Veterans Merit History
The Veterans Merit has been played since 1950 for the H. W. Batkin Trophy.
| Year | Winner | Club | Runner-up | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | I. Foster | Battlefield | A. Gaut | Wrock Wood |
| 2024 | P. Williams | Burway | S. Faulkner | Wrock Wood |
| 2023 | D. Povey | Pontesbury | I. Evans | Madeley CC |
| 2022 | G. Turner | Shifnal | A. Boulton | Adderley |
| 2021 | D. Watkins | Hodnet | D. Povey | Pontesbury |
| 2020 | NOT HELD | |||
| 2019 | G. Turner | St. Georges | J. Clarke | Wrock Wood |
| 2018 | A. Boulton | Adderley | K. Owen | Battlefield |
| 2017 | T. Steadman | Bylet | B. Cliffe | Meole Brace |
| 2016 | T. Roche | Madeley CC | C. Bancroft | Woore |
| 2015 | M. Jones | Newport | A. Boulton | Adderley |
| 2014 | A. Boulton | Adderley | ||
| 2013 | J.A. Coxill | Ford | G. Jones | Telepost |
| 2012 | M. Hinton | Sir John Bayley | C. Bancroft | Nantwich Park Road |
| 2011 | M. Jones | Newport | R. Reece | Reman |
| 2010 | J.A. Coxill | Ford | J.L. Stacey | St Georges |
| 2009 | T. Deakin | Sir John Bayley | G. Farruggio | Sir John Bayley |
| 2008 | J. Lord | Coddon | ||
| 2007 | B. Cotton | Coddon | ||
| 2006 | D. Elliott | Bylet | G. Adams | Meole Brace |
| 2005 | P. Thomas | Pontesbury | A. Palin | St Georges |
| 2004 | T. Deakin | Hadley United Services | W.G. Norton | Donnington Wood |
| 2003 | J.D. Moore | Hadley United Services | ||
| 2002 | G. Owen | Hadley United Services | W.G. Norton | Donnington Wood |
| 2001 | Emlyn Jones | Pontesbury | E. Cadwallader | Linney |
| 2000 | J.D. Moore | Hadley United Services | G. Balshaw | Meole Brace |
| 1999 | Eric Jones | Bowring | Emlyn Jones | Pontesbury |
| 1998 | J.D. Moore | Hadley United Services | Emlyn Jones | Pontesbury |
| 1997 | J.D. Moore | Hadley United Services | ||
| 1996 | H.M. Saxon | Severnside | ||
| 1995 | V.C. Pearce | Pontesbury | ||
| 1994 | R.N. Davies | Donnington Wood | ||
| 1993 | W.A. Davies | Monkmoor | ||
| 1992 | E. Jones | Pontesbury | ||
| 1991 | C. Beer | Perkins | ||
| 1990 | J. Preston | Monkmoor | ||
| 1989 | J.H. Breeze | Perkins | ||
| 1988 | R.L. Morris | Perkins | ||
| 1987 | P.S. James | Perkins | ||
| 1986 | A. Dixon | St Georges | G. Lowe | Oswestry Cons Club |
| 1985 | J.H. Breeze | Perkins | ||
| 1984 | J.H. Breeze | Telepost | ||
| 1983 | W.A. Davies | Monkmoor | ||
| 1982 | R.G. Meyrick | Crescent | ||
| 1981 | N. Hill | Monkmoor | ||
| 1980 | P.J. Jones | Crescent | ||
| 1979 | C. Davies | Pontesbury | ||
| 1978 | W. Sankey | Crescent | ||
| 1977 | C. Davies | Pontesbury | S. Jones | Pontesbury |
| 1976 | E.L. Hinton | Donnington Wood | A.H. Walker | Sir John Bayley |
| 1975 | H. Phillips | Severnside | R.J. Davies | Meole Brace |
| 1974 | J. Williams | Crescent | W. Evans | Corporation |
| 1973 | F. Williams | Severnside | A. Greatwich | Bylet |
| 1972 | W. Bowers | Hanwood | F. Williams | Severnside |
| 1971 | G.H. Colley | Meole Brace | A.H. Walker | Sir John Bayley |
| 1970 | H. Davenport | Bridgewater | A. Duckers | Bridgewater |
| 1969 | A. Greatwich | Bylet | R. Owen | Morris Sports |
| 1968 | A. Adams | Hanwood | E. Evans | Dun Cow |
| 1967 | F. Williams | Severnside | J.F. Weaver | Severnside |
| 1966 | J. Rawlings | Monkmoor | J.F. Weaver | Severnside |
| 1965 | A.W. Grubb | Greenfields | N. Rawlings | Harlescott Inn |
| 1964 | A.W. Grubb | Greenfields | J. Clayton | St Georges |
| 1963 | T. Rollaston | Bowring Rec | E. Wall | Greenfields |
| 1962 | W. Bryan | Ludlow | F. Reese | Bowring Rec |
| 1961 | C.R. Davies | Severnside | L.W. Bishop | Coddon Club |
| 1960 | H. Stanley | St Georges | C.R. Davies | Severnside |
| 1959 | H. Burton | Severnside | H. Skitt | Hadley USC |
| 1958 | C. Wyness | Postal | R. Thomas | Meole Brace |
| 1957 | R. Thomas | Meole Brace | H.D. Ayres | Sentinel |
| 1956 | J. Tudor | Bowring Rec | C. Wyness | Postal |
| 1955 | C.J.C. Cooke | Postal | E.H. Parbutt | Bridgewater |
| 1954 | A. Edwards | Monkmoor | R. Meyrick | N.A.L.G.O |
| 1953 | E.H. Parbutt | Bridgewater | E. Crosby | Oswestry Park |
| 1952 | N. Rawlings | Harlescott | H.S. Morris | Bridgewater |
| 1951 | T. Williams | Oswestry Park | C. Rogers | Sentinel |
| 1950 | J. Breeze | Sentinel | W. Davies | Postal |
