Bottle match

The Bottle Match is a varsity match played between the Camborne School of Mines (CSM), Exeter University and the Royal School of Mines (RSM), Imperial College London. The first recorded match between the two sides took place on 16 December 1902, making it the second oldest rugby varsity match in the world.

The Bottle Match started as a rugby union match but as the schools sporting interests diversified other sports began to be played and from 2006 is now made up of six games played between the two institutions: men's rugby union, football, men's and women's hockey, squash and golf. As of 2010 Netball has been included as an event.

The Bottle Match is traditionally held during the month of February normally on the last weekend of the month. Ancient rivalry between the RSM and CSM ensures that the competition gets fiercer by the year.^[1]

Trophies

The winner of the Bottle trophy itself hinges entirely on the outcome of the rugby match. The winning team take home the 'Bottle', a 3-ft tall tin beer bottle adorned with the two crests of the institution, which was acquired in 1926 by a number of RSM students from the top of a Bass lorry. Since the 1950s, players on the winning side were presented with personal tankards from the South African-based company Union Corporation/Gencor. This tradition continues with the tankards provided by Michael West and the Mining Journal. There is also a trophy awarded to the Man of the Match. The Centenary Bottle Match was held in Cornwall in 2002, with RSM being victorious, and Anton Griffiths from CSM winning the man of the match trophy.

The winners of the men's hockey take the Sharpley Cup, a silver cup presented by J.E. Sharpley, an RSM alumnus, in the 1950s.

The winners of the women's hockey take the Golders Cup, a small silver cup presented by Golder Associates the 1990s.

Sport	Rugby	Football	Hockey, Men's	Hockey, Women's
Name	The Bottle	-	Sharpley Cup	Golders Cup
Trophy			-	-
Dated(Apx)	1920s	-	1950s	1990s
Presented by	Bass	-	J.E. Sharpley	Golder Associates

Bottle Match Results

Date	Winner	Score	Venue	RSM Wins	CSM Wins	Draws
000000001902-12-16-000016 December 1902	Draw	-	London	0	0	1
Results missing
000000001932-01-01-00001932	RSM	8 - 20	Cornwall	-	-	-
Results missing
000000001946-01-01-00001946	CSM	-	-	-	-	-
000000001947-01-01-00001947	RSM	5 - 8	-	-	-	-
Results missing
000000001950-01-01-00001950	RSM	-	-	-	-	-
000000001951-01-01-00001951	CSM	-	-	-	-	-
000000001952-01-01-00001952	CSM	-	-	-	-	-
000000001953-01-01-00001953	CSM	-	-	-	-	-
000000001954-01-01-00001954	CSM	-	-	-	-	-
000000001955-01-01-00001955	RSM	0 - 3	-	-	-	-
Results missing
000000001980-01-01-00001980	RSM	-	-	-	-	-
000000001981-01-01-00001981	CSM	-	-	-	-	-
000000001982-01-01-00001982	RSM	-	-	-	-	-
Results missing
000000001988-01-01-00001988	CSM	-	-	-	-	-
Results missing
000000001992-01-01-00001992	CSM	-	-	29	28	-
000000001993-01-01-00001993	CSM	-	-	29	29	-
000000001994-01-01-00001994	CSM	-	-	29	30	-
000000001995-01-01-00001995	CSM	-	-	29	31	-
000000001996-01-01-00001996	CSM	-	Cornwall	29	32	6
000000001997-01-01-00001997	RSM	-	London	29	32	6
000000001998-01-01-00001998	RSM	26 - 0	Cornwall	30	32	6
000000001999-01-01-00001999	RSM	-	London	31	32	6
000000002000-01-01-00002000	RSM	22 - 10	Cornwall	32	32	6
000000002001-01-01-00002001	RSM	-	London	33	32	6
000000002002-01-01-00002002	RSM	29 -17	Cornwall	34	32	6
000000002003-01-01-00002003	RSM	12 - 5	London	35	32	6
000000002004-01-01-00002004	RSM	10 - 22	Cornwall	36	32	6
000000002005-01-01-00002005	RSM	17 - 15	London	37	32	6
000000002006-01-01-00002006	RSM	11 - 29	Cornwall	38	32	6
000000002007-01-01-00002007	CSM	3 - 5	London	38	33	6
000000002008-01-01-00002008	RSM	10 - 13	Cornwall	39	33	6
000000002009-01-01-00002009	RSM	14 - 10	London	40	33	6
000000002010-01-01-00002010	CSM	13 - 0	Cornwall	40	34	6
000000002011-01-01-00002011	RSM	25 - 20	London	41	34	6
000000002012-01-01-00002012	RSM	22 - 0	Cornwall	42	34	6
000000002013-01-01-00002013	RSM	24 - 8	London	43	34	6
000000002014-01-01-00002014	Draw*	6 - 6	Cornwall	43	34	7
000000002015-01-01-00002015	RSM	19 - 7	London	44	34	7
000000002016-01-01-00002016	CSM	14 - 5	Cornwall	44	35	7

The Bottle was retained by the RSM as they were the visiting team.

