Simon Trophy
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The Simon Trophy was a South African women's cricket
club cup trophy
, awarded annually to the Annual Inter Provincial Tournament champions. The trophy was presented to the Southern Transvaal Association by Tilly Mary Simon to hand over to the South African Association upon its formation. It was first awarded in the 1950–51 season.
Women's cricket
Women's cricket is the form of the team sport of cricket that is played by women.-History:The first recorded match of women's cricket was reported in The Reading Mercury on 26 July 1745, a match contested "between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white." The...
club cup trophy
Trophy
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, awarded annually to the Annual Inter Provincial Tournament champions. The trophy was presented to the Southern Transvaal Association by Tilly Mary Simon to hand over to the South African Association upon its formation. It was first awarded in the 1950–51 season.
Past winners (incomplete)
Year | Champions |
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1952 | Western Province (1) |
1953 | Western Province (2) |
1954 | Western Province (3) |
1955 | Southern Transvaal (1) |
1956 | Natal (1) |
1957 | Eastern Province (1) |
1958 | Southern Transvaal (2) |
1959 | Southern Transvaal (3) |
1960 | Natal (2) |
1961 | Not presented in view of the English tour |
1962 | Southern Transvaal (4) |
1963 | Eastern Province (2) |
1964 | Natal (3) |
1965 | Natal (4) |
1966 | Southern Transvaal (5) |
1967 | Natal (5) |
1968 | Southern Transvaal (6) |
1969 | Southern Transvaal (7) |
1970 | Southern Transvaal (8) |