Myles N. Kenyon Cup
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The Myles N. Kenyon Cup, popularly known as the Kenyon Cup was an amateur football cup competition held for teams playing in Amateur Leagues in and around Bury, England and is named after former Lancashire captain and batsman and High Sheriff of Lancashire, Myles Noel Kenyon. It was formed in 1922 and the last game was played in 2017.
History
The first recorded Kenyon Cup competition took place in 1922 taking its constituent teams from the four local leagues:
The Bury Amateur Football League
The Bury Metro Alliance Amateur Football League
The Radcliffe Amateur Football League
The Bury & District Sunday Schools' Amateur Football League
Since its inception the competition has been runs as a benevolent fund for either players or match officials who have suffered financial hardship due to their involvement in football or for other causes. This can be shown amongst other things by the cup being run as a joint committee of the four original leagues and Bury Referees' Association. The full title was 'Bury and District Football Leagues' and Referees' Association Central Benevolent Fund.'
A review of the competition's financial records for 1958-59 showed that no fewer than 55 teams participated in the competition, each paying an entrance fee of 5 shillings. The Honorary Treasurer was Mr M V Wareing, the Honorary Secretary was Mr J B Howarth and the Auditor Mr F Turner. That year, the competition invested in a typewriter costing £16!
The cup continued as an annual competition from across the above leagues in the Bury area, until eventually only the Bury Amateur League remained.
Finally in 2004 the Bury Amateur League could no longer hold a full fixture list having only three clubs remaining, and so as the only remaining constituent league withdrew, the Myles N Kenyon Cup was likewise suspended. This meant that no Kenyon Cup games took place in the 2004-05 season.
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