Allison Trophy

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Allison Trophy
Organiser(s)Edinburgh Charities Committee
Founded1944; 82 years ago (1944)
Abolished1963; 63 years ago (1963)
RegionEdinburgh
Teams2
Last championsEdinburgh Select (12th title)
Most championshipsEdinburgh Select (12 titles)

The Allison Challenge Trophy was an annual football match between an Edinburgh Select XI (a combination of Hearts and Hibs players) and a leading English Football League club.

History

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The Edinburgh Charities Committee invited a top English club each year to play an Edinburgh Select XI, which consisted of players from Hibernian and Heart of Midlohian, with all proceeds going to worthy causes. They alternated between Easter Road and Tynecastle Park as the match venue.[1]

The trophy was donated by Mr William S. Allison, who was then chairman of the Edinburgh Charities Day Committee, ahead of the first meeting between Edinburgh and English opposition on 5 August 1944.[2]

Hearts XI matches

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Prior to the Edinburgh Select XI matches, Tynecastle Park hosted charity matches between Heart of Midlothian XI and invited opposition while World War II was ongoing.

A charity match between Heart of Midlothian and Arsenal was played on 2 August 1941, with the purpose of raising money for the Scottish National War Memorial.[3][4][5]

Another match in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund and other war charities was played between a Hearts Select XI, which featured players of other Scottish and English clubs (including Stanley Mortenson and Billy Liddell) against a Royal Air Forces XI on 7 August 1943.[3][6][7]

Similar events

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The Festival Cup was contested for by an Edinburgh Select XI against German giants Bayern Munich in 1985. Edinburgh won 3–2 in the charity match at Tynecastle Park in front of a crowd of 10,000. The Select featured players from Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, and Meadowbank Thistle.[8][9]

A testimonial match for retired Hearts legend John Cumming was played against a North East XI. The North East XI was made up of players from Dundee, Dundee United, and St Mirren (Aberdeen were unavailable). An attendance of 6,000 saw Edinburgh beaten 3–4 on 11 May 1980.[10]

Results

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Season Home Team Score Away Team Venue Att Ref[3]
1944 Edinburgh Select XI 3–4 Aston Villa Tynecastle 30,000 [2][11]
1945 4–0 Huddersfield Town 30,000 [12]
1946 2–3 Aston Villa [13]
1947 4–5 Derby County Easter Road 42,000 [14][15]
1948 1–1 Blackpool Tynecastle [16]
1949 2–3 Wolves Easter Road 46,077 [17][18]
1950 1–1 Newcastle United Tynecastle 45,000 [19][20]
1951 1–2 Liverpool Easter Road 35,000 [21][22]
1952 3–2 Portsmouth Tynecastle [23]
1953 3–2 Wolves Easter Road 39,000 [24][25]
1954 3–2 Bolton Wanderers Tynecastle 45,000 [26][27]
1955 1–1 Newcastle United Easter Road [28][29]
1956 2–1 Birmingham City Tynecastle [30][31]
1957 1–3 Preston North End Easter Road 40,000 [32][33]
1958 2–2 Liverpool Tynecastle 28,000 [34][35]
1959 4–3 Newcastle United Easter Road [36][37]
1960 3–2 Chelsea Tynecastle 34,000 [38]
1961 4–7 Burnley Easter Road 14,000 [39]
1962 2–4 Burnley Tynecastle [40]
1963 7–0 Dunfermline Athletic Easter Road [41][42]

Total titles

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Winners[citation needed] Trophy Wins Total
Won Shared
Edinburgh Select XI 8 4 12
Aston Villa 2 0 2
Burnley 2 0 2
Liverpool 1 1 2
Newcastle United 0 2 2
Derby County 1 0 1
Preston North End 1 0 1
Wolves 1 0 1
Blackpool 0 1 1

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