Jamaica High School Football Champions
This is a list of Jamaica High School Football Champions, the champion high schools are winners of the football competitions that have been held in Jamaica. The first competitive games were played in 1909. The Manning Cup and Walker Cup are contested among schools in the Corporate Area (comprising the parishes of Kingston, St. Andrew and most of St. Catherine) while the DaCosta and Ben Francis Cups are contested by schools from the Rural Area (comprising all other 11 parishes including a few from Saint Catherine, eg. Dinthill Technical). The Olivier Shield and Super Cup are contested by both Corporate and Rural Area schools with the Olivier Shield contested, in a home-and-away two-leg format, by the winners of the Manning & DaCosta Cups that season and is the last cup to be decided each season with the possibility of the title being shared if the scores were tied after two games.[1][2][3] This format was changed by ISSA to a one-leg, play-to-finish format following the 2013 season which meant the title could no longer be shared.[4][5][6][7] The Super Cup is contested by the top eight schools each from the Corporate and Rural Area, that season, in a one-leg knockout format with every first knockout round contested by a Rural Area versus Corporate Area school based on their rankings (top four in one Area are each drawn to play one of the bottom four in the other Area and vice versa). Jamaica College has won the Manning Cup more than any other team, winning the trophy over 26 times.
List of Champions
Current Competitions
The following table shows the lists of winners in the contested finals for the various competitions held.
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Colour | Description |
| Corporate Area | Championship is held by a corporate area school. |
| Rural | Championship is held by a rural area school. |
| Shared | Championship is shared. |
| no competition | No competition was contested (see Notes section). |
| Year | Manning Cup | Walker Cup (since 1961) | DaCosta Cup (since 1950) | Ben Francis Cup (since 1982) | Olivier Shield | FLOW Super Cup (since 2014) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1910 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1911 | no competition | Munro College (was Potsdam College) | ||||
| 1912 | St. George's College | St. George's College | ||||
| 1913 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1914 | Jamaica College | Munro College (was Potsdam College) | ||||
| 1915 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1916 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1917 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1918 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1919 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College & Munro College | ||||
| 1920 | St. George's College | St. George's College & Munro College | ||||
| 1921 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1922 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1923 | Wolmer's Boys | Munro College | ||||
| 1924 | Wolmer’s Boys | Munro College | ||||
| 1925 | Wolmer’s Boys | Munro College | ||||
| 1926 | Wolmer’s Boys | Wolmer’s Boys | ||||
| 1927 | St. George's College | Munro College | ||||
| 1928 | St. George's College | St. George's College | ||||
| 1929 | St. George's College | Cornwall College | ||||
| 1930 | Wolmer’s Boys | Cornwall College | ||||
| 1931 | Wolmer’s Boys | Cornwall College | ||||
| 1932 | St. George's College | Munro College | ||||
| 1933 | Jamaica College | Munro College | ||||
| 1934 | Jamaica College | Munro College | ||||
| 1935 | St. George's College | St. George's College | ||||
| 1936 | St. George's College | Munro College | ||||
| 1937 | St. George's College | St. George's College | ||||
| 1938 | Wolmer’s Boys | Wolmer’s Boys and Munro College | ||||
| 1939 | Wolmer’s Boys | Munro College | ||||
