The competition was a knock-out tournament contested by the member clubs of the Border Counties Football Association.
The Border Counties Association was founded in 1890, with Alexander Laing Brown MP as President.
The latter abandonment was due to the Association not being able to arrange a second replay of the semi-final between Gala Fairydean and Peebles Rovers.
The winner of the other semi-final, Berwick Rangers, was so put out by this that it withdrew from the Association.
[3] The final competition, in 1955–56, was won by Eyemouth United, reserve centre-forward Burns scoring twice in each half to secure an easy 4–0 win over Gala Fairydean[4] at Coldstream.