1885 FA Cup final

March 2015 March 2015 1885 FA Cup final 1884–85 FA Cup Blackburn Rovers ENG 30px 2 Queen's Park SCO 30px 0 1885 4 4 yes Kennington Oval London Major Francis Marindin 12,500 1884 1886 The 1885 FA Cup final was a football match between Blackburn Rovers and Queen's Park on 4 April 1885 at Kennington Oval in London. It was the fourteenth final of the world's oldest football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (known in the modern era as the FA Cup). Blackburn had won the Cup in the previous season while Queen's Park were competing in their second final with the previous final being previous year. Rovers won 2–0 in their second successive FA Cup final victory, with the goals coming from Jimmy Forrest and James Brown. This would be the only final in which two clubs met in consecutive FA Cup finals until Manchester City and Manchester United in 2023 and 2024, albeit with a contrasting result. Match details thumb|left|200px|Blackburn Rovers, winning side 4 April 1885 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Queen's Park Forrest Brown Kennington Oval, London 12,500 Francis Marindin _whitehalf_right _whiteborder ffffff 99CCFF 99CCFF FFFFFF 000066 Blackburn Rovers_thin_black_hoops _inch_blackhoops _thin_black_hoops FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 Queen's Park Blackburn Rovers GK Herby Arthur RB Richard Turner LB Fergus Suter RH George Haworth CH Hugh McIntyre LH Jimmy Forrest OR Jimmy Douglas IR Joe Lofthouse CF James Brown (c)IL Joe Sowerbutts OL Howard Fecitt Queens Park GK George Gillespie RB Walter Arnott LB William McLeod CH Charles Campbell (c)CH John Macdonald OR Ninian MacWhannell IR William Anderson CF Alexander Hamilton CF William Sellar IL David Allan OL Woodville Gray References Line-ups Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk 1885 Final Category:1885 in sport in London Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. matches Category:Queen's Park F.C. matches Category:April 1885 in the United Kingdom