The Surrey Bowl is an annual
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
knock-out club competition organized by the
Surrey Rugby Football Union
The Surrey County Rugby Football Union is the union responsible for rugby union in the county of Surrey, England, and parts of London. It is one of the constituent bodies of the national Rugby Football Union having been formed in 1879.
History ...
. It was introduced in 2006 and the inaugural winners were
Merton. It is the fourth most important rugby union cup competition in
Surrey
Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...
, behind the
Surrey Cup
The Surrey Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Surrey Rugby Football Union. The original cup competition was first played for back in 1890, the inaugural winners being Lennox, but was discontinued in 1909, ...
,
Surrey Trophy
The Surrey Trophy is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Surrey Rugby Football Union. It was introduced in 2009 and the inaugural winners were London Irish Amateur, London Irish Wild Geese. It is the second most im ...
and
Surrey Shield
The Surrey Shield is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Surrey Rugby Football Union. It was introduced in 1998 and the inaugural winners were Cobham RFC, Cobham. It is the third most important rugby union cup com ...
.
The Surrey Bowl is currently open to club sides based in
Surrey
Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...
and parts of south
London
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, that play in tier 11 (
Surrey 3) and tier 12 (
Surrey 4
Counties 4 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the 10th tier of the English rugby union system. The teams play home and away matches from September through to Apri ...
) of the
English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, second round, semi-finals and final to be held at
Molesey Road (
Esher's home ground) in May on the same date and same venue as the other Surrey finals.
Surrey Bowl winners
Number of wins
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Old Glynonians (3)
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Merton (2)
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Old Rutlishians (2)
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Economicals (1)
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Guildfordians (1)
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Old Blues (1)
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Old Haileyburian (1)
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Streatham-Croydon (1)
See also
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Surrey RFU
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Surrey Cup
The Surrey Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Surrey Rugby Football Union. The original cup competition was first played for back in 1890, the inaugural winners being Lennox, but was discontinued in 1909, ...
*
Surrey Trophy
The Surrey Trophy is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Surrey Rugby Football Union. It was introduced in 2009 and the inaugural winners were London Irish Amateur, London Irish Wild Geese. It is the second most im ...
*
Surrey Shield
The Surrey Shield is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Surrey Rugby Football Union. It was introduced in 1998 and the inaugural winners were Cobham RFC, Cobham. It is the third most important rugby union cup com ...
References
External links
Surrey RFU
{{Rugby union in England
Recurring sporting events established in 2006
2006 establishments in England
Rugby union cup competitions in England
Rugby union in Surrey