1875 FA Cup final

September 2014 April 2026 1875 FA Cup final Royal engineers 1875.jpg The Royal Engineers AFC squad that won the FA Cup. Left to right (standing): Mulholland (did not play in final), Onslow, Stafford, Rawson, Mein, Wingfield; (middle): Ruck, Merriman, Tailyour, Donop; (down): Sim, Jones (did not play in final). 1874–75 FA Cup Royal Engineers Old Etonians Royal Engineers won after a replay Final 1 1 After extra time 1875 3 13 y Kennington Oval London Charles Alcock 2,000 Replay 2 0 1875 3 16 y Kennington Oval London Charles Alcock 3,000 1874 1876 The 1875 FA Cup final was a football match between Royal Engineers and Old Etonians on 13 March 1875 at Kennington Oval in London. It was the fourth final of the world's oldest football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (known in the modern era as the FA Cup). Heading into the final, the Royal Engineers were playing in their third final after losing the 1872 and 1874 finals while the Old Etonians were playing in their first FA Cup final.1874–75 Competition Results by Macario Reyes on the RSSSF Prior to the final, the Royal Engineers had played one more match than the Old Etonians with the Etonians getting a bye in the second round due to the odd number of the teams that had entered the tournament. 2,000 people saw the match which ended in a 1–1 draw, Henry Renny-Tailyour scored for the Engineers but Alexander Bonsor replied to have the match end in a draw and have the final being replayed for the first time with two goals from Renny-Tailyour sealing the Royal Engineers' first and only FA Cup title. Route to the final 1874–75 FA Cup The Engineers, who lost the final on two of the three previous occasions, kicked off with a resounding 3–0 win over Marlow. They kept the scoring feat up in the next round, beating Cambridge University 5–0. The Quarter Final was a closely fought match against Clapham Rovers, just prevailing 3–2. The Semi-final produced a repeat fixture of the final of 1874, as the Engineers faced Oxford University. This time, the Engineers won 1–0. The Old Etonians started off against the Swifts, which proved a very tough match. After two drawn games, the Etonians managed to pull off a 3–0 victory. In the second round they received a bye which led them into the quarter-finals. Following a win against Maidenhead, they played Shropshire Wanderers. An extremely close match was just edged out by a single goal to nil.http://www.remuseum.org.uk/articles/rem_article_facup.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100912000300/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/articles/rem_article_facup.htm dead 12 September 2010 When the Sappers won the FA Cup Archive.org Royal Engineers Museum UK 20 December 2006 Final matches The first match was notable chiefly because it was played in a "howling gale". The conditions considerably favoured the Etonians team, which had the wind at its backs for all but 10 minutes of the 90, and all 30 minutes of extra time (teams in this period changed ends after every goal- this game was the last to feature this rule).Motson, John, "Motson's FA Cup Odyssey: The World's Greatest Knockout Competition”, Robson Publishing, 2005 Cuthbert Ottaway received an ankle injury after 37 minutes into the final, following a collision with Richard Ruck, and was forced to leave the field; in his absence, the Old Boys were regarded as fortunate to have held on for a 1–1 draw.FA Cup Final: 1875 https://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1875.html www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk 5 June 2020 Ottaway failed to recover in time for the replay, held only three days later, and Etonians also lost the services of three other players who had prior commitments. Unable to obtain adequate replacements, the Old Boys arrived at the ground an hour late and lost the delayed replay 0–2. Henry Renny-Tailyour scored all three goals in both matches for the Engineers.The English Association Football Challenge