Currie Cup, noun phrase

Origin:
Named for its donor, Donald Currie.
A sporting trophy awarded annualy, originally for inter-provincial rugby, swimming, soccer, and cricket. Also attributive.
Note:
Since the unification of ethnically separate sports associations in the early 1990s, the ‘Currie Cup’ has not been awarded in cricket and soccer.
1897 G.A. Parker S. Afr. Sports 22The Currie Cup match in Johannesburg, played in April 1891 between..Griqualand West and Transvaal, furnished the most interesting and exciting event.
1910 S. Afr. ‘Inquire Within’ (Cape Times) 134Cricket,...The Currie Cup Tournament takes place every year, Western Province being the present holders.
1927 M. Liebson in Outspan 1 Apr. 47In the various Currie Cup tournaments, the four or five entries of a generation ago have now grown to eight or nine.
1939 L. Brown in Outspan 13 Oct. 47Old Currie Cup rivalries will be renewed.
1971 M. Murray in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. III. 529The name of Currie is a household word in South Africa by the annual award of sporting cups for cricket, rugby, soccer and swimming, the first of the these ‘Currie’ cups (for cricket) dating from 1888.
1986 Personality 1 Sept. 32There’s a needle to the Currie Cup matches..which promises great things..for our rugby.
1990 Femina June 50Spurned by the rest of the world, South African rugby teams have been unable to prove themselves against international competition (the Currie Cup is a poor substitute for the world crown).
A sporting trophy awarded annualy, originally for inter-provincial rugby, swimming, soccer, and cricket. Also attributive.
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