1890–91 American Cup

Soccer tournament August 2023 August 2024 American Cup 1890–91 AFAball.jpg 100px United States 15 Fall River East Ends 1 Longfellows 14 109 1889–90 1891–92 The 1890–91 American Cup was the seventh edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Fall River East Ends won their first title, keeping the title in Fall River for the fourth year running. Fall River Olympic won the title in 1890 and Fall River Rovers won in 1888 and 1889. The Fall River Rovers were readmitted to the AFA after having settled their dispute with the Pawtucket Free Wanderers, before which any associations teams were barred from playing them. Participants Joining this season were British Hosiery, Cumberland Rangers, Holyoke Rangers, Lowell Thistle, New Rochelle, and Nonpareils. Not returning from last season were Lonsdale, Paterson FC, Providence Athletic, and Trenton FC. StateCityTeamMassachusettsHolyokeHolyoke RangersLowellLowell ThistleFall RiverFall River East EndsFall River OlympicsFall River RoversNew JerseyNewarkClark O.N.T.Newark CaledonianKearnyKearny RangersNew YorkBrooklynLongfellowsNonpareilsNew RochelleNew Rochelle FCNew YorkThistleRhode IslandCumberlandCumberland RangersPawtucketPawtucket Free WanderersThorntonBritish Hosiery Round 1 The drawing for round one took place on Saturday September 20. Caledonian drew a bye to Round 2. Matches to be played on or before October 18. September 21, 1890 XIX 956 Sunday Football Games https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KjnAay3C9J8C&dat=18900921&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Newark Sunday Call July 31, 2017 p.6 col.4 October 4, 1890 Sports and Pastimes https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%206/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram%201890%20Sep%20-%201890%20Dec%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram%201890%20Sep%20-%201890%20Dec%20Grayscale%20-%200298.pdf The Evening Telegram XXIII 7,686 New York January 8, 2018 p.3 col.4 Eastern District 1890 10 12 3:45PM 11-1 October 12, 1890 Football in Kearny https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KjnAay3C9J8C&dat=18901012&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Newark Sunday Call XIX 959 July 31, 2018 p.6 col.3 October 17, 1890 Football in Kearny https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KjnAay3C9J8C&dat=18901019&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Newark Sunday Call XIX 960 August 1, 2018 p.6 col.4 Fall River East Ends Farrell 1H 2HCornell 1H 1HP.Stanton 1HTobin 1H 2HSunderland 1H 2HScofield 2H Cumberland Rangers Bennett 2H County Street grounds Fall River, Massachusetts 800 William Bell (Olympics) uncollapsed 1890 10 18 4:00PM 10-1 October 19, 1889 Games on Other Fields https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1890-10-19/ed-1/seq-5.pdf The Sun LVIII 49 New York December 16, 2017 p.5 vol.3 Fall River Rovers Thomas Kenney 5 1H 1HRobert Bell 9 13Patrick Gavin 1H George Adams 1H 2H 2H 2H British Hosiery Guy 60 Rovers’ grounds Fall River, Massachusetts 1000 William Taylor uncollapsed One source gave the final score as 7–0. Another gave the half-time score as 7-0 and the final as 10–1. 1890 10 18 3:00PM 6-2 October 19, 1890 Association Game At Holyoke https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-daily-republican-1891-am/152960004/ The Springfield Daily Republican August 9, 2024 p.1 col.6 Newspapers.com Holyoke Rangers 10McDonald , , Matthew Lowell Thistle 1H 2H Holyoke, Massachusetts uncollapsed 1890 10 18 3:30PM 3-1 Among the Leather Kickers New York Clipper October 25, 1890 XXXVIII 33 520 http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/imageserver.pl?oid=NYC18901025&getpdf=true April 28, 2017 October 25, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201025233551/https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/imageserver.pl?oid=NYC18901025&getpdf=true dead October 19, 1890 Games on Other Fields Yesterday https://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2014/new%20york%20ny%20herald/new%20york%20ny%20herald%201890/new%20york%20ny%20herald%201890%20-%204420.pdf New York Herald XIX 781 May 1, 2017 p.22 col.5 October 18, 1890 Lacrosse https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50445293/ Brooklyn Daily Eagle 50 290 February 9, 2018 p.8 col.2 Pawtucket Free Wanderers Mullarkey 1HDalton 42Slater 87 Fall River Olympic Randall 50 Pawtucket, Rhode Island 3000 E.Walker (Kearny Rovers) uncollapsed A protest was entered by Fall River Olympic over an unregistered player (John Stuart). The match was ordered to be played again on the Pawtucket grounds by November 15. October 27, 1890 Football Notes http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1890-10-27/ed-1/seq-4.pdf The Sun LVIII 57 New York May 1, 2017 p.4 col.5 Western District 1890 10 18 w/o Kearney Rovers New York Thistle Cosmopolitan Park Kearney, New Jersey 300 uncollapsed Thistles failed to show up. Match was given to Kearney Rovers. 