1890 American Cup

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1890 American Cup
File:AFAball.jpg
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams14
Final positions
ChampionsFall River Olympics (1st title)
Runner-upKearny Rovers
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored88 (6.29 per match)
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The 1890 American Cup was the sixth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association (AFA). The Fall River Olympics won their first title becoming the second Fall River team to do so after the Rovers had won the previous two editions.

Participants

State City Team
Massachusetts Fall River East Ends
Olympics
Rover F.C.
New Jersey Paterson Paterson F.B.C.
Paterson Thistle
Newark Clark O.N.T.
Caledonian Club
Kearny Kearny Rangers
Trenton Trenton F.B.C.
New York Brooklyn Longfellows
New York Thistle
Rhode Island Lincoln Lonsdale
Pawtucket Free Wanderers
Providence Providence Athletics

First round

The Fall River Rovers and Pawtucket Free Wanderers match was protested because of a dispute regarding gate receipts. The AFA ordered the game replayed. The Rovers disagreed with the decision and elected to withdraw from the Association.[1] Pawtucket therefore was placed in the next round.

October 5, 1889 Providence Athletics 3-1 Lonsdale Olneyville, RI
3:30 PM Fagen File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Morrison File:Soccerball shade.svg 120', File:Soccerball shade.svg		 [2] File:Soccerball shade.svg 120' Stadium: Eagle Street grounds
Attendance: 600
Referee: Robert Finley(Pawtucket)
Note: Providence: GK Robert Cook, FB M. Muirhead, McDonald, HB A. Cook, J. Dalton, G. Clegg, LW A. Hellborne, Thomas Morrison, RW J. Attewell, J. Mannion, C Barney Fagan.
Lonsdale: GK Baine, FB McIntyre, McKay, HB Read, Patterson, Googhegan, LW Jenkins, Hector, RW O’Neil, Fields, C McClagat.
October 5, 1889 Fall River Olympics 6–3 Fall River East Ends Fall River, MA
3:45 PM Clarkson File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Ingham File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'
File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'
Finlan File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Thomas Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg		 [3] Snape File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'
File:Soccerball shade.svg 120', File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: County street grounds
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Harry Mellor (Pawtucket)
Note: Olympics: GK Harwood, FB Stewart, Lee, HB James Leigh, Burgess, Whittaker, RW Clarkson, Finlan, LW John Randall, Thomas Taylor, C Ingham.
EastEnds: GK Marshall, FB Atley, Stanton, HB Sharrocks, Mercer, J. Foley, RW Tobin, P. Farnell, LW J. Taylor, Sunderland, C Snape.
October 12, 1889 Paterson Thistle 3-5 Kearny Rovers Paterson, NJ
3:00 PM [4] Stadium: Olympic grounds
October 12, 1889 Fall River Rovers 4–1 Pawtucket Free Wanderers Fall River, MA
3:30 PM Cornell File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Bell File:Soccerball shade.svg, File:Soccerball shade.svg		 [5] H.Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (o.g.) Attendance: 3400
Referee: Barr(Lonsdale)
Note: Rovers: GK Shea, FB Bradley, Lonsdale, HB Adams, Waring(c), Buckley, RW Bell, Blakeley, LW Wilde, Duff, C Connell.
Pawtucket: GK Hardy, FB Harry Stewart, Love, HB Smith, Devanney, Lennox, RW Sandiland, Jeffrey, LW Murray, Mularkey, C Graham.
October 12, 1889 Caledonian 1-15 Thistle Kearny, NJ
[6] Stadium: ONT grounds
October 12, 1889 Brooklyn Longfellows 3-2 O.N.T. Ridgewood baseball grounds
3:30 PM [7] Referee: A.Smedley
Note: Longfellows: GK M. Gorvin, DF T. Fay, T. Masterton, MF T. Pope, T. Court, R. Neave, FW J. Green, J. McConnell, T. Brockington, C. Gorvin, J. Lennon.
O.N.T.: GK T. Hughes, DF A. Lyon, W. Walker, MF J. Polisher, C. Alsopp, G. Williams, FW C. Bradley, A. Smith, T. Henderson, W. Downs, A. Singleton, L. D. Flynn.
November 2, 1889 Trenton 2-0 Paterson Trenton, NJ
3:30 PM A. Cartiledge File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'
Joe James File:Soccerball shade.svg		 [8][9] Stadium: Hetzel’s Grove

