# Devon RFU Junior Cup

The Devon Junior Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Devon Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced in the 1888–89 season when it was won by Paignton. During the pre-war years the Devon Junior Cup was open to lower ranked teams in the county, along with the reserve sides of the larger clubs such as Exeter and Devonport Albion. Like the senior cup competition, the junior cup has periods of inactivity over its history due to World Wars, and was cancelled towards the end of the 1950s only to return in the 1986–87 season when it was won by Exeter Saracens. The Havill Plate was introduced in the 1970s for teams knocked out of the first round of the Devon Senior Cup but later included clubs knocked out of the early stages of the Junior Cup – it was discontinued after the 1998–99 season.
The Junior Cup is the third cup competition in the county behind the Senior Cup and Intermediate Cup, and is open to club sides based in Devon that play in tier 9 (Devon League 1) of the English rugby union league system, as well as the Devon Merit Tables (outside of the league system). The current format is a knock-out cup with a first round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, which is played at the home ground of one of the finalists. Also running alongside is a Plate competition for clubs knocked out of the first round of the Devon Junior Cup. There was also a Vase competition but this has not been contested since 2017.

## Devon Junior Cup winners

Devon Junior Cup Finals :
| Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Venue |
| 1888-89 | Paignton Scarlet Runners | |
| 1889-90 | Melville | |
| 1890-91 | Totnes | |
| 1891-92 | Dartmouth Athletic | |
| 1892-93 | Devonport Albion 'B' | |
| 1893-94 | Aller Vale | |
| 1894–95 | Sidmouth | 3 goals, 2 tries – 0 | Ilfracombe | |
| 1895-96 | Tiverton Heathcoat | |
| 1896-97 | Torquay Juniors | |
| 1897-98 | Ilfracombe | |
| 1898-99 | Dartmouth Athletic | |
| 1899-1900 | Paignton | |
| 1900-01 | Argyle Athletic | |
| 1901-02 | Teignmouth / Friernhay | 0-0 | N/A | |
| 1902-03 | Friernhay | 4-3 | Teignmouth | Newton Abbot |
| 1903-04 | Dartmouth Athletic | | Exeter Reserves | Newton Abbot |
| 1904-05 | Brixham | 24-0 | Ilfracombe | |
| 1905-06 | Exeter Reserves | 6-3 | St. Chads | |
| 1906-07 | St. Chads | |
| 1907-08 | Devonport Ramblers | |
| 1908-09 | Brixham | 12-0 | Seaton | Newton Abbot |
| 1909-10 | Kingsteignton | |
| 1910-11 | Kingsteignton | |
| 1911-12 | Teignmouth | |
| 1912-13 | Seaton | |
| 1913-14 | North Tawton | |
| 1914-19 | No competition due to World War I | No competition due to World War I | No competition due to World War I | No competition due to World War I |
| 1919-20 | Exmouth Reserves | |
| 1920-21 | Newton Abbot Reserves | |
| 1921-22 | Exmouth Reserves | |
| 1922-23 | Kingsteignton | |
| 1923-24 | Crediton | |
| 1924-25 | Newton Abbot Reserves | |
| 1925-26 | Exmouth Reserves | | Crediton | |
| 1926-27 | Paignton Reserves | 9-3 | Honiton | |
| 1927-28 | Honiton | 21-7 | Brixham Reserves | |
| 1928-29 | Honiton | 9-3 | Kingsteignton | County Ground, Exeter |
| 1929-30 | Honiton | 9-5 | Brixham Reserves | |
| 1930-31 | Kingsteignton | |
| 1931-32 | North Tawton | |
| 1932-33 | Bideford | |
| 1933-34 | Brixham Reserves | |
| 1934-35 | Bideford | |
| 1935-36 | Withycombe | |
| 1936-37 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1937-38 | Exmouth Reserves | |
| 1938-39 | Buckfastleigh | |
| 1939-46 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1946-47 | Crediton | |
| 1947-48 | North Tawton | |
| 1948-49 | North Tawton | |
| 1949-50 | North Tawton / Totnes | |
| 1950-51 | North Tawton / Totnes | |
| 1951-52 | Totnes | |
| 1952-53 | Cullompton | |
| 1953-54 | Buckfastleigh | |
| 1954-55 | Buckfastleigh | |
| 1955-56 | Buckfastleigh | |
| 1956-57 | North Tawton | |
| 1957-86 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1986-87 | Exeter Saracens | |
| 1987-88 | Ivybridge | |
| 1988-89 | Ivybridge | |
| 1989-90 | Cullompton | |
| 1990-91 | Ivybridge | |
| 1991-92 | Paignton | |
| 1992-93 | Honiton | |
| 1993-94 | Honiton | |
| 1994-95 | Ivybridge | |
| 1995-96 | Kingsbridge | |
| 1996-97 | Kingsbridge | 48-0 | Newton Abbot | Rackerhayes, Kingsteignton |
| 1997-98 | Exmouth | |
| 1998-99 | Withycombe | |
| 1999-2000 | Exmouth | |
| 2000-01 | Kingsbridge | |
| 2001-02 | Tavistock | |
| 2002-03 | Honiton | |
| 2003-04 | Honiton | |
| 2004-05 | Honiton | 29-3 | South Molton | |
| 2005-06 | Okehampton | 8-3 | Cullompton | |
| 2006-07 | Cullompton | | Teignmouth | |
| 2007-08 | Bideford | 27-3 | Teignmouth | King George's Field, Bideford |
| 2008-09 | Exeter Saracens | 34-15 | Torrington | Exhibition Fields, Exeter |
| 2009-10 | Wessex | 19-3 | Totnes | Borough Park, Totnes |
| 2010-11 | Plymouth Barbarians | 21-10 | Topsham | Keyham Park, Plymouth |
| 2011-12 | Wessex | 18-11 | Newcross | Five Lanes, Kingsteignton |
| 2012-13 | South Molton | 20-8 | Torrington | Unicorn Park, South Molton |
| 2013-14 | Old Technicians | 13-8 | South Molton | Weston Mill, Plymouth |
| 2014-15 | Totnes | 20-17 | North Tawton | Tawmeadow, North Tawton |
| 2015-16 | Torrington | 24-15 | North Tawton | Donnacroft, Torrington |
| 2016-17 | Dartmouth | 29-11 | Totnes | Tawmeadow, North Tawton |
| 2017-18 | South Molton | 34-13 | Topsham | Unicorn Park, South Molton |
| 2018-19 | North Tawton | 25-10 | Exeter Athletic | Taw Meadows, North Tawton |

