FA CUP FINAL 1875

The '1875 FA Cup Final' was won by Royal Engineeers after a Replay at The Oval, London. The runners-up were the Old Etonians.

Contents
The Tournament Layout
Route to the Final
The Final
Teams
Match report
Replay
Teams
Other details
References
External links

The Tournament Layout


There were 29 entrants in the 1874-85 FA Cup, one more than the previous year. One team got a bye in the first round, meaning that the 2nd Round consisted of 15 teams. The Old Etonians received a bye in the 2nd Round, therefore the Quarter Finals had the standard 8 teams.

Route to the Final


The Engineers, who lost the final on 2 of the 3 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.

The Final


Teams

'ROYAL ENGINEERS 1' (Renny-Tailyour)----
GK Capt William Merriman
DF Lieut George Sim
DF Lieut Gerald Onslow
MF Lieut Richard Ruck
MF Lieut Pelham von Donop
MF Lieut Charles Wood
FW Lieut William Rawson
FW Lieut William Stafford
FW Capt Henry Renny-Tailyour
Goal
FW Lieut Cecil Wingfield-Stratford
FW Lieut Alexander Mein
'OLD ETONIANS 1' (Bonsor)----
GK Charles Farmer
DF Hon Arthur Kinnaird
DF Sir James Stronge
MF William Kenyon-Slaney
MF Robert Benson
MF Frederick Patton
FW Cuthbert Ottaway
FW Alexander Bonsor
Goal
FW Albert Thompson
FW Edgar Lubbock
FW Francis Wilson

Match report

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). Cuthbert Ottaway received a severe hack on his ankle 37 minutes into the final 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.
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 in both matches for the Engineers.

Replay


Teams

'OLD ETONIANS 0'----
GK Charles Farmer
DF Hon Arthur Kinnaird
DF Sir James Stronge
MF Capt Edward Drummond-Moray
MF Alfred Lubbock
MF Frederick Patton
FW Thomas Hammond
FW Alexander Bonsor
FW Matthew Farrer
FW Edgar Lubbock
FW Francis Wilson
'ROYAL ENGINEERS 2' (Stafford & Renny-Tailyour)----
GK Capt William Merriman
DF Lieut George Sim
DF Lieut Gerald Onslow
MF Lieut Richard Ruck
MF Lieut Pelham von Donop
MF Lieut Charles Wood
FW Lieut William Rawson
FW Lieut William Stafford
Goal
FW Capt Henry Renny-Tailyour
Goal
FW Lieut Cecil Wingfield-Stratford
FW Lieut Alexander Mein

Other details


★ Competition: FA Cup (Final)

★ Date: March, 1875

★ Venue: The Oval, London

★ Attendance: 3,000

★ Referee: Charles Alcock, Wanderers F.C.

References



1874-75 Competition Results at rsssf.com

FA Cup Final lineups

Soccerbase summary - first match

Soccerbase summary - replay

External links



Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk

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