1891 American Cup

Last updated

1891 American Cup
AFAball.jpg
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams15
Final positions
ChampionsFall River East Ends
Runner-upLongfellows
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
←  1890
1892  →

The 1891 American Cup was the seventh edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Fall River East Ends won their first title, keeping the title in Fall River for the fourth year running. Fall River Olympic won the title in 1890 and Fall River Rovers won in 1888 and 1889. The Fall River Rovers were readmitted to the AFA after having settled their dispute with the Pawtucket Free Wanderers, before which any associations teams were barred from playing them.

Contents

Participants

Joining this season were British Hosiery, Cumberland Rangers, Holyoke Rangers, Lowell Thistle, New Rochelle, and Nonpareils. Not returning from last season were Lonsdale, Paterson FC, Providence Athletic, and Trenton FC.

The participating teams were:

Round 1

The drawing for round one took place on Saturday September 20. Caledonian drew a bye to Round 2. Matches to be played on or before October 18. [1] [2]

Eastern District

12 October 1890 (1890-10-12)
[3] 		Fall River East Ends 11-1
[4] 		Cumberland Rangers Fall River, Massachusetts
[3]
3:45PMFarrellSoccerball shade.svg1H'
CornellSoccerball shade.svg1H'
P.StantonSoccerball shade.svg1H'
TobinSoccerball shade.svg1H'
CornellSoccerball shade.svg1H'
SunderlandSoccerball shade.svg1H'
FarrellSoccerball shade.svg2H'
ScofieldSoccerball shade.svg2H'
SunderlandSoccerball shade.svg2H'
TobinSoccerball shade.svg2H'		BennettSoccerball shade.svg2H'Stadium: County Street grounds
Attendance: 800
Referee: William Bell (Olympics)
18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3] [5] 		Fall River Rovers 10-1 British Hosiery Fall River, Massachusetts
[3] [5]
4:00PMThomas KenneySoccerball shade.svg5'
Robert BellSoccerball shade.svg9'
Robert Bell Soccerball shade.svg13'
Patrick Gavin Soccerball shade.svg1H'
George AdamsSoccerball shade.svg1H'
Thomas Kenney Soccerball shade.svg1H'
Thomas KenneySoccerball shade.svg1H'
Soccerball shade.svg2H'
Soccerball shade.svg2H'
Soccerball shade.svg2H'		GuySoccerball shade.svg60'Stadium: Rovers’ grounds
Attendance: 1000
Referee: William Taylor

One source gave the final score as 7–0. [6] Another gave the half-time score as 7-0 and the final as 10–1. [5]

18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3] 		Holyoke Rangers 6-2
[7] 		Lowell Thistle Holyoke, Massachusetts
[3]
3:00PMSoccerball shade.svg10'
McDonald(3) Soccerball shade.svg
Matthew Soccerball shade.svg		Soccerball shade.svg1H'
Soccerball shade.svg2H'
18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3] [5] [8] 		Pawtucket Free Wanderers 3-1
[5] [6] [8] [9] 		Fall River Olympic Pawtucket, Rhode Island [3] [5]
3:30PMMullarkeySoccerball shade.svg1H'
DaltonSoccerball shade.svg42'
SlaterSoccerball shade.svg87'		RandallSoccerball shade.svg50'Attendance: 3000
Referee: E.Walker (Kearny Rovers)

A protest was entered by Fall River Olympic over an unregistered player (John Stuart). The match was ordered to be played again on the Pawtucket grounds by November 15. [10]

Western District

18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3] [4] [5] [9] 		Kearney Rovers w/o New York Thistle Kearney, New Jersey
Stadium: Cosmopolitan Park [3] [4] [5]
Attendance: 300 [4]

Thistles failed to show up. Match was given to Kearney Rovers. [4] [5] [9]