Second round

November 23, 1889 Kearny Rovers 4-3 Brooklyn Longfellows Kearny, NJ
[10] Stadium: O.N.T. grounds
Referee: Patrick Hughes (O.N.T.)
Note: Rovers: GK J. Howarth, DF H. Holden, Jack Hood, MF T. Cranor, Joe Swithemby, W. Barr, FW John Swithemby, F. Costello, A. Cutler, James Hood, J. Connolly.
Longfellows: GK W. Gordon, DF T. Fay, T. Masterson, MF T. Pope, D. Campbell, R. Reaves, FW T. Green, J. Taylor, W. Paul, C. Gorvin, J. Leonard.
November 23, 1889 Trenton 2-2 Thistles Trenton, NJ
4:00 PM J.James File:Soccerball shade.svg
A.Cooper File:Soccerball shade.svg		 [11] File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
File:Soccerball shade.svg 120'		 Stadium: Hetzel grounds
Attendance: 400
Referee: A.Meadow
Note: Trenton- G Harry Kelsall, FB G. Allman, R. Rhodes, HB W. Cooper, J. Irwin, T. Titley, RF A. Cooper, J. James, LF A. Cartidge, D. Baggeley, CF Elder
Thistle- G J. Cameron, FB W. Patrick, S. Russell, HB G. Kirk, T. Duncan, A. Toylie, RF A. Barnoor, J. Adams, LF E. T. Parvis, D. Barbeur, CF R. Robertson
December 14, 1889 Pawtucket Free Wanderes 4–2 Providence Athletics Pawtucket, RI
[12] Stadium: Dexter Street rounds
Attendance: 600
Referee: Hood (Kearney)
Note: Pawtucket: GK Shea, FB Harry Stuart, Love, HB Hardy, Devanney, Finn, RW Sandilands, Jeffrey, LW Murray, Monahan, C Graham.
Providence: GK Bolan, FB Oborne, McDonald, HB M. Muirhead, J. Dalton, Guy, LW Fagin, J. Manionn, RW Booth, Guy, C A. Hellborne.

replays

November 30, 1889 Thistles 2-3 Trenton Weehawken
4:00 PM [13]
Note: Trenton- G Harry Kelsall, FB G. Allman, R. Rhodes, HB W. Cooper, A. Cooper, J. James, I. Irwin FW J. James, T. Titley, L. Byatt, D. Baggeley

Semifinals

January 18, 1890 Pawtucket Free Wanderers 0–4 Fall River Olympics Pawtucket, RI
3:05 PM [14] Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Clarkson File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'
Slater File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'
Ingham File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'		 Stadium: Dexter street grounds
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Mr. Walker (New York)
Note: Olympics: GK Cornell, FB Harwood(c), Jack Stuart, HB Simon Burgess, Abe Pilling, Whittaker, RW Jimmy Clarkson, Finlan, LW Taylor, Slater, C Ingham.
Pawtucket: GK J. Shea, FB Love, Harry Stuart(c), HB Devanney, David Smith, Finn, RW Sandilands, Jeffrey, LW Murray, Mullarkey, C Graham.
January 18, 1890 Kearny Rovers 5-1 Trenton Kearny, NJ
Jack Swithemby File:Soccerball shade.svg
Connolly File:Soccerball shade.svg
Jimmy Hood File:Soccerball shade.svg
McNabb File:Soccerball shade.svg
Barr File:Soccerball shade.svg		 [15] Carthege File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: O.N.T. grounds
Attendance: 600
Note: Kearny: GK Cutler, FB Holden, John Hood, HB Crans, Joe Swithemby, Howarth, FW McNabb, Jack Swithemby, Barr, Connelly, James Hood.
Trenton: GK W. Bradshaw, FB Almon, Rhodes, HB James, Irwin, Cooper, FW Ward, J. Bradshaw, Heaton, Carthege, Byat.

