Sale and Urmston Bowling Association

Trophies held by the association

Both the Sale and the Urmston leagues had accumulated a collection of trophies. Some had fallen into disuse. This page is an attempt to summarise what we have, what may be missing, and how we might use them in the future.

Some of them look a bit wonky, but that’s the fault of the photographer. Some of the older silver trophies are in poor condition.

Current trophies

Trophies currently in use are shown below. They are numbered for the secretary’s convenience.

  1. Monday league winners
  2. Monday averages winner
  3. Monday team knock-out winners
  4. Monday Merit winner (2022 only)
  5. Monday Pairs winners (2022-23 only)
  6. Wednesday Division 1 league winners
  7. Wednesday Division 1 averages winner
  8. Wednesday Division 1 team knock-out winners
  9. Wednesday Division 2 league winners
  10. Wednesday Division 2 averages winner
  11. Wednesday Division 2 team knock-out winners
  12. Merit winner (Wednesday Merit 2022-23)
  13. Pairs winner (Wendnesday Pairs 2022-23)

Sale trophies

Division 1 winners

Division 1 cup

Silver

Height:

Engraved:

ALLEN CHALLENGE CUP
PRESENTED TO
Sale Bowling League
By
Wilfred Allen
For Perpetual Copmpetition

Winners’ names

Division 1 Averages

Division 1 averages

Chrome with plastic base

Height: 27cm

Engraved:

Sale and District Bowling League
THE MAURICE H.BEXON TROPHY

Winners’ names (1966 - 2019, 2021)

Current use: Wednesday Div 1 Averages winner Trophy 7

Division 2 winners

Division 2 cup

Silver plate on plastic base

Height: 35cm

Engraved:

SALE & DISTRICT A.B.L.
BILLY BURKE
Memorial Trophy
LEAGUE AVERAGES WINNER
Donated by
MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE

On reverse:

2ND DIVISION
WINNERS

Used for league averages winners (no names engraved before 1966), then 31-up Merit (1980 - 1988), then Division 2 winners (1992 - 2018)

Current use: Wednesday Div2 League winners Trophy 9

Division 2 Averages

Division 2 averages

Wooden shield

Height: 41cm

Engraved:

TRINITY SHIELD

DONATED BY Mr H. SAWKILL

SALE & DISTRICT BOWLING LEAGUE

Winners’ names (1967 - 2018)

Current use: Wednesday Div 2 Averages winner Trophy 10

Pride of Sale Cup

Division 1 knock-out cup

Silver with wooden base

Height: 34cm

Engraved:

SALE & DISTRICT BOWLING LEAGUE
“PRIDE OF SALE” CUP
PRESENTED BY
F. BRAZENDALE, ESQ
1951

Used for Division 1 knock-out 1950 - 2015, then both divisions knock-out 2016 - 2018, then only division knock-out 2019.

Winners’ names (1950 - 2019)

President’s Cup

President’s cup

Chrome with plastic base

Height: 37cm

Engraved:

Sale & District Bowling League
PRESIDENTS CUP
Presented by
MAURICE H. BEXON
President 2003

Used for Division 2 knock-out 2004 - 2015, then Division 1 Fives comp 2016 - 2018.

Winners’ names (2004 - 2018)

Current use: Wednesday League Div 1 winners Trophy 6

Five by Five Trophy

Five by Five Trophy

Wooden shield

Height: 32cm

Engraved:

SALE & DISTRICT
BOWLING LEAGUE
5 BY 5
TROPHY

Used for Division 2 Fives comp 1982 - 2018.

Winners’ names (1892 - 1989, 1993, 2009 - 2018)

Five by Five Runner Up Trophy

Five by Five Runner UpTrophy

Chrome with plastic base

Height: 21cm

Engraved:

Sale & District
Bowling League
5 By 5
Runner Up Trophy

Used for Division 2 Fives comp runners-up 2009 - 2018.

Winners’ names (2009 - 2018)

Sale Merit

Sale Merit cup

Silver with wooden base
Hallmarked Chester, 1907(?)

