Adam Shield 1935-1967 (original) (raw)

The Adam Shield was contested by the Faroe Islands and the Shetland Islands.

The shield itself, which was initially referred to as the Lerwick Trophy, was donated by Mr Alan Adam of Messrs John Adam & Co. Ltd, Glasgow.

The conditions of the contest were that the shield would be kept outright by the side winning it the most times out of ten contests. This honour went to the Faroes when they won for the sixth time in 1961.

After the sequence of ten matches was completed in 1967, the Faroes presented a new trophy to replace the Adam Shield. This time the contest also included the Orkney Islands, and the event became known as the North Atlantic Cup.

In addition to the Adam Shield, from 1948 a parallel trophy was also contested by teams representing T�rshavn and Lerwick. This trophy was presented by a Faroese businessman, and it was referred to as the T�rshavn Trophy, or informally as the Flagstand. Matches were typically played one or two days after or before the Adam Shield matches.

Football matches between the Faroes and Shetland were played prior to the Adam Shield. The first contact on the field was in 1929, when a Shetland representative team visited the Faroes and played five matches, but it did not play against an all-Faroes team. The first fully representative matches between Shetland and the Faroes were played on the return visit in 1930. These initial visits were instigated mainly by the determined efforts of Mr Poul Niclasen, editor of the "Dimmal�tting" newspaper, who had tried repeatedly to arrange representative football matches between Shetland and the Faroes since 1919.

Palmares - Adam Shield

Year Winners 1935 Shetland Islands 1948 Faroe Islands 1951 Faroe Islands 1953 Faroe Islands 1955 Shetland Islands 1957 Faroe Islands 1959 Faroe Islands 1961 Faroe Islands 1963 Faroe Islands 1967 Faroe Islands

Palmares - T�rshavn Trophy (Flagstand)

Year Winners 1948 Lerwick 1951 T�rshavn 1953 T�rshavn 1955 T�rshavn 1957 Lerwick 1959 T�rshavn 1961 T�rshavn 1963 T�rshavn 1967 T�rshavn 1969 * Lerwick 1972 * T�rshavn

• unconfirmed whether these matches were for the trophy, or just tour matches.

Matches - Adam Shield

Year Date Venue Result

1935 10- 6 Sh.I. Shetland Islands 5-2 Faroe Islands [William Rhind, Robert Watt x2, Alexander Sandison, William Hall / S�mun Poulsen, OG]

1948 29- 7 Fa.I. Faroe Islands 4-1 Shetland Islands [J�gvan Johansen x2, Venna Mortensen, Alli Hansen / Bertie Burgess]

1951 9- 7 Sh.I. Shetland Islands 2-7 Faroe Islands [Tommy Williamson, Willie Hutchison / Zakaris Lydersen x3, Mourits Jacobsen x2, J�gvan Johansen x2 (1 pen)]

1953 14- 7 Fa.I. Faroe Islands 5-0 Shetland Islands [Arni Nols�e x3, Zakaris Lydersen, J�gvan Johansen]

1955 9- 7 Sh.I. Shetland Islands 1-0 Faroe Islands [George Jamieson]

1957 21- 7 Fa.I. Faroe Islands 4-1 Shetland Islands [Arni Nols�e x2, Bergur Eliasen x2 / Arthur Hughson]

1959 18- 8 Sh.I. Shetland Islands 1-4 Faroe Islands [Tom Jamieson / Bergur Eliasen, Marius Johan Jensen, Pauli Nols�e x2]

1961 20- 8 Fa.I. Faroe Islands 6-1 Shetland Islands [Eivin Dam x5, Steinbj�rn Jacobsen / Stan Readings]

1963 29- 6 Sh.I. Shetland Islands 2-3 Faroe Islands [Bert Sinclair x2 (1 pen) / Kaj Kallsberg, T�rstein Magnussen pen, Marius Pauli Thomasen]

1967 2- 7 Fa.I. Faroe Islands 1-0 Shetland Islands [Baldvin Baldvinsson]

Matches - T�rshavn Trophy (Flagstand)

Year Date Venue Result

1948 28- 7 Fa.I. T�rshavn 1-4 Lerwick

1951 11- 7 Sh.I. Lerwick 1-2 T�rshavn

1953 17- 7 Fa.I. T�rshavn 4-2 Lerwick

1955 11- 7 Sh.I. Lerwick 1-2 T�rshavn

1957 22- 7 Fa.I. T�rshavn 1-2 Lerwick

1959 19- 8 Sh.I. Lerwick 2-4 T�rshavn

1961 22- 8 Fa.I. T�rshavn 5-0 Lerwick

1963 28- 6 Sh.I. Lerwick 1-6 T�rshavn

1967 4- 7 Fa.I. T�rshavn 4-1 Lerwick

1969 - 7 Fa.I. T�rshavn 1-3 Lerwick *

1972 - 6 Fa.I. T�rshavn 2-1 Lerwick *

• unconfirmed whether these matches were for the trophy, or just tour matches

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