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The Myles N. Kenyon Cup, popularly known as the Kenyon Cup is an amateur football cup competition held for teams playing in Amateur Leagues in and around Bury, England and is named after former Lancashire captain and batsman and High Sheriff of Lancashire, Myles Noel Kenyon.〔(Cricinfo )〕〔(http://www.yobunny.org.uk/yobunny/hist/castle/lc-sheriffs.htm )〕 The current holders are Little Lever Sports Club of the Lancashire Amateur League. ==History== The first recorded Kenyon Cup competition took place in 1922 taking its constituent teams from the four local leagues:〔(Official Website )〕 * The Bury Amateur Football League * The Bury Metro Alliance Amateur Football League * The Radcliffe Amateur Football League * The Bury & District Sunday Schools' Amateur Football League Since its inception the competition has been runs as a benevolent fund for either players or match officials who have suffered financial hardship due to their involvement in football or for other causes. This can be shown amongst other things by the cup being run as a joint committee of the four original leagues and the Referees' Association. The original cup was stolen recently and was described as
The cup was an annual competition for a variety of leagues across Bury until in recent times all bar the Bury Amateur League pulled out of the competition as the leagues folded. Finally in 2004 the Bury Amateur League could no longer hold a full fixture list having only three clubs remaining, and so as the only remaining constituent league withdrew, the Cup was suspended indefinitely.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Myles N. Kenyon Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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