NORMAN Manley will take a 2-1 lead into the second and final leg of the all-island Olivier Shield football competition at Jarrett Park today.

Manning Cup champions Norman Manley won the first leg at the National Stadium in Kingston, despite being outplayed by the visitors for most of the match. It remains to be seen if the Maxfield Avenue team can hold off the onslaught away from home in front of a large partisan crowd.

The Alrick Clarke-coached Norman Manley has a small following, which was outnumbered by supporters of daCosta Cup champions Cornwall in a sparse National Stadium. The scene should be different at Jarrett Park, where a bumper crowd is expected to turn out to support the Montegonians.

Cornwall College have won the Olivier Shield outright nine times, while sharing it with St George’s College once. Norman Manley’s only success in the Olivier Shield was in 1996, when they also won their only previous Manning Cup.

The playoff pits the rivalry of a traditional school in Cornwall against the newly-upgraded school in Norman Manley. The following are the previous winners of the Olivier Shield:

1909 – Jamaica College

1910 – Jamaica College

1911 – Munro College

1912 – St George’s College

1913 – Jamaica College

1914 – Jamaica College/Munro College

1915 – Jamaica College

1916 – Jamaica College

1917 – Jamaica College

1918 – Jamaica College

1919 – Jamaica College/Munro College

1920 – Munro College/St George’s College

1921 – Munro College/Jamaica College

1922 – Jamaica College

1923 – Munro College

1924 – Munro College

1925 – Munro College

1926 – Wolmers Boys School

1927 – Munro College

1928 – St Georges College

1929 – Cornwall College

1930 – Cornwall College

1931 – Cornwall College

1932 – Munro College

1933 – Munro College

1934 – Munro College

1935 – St George’s College

1936 – Munro College

1937 – St Georges College

1938 – Wolmers Boys School

1939 – Munro College

1940 – Cornwall College

1941 – Munro College

1942 – Jamaica College

1943 – Munro College

1944 – No competition

1945 – Munro College

1946 – Jamaica College

1947 – St George’s College

1948 – St George’s College

1949 – Kingston College

1950 – Munro College

1951 – Munro College

1952 – Kingston College

1953 – Cornwall College

1954 – No competition

1955 – Cornwall College

1956 – St Georges College

1957 – Kingston College

1958 – Cornwall College

1959 – St George’s College/Cornwall College

1960 – Competition abandoned

1961 – Jamaica College

1962 – Jamaica College

1963 – Cornwall College

1964 – Kingston College

1965 – Kingston College

1966 – No competition

1967 – Vere Technical

1968 – Vere Technical

1969 – Vere Technical

1970 – Vere Technical

1971 – Wolmers High

1972 – Competition abandoned

1973 – Competition abandoned

1974 – Jamaica College

1975 – Kingston College

1976 – Vere Technical

1977 – Clarendon College

1978 – Clarendon College/Camperdown high

1979 – Camperdown high

1980 – Vere technical

1981 – Kingston College/Dinthill tech

1982 – Camperdown high

1983 – Cornwall College

1984 – St Georges College

1985 – Kingston College/Ruseas high

1986 – Kingston College

1987 – St Andrew Technical

1988 – Charlie Smith high

1989 – Competition abandoned

1990 – Charlie Smith high/Ruseas high

1991 – Ardenne high

1992 – Ruseas High

1993 – Ruseas High/Excelsior high

1994 – Wolmers high

1995 – Charlie Smith High

1996 – Norman Manley High

1997 – Competition abandoned

1998 – Clarendon College/Dunoon Technical

1999 – St Elizabeth technical

2000 – —