1890 10 18 13-0 October 17, 1890 Football Notes https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1890-10-17/ed-1/seq-4.pdf The Sun LVIII 47 New York May 1, 2017 p.4 col.7 October 18, 1890 General Sporting Notes http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2018/new%20york%20ny%20press/new%20york%20ny%20press%201890/new%20york%20ny%20press%201890%20-%202229.pdf The Press New York May 1, 2017 p. 5August 2024 October 18, 1890 The Longfellow's Defeat the New Rochelle's at Ridgewood Park https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50445293/ Brooklyn Daily Eagle 50 290 February 9, 2018 p.8 col.2 Longfellows J. McConnell , J. Green , , W. Paul , , J. Connoly , J. Lennon J. McCalligan R. Mave New Rochelle FC Ridgewood Grounds Ridgewood, Queens, New York T. Osborn (Caledonian) uncollapsed Two sources gave a final score of 13–0. Two others gave a final score of 14–0. 1890 10 18 w/o Nonpareils ONT uncollapsed ONT withdrew. 1 Replay 1890 11 15 3:00PM 3-1 November 23, 1890 Football Yesterday https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KjnAay3C9J8C&dat=18901123&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Newark Sunday Call XIX 965 August 1, 2018 p.6 col.4 Pawtucket Free Wanderers Barr 30 63Slater 2H Fall River Olympic 1H Pawtucket, Rhode Island 3000 T. Hood (AFA secretary) uncollapsed Round 2 The drawing for round two took place on Saturday October 25, matches to be played within the next six weeks. Eastern District 1890 11 29 3:30PM 6-1 December 1, 1890 Rovers Again https://www.newspapers.com/article/fall-river-daily-evening-news-1891-ameri/152979361/ Daily Evening News Fall River, MA August 9, 2024 p.8 col.4 Newspapers.com Fall River Rovers 12Colligan 27George Adams 60Bell 2H 2HKenney 80 Holyoke Rangers Fisher 40 Rovers’ grounds Fall River, Massachusetts 1500 Hood (Newark, NJ) uncollapsed 1890 12 06 3:00PM 6-2 December 13, 1890 Kicking the Football http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/imageserver.pl?oid=NYC18901213&getpdf=true New York Clipper XXXVIII 40 April 25, 2017 p.633 October 26, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201026223232/https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/imageserver.pl?oid=NYC18901213&getpdf=true dead"Association Cup Foot Ball". (December 7, 1890). The Sunday Herald, p.4 col.3 Fall River East Ends 23Schofield 38Sunderland 41 58Farrell 87 Pawtucket Free Wanderers Stewart 20 o.g.Jeffreys 33 43 County Street grounds Fall River, Massachusetts 2500-3000 E. Walker(Kearney Rovers) uncollapsed Match was protested by East Ends, but the protest was dismissed. December 22, 1890 American Football Association https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/New%20York%20NY%20Herald/New%20York%20NY%20Herald%201890/New%20York%20NY%20Herald%201890%20-%206046.pdf New York Herald 19,845 May 2, 2017 p.8 col.3 December 22, 1890 Foot Ball Men in Session http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Press/New%20York%20NY%20Press%201890/New%20York%20NY%20Press%201890%20-%202775.pdf The Press IV 1,118 New York May 2, 2017 p.5August 2024 Western District 1890 12 06 15:00 8-0 August 2024 December 1, 1890 On Football Fields https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/New%20York%20NY%20Herald/New%20York%20NY%20Herald%201890/New%20York%20NY%20Herald%201890%20-%205698.pdf New York Herald 19,824 May 2, 2017 p.8 col.6 December 6, 1890 Football https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%206/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram%201890%20Sep%20-%201890%20Dec%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram%201890%20Sep%20-%201890%20Dec%20Grayscale%20-%200902.pdf The Evening Telegram XXIII 7,739 New York June 25, 2017 p.6 col.3 December 7, 1890 The Longfellows of Brooklyn Defeat the Caledonians of Newark https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%207/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201890%20Grayscale/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201890%20Grayscale%20-%202748.pdf Brooklyn Daily Eagle 50 338 May 2, 2017 p.8 col.2The New York Clipper