[1] The competition was conceived and initiated by Isaak Griffiths, a businessman and magistrate from Wednesbury.
[2] Winners were awarded a solid silver trophy,[2] on which the name of each year's winning team was engraved.
[1] The cup was made by Walker and Hall of Birmingham and hallmarked in 1879, and is topped by a figure of Charity[3] It cost £100, paid for by public subscription.
[2] In 2016, a member of the public offered the trophy, in poor condition, to Bowjangles, a jewellery shop in Wednesbury, for scrap.
[1] Bowjanges owner Aaron Sheldon recognised its provenance and arranged for the trophy to be restored by Crescent Silver in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, a process which took five months.