| 1940 | Jamaica College | Cornwall College | ||||
| 1941 | Jamaica College | Munro College | ||||
| 1942 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1943 | Calabar High | Munro College | ||||
| 1944a[›] | no competition | no competition | ||||
| 1945 | St. George's College | Munro College | ||||
| 1946 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | ||||
| 1947 | St. George's College | St. George's College | ||||
| 1948 | St. George's College | St. George's College | ||||
| 1949 | Kingston College | Kingston College | ||||
| 1950 | Kingston College | Munro College | Munro College | |||
| 1951 | Kingston College | Munro College | Munro College | |||
| 1952 | Kingston College | Munro College | Kingston College | |||
| 1953 | Excelsior High School | Cornwall College | Cornwall College | |||
| 1954b[›] | no competition | no competition | no competition | |||
| 1955 | St. George's College | Cornwall College | Cornwall College | |||
| 1956 | St. George's College | Cornwall College | St. George's College | |||
| 1957 | Kingston College | Munro College | Kingston College | |||
| 1958 | Kingston College | Cornwall College | Cornwall College | |||
| 1959 | St. George's College | Cornwall College | St. George's College & Cornwall College | |||
| 1960c[›] | no competition | no competition | no competition | |||
| 1961 | Jamaica College | St. George's College | Munro College | Jamaica College | ||
| 1962 | Jamaica College | K.T.H.S. | Munro College | Jamaica College | ||
| 1963 | Jamaica College | Kingston College | Cornwall College | Cornwall College | ||
| 1964 | Kingston College | Kingston College | Munro College | Kingston College | ||
| 1965 | Kingston College | Kingston College | Vere Technical | Kingston College | ||
| 1966d[›] | no competition | no competition | no competition | no competition | ||
| 1967 | Kingston College | Excelsior | Vere Technical | Vere Technical | ||
| 1968 | Jamaica College | Excelsior | Vere Technical | Vere Technical | ||
| 1969 | Excelsior | Trench Town | Vere Technical | Vere Technical | ||
| 1970 | Kingston College | Kingston College | Vere Technical | Vere Technical | ||
| 1971 | Wolmer’s Boys | Wolmer’s Boys | Vere Technical | Wolmer’s Boys | ||
| 1972e[›] | no competition | no competition | no competition | no competition | ||
| 1973d[›] | no competition | no competition | no competition | no competition | ||
| 1974 | Jamaica College | Calabar High | ST.E.T.H.S. | Jamaica College | ||
| 1975 | Kingston College | Kingston College | Vere Technical | Kingston College | ||
| 1976 | Tivoli High | Wolmer's | Vere Technical | Vere Technical | ||
| 1977 | Calabar High | Kingston College | Clarendon College | Clarendon College | ||
| 1978 | Camperdown High | Tivoli High | Clarendon College | Clarendon College | ||
| 1979 | Camperdown High | Excelsior | Dinthill | Camperdown High | ||
| 1980 | Excelsior | Excelsior | Vere Technical | Vere Technical | ||
| 1981 | Kingston College | K.T.H.S. | Dinthill | Kingston College & Dinthill | ||
| 1982 | Camperdown High | Camperdown High | Cornwall College | Vere Technical | Camperdown High | |
| 1983 | St. George's College | St. George's College | Cornwall College | Cornwall College | Cornwall College | |
| 1984 | St. George's College | St. George's College | Rusea's High | Cornwall College | St. George's College | |
| 1985 | Kingston College | St. George's College | Rusea’s High | Rusea’s High | Kingston College & Rusea’s High | |
| 1986 | Kingston College | Meadowbrook | Herbert Morrison | St Mary's College | Kingston College | |
| 1987 | ST.A.T.H.S. | Kingston College | Rusea’s High | Rusea’s High | ST.A.T.H.S. | |
| 1988 | Charlie Smith | Camperdown High | Herbert Morrison | Herbert Morrison | Charlie Smith | |
| 1989 | Excelsior | Meadowbrook | Rusea’s High | Clarendon College | Rusea’s High | |
| 1990 | Charlie Smith | Excelsior | Rusea’s High | Clarendon College | Charlie Smith & Rusea’s | |
