2021 will see the 50th anniversary of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup, the first winners of the competition in 1971 were Cowley St John. The trophy was labelled the Bernard Tollett trophy in 2000, when the late Bernard Tollett left a £10,000 legacy to run the competition. We have continued to associate his name on the trophy for 21 of the 50 years. In recent years the family of the late Wilf Bennett presented a trophy to partner the senior cup, with a view to offering other clubs the opportunity of winning some silverware.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Senior Cup for 2021 we are offering free entry to affiliated clubs, We are able to do this because of the generosity of the Porter family, who donated a legacy to the Board to honour the life and enormous contribution of the late Simon Porter (Chairman 1995-2005). Rosalyn Porter (Simon’s widow) is one of our more proactive members. Her daughters Genevieve and Eloise have followed in their Dad’s footsteps by playing Women’s cricket for Oxford CC and the County.
‘The family want to use the fund to invest in all Oxon clubs and provide free entry to a competition that Simon had very close connections with.’ – Rosalyn Porter
‘I hope that the memory and goodwill created in the 2020 condensed cricket programme is still in the memories of the Oxfordshire Cricket community. We want to recreate that feeling from ball one of the 2021 season. This fantastic gesture from the Porter family will hopefully energise clubs to enter in and enjoy what has been a great competition over the years.’ Chris Clements
As always the structure of the two competitions will be determined by the number of entries, we are hoping that this gesture will mean that more clubs will come forward and enter a competition which will be completed on Finals day in September. Covid permitting finals day will be at Wormsley.
To this end, we are delighted to open entries for this summer’s competition. Please click on the ClubPlay link to enter your Club Competition Entry
Chris Clements
Chairman
Oxfordshire Cricket