18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3] [5] [9] [11] [12] [13] 		Longfellows 13-0 New Rochelle FC Ridgewood, Queens, New York
J. McConnell (2) Soccerball shade.svg
J. Green (3) ? Soccerball shade.svg
W. Paul (3) Soccerball shade.svg
J. Connoly (2) ? Soccerball shade.svg
J. Lennon (1) Soccerball shade.svg
J. McCalligan (1) Soccerball shade.svg
R. Mave (1) Soccerball shade.svg
[5] 		Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds [5] [9] [11] [12] [13]
Referee: T. Osborn (Caledonian) [13]

Two sources gave a final score of 13–0. [5] [6] Two others gave a final score of 14–0. [9] [13]

18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3] 		Nonpareils w/o ONT

ONT withdrew. [4]

Replay

15 November 1890 (1890-11-15)
[14] 		Pawtucket Free Wanderers 3-1
[14] 		Fall River Olympic Pawtucket, Rhode Island
[14]
3:00PMBarrSoccerball shade.svg30'
BarrSoccerball shade.svg63'
SlaterSoccerball shade.svg2H'		Soccerball shade.svg1H'Attendance: 3000
Referee: T. Hood (AFA secretary)

Round 2

The drawing for round two took place on Saturday October 25, matches to be played within the next six weeks. [10]

Eastern District

29 November 1890 (1890-11-29) Fall River Rovers 6-1
[15] 		Holyoke Rangers Fall River, Massachusetts
3:30PMSoccerball shade.svg12'
ColliganSoccerball shade.svg27'
George AdamsSoccerball shade.svg60'
BellSoccerball shade.svg2H'
BellSoccerball shade.svg2H'
KenneySoccerball shade.svg80'		FisherSoccerball shade.svg40'Stadium: Rovers’ grounds
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Hood (Newark, NJ)
6 December 1890 (1890-12-06)
[16] 		Fall River East Ends 6-2
[16] [17] 		Pawtucket Free Wanderers Fall River, Massachusetts
[16]
3:00PMSoccerball shade.svg23'
SchofieldSoccerball shade.svg38'
SunderlandSoccerball shade.svg41'
SunderlandSoccerball shade.svg58'
FarrellSoccerball shade.svg87'		Stewart(og) Soccerball shade.svg20'
Jeffreys Soccerball shade.svg33'
JeffreysSoccerball shade.svg43'		Stadium: County Street grounds
Attendance: 2500-3000
Referee: E. Walker(Kearney Rovers)

Match was protested by East Ends, but the protest was dismissed. [18] [19]

Western District

6 December 1890 (1890-12-06)
[14] [16] [20] [21] [22] [23] 		Longfellows 8-0
[16] [22] [23] 		Caledonian Ridgewood, Queens, New York
15:00 [22] J. McConnell (4) Soccerball shade.svg
O. Connell (2) Soccerball shade.svg
C. McGovern (1) Soccerball shade.svg
W. Paul (1) Soccerball shade.svg
[22] 		Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds [16] [21] [22]
29 November 1890 (1890-11-29) Nonpareils 5-5 Kearney Rovers Brooklyn, NY
NorthSoccerball shade.svg
Soccerball shade.svg1H'
NorthSoccerball shade.svg1H'
YoungSoccerball shade.svg2H'
YoungSoccerball shade.svg2H'		HoodSoccerball shade.svg10'
HoodSoccerball shade.svg2H'
3Soccerball shade.svg2H'		Stadium: Ridgewood Baseball grounds

AFA decided in favor of Nonpareils after failure to arrange dates with Kearny Rovers. [18] [19] [24]

Round 3

Round 3 matches were arranged at a meeting on Saturday December 20. Nonpareil to play Longfellows and Fall River East Ends to play Fall River Rovers, on or before the First Saturday in March. [18] [19] [25]

