1880 FA Cup final

March 2015 March 2015 1880 FA Cup final 1896 FA Cup.jpg 150 A trophy, silver in colour and topped by a figure of a footballer, on an ebony plinth 1879–80 FA Cup Clapham Rovers 1 Oxford University 0 10 April 1880 Kennington Oval London Major Francis Marindin 1879 1881 The 1880 FA Cup final was contested by Clapham Rovers and Oxford University at the Kennington Oval. Clapham Rovers won 1–0, the only goal being scored by Clopton Lloyd-Jones.1880 FA Cup Final on Sporting Chronicle Overview Weather At the start of the match, a strong and cold north-easterly wind blew into the faces of the Oxford team and the wind neutralised many of their kicks but it eased considerably after half-time.Final 1880 on FA-Cup Finals (archived, 11 Mar 2007) Scoring In the first half, Clopton Lloyd-Jones attempted to score twice, with a shot from the left which glanced off a goalpost, and a centre kick downfield which was saved by the Oxford goalkeeper Percival Parr. The ball hit the Oxford crossbar with a shot from Edward Ram and Harold Brougham shot just over the same bar.Warsop Keith The Early F.A. Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs, A Who's Who and Match Facts 2004 SoccerData 50 1-899468-78-1 In the second half, six minutes before the close of time, the deadlock was broken when Francis Sparks conducted the ball to within "about six yards of the University goal". Although Oxford's Charles King attempted to stop the ball with a weak mis-kick, Lloyd-Jones, "who had followed well up shot it between the posts. This feat quite 'brought down the house.'"Football. Association Challenge Cup The Field 17 April 1880 According to The Field magazine's report, there was "vociferous cheering, throwing up of hats, and other demonstrations of delight from their supporters." At the game's end, Lloyd-Jones, and his team captain Robert Ogilvie, were specially cheered by the crowd.The Football Association Challenge Cup. Clapham Rovers v Oxford University The Sportsman 12 April 1880 At 21 years and 150 days Lloyd-Jones was the 'baby' of his team and the youngest Cup Final scorer to date.Lloyd-Jones surpassed Charles Clerke (Old Etonians), who was 21 years 173 days at the 1879 Cup Final, and then surpassed in turn by Teddy Wynyard (Old Carthusians), who was aged 20 years 8 days at the 1881 Cup Final. Match details 1880 04 10 y Clapham Rovers 1–0 Report Oxford University Lloyd-Jones 84 Kennington Oval, London 6,000Stuart Barnes Nationwide Football Annual 2008–2009 132, 134–143 SportsBooks Ltd 978-1-899807-72-7 2008 Major Marindin _cherryred_half cc0000 C1BCA8 C1BCA8 ffffff 000000 C. Roversright _whitehalf_right ffffff 000066 000066 ffffff 000066 O. University GK ENG Reginald Birkett DF ENGRobert OgilvieDF ENGEdgar FieldMF ENG Vincent WestonMF ENGNorman BaileyFW ENGArthur J. StanleyFW ENG Harold BroughamFW ENG Francis Sparks FW ENG Felix BarryFW ENG Edward RamFW WAL 1807 Clopton Lloyd-Jones GK ENG Percival Parr DF ENG Claude Wilson DF ENG Charles James Stuart KingMF ENG Francis PhillipsMF ENG Bertram RogersFW ENG Reginald HeygateFW ENG George ChildsFW ENG John EyreFW ENG Francis CrowdyFW ENG Evelyn HillFW ENG John Lubbock In fiction This match was subject of a spoof anecdote, written in 2006 by journalist John Walsh as a guest editor of a charity issue of The Independent in a list of five "least successful guest-star interventions in history", in which Oscar Wilde was a guest player on the Oxford team, but demurred from a chance to score at the last minute. The anecdotes are purely comedy fiction.John Walsh: Tales of the City on The Independent, Thursday 16 May 2006 (the other anecdotes involved Bob Dylan, Groucho Marx, Philip Larkin and Margaret Thatcher) Wilde was known for a disdain of 'manly sports' (apart from occasional boxing at university).Ellmann Richard Oscar Wilde 1988 Vintage Books: New York 39 978-0-394-75984-5 References 1880 Final Category:1880 in sport in London Category:Oxford University A.F.C. matches Category:April 1880 in the United Kingdom