Annual for 1893 1893 The Frank Queen Publishing Company New York 46 https://books.google.com/books?id=Vmg9AAAAYAAJ&q=The+New+York+Clipper+Annual+for+1893 August 9, 2024 Longfellows J. McConnell , , , O. Connell , C. McGovern W. Paul Caledonian Ridgewood Grounds Ridgewood, Queens, New York uncollapsed 1890 11 29 5-5 Nonpareils North , 1H1HYoung 2H 2H Kearney Rovers Hood 10 2H2H2H2H Ridgewood Baseball grounds Brooklyn, NY uncollapsed AFA decided in favor of Nonpareils after failure to arrange dates with Kearny Rovers. February 15, 1891 Association Football https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/New%20York%20NY%20Herald/New%20York%20NY%20Herald%201891/New%20York%20NY%20Herald%201891%20-%200687.pdf New York Herald 19,900 May 3, 2017 p.19 April 13, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250413221430/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/New%20York%20NY%20Herald/New%20York%20NY%20Herald%201891/New%20York%20NY%20Herald%201891%20-%200687.pdf dead 1 Round 3 Round 3 matches were arranged at a meeting on Saturday December 20. Nonpareil to play Longfellows and Fall River East Ends to play Fall River Rovers, on or before the First Saturday in March. December 13, 1890 American Football Association http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/imageserver.pl?oid=NYC18901227&getpdf=true New York Clipper XXXVIII 42 April 26, 2017 p.633January 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Eastern District 1891 02 28 3:30PM 4-3 March 1, 1891 Football Championship https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KjnAay3C9J8C&dat=18910301&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Newark Sunday Call XIX 979 August 2, 2018 p.1 col.8 Fall River East Ends Sunderland , 7535 Stanton 42 Fall River Rovers Kenney Bell 55 2H County Street grounds Fall River, Massachusetts 5,000 Abraham L. Pilling uncollapsed Fall River Rovers entered a protest. A meeting was held on Saturday March 14 to consider the protest but a quorum was not present. March 15, 1891 American Football Association https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KjnAay3C9J8C&dat=18910315&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Newark Sunday Call XIX 981 August 2, 2018 p.1 col.8 Western District 1891 03 15 5-5 March 13, 1891 What Athletes are Doing http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1891-03-13/ed-1/seq-10.pdf New York Tribune L 16,189 May 3, 2017 p.10 col.1 April 3, 1891 For the American Cup http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1891-04-03/ed-1/seq-4.pdf Paterson Daily Guardian LVIII 215 May 3, 2017 p.4 col.3 Nonpareil Longfellows Kearney Athletic Grounds Newark, New Jersey 2,000 uncollapsed Replay 1891 04 04 15:00 2-1 April 5, 1891 The Longfellows Won http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1891-04-05/ed-1/seq-5.pdf The Sun LVIII 217 New York May 3, 2017 p.5 col.3 Longfellows Nonpareils Ridgewood Grounds Ridgewood, Queens, New York uncollapsed Final 1891 04 25 3-1 "Association Foot Ball". (April 25, 1891). The Sunday Herald, p.6 col.3 Fall River East Ends Tobin Sunderland , Longfellows Neave 11 Dexter Street Grounds Pawtucket, Rhode Island 2500 Turner (AFA president) uncollapsed 1 American Cup bracket yes First Round Second Round Semifinals Final Eastern District Western District Massachusetts Fall River East Ends 11 Rhode Island Cumberland Rangers 1 Rhode Island Pawtucket Free Wanderers 3–3 Massachusetts Fall River OlympicFall River Olympic entered protest over unregistered player, replay was ordered 1–1 Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 10 Rhode Island British Hosiery 1 Massachusetts Holyoke Rangers 6 Massachusetts Lowell Thistle 2 New York Nonpareils w/o New Jersey Clark ONTClark ONT withdrew New Jersey Kearny Rovers w/o New York New York ThistleThistle failed to show up for game New York Longfellows 13 New York New Rochelle FC 0 New Jersey Caledonian bye Massachusetts Fall River East Ends 6 Rhode Island Pawtucket Free Wanders 2 Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 6 Massachusetts Holyoke Rangers 1 New York NonpareilsAFA decided in favor of Nonpareils after Kearny Rangers failed to arrange dates 5 New Jersey Kearny Rangers 5 New York Longfellows 8 New Jersey Caledonian 0 Massachusetts Fall River East Ends 4 Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 3 New York Nonpareils 5–1 New York Longfellows 5–2 Massachusetts Fall River East Ends 3 New York Longfellows 1 Notes; References 1890–91 Cup Category:1890–91 in domestic association football cups