1890 FA Cup final
Event | 1889–90 FA Cup | ||||||
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Date | 29 March 1890 | ||||||
Venue | Kennington Oval, London | ||||||
Referee | Major Francis Marindin | ||||||
Attendance | 20,000 | ||||||
The 1890 FA Cup final was contested by Blackburn Rovers and The Wednesday at the Kennington Oval.
Report
Blackburn won 6–1 with goals scored by William Townley (3), Nat Walton, Jack Southworth and Joe Lofthouse. The Wednesday's goal was scored by Albert Mumford. Townley's hat-trick was the first in an FA Cup Final. The match was the 19th FA Cup Final and the fourth time that Blackburn had won the FA Cup.
Wednesday had been handicapped by captain
Wednesday's consolation after 53 minutes was credited to both Mumford and Bennett, but either way was a header from a Woolhouse cross, but soon after Townley completed his hat-trick after Smith parried a shot from Lofthouse, and Lofthouse himself made it six with a handful of minutes remaining after a Forrest corner found him unmarked.
Haydn Arthur Morley, who was Wednesday's captain in the final, earned his living as a solicitor.[3] The match was the last of seven consecutive and eight total finals officiated by Major Francis Marindin of the Royal Engineers, a veteran of the Crimean War.[4] The match set the record for the highest scoring FA Cup Final, later equalled by the 1953 final.[5] Blackburn's six goals remain the record for the most by one team in an FA Cup final, equalled by Bury in 1903 and by Manchester City in 2019.
Match
Blackburn Rovers | 6–1 | The Wednesday |
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The Wednesday [6]
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References
- ^ "The Wednesday team for the final". Sheffield Independent: 8. 25 March 1890.
- ^ "The English Association Challenge Cup". Sheffield Independent: 7. 31 March 1890.
- ^ The Solicitor's Journal. The Journal. 1953. p. 406.
- ISBN 0-297-86851-9.
- ^ Ross, James M. (6 August 2020). "England FA Challenge Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ English FA Cup Finalists 1890 - 1899
External links
- 1889–90 Competition Results at rsssf.com
- FA Cup Final lineups
- Soccerbase summary Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk