1878–79 Welsh Cup

December 2018 Welsh Cup 1878–79 Wales Newtown White Star Wrexham 1877–78 1879–80 The 1878–79 Welsh Cup was the second season of the Welsh Cup. The cup was won by Newtown White Star who defeated Wrexham 1–0 in the final. First round 19 October 1878 0 – 2 Corwen Wrexham Corwen 19 October 1878 1 – 1 Gwersyllt Foresters Llanerchrugog http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4578871/4578877/53/ Stansty Park 19 October 1878 8 – 1 Llangollen Mold 19 October 1878 1 – 4 Newtown Aberystwyth Town 19 October 1878 0 – 2 Newtown White Star All Saints (Salop) Rees D. Jones Racecourse, Shrewsbury 26 October 1878 15:00 0 – 1 Carnarvon Athletic Bangor Caernarvon 26 October 1878 15:00 1 – 0 Friars School Rhyl Maes-y-dre, Bangor 26 October 1878 1 – 0 Chirk Ruabon w/o Druids Civil Service (Wrexham) w/oThe Welsh Challenge Cup 8 November 1878 Shrewsbury Chronicle 5 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers Trinity Shrewsbury Source: Welsh Football Data Archive Replay 26 October 1878 3 – 0 Llanerchrugog Gwersyllt Foresters Source: Welsh Football Data Archive Oswestry receive a bye to the next round Second round w/o Llanerchrugog Bangor 1 – 0 Chirk Trinity Shrewsbury 0 – 1 Llangollen Newtown White Star 27 November 1878 1 – 3 Friars School Wrexham http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3309131/3309139/102/ School Ground, Bangor 6 – 0 Oswestry Civil Service (Wrexham) Source: Welsh Football Data Archive Newtown receive bye into next round Third round 3 – 1 Newtown Chirk 2 – 2 Bangor Newtown White Star WrexhamWelsh Association Challenge Cup Cambrian News 10 January 1879 3 Source: Welsh Football Data Archive Replay A – A Bangor Newtown White Star Chester The replay was abandoned after half-an-hour, with the White Stars 3–1 up, after the Bangor umpire punched a White Stars player.The Welsh Challenge Cup Wrexham Guardian 25 January 1879 8 The WFA ordered a replay but Bangor refused to play.The North Wales Challenge Cup Liverpool Mercury 30 January 1879 3 Wrexham received a bye to the next round. Semi-final 22 February 1879 14:00 1 – 1 Newtown White Star Newtown Oswestry 25 January 1879 14:50 2 – 0 Wrexham Oswestry http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3854871/3854879/61/ Salisbury Park, Wrexham 1,500 T. B. Burnett, Ruabon Source: Welsh Football Data Archive Replay 1 – 3 Newtown Newtown White Star Dr D Gray ?? Rhyl Source: Welsh Football Data Archive Final 1879 Welsh Cup Final 29 March 187916:00 Newtown White Star 1 – 0 Wrexham E Rees 60 Cricket Field, Oswestry A E Daniel (Birmingham) 2,500 _whitestar _hoops_navy 000080 000080 000080 ffffff FFFFFF Newtown White Star FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 000000 Wrexham References The History of the Welsh Cup 1877-1993 by Ian Garland (1991) 1-872424-37-6 Welsh Football Data Archive Association football Wales Category:Welsh Cup seasons Cup