| 1991 | Ardenne | St. George's College | Clarendon College | Cornwall College | Ardenne | |
| 1992 | St. George's College | St. George's College | Rusea’s High | Rusea’s High | Rusea’s High | |
| 1993 | Excelsior High | St. George's College | Rusea’s High | Glenmuir High | Excelsior High & Rusea’s High | |
| 1994 | Wolmer’s Boys | Tivoli High | Clarendon College | Glenmuir High | Wolmer’s Boys | |
| 1995 | Charlie Smith | Charlie Smith | Cornwall College | Cornwall College | Charlie Smith | |
| 1996 | Norman Manley | Tivoli High | Clarendon College | Rusea’s High | Norman Manley | |
| 1997c[›] | no competition | no competition | no competition | no competition | no competition | |
| 1998 | Dunoon | Dunoon | Clarendon College | Clarendon College | Clarendon College & Dunoon | |
| 1999 | Tivoli High | Jonathan Grant | ST.E.T.H.S. | Glenmuir High | ST.E.T.H.S. | |
| 2000 | Norman Manley | Kingston College | Cornwall College | Cornwall College | Norman Manley | |
| 2001 | Bridgeport | Bridgeport | Cornwall College | Cornwall College | Cornwall College | |
| 2002 | Norman Manley | Charlie Smith | Rusea’s High | Old Harbour | Rusea’s High | |
| 2003 | Excelsior | St. Jago | Frome | Cornwall College | Excelsior | |
| 2004 | Excelsior | Excelsior | Glenmuir High | Glenmuir High | Glenmuir High | |
| 2005 | Calabar High | Tivoli High | Godfrey Stewart | Glenmuir High | Calabar High | |
| 2006 | Bridgeport | Eltham | Glenmuir High | Frome | Bridgeport & Glenmuir High | |
| 2007 | Jamaica College | Calabar High | Garvey Maceo High | Garvey Maceo High | Jamaica College | |
| 2008 | St. George's College | Excelsior | St. James High | St. James High | St. George's College | |
| 2009 | St. George's College | Jamaica College | ST.E.T.H.S. | Glenmuir High | St. George's College | |
| 2010 | Jamaica College | Jamaica College | Rusea’s High | ST.E.T.H.S. | Jamaica College | |
| 2011 | St. George's College | St. George's College | Rusea's High | ST.E.T.H.S. | St. George's College | |
| 2012 | St. George's College | Wolmer's Boys | Glenmuir High | ST.E.T.H.S. | St. George's College | |
| 2013 | Jamaica College | Wolmer's Boys | ST.E.T.H.S. | ST.E.T.H.S. | Jamaica College | |
| 2014 | Jamaica College | St. George's College | Clarendon College | ST.E.T.H.S. | Jamaica College | Jamaica College |
| 2015 | Jamaica College | Wolmer's Boys | ST.E.T.H.S. | ST.E.T.H.S. | Jamaica College | St. George's College |
| Year | Manning Cup | Walker Cup (since 1961) | DaCosta Cup (since 1950) | Ben Francis Cup (since 1982) | Olivier Shield | FLOW Super Cup (since 2014) |
Past Competitions
| Year | Nutrament Shield (ended 1987) |
|---|---|
| 1983 | St. George's College |
| 1985 | Rusea's High |
| 1986 | Meadowbrook High |
| 1987 | Rusea's High |
The Nutrament Shield was played between the Champions of the Walker Cup and the Ben Francis Knock Out Competitions. The Nutrament Shield was contested for only four years in 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1987.
See also
Notes
^ a: No competition due to World War II
^ b: Abandoned due to Polio outbreak)
^ c: Abandoned due to school violence
^ d: No competition
^ e: Abandoned due to shooting incident in Montego Bay
References
- ↑ http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Shield-in-sight_15595392
- ↑ http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/JC-clobber-STETHS-5-0-to-win-Olivier-Shield
- ↑ http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20131208/sports/sports1.html
- ↑ http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20141203/coaches-ready-okay-one-battle-olivier-shield
- ↑ http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Last-hurrah-_18065107
- ↑ http://www.sportsmax.tv/?q=articles/2014/12/01/new-format-olivier-shield-be-played-clarendon
- ↑ http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/JC-are-2014-Olivier-Shield-champions