| 1871-72 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Captain | P. Weston | |
| Secretary | James Powell | |
| Rules | Laws of the Game (1871) Laws of the Game (1872) (after 27 February 1872) | |
| FA Cup | Second round | |
This was the tenth season of Barnes Football Club. Barnes participated in the first season of the F.A. Cup, but were unable to progress further than the second round. The club was eliminated by Hampstead Heathens after a replay, despite playing both matches at home with a man advantage. [1]
| 11 November 1871First round | Barnes | 2-0 | Civil Service | Barnes |
| P. Weston, A. R. Dunnage | ||||
| Note: Civil Service were able to field only eight players. "The match was throughout played in a very much more forcible than scientific manner, and the rule of no hands caused a good deal of argument [...] one of the Barnes men in particular drawing a delicate distinction between 'fisting' the ball and handling it". Weston's goal was "very flukey". Barnes (11 players): P. Weston (capt.), W. Bruce, F. C. Clarkson, W. R. Collins, A. R. Dunnage, E. C. Highton, C. J. Morice, H. E. Solly, E. T. Weston, V. Weston, R. W. Willis. Civil Service (8 players): J. H. Gifard (capt.), A. H. Bateman, W. C. Butler, H. C. Houndle, J. Kirkpatrick, C. W. A. Trollope, J. Wearne, W. H. White. [2] | ||||
| 23 December 1871Second round | Barnes | 1-1 | Hampstead Heathens | Barnes |
| A. C. Highton / E. C. Highton (68) [3] | Barker | |||
| Note: Game was ended by darkness after Barnes's goal. Barnes (11 players): P. Weston (capt.), A. Adams, Bruce, A. Dunnage, A. C. Highton, E. C. Highton, C. Ommanney, Squiz, Todd, E. T. Weston, L. T. Williams. Hampstead Heathens (10 players): J. P. Tatham (capt.), R. Barker, H. W. Beauchamp, C. B. Dimond, A. M. S. Erskine, H. Latham, A. Leach, H. P. Leach, R. B. Michell, S. R. Tatham. [4] | ||||
| 6 January 1872Second round (replay) | Barnes | 0-1 | Hampstead Heathens | Barnes |
| 15:15 | G. Leach | |||
| Note: Barnes (11 players): E. T. Weston (capt.), A. Adams, A. Dunnage, H. Ellis, J. Graham, A. C. Highton, E. C. Highton, C. Ommanney, H. Soley, C. Warren, P. Weston. Hampstead Heathens (10 players): J. P. Tatham (capt.), A. Bird, R. Barker, C. B. Dimond, A. Erskine, A. Leach, G. P. Leach, J. Marshall, R. B. Michell, S. R. Tatham. [1] | ||||
| 21 October 1871 | Charterhouse School | 1-0 | Barnes | Under Green, Godalming |
| c. 15:30 | W. H. Davies | |||
| Note: Charterhouse School (11 players): G. C. Carter (capt.),W. H. Davies, W. Drew, E. F. Brown, T. P. Gandell, C. P. Paget, E. H. Parry, E. V. Ravenshaw, G. Staveley, W. Thompson, A. Williams. Barnes (10 players): P. Weston (capt.), A. Adams, W. K. Bruce, H. Ellis, J. Graham, A. C. Highton, E. C. Highton, C. J. Morice, C. Ommanney, H. E. Solly, [5] | ||||
| 28 October 1871 | Westminster School | 1-1 | Barnes | Vincent Square |
| R. W. S. Vidal | Unknown | |||
| Note: Barnes "handled [the ball] and pushed in defiance of all the rules they professed to play". During the buildup to the Barnes goal, "many of the [Westminster] boys made no attempt to stop the player owing to his continual handling during the run-up". Westminster School (11 players): R. W. S. Vidal (capt.), L. P. Beaufort, J. Bruce, H. S. Jackson, R. G. F. Murphy, F. Oldham, W. S. Rawson, J. F. Reece, H. Roberts, H. A. C. Rogers, H. D. S. Vidal. Barnes: C. C. Boyle et al. [6] | ||||
| 4 November 1871 | Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Barnes | Crystal Palace |
| 15:25 | Clutton / Smith / W. M. Alport [7] | |||