Cup https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001421/18750319/052/0004?browse=False 1 July 2020 Montrose, Arbroath and Brechin Review 19 March 1875 4A a The newspaper The Observer published the following chronicle of the match on 14 March 1875: ... considering the coldness of the weather, there was a large attendance of visitors, who must have numbered over 1,000... With the change of ends, the Engineers soon showed their superiority, and five minutes had scarcely elapsed before Von Donop ran the ball a short distance along the right side, planting it well in front of the Old Etonians goal, and Renny-Tailyour, who was in waiting, had little difficult in scoring the goal. The Engineers wore scarlet and blue jerseys and stockings, and blue serge knickerbockers, the Old Etonians being dressed in blue and white, which difference of uniform made the players on either side very discernible.1875 FA Cup Final on Newspapers.com Final 13 March 1875 Royal Engineers 1–1 yes Report Old Etonians Renny-Tailyour Bonsor Kennington Oval London 2,000 Charles Alcock _thinnavyhoops _thinnavyhoops _thinnavyhoops _hoops_navy E41B17 E41B17 E41B17 00006B E41B17 Royal Engineers D1E7E5 D1E7E5 D1E7E5 FFFFFF 000000 Old Etonians GK ENG Capt William MerrimanDF ENG Lieut George Hamilton SimHB British Raj Lieut. Gerald OnslowDF WAL 1807 Lieut Richard RuckFW ENG Lieut Pelham von DonopFW ENG Lieut Charles WoodFW ENGLieut Herbert RawsonFW ENG Lieut William FH StaffordFW SCO Capt Henry Renny-TailyourFW ENG Lieut Alexander MeinFW ENG Lieut Cecil Wingfield-Stratford GK ENG Charles FarmerDF ENG Francis WilsonDF ENG Albert ThompsonDF ENG Edgar LubbockFW ENG Robert BensonFW ENG William Kenyon-SlaneyFW IRE 1783 Frederick PattonFW ENG Alexander BonsorFW ENG Cuthbert OttawayFW SCO Hon Arthur KinnairdFW IRE 1783 Sir James Stronge Replay 16 March 1875 Royal Engineers 2–0 Report Old Etonians Renny-Tailyour Kennington Oval London 3,000 Charles Alcock _thinnavyhoops _thinnavyhoops _thinnavyhoops _hoops_navy E41B17 E41B17 E41B17 00006B E41B17 Royal Engineers D1E7E5 D1E7E5 D1E7E5 FFFFFF 000000 Old Etonians GK ENG Capt William MerrimanDF ENG Lieut George Hamilton SimHB British Raj Lieut. Gerald OnslowDF WAL 1807 Lieut Richard RuckFW ENG Lieut Pelham von DonopFW ENG Lieut Charles WoodFW ENGLieut Herbert RawsonFW ENG Lieut William FH StaffordFW SCO Capt Henry Renny-TailyourFW ENG Lieut Cecil Wingfield-StratfordFW ENG Lieut Alexander Mein GK SCO Capt Edward Drummond-MorayDF ENG Matt FarrerDF ENG Edgar LubbockDF ENG Francis WilsonFW ENGThomas HamondFW ENG Alfred LubbockFW IRE 1783 Frederick PattonFW ENG Alexander BonsorFW ENG Charles FarmerFW SCO Hon Arthur KinnairdFW IRE 1783 Sir James Stronge Notes A aSeveral modern sources claim that Stafford scored the second goal in the replay,Gibbons 2001 45Collett 2003 528History & Statistics: The English FA Cup 10 April 2020 https://iffhs.de/posts/559 IFFHS 4 July 2020 but no reliable source reports support this, most of which report that the ball crossed the line in a goalmouth scramble.Warsop 2004 32–33 In an amendment to his obituary in the Royal Engineers' Journal published in February 1922, the biographer credits Renny-Tailyour with both goals in the replay.Memoirs: Col. H.W. Renny-Tailyour The Royal Engineers Journal September 1920 XXXII 123–125 https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1920-September.pdf 30 June 2020The late Colonel H. W. Renny-Tailyour. The Royal Engineers Journal February 1922 XXXIV 103 https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1922-February.pdf 30 June 2020 References Bibliography The Complete Record of the FA Cup Collett Mike 2003 Sports Books 1-899807-19-5 Gibbons Philip Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900 2001 Upfront Publishing 1-84426-035-6 Warsop Keith The Early F.A. Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs 30 November 2004 SoccerData Nottingham 978-1899468782 1875 Final Category:1875 in sport in London Category:March 1875 in the United Kingdom 1875