The competition is a knock-out tournament contested by the member clubs of the Southern Counties Football Association, which was formed at the end of the 1890–91 season,[1] with J. J. Cook of the 5th K.R.V.
The score remains the highest margin of victory in the final.
The two clubs had met in the final of the Churchill Cup two months before with the Mids winning 3–0;[3] however, in the Southern Counties, one Mids player was sent off, three others walked off in sympathy, and the Volunteers scored three times from the penalty mark.
[4] From 1898 there was also a Consolation Cup,[5] for clubs eliminated before the final of the main competition.
The current (2023–24) holders are Caledonian Braves, who beat Dalbeattie Star 3–1 in the final at Galabank thanks to two late goals.