## Devon Junior Plate winners

Devon Junior Plate Finals :
| Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Venue |
| 2009-10 | North Tawton | 41-0 | Plympton Victoria | Taw Meadows, North Tawton |
| 2010-11 | Wessex | 29-19 | Dartmouth | Dartmouth Leisure Centre, Dartmouth |
| 2011-12 | Plymouth Argaum | N/A | Old Plymothian & Mannamedian | N/A |
| 2012-13 | Buckfastleigh Ramblers | 48-10 | Devonport HSOB | Stonehouse Creek, Plymouth |
| 2013-14 | Unknown | | Unknown | Ernesettle Lane, Plymouth |
| 2014-15 | Plymouth Argaum | N/A | Unknown | N/A |
| 2015-16 | Tamar Saracens | N/A | South Molton | N/A |
| 2016-17 | North Tawton | 13-10 | Torington | Tawmeadow, North Tawton |
| 2017-18 | New Cross | 28-10 | Devonport HSOB | Unicorn Park, South Molton |
| 2018-19 | Ilfracombe | 20-3 | Salcombe | Brimlands, Ilfracombe |

## Devon Junior Vase winners

Devon Junior Vase Finals :
| Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Venue |
| 2009-10 | Plymouth Barbarians | 26-18 | Dartmouth | Keyham Park, Plymouth |
| 2010-11 | Plymstock Albion Oaks | 27-12 | Old Plymothian & Mannamedian | King George V Playing Fields, Plymouth |
| 2011-12 | North Tawton | 24-9 | Salcombe | Unicorn Park, North Tawton |
| 2012-13 | Old Technicians | 20-12 | Tamar Saracens | Weston Mill, Plymouth |
| 2013-14 | Topsham | 18-11 | Plymouth Argaum | Bickleigh Down, Plymouth |
| 2014-15 | New Cross | 37-14 | Plymstock Albion Oaks | Horsham Playing Fields, Plymouth |
| 2015-16 | New Cross | 55-0 | Devonport HSOB | Five Lanes, Kingsteignton |
| 2016-17 | Exeter Saracens | 12-10 | Old Technicians | Tawmeadow, North Tawton |