MIDDLESEX MERIT TABLE CUP
The Middlesex Merit Table Cup, now in it’s Sixth year, is played in three tiers, with Cup, Bowl and Vase rounds. It allows teams to play sides outside their own Merit Tables and the rounds are played in the breaks between the Merit Table league fixtures.
The Cup competition is open to teams playing in the top two merit tables. The Bowl competition is for teams playing in Merit Tables 3 and 4 and the Vase competition is for those teams competing in Merit Table 5
2019 – 2020 Merit Table Knock Out Competitions
| Merit Table Cup | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sept | Prelim Round | London NZ Kiwis | 31-15 | Grasshoppers 2nds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Hackney 2nds | 17-15 | H’smith & Fulham 2nds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Belsize Park 3rds | 50-0 | Rosslyn Park 4ths | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | London Welsh Druids | 10-21 | Hampstead 2nds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | CS Stags 1863 | AWO | Chiswick 2nds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | London Cornish 4ths | AWO | Old Habs 2nds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | HAC 3rds | 19-29 | London Cornish 2nds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Rosslyn Park B’s | AWO | Belsize Park 2nds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | London NZ Kiwis | AWO | HAC 2nds | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | Hackney 2nds | – | Belsize Park 2nds | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | Belsize Park 3rds | – | Chiswick 2nds | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | Old Habs 2nds | – | London Cornish 2nds | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | HAC 2nds | – | Hampstead 2nds | ||
| 29 Feb | S Finals | – | ||||
| 29 Feb | S Finals | – | ||||
| 4 April | Final | – | ||||
| Merit Table Bowl | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | H’smith & Fulham 4ths | 7-29 | Old Streetonians 2nds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Feltham | HWO | Harlequin Amateurs | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | H’smith & Fulham 3rds | 50-0 | Hackney 3rds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Quintin | AWO | Hampstead 3rds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Ickenham | 21-40 | Belsize Park 4ths | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Whitton Lions | HWO | Kilburn Cosmos 2nds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Hanwell | Bye | |||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | Whitton Lions | – | H’smith & Fulham 3rds | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | Hanwell | – | Belsize Park 4ths | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | Feltham | – | Hampstead 3rds | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | Old Streetonians 2nds | Bye | |||
| 29 Feb | S Finals | – | ||||
| 29 Feb | S Finals | – | ||||
| 4 Apr | Final | – | ||||
| Merit Table Vase | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Hillingdon Abbotts | AWO | Chiswick 3rds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | BOE 2nds | 40-19 | Grasshoppers 3rds | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Harlequin Am 2nds | AWO | Hampstead 4ths | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Staines 2nds | 35-5 | Hayes | ||
| 5 Oct | 1st Round | Uxbridge 2nds | 34-26 | Old Isleworthians | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | Uxbridge 2nds | – | Chiswick 3rds | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | Staines 2nds | – | Hampstead 4ths | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | BOE 2nds | – | Old Isleworthians | ||
| 4 Jan | Q Finals | Grasshoppers 3rds | – | Hayes | ||
| 29 Feb | S Finals | – | ||||
| 29 Feb | S Finals | – | ||||
| 4 Apr | Final – | |||||
Due to 17 teams in this year’s Cup competition, there will be a preliminary game on the 7th September for this competition. In keeping with tradition, the lower league team have been drawn at home wherever numbers have allowed. Fixture locations may be reversed to accommodate pitch availability, everything else is as per regulations.
The regulations have been updated on the website and will piggyback the main competition as before. The home team is responsible for organising the referee through the usual process via whoistheref system and uploading the fixture at least 2 weeks before the game is required as a minimum.
