The Beaumont Cup was a Trinidadian first-class cricket competition which regional sides competed for, the matches taking place over three days.
The competition began in 1925âÂÂ26, when Rolland Beaumont, the South African Test player who had moved to Trinidad and become manager of an oil company, donated the cup to be played for by North Trinidad and South Trinidad. Beginning with the 1958âÂÂ59 season the annual match was granted first-class status. In 1970âÂÂ71 East Trinidad and Central Trinidad joined the competition, which now had two preliminary matches and a final.
In 1971âÂÂ72 the competition was renamed the Texaco Cup. From 1975âÂÂ76 to 1977âÂÂ78 the competition was decided on a round robin format, with six matches each season. In 1978âÂÂ79 Tobago joined the competition, and there were ten round-robin matches. That was the final season in which the Texaco Cup had first-class status.
In 1975âÂÂ76 the Beaumont Cup was revived, to be contested by two teams again, in an annual match between South and Central Trinidad and North and East Trinidad. It had first-class status from 1975âÂÂ76 to 1979âÂÂ80, and from 1982âÂÂ83 to 1984âÂÂ85.
The Beaumont Cup was also held as a non-first-class contest between South and Central Trinidad and North and East Trinidad in 1980âÂÂ81, 1981âÂÂ82 and 1985âÂÂ86. The non-first-class contest between the two teams continued under the names Trintoc Trophy (1986âÂÂ87 to 1995âÂÂ96) and Gerry Gomez Memorial Trophy (1996âÂÂ97 to 2000âÂÂ01).
The tables below list the winners of the Beaumont Cup and Texaco Cup in the seasons in which the competition had first-class status.
Contested by North Trinidad and South Trinidad. Winners held the Cup until they were defeated outright in a subsequent season.
Contested by North Trinidad, South Trinidad, Central Trinidad and East Trinidad. Tobago also competed in 1978âÂÂ79.
Contested by North and East Trinidad and South and Central Trinidad.