The
1891 FA Cup Final was contested by
Blackburn RoversBlackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
and
Notts CountyNotts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
at the
Kennington OvalThe Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
. Blackburn won 3–1, their second consecutive FA Cup Final victory, with goals by
Geordie DewarGeorge "Geordie" Dewar , was a Scottish footballer who played in the early days of professional football for Blackburn Rovers as well as being capped twice for Scotland...
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Jack SouthworthJohn Southworth , was a footballer who played in the early days of professional football for Blackburn Rovers and Everton as well as being capped three times for England...
and
William TownleyWilliam "Billy" Townley, , was an English football player and coach.He scored the first hat-trick in the history of the FA Cup final, but his lasting legacy is defined as an important pioneer of the game in Germany and as a journeyman coach on the continent.-Playing career:Townley's career as a...
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James OswaldJames Oswald was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward in the 1891 FA Cup Final for Notts County as well as making three appearances for Scotland between 1889 and 1897.During his career he also played for Third Lanark, St Bernard's, Rangers , Raith Rovers and...
scored Notts County's goal.
Teams
BLACKBURN ROVERS 3 (Dewar, Southworth & Townley)
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John BartonJohn Barton was an English footballer. He played at international level once for England while on the books of Blackburn Rovers....
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Geordie DewarGeorge "Geordie" Dewar , was a Scottish footballer who played in the early days of professional football for Blackburn Rovers as well as being capped twice for Scotland...
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Jimmy ForrestJames Henry Forrest was an English footballer whose career spanned the transition from amateurism to professionalism in English football in the 1880s and 1890s...
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Joe Lofthouse Joseph Morris "Joe" Lofthouse was an English footballer.-Playing career:Joseph Lofthouse was born in Blackburn on 14 April 1865. A talented footballer he joined Blackburn Rovers...
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Nat Walton Nathaniel "Nat" Walton was an English international footballer, who played as an inside forward.-Career:Born in Preston, Walton played professionally for Blackburn Rovers, and earned one cap for England in 1890....
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Jack Southworth John Southworth , was a footballer who played in the early days of professional football for Blackburn Rovers and Everton as well as being capped three times for England...
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William TownleyWilliam "Billy" Townley, , was an English football player and coach.He scored the first hat-trick in the history of the FA Cup final, but his lasting legacy is defined as an important pioneer of the game in Germany and as a journeyman coach on the continent.-Playing career:Townley's career as a...
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NOTTS COUNTY 1 (Oswald)
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Sandy Ferguson |
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John Hendry |
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Archibald Osbourne |
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David Calderhead David Calderhead was a Scottish footballer who later became a manager, notably of Chelsea.-Playing career:...
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Alf Shelton Alfred "Alf" Shelton was an English international footballer, who played as a left half. His brother Charles was also a professional footballer.-Career:...
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Tom McInnes Thomas "Tom" McInnes was a Scottish professional footballer who scored 67 goals from 226 appearances playing as an inside forward for Notts County, Everton and Luton Town in the Football League and for Third Lanark in the Scottish Football League. McInnes played on the losing side for Notts County...
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James Oswald James Oswald was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward in the 1891 FA Cup Final for Notts County as well as making three appearances for Scotland between 1889 and 1897.During his career he also played for Third Lanark, St Bernard's, Rangers , Raith Rovers and...
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William Locker William Locker was an English footballer and cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1894 and 1903 and football for Stoke, Derby County and Notts County. He was one of nineteen sportsment to achieve the Derby sporting double.Locker was born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, the...
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Harry DaftHarry Butler Daft was an English footballer who played for Notts County, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1894, as well as making five appearances as a left winger for the national side...
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- Played 21 March 1891
- Attendance: 23,000
- Referee: C. J. Hughes
Charles James Hughes, J.P. was an English footballer and referee who was a pioneer of the early English game, being included in the publication 'Association Football and the Men who made it'.-Early Life:...
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