1890 FA Cup final

April 2014 April 2014 1890 FA Cup final 1890 FA Cup final official programme.jpg The official match programme 1889–90 FA Cup Blackburn Rovers 6 The Wednesday 1 29 March 1890 Kennington Oval London Major Francis Marindin 20,000 1889 1891 The 1890 FA Cup final was contested by Blackburn Rovers and The Wednesday at the Kennington Oval. thumb|Sheffield Daily Telegraph illustration of Wednesday's goal (credited here to Micky Bennett; other sources give it to Albert Mumford.) 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 WinterbottomThe Wednesday team for the final Sheffield Independent 25 March 1890 8 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.The English Association Challenge Cup Sheffield Independent 31 March 1890 7 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.The Solicitor's Journal The Journal 1953 406 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. The Life and Times of Herbert Chapman: The Story of One of Football's Most Influential Figures Patrick Barclay Hachette UK 2014 978-0-297-86851-4 The match set the record for the highest scoring FA Cup Final, later equalled by the 1953 final.James M. Ross England FA Challenge Cup Finals https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engcuphist.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 6 August 2020 16 October 2020 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 20,000 Major Francis Marindin _collar FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF ffffff 000066 Blackburn Rovers _collar 92C6FD 92C6FD 92C6FD FFFFFF 000066 The Wednesday English FA Cup Finalists 1890 - 1899 GK ENG Johnny Horne DF ENG James SouthworthDF SCO John ForbesMF ENG John BartonMF SCO Geordie DewarMF ENG Jimmy ForrestFW ENG Joe LofthouseFW SCO Harry CampbellFW ENG Jack Southworth FW ENG Nat WaltonFW ENG William Townley GK ENG Jim Smith DF ENG Haydn Morley (c)DF ENG Teddy Brayshaw MF ENG Jack DungworthMF ENG Billy Betts MF ENG George WallerFW ENG Billy IngramFW ENG Harry WoolhouseFWENG Micky BennettFW ENG Albert Mumford FW ENG Tom Cawley References External links 1889–90 Competition Results at rsssf.com FA Cup Final lineups Soccerbase summary https://web.archive.org/web/20071001201835/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=257115 1 October 2007 Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk 1890 Final Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. matches Category:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. matches Category:March 1890 in the United Kingdom Category:1890 in sport in London