1890 FA Cup final

1890 FA Cup final
	The official match programme
Event	1889–90 FA Cup
Date	29 March 1890
Venue	Kennington Oval, London
Referee	Major Francis Marindin
Attendance	20,000
	← 1889 1891 →

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 Henry Winterbottom^[1] being injured in the previous game against Grimsby Town and unable to play, replaced by Woolhouse of Sheffield F.C., and Billy Ingram was suffering from an illness which made it touch and go whether he would play; in the end, he did play, but was entirely ineffective. Smith was blamed for the first goal, after just six minutes, a Townley header from a Forrest free-kick which Smith "never appear[ed] to make any attempt to stop"; and also the second, a Walton long shot which Smith "entirely misjudged". In between Bennett missed a golden chance to equalise by heading an easy chance over the bar; Bennett also had a goal disallowed on the basis it had already gone out of play. Townley made it three after 38 minutes with a "magnificent shot" and Southworth made it 4 just before half-time.^[2]

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

29 March 1890

Blackburn Rovers	6–1	The Wednesday
Townley 6', 38', 70' Walton 26' Southworth 44' Lofthouse 85'		Mumford 53'

Kennington Oval

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Major Francis Marindin

Blackburn Rovers

The Wednesday ^[6]



GK		Johnny Horne
DF		James Southworth
DF		John Forbes
MF		John Barton
MF		Geordie Dewar
MF		Jimmy Forrest
FW		Joe Lofthouse
FW		Harry Campbell
FW		Jack Southworth
FW		Nat Walton
FW		William Townley



GK		Jim Smith
DF		Haydn Morley (c)
DF		Teddy Brayshaw
MF		Jack Dungworth
MF		Billy Betts
MF		George Waller
FW		Billy Ingram
FW		Harry Woolhouse
FW		Micky Bennett
FW		Albert Mumford
FW		Tom Cawley

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.
^ Patrick Barclay (2014). The Life and Times of Herbert Chapman: The Story of One of Football's Most Influential Figures. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-0-297-86851-4.
^ 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

[1] "The Wednesday team for the final". Sheffield Independent: 8. 25 March 1890.

[2] "The English Association Challenge Cup". Sheffield Independent: 7. 31 March 1890.

[3] The Solicitor's Journal. The Journal. 1953. p. 406.

[4] Patrick Barclay (2014). The Life and Times of Herbert Chapman: The Story of One of Football's Most Influential Figures. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-0-297-86851-4.

[5] Ross, James M. (6 August 2020). "England FA Challenge Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[6] English FA Cup Finalists 1890 - 1899

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