Height: 29cm

Engraved:

SALE DISTRICT BOWLING LEAGUE
THE HAROLD JACKSON ROSEBOWL
PRESENTED TO THE LEAGUE FOR MERIT COMPETITION
BY DAVID JACKSON OCTOBER 1950.
FOR PERPETUAL COMPETITION

Winners’ names

Current use: Wednesday Merit winner Trophy 12

Eric Dale cup

EricDale cup

Silver with wooden base

Height:

Engraved:

Winners’ names

Current use: Wednesday Pairs winners Trophy 13

Urmston trophies

Division 1 winners

Division 1 shield

Wooden shield

Diameter: 50cm

Engraved:

URMSTON, FLIXTON AND DAVYHULME AMATEUR BOWLING LEAGUE

Winners’ names (1915 - 1941, 1949 - 2017, 2019)

Current use: Monday League winners Trophy 1

Divison 1 Knock-out

1st Division Knock-out cup

Silver (hallmarked Sheffield, 1953) with plastic base

Height: 30cm

Engraved:

Challenge Trophy
Urmston & District Amateur Bowling Association
1956

Winners’ names (1956 - 2019)

Current use: Monday League Knock-out winners Trophy 3

1st Division Bowler of the Year

1st Division Bowler of the Year cup

Silver plated with plastic base

Height: 29cm

Engraved:

URMSTON AND DISTRICT
BOWLING LEAGUE
1ST DIVISION
BOWLER OF THE YEAR

Winners’ names (1995 - 2019)

Current use: Monday Averages winner Trophy 2

Divison 2 winners

2nd Division Winner cup

Silver (hallmarked Sheffield, 1893) with wooden base

Height: 40cm

Engraved:

Lancashire and Cheshire County Bowling Association Amateur Championship,
Second Prize 1893 Won by The Crofts Bank Bowling Club.
Team
H Gill T Jones
G A Myners J Clare
A Thompson C Garner
W Rothwell J Rothwell
R W Lawrence W Heap
A Faulkner, Captain
W H Palfreyman, Secretary

PRESENTED TO
Alfred Faulkner Esq
BY THE
Crofts Bank Bowling Club
as a mark of respect and esteem, and in recognition of valuable service rendered to the club
AS TREASURER AND CAPTAIN
1ST NOVEMBER 1893

Winners’ names (1951 - 1965, 1969 - 2019)Sold, 2023

Divison 2 Knock-out

2nd Division Knock-out cup

Silver plated with plastic base

Height: 30cm

Engraved (on base only):

URMSTON LEAGUE
DIVISION II
KNOCKOUT

Winners’ names (2010 - 2019)

Current use: Wednesday Div 2 Knockout winners Trophy 11

2nd Division Bowler of the Year

2nd Division Bowler of the Year cup

Silver plated with plastic base

Height: 29cm

Engraved:

URMSTON AND DISTRICT
BOWLING LEAGUE
STAN TOPHAM
2ND DIVISION
BOWLER OF THE YEAR

Winners’ names (1995 - 2019)

League Handicap

League Handicap cup

Silver plated with plastic base

Height: 26cm

Engraved (on base only):

URMSTON & DISTRICT
BOWLING LEAGUE
LEAGUE HANDICAP
TROPHY

Winners’ names (1986 - 2018)

Current use: Wednesday Knockout winners Trophy 8

Frank Taylor pairs

Frank Taylor Pairs Shield 1996

Wooden shield

Width: 28cm
Height: 32cm

Engraved:

Urmston & District Bowling Lge
Frank Taylor
Pairs

Winners’ names (1996 - 2019)

Current use: Monday Pairs winners Trophy 5

Frank Taylor pairs

Frank Taylor Pairs Shield 2017

Wooden shield

Width: 28cm
Height: 32cm

Engraved:

Urmston & District Bowling Lge
Frank Taylor
Pairs

Winners’ names (2017 - 2019)

John Robinson Memorial Trophy

John Robinson Memorial cup

Chrome with plastic base

Height: 40cm

Engraved (on base only):

JOHN ROBINSON MEMORIAL TROPHY
PRESENTED BY FLIXTON CONSERVATIVE CLUB
1979

Winners’ names (2016 - 2019)

Current use: Monday Merit winner Trophy 4

Joe Chapleo Memorial Trophy

Joe Chapleo Memorial cup

Chrome with plastic base

Height: 26cm

Engraved (on base only):

JOE CHAPLEO MEMORIAL TROPHY
Young Bowler
of the
Year

No winners’ names on trophy (see honours board)

Other competitions

The following competitions are listed in handbooks, but we have no trophies identified for them.