Eastern District

28 February 1891 (1891-02-28)
[26] 		Fall River East Ends 4-3
[26] 		Fall River Rovers Fall River, Massachusetts
[26]
3:30PMSunderlandSoccerball shade.svg
Soccerball shade.svg35'
StantonSoccerball shade.svg42'
SunderlandSoccerball shade.svg75'		Kenney Soccerball shade.svg
BellSoccerball shade.svg55'
BellSoccerball shade.svg2H'		Stadium: County Street grounds
Attendance: 5,000 [26]
Referee: Abraham L. Pilling

Fall River Rovers entered a protest. A meeting was held on Saturday March 14 to consider the protest but a quorum was not present. [27]

Western District

15 March 1891 (1891-03-15)
[28] [29] 		Nonpareil 5-5
[29] 		Longfellows Newark, New Jersey
Stadium: Kearney Athletic Grounds [28]
Attendance: 2,000 [29]

Replay

4 April 1891 (1891-04-04)
[29] [30] 		Longfellows 2-1
[30] 		Nonpareils Ridgewood, Queens, New York
15:00 [29] Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds [29] [30]

Final

25 April 1891 (1891-04-25) Fall River East Ends 3-1
[31] 		Longfellows Pawtucket, Rhode Island
TobinSoccerball shade.svg
SunderlandSoccerball shade.svg
SunderlandSoccerball shade.svg		NeaveSoccerball shade.svg11'Stadium: Dexter Street Grounds
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Turner (AFA president)

Related Research Articles

Fall River Rovers were a United States soccer club, based in Fall River, Massachusetts. They won the 1888 and 1889 American Cups as well as the 1917 National Challenge Cup. In 1921 Rovers were disbanded and a new team, Fall River United were formed to enter the newly established American Soccer League.

The Scottish Football Alliance was a league football structure set up in Scotland in competition with the Scottish Football League. Its success in the early years of professional football in both England and Scotland made the Alliance the basis for a second division in both countries. The Alliance attracted a number of Junior clubs to the League system, which boosted its future viability.

The National Association Football League (NAFBL) was a semi-professional U.S. soccer league which operated between 1895 and 1898. The league was reconstituted in 1906 and continued to operate until 1921.

John Gordon Burness was a soccer wing forward who earned a cap with both the Canadian and U.S. national teams. He began his career in Scotland before moving to Canada and then the United States, where he spent six seasons in the American Soccer League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1916–17 National Challenge Cup</span> Football tournament season

The 1916–17 National Challenge Cup was the fourth annual cup tournament held by the United States Football Association. On May 5, 1917, Fall River Rovers defeated Bethlehem Steel to take the title. Thomas Swords scored the game-winning goal thirty seconds into the game. The second round match on January 28 between Bay Ridge of Brooklyn and the Newark Scottish-Americans was originally awarded to Bay Ridge for non-appearance of the Scots. Despite Bay Ridge having played and won their third-round game 2–0 over New York, the Bay Ridge/Scots game was ordered replayed by the cup committee. The Scots won the replay and went on to face New York in the third round.

The 1908 American Cup was the annual soccer tournament held by the American Football Association. The West Hudsons won the tournament for the second time in three years defeating the Paterson True Blues in the final as they did in 1906.

The 1886 American Cup was the second installment of the soccer tournament directed by the American Football Association. Clark ONT, as holders of the trophy, had successfully defended their title and receiving along with the trophy a pair of leg guards donated by the Alma Cricket and Football club.

The 1888 American Cup was the fourth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. Having expanded into the New England district the first new champions came from Fall River, Massachusetts after Clark ONT of Newark had won the previous three editions. The Rovers defeated the Newark Almas in the final.

The 1889 American Cup was the fifth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Fall River Rovers won their second consecutive title by defeating the Newark Caledonians in the final.

The 1890 American Cup was the sixth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. 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.

The American Soccer League, established in 1921, was the first of four different professional soccer sports leagues in the United States to use the ASL name. It was formed by the merger of teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League. For several years the ASL's popularity rivaled the popularity of the National Football League. Disputes with the United States Football Association