Final

April 5, 1890 Fall River Olympics 4–3 Kearny Rovers Pawtucket, RI
3:30 PM Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'
Ingham File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'
Clarkson File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'
Pilling File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'		 [16] File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'
Hood File:Soccerball shade.svg
File:Soccerball shade.svg 120'		 Stadium: Dexter street grounds
Attendance: 5000
Referee: William Turner (Paterson Thistles)
Note: Olympics: GK William Connell, FB Richard Harwood, John Stuart, HB Simon Burgess, Abraham Pilling, James Whittaker, RW James Clarkson, John Finlan, LW Tommy Taylor, Thomas Slater, C Thomas Ingham.
Rovers: GK Cutler, FB Holden, John Hood, HB Joe Swithemby, Howarth, Crann, RW Woods, John Swithemby, LW Connelly, James Hood, C Barr, Jameson.

American Cup bracket

First Round Second Round Semifinals Final
            
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Fall River Rovers 4
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Free Wanderers[lower-alpha 1] 1
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Free Wanderers 4
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Athletics 2
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Athletics 3
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Lonsdale 1
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Free Wanderers 0
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Olympics 4
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Olympics 6
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg East Ends 3
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Olympics
bye
 
 
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Olympics 4
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Kearny Rovers 3
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Paterson Thistle 3
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Kearny Rovers 5
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Kearny Rovers 4
File:Flag of New York.svg Longfellows 3
File:Flag of New York.svg Longfellows 3
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Clark O.N.T. 2
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Kearny Rovers 5
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Trenton 1
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Trenton 2
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Paterson 0
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Trenton 2-3
File:Flag of New York.svg NY Thistle 2-2
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg Caledonian 1
File:Flag of New York.svg NY Thistle 15

Notes;

  1. ↑ Game was ordered replayed, Fall River Rovers did not show for replay, Free Wanderers awarded the win

References

  1. ↑ "Rover Bolt". Fall River Globe. October 23, 1889. Retrieved July 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Football at Olneyville". Sunday Telegram. Providence, RI. October 6, 1889. p.6 col.5. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Football Galore". Fall River Globe. October 7, 1889. p.4 col.2. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Condensed Paragraphs". (October 14, 1889). The Morning Call, p.1 col.8
  5. ↑ "Glorious Victory". Fall River Daily Herald. October 14, 1889. p.4 col.2-3. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Football Contests". Newark Sunday Call. October 13, 1889. p.6 col.3. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Foot Ball at Ridgewood Park". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 13, 1889. p.18 col.4. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "In The Sporting World". (November 4, 1889). Trenton Times, p.3 col.3
  9. ↑ "Trenton Kickers Win". Daily True American. Trenton, NJ. November 4, 1889. p.5 col.4. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Baseball And Other Sports" (PDF). Newark Evening News. November 25, 1889. p.3 col.1. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  11. ↑ "All Around Town". (November 25, 1889). Trenton Times, p.3 col.1
  12. ↑ "City Chat". (December 16, 1889). Pawtucket Evening Times, p.4 col.1-2
  13. ↑ "Now For The Cup". (December 1, 1889). Trenton Sunday Advertiser, p.1 col.3
  14. ↑ "Saturday's Football Game". (January 20, 1890). Pawtucket Evening Times, p.1 col.6
  15. ↑ "Football". (January 23, 1890). The Sun, p.6 col.6
  16. ↑ "World Of Sports". (April 6, 1890). Sunday Telegram, p.5 col.1

Sources

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