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Clifford Cup remains oldest club rugby tourney Source:Dailynews The country’s oldest club rugby tournament is the Clifford Cup. Originally, the Clifford Cup, which was donated by Lady Clifford, wife of the then British Governor of Ceylon Sir Hugh Clifford, for a match on her birthday, August 26 1911 to be awarded to the winners of the game between All Ceylon and United Services Kandy. But the game took place a week after the donation of the cup, that was on September 2. The reason for overlooking the birthday request of the donor in the inaugural year was that the venue, Colombo Race Course was reserved for another sporting event. After 15 years in 1926 the tournament was converted to a quadrangular with four teams, Low Country, Up Country, the Ceylonese and United Services fighting for supremacy. In the first outing United Services Kandy beat All Ceylon by 25 points to ...