The Beaumont Cup was a Trinidad

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ian First-class cricket

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cup which regional sides competed for, with the matches taking place over three days.

History

It was contested annually from the 1958/59 West Indian summer until 1970/71, and sporadically from then until 1984/85. North and South Trinidad played each other for the cup originally and the 1970/71 contest was the first between more than two sides, with East and Central Trinidad joining in. This meant that two semi finals took place to decide who would play in the cup match.

The following season the competition was renamed the Texaco Cup. The format from the previous season remained with a semi final and final taking place. For the 1975/76 tournament this was replaced with a round robin format.

In 1976/77 the cup reverted back to its original name and the four teams that had competed previously merged. South and Central Trinidad became the one team as did North and East Trinidad. The Texaco Cup however continued, running parallel from 1976/77 until 1978/79.

Honour board

This is a list of the annual winners of the Beaumont Cup. The Texaco Cup years are signified with a *
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Season	Winning team/Result	Opponent/Teams
1958/59	Match drawn	North Trinidad South Trinidad
1959/60	Match drawn	North Trinidad South Trinidad
1960/61	North Trinidad	South Trinidad
1961/62	North Trinidad	South Trinidad
1962/63	North Trinidad	South Trinidad
1963/64	North Trinidad	South Trinidad
1964/65	Match drawn	North Trinidad South Trinidad
1965/66	North Trinidad	South Trinidad
1966/67	Match drawn	North Trinidad South Trinidad
1967/68	Match drawn	North Trinidad South Trinidad
1968/69	Match drawn	North Trinidad South Trinidad
1969/70	Match drawn	North Trinidad South Trinidad
1970/71*	Match drawn	North Trinidad East Trinidad
1971/72*	East Trinidad	South Trinidad
1972/73*	South Trinidad	East Trinidad
1973/74*	Central Trinidad	North Trinidad
1974/75*	North Trinidad	East Trinidad
1975/76*	South Trinidad	Round robin format
1976/77	North and East Trinidad	South and Central Trinidad
1977/78	Match abandoned	-
1978/79	South and Central Trinidad	North and East Trinidad
1979/80	South and Central Trinidad	North and East Trinidad
1980/81	No competition	-
1981/82	No competition	-
1982/83	Match drawn	South and Central Trinidad North and East Trinidad
1983/84	North and East Trinidad	South and Central Trinidad
1984/85	North and East Trinidad	South and Central Trinidad