Total wins

Total matches	RSM victories	CSM victories	Draws
118	46	37	7

Note there are 28 missing years from the tally.

Bottle Match Weekend Results

Where scores are available:

Date	Number	Venue	Rugby		Football	Hockey		Squash	Golf	Netball	Basketball
Date	Number	Venue	Men's	Women's	Men's	Men's	Women's	Squash	Golf	Netball	Basketball
Results missing
000000001955-01-01-00001955	53rd	Cornwall	0 - 3 RSM		1 - 4 RSM
Results missing
000000001996-01-01-00001996	94th	Cornwall	10 - 22 CSM		Results missing
000000001997-01-01-00001997	95th	Cornwall	- RSM		Results missing
000000001998-01-01-00001998	96th	Cornwall	10 - 22 RSM		Results missing
000000001999-01-01-00001999	97th	Cornwall	- RSM		Results missing
000000002000-01-01-00002000	98th	Cornwall	10 - 22 RSM		Results missing
000000002001-01-01-00002001	99th	London	- RSM		Results missing
000000002002-01-01-00002002	100th	Cornwall	29 - 17 RSM		5 - 2 CSM	- CSM	- CSM	- CSM
000000002003-01-01-00002003	101st	London	12 - 5 RSM		1 - 0 RSM	2 - 3 CSM	1 - 1 CSM	3 - 2 RSM
000000002004-01-01-00002004	102nd	Cornwall	10 - 22 RSM		5 - 5 RSM	6 - 2 CSM	8 - 0 CSM	4 - 1 CSM
000000002005-01-01-00002005	103rd	London	17 - 15 RSM		5 - 2 RSM	1 - 3 CSM	1 - 4 CSM	3 - 2 RSM
000000002006-01-01-00002006	104th	Cornwall	11 - 29 RSM		- CSM	2 - 1 CSM	3 - 0 CSM	5 - 0 CSM		1 - 4 RSM
000000002007-01-01-00002007	105th	London	3 - 5 CSM	5 - 15 CSM	1 - 6 CSM	1 - 5 CSM	1 - 5 CSM	5 - 0 RSM		CSM
000000002008-01-01-00002008	106th	Cornwall	10 - 13 RSM		6 - 0 CSM	3 - 4 RSM	3 - 2 CSM	5 - 0 CSM	CSM
000000002009-01-01-00002009	107th	London	14 - 10 RSM		0 - 4 CSM	0 - 5 CSM	0 - 5 CSM	0 - 5 CSM	CSM
000000002010-01-01-00002010	108th	Cornwall	13 - 0 CSM	No game	7 - 0 CSM	5 - 1 CSM	3 - 0 CSM	4 - 1 CSM	2 - 2 Draw	15 - 4 RSM
000000002011-01-01-00002011	109th	London	25 - 20 RSM	-	2 - 3 CSM	1 - 4 CSM	5 - 3 RSM	3 - 2 RSM	2.5 - 0.5 RSM	34 - 15 RSM	40 - 64 CSM
000000002012-01-01-00002012	110th	Cornwall	0 - 22 RSM	-	0 - 0 Draw	3 - 1 CSM	2 - 1 CSM	0 - 5 RSM	2 - 2 Draw	39 - 27 CSM
000000002013-01-01-00002013	111th	London	24 - 8 RSM	-	0 - 4 CSM	0 - 1 CSM	1 - 1 Draw	5 - 0 RSM	3 - 1 RSM	27 - 25 RSM
000000002014-01-01-00002014	112th	Cornwall	6 - 6 Draw	-	3 - 0 CSM	0 - 3 RSM	2 - 3 RSM	2 - 3 RSM	-	?? - ?? CSM	55 - 19 CSM
000000002015-01-01-00002015	113th	London	19-7 RSM	-	0 - 3 CSM	4 - 2 RSM	1 - 10 CSM	-	-	-	-
000000002016-01-01-00002016	114th	Cornwall	14-5 CSM	-	3 - 0 CSM	3 - 3 Draw	12 - 0 CSM	5 - 0 CSM	-	-	-

Note - When matches are drawn, the trophy is retained by the previous winners.

References

↑ "article on latest rivalry". BBC News. 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2013-04-30.

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