Inspectors Cup
The Inspectors Cup is a football competition contested by Primary School P7s in Edinburgh, Scotland.
It is a 7 a-side competition.
History[edit]
The Inspectors Cup competition was started in 1893 by 4 Edinburgh school inspectors:
- John Kerr
- John Struthers
- John Crombie
- John Gunn
John Kerr[edit]
Possibly Dr John Kerr, appointed Chief Inspector of Schools, Southern Division, in 1888, based in Edinburgh. Born Dalry, Ayrshire, in 1830, died 1/12/1916.[1]
John Struthers[edit]
Possibly Sir John Struthers appointed as a HM Inspectors of Schools in Scotland in 1886. He became a senior Civil Servant in the Scottish Education Department and retired in 1921.[2]
John Crombie[edit]
Mr Crombie was a native of Fife, and was educated at Moray House Training College and the University of Edinburgh. As Inspector of Schools he spent practically the whole of his official life in Edinburgh, working in close alliance with the various Chief Inspectors of Schools for Scotland. He was a man of wide interests, and, in particular, did a great deal for the development of the training of teachers.[3]
John Gunn M.A. D.Sc.[edit]
Born in Stromness, Orkney he attended Edinburgh University – where he gained his MA, and DSc, the latter in Mental Science. He was a teacher and school inspector.[4]
Winners[edit]
Winners have been taken from the inscriptions on the Inspectors Cup.
| Year | Edinburgh Primary School |
|---|---|
| 1893 | Sciennes |
| 1894 | North Merchiston |
| 1895 | St Leonards |
| 1896 | Regent Road |
| 1897 | Dean |
| 1898 | Gorgie |
| 1899 | Leith Walk |
| 1900 | St Leonards |
| 1901 | Dalry |
| 1902 | Dalry |
| 1903 | Bruntsfield |
| 1904 | Bruntsfield |
| 1905 | Boroughmuir |
| 1906 | Dalry |
| 1907 | Craiglockhart |
| 1908 | South Bridge |
| 1909 | London Street |
| 1910 | North Merchiston |
| 1911 | Dalry |
| 1912 | London Street |
| 1913 | South Bridge |
| 1914 | Gorgie |
| 1915 | Gorgie |
| 1916 | Not Played WW1 |
| 1917 | Not Played WW1 |
| 1918 | Not Played WW1 |
| 1919 | Not Played WW1 |
| 1920 | Flora Stevenson |
| 1921 | Albion Road |
| 1922 | Craiglockhart |
| 1923 | Abbeyhill |
| 1924 | Abbeyhill |
| 1925 | Sciennes |
| 1926 | Unknown |
| 1927 | Abbeyhill |
| 1928 | Cannonmills |
| 1929 | Gorgie |
| 1930 | Albion Road |
| 1931 | North Merchiston |
| 1932 | North Merchiston |
| 1933 | Towerbank |
| 1934 | Towerbank |
| 1935 | Abbeyhill |
| 1936 | St Johns |
| 1937 | Dalry |
| 1938 | Gorgie |
| 1939 | Not played WW2 |
| 1940 | Not played WW2 |
| 1941 | Not played WW2 |
| 1942 | Not played WW2 |
| 1943 | Not played WW2 |
| 1944 | Not played WW2 |
| 1945 | Not played WW2 |
| 1946 | St Francis |
| 1947 | Peffermill |
| 1948 | Towerbank |
| 1949 | Sciennes |
| 1950 | Murrayburn |
| 1951 | Niddrie |
| 1952 | Dalry |
| 1953 | Murrayburn |
| 1954 | Wester Hailes |
| 1955 | Murrayburn |
| 1956 | Murrayburn |
| 1957 | Fernieside |
| 1958 | Fernieside |
| 1959 | Stenhouse |
| 1960 | Murrayburn |
| 1961 | Fernieside |
| 1962 | Murrayburn |
| 1963 | Drumbrae |
| 1964 | Carrick Knowe |
| 1965 | Burdiehouse |
| 1966 | St John Vianney |
| 1967 | St Josephs / St John Vianney |
| 1968 | Drumbrae |
| 1969 | Brunstane |
| 1970 | Drumbrae |
| 1971 | Gracemount |
| 1972 | Parsons Green |
| 1973 | Drumbrae |
| 1974 | Gylemuir |
| 1975 | Unknown |
| 1976 | Greendykes |
| 1977 | Greendykes |
| 1978 | Riccarton |
| 1979 | Peffermill |
| 1980 | Gracemount / Sighthill |
| 1981 | Stenhouse |
| 1982 | Sighthill |
| 1983 | Gracemount |
| 1984 | Sighthill |
| 1985 | Gracemount |
| 1986 | Juniper Green |
| 1987 | Flora Stevenson |
| 1988 | Sighthill |
| 1989 | Duddingston |
| 1990 | Gylemuir / Royal High |
| 1991 | Davidsons Mains |
| 1992 | Royston |
| 1993 | Royston |
| 1994 | Gilmerton |
| 1995 | Murrayburn |
| 1996 | Carrick Knowe |
| 1997 | Buckstone / Hermitage Park |
| 1998 | Liberton |
| 1999 | Carrick Knowe |
| 2000 | Liberton |
| 2001 | Liberton |
| 2002 | Hermitage Park |
| 2003 | Balgreen |
| 2004 | Duddingston |
| 2005 | Gracemount |
| 2006 | Unknown |
| 2007 | Duddingston / St Johns |
| 2008 | St Johns |
| 2009 | Buckstone |
| 2010 | Fox Covert |
| 2011 | Crammond |
| 2012 | ESMS Junior School |
| 2013 | Bonaly / ESMS Junior School |
| 2014 | ESMS Junior School |
| 2015 | ESMS Junior School |
| 2016 | ESMS Junior School |
| 2017 | ESMS Junior School |
| 2018 | Flora Stevenson |
2019 - Kirkliston
2020- Covid
2021 - Covid
2022- Corstorphine
2023 - Gylemuir
References[edit]
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