League

Sheffield Association  League