The competition ran from 1888 to 1913 with three teams: Commonwealth, North United and YMC.
The competition began when two teams (Commonwealth and North United) played a game on the Walhalla Cricket Ground.
The position of the ground at the top of a large hill soon became advantageous to Walhalla teams.
It is said that, due to the relative difficulty in reaching the ground, local players would walk up the hill to it the night before a match so that by the time the spectators arrived the next day the players were rested and ready to play.
When visiting teams came to the town, they would walk the steep track to the playing field, causing them to lose large amounts of energy before matches began.