| Note: "The Barnes Club have lost since last season many of their best men". Crystal Palace (11 players): D. Allport (capt.), H. F. Abell, W. M. Allport, W. Bouch, R. W. Clutton, J. Cockerell, A. J. Heath, A. Lloyd, C. J. Morice, C. E. Smith, J. Turner Barnes (11 players): P. Weston (capt.), Bruce, Chapman, Collins, Graham, A. C. Highton, E. C. Highton, Ommanney, Palmer, E. Weston, Williams. [8] | ||||
| 25 November 1871 | Royal Engineers | 4-0 | Barnes | Chatham |
| c. 15:00 | G. Barker, Renny-Tailyour (3 goals) | |||
| Note: Royal Engineers (11 players): Merriman (capt.), Addison, G. Barker, Creswell, Goodwyn, Hoskyns, Marindin, Mitchell, Muirhead, Renny-Tailyour, Rich. Barnes (11 players): P. Weston (capt.), Adams, Bruce, Chapman, Colter (subst.), Dunnage, Hudson, Le Mesurier, Sobey, Warren, G. Weston. [9] | ||||
| 2 December 1871 | Captain's Eleven | D-D | All-comers | Barnes |
| Note: The all-comers numbered thirty-two. [10] | ||||
| 16 December 1871 | Clapham Rovers | v | Barnes | Clapham |
| Note: Match scheduled, but no report was found. [11] | ||||
| 13 January 1872 | Barnes | 1-1 | Clapham Rovers | Barnes |
| E. C. Highton | C. E. Kolle | |||
| Note: [12] | ||||
| 27 January 1872 | Barnes | D-D | Royal Engineers | Barnes |
| Note: [13] | ||||
| 3 February 1872 | Barnes | 0-2 | Crystal Palace | Barnes |
| A. Lloyd, W. M. Allport | ||||
| Note: Crystal Palace had ten men; Barnes eleven. [14] | ||||
| 17 February 1872 | Barnes | v | Charterhouse School | Barnes |
| Note: Match scheduled, but no report was found. [15] | ||||
| 24 February 1872 | Westminster School | v | Barnes | Vincent Square |
| Note: Match scheduled, but no report was found. [16] | ||||
1871 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Wanderers Football Club was an English association football club. It was founded as "Forest Football Club" in 1859 in Leytonstone. In 1864, it changed its name to "Wanderers", a reference to it never having a home stadium, instead playing at various locations in London and the surrounding area. Comprising mainly former pupils of the leading English public schools, Wanderers was one of the dominant teams in the early years of organised football and won the inaugural Football Association Challenge Cup in 1872. The club won the competition five times in total, including three in succession from 1876 to 1878, a feat which has been repeated only once.
The 1871–72 Football Association Challenge Cup was the first staging of the Football Association Challenge Cup, usually known in the modern era as the FA Cup, the oldest association football competition in the world. Fifteen of the association's fifty member clubs entered the first competition, although three withdrew without playing a game. In the final, held at Kennington Oval in London on 16 March 1872, Wanderers beat the Royal Engineers by a single goal, scored by Morton Betts, who was playing under the pseudonym A. H. Chequer.
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Crystal Palace F.C. was a short-lived amateur football club formed in 1861, who contributed to the development of association football during its formative years. They were founder members of the Football Association in 1863, and competed in the first ever FA Cup competition in 1871–72.
Hertfordshire Rangers F.C. was a 19th-century English amateur football team based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It competed in the FA Cup and had two players represent England in international matches.
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Brondesbury F.C. was an English association football club based in Brondesbury, London.
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