Cup match results must be submitted by text to the competition organiser by 9.00pm on the evening of the game, including any walkovers. Text Steve Partridge on 07776 478201
Competition Regulations
Please find attached the regulations for the cup competition. Where applicable you will need to refer to the main Merit table regulations
http://middlesexrugby.com/competitions/merittablecup/mmtcupregs/
Last year’s winners
The finals of the 2018-2019 Middlesex Merit Table Cup, Bowl and Vase competitions were combined into a feast of rugby at Ruislip RFC , with HAC 2nds the eventual winners of the MMT Cup.
| Winners | Runners Up | |
| MMT Cup | HAC 2nds 27 | Hammersmith & Fulham 19 |
| MMT Bowl | London NZ Kiwis 45 | Quintin 0 |
| MMT Vase | Void | Void |
2017 – 2018 Merit Table Knock Out Competition results
| MERIT TABLE CUP | RESULT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sept | Prelim Round | HAC 2nds | 72-15 | H’smith & Fulham 3rds | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | H’smith & Fulham 4ths | 23-28 | O Haberdashers 2nds | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Kilburn Cosmos 2nds | 14-24 | Chiswick 2nds | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Ealing Mens 2nds | 17-59 | Hampstead 2nds | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Pinner | AWO | HAC 2nds | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Belsize Park 3rds | HWO | Rosslyn Park Bs | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Rosslyn Park 4ths | 36-25 | Belsize Park 2nds | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Grasshoppers 2nds | HWO | Ruislip 2nds | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | M’field OB Badgers | AWO | HAC 3rds | ||
| 2 Dec | Q Finals | Belsize Park 2nds | 35-51 | HAC 2nds | ||
| 2 Dec | Q Finals | Rosslyn Park 4ths | HWO | O Haberdashers 2nds | ||
| 2 Dec | Q Finals | Grasshoppers 2nds | 19-36 | Hampstead 2nds | ||
| 2 Dec | Q Finals | HAC 3rds | 21-46 | Chiswick 2nds | ||
| 24 Feb | S Finals | Rosslyn Park 4ths | 5-19 | HAC 2nds | ||
| 24 Feb | S Finals | Chiswick 2nds | 7-34 | Hampstead 2nds | ||
| 7 April | Final Chiswick | Hampstead 2nds | 17-22 | HAC 2nds | ||
| MERIT TABLE BOWL | RESULT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Bank Of England 2nds | 35-40 | H’smith & Fulham 5ths | |||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Hanwell | 12-59 | Hampstead 3rds | |||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | O Streetonians 3rds | 40-5 | Belsize Park 4ths | |||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Staines 2nds | 27-19 | L Scottish Extra Bs | |||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Feltham | 15-34 | Twickenham Development | |||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Chiswick 3rds | – | Bye | |||
| 2 Dec | Q Finals | O Streetonians 3rds | 31-22 | Hampstead 3rds | |||
| 2 Dec | Q Finals | Staines 2nds | 21-74 | H’smith & Fulham 5ths | |||
| 2 Dec | Q Finals | Chiswick 3rds | 12-48 | Twickenham Development | |||
| 24 Feb | S Finals | O Streetonians 3rds | – | H’smith & Fulham 5ths | |||
| 24 Feb | S Finals | Twham Development | 0-15 | Hampstead 3rds | |||
| 7 April | Final – Chiswick | Hampstead 3rds | 15-19 |
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| MERIT TABLE VASE | RESULT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Chiswick 4ths | 22-44 | Hayes Baa Baas | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Whitton Lions | 44-12 | Ealing Exiles | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Uxbridge 2nds | HWO | L French 2nds | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Twickenham O’als | 19-45 | Ickenham | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Grasshoppers 3rds | 12-36 | Hampstead 4ths | ||
| 14 Oct | 1st Round | Haringey 2nds | 46-6 | West London 2nds | ||
| 2 Dec | Q Finals | Whitton Lions | 27-33 | Hampstead 4ths | ||
| 2 Dec | Q Finals | Uxbridge 2nds | 7-43 | Hayes Baa Baas | ||
| 2 Dec | Q Finals | Haringey 2nds | 7-11 | Ickenham | ||
| 24 Feb | S Finals | Hampstead 4ths | 32-40 | Hayes Baa Baas | ||
| 24 Feb | S Finals | Ickenham | 48-13 | Whitton Lions | ||
| 7 April | Final Chiswick | Ickenham | 34-12 | Hayes Baa Baas | ||
Further information
For more information about the Middlesex Merit Cup Competition please contact the organiser, Steve Partridge. Email: spartridge73@gmail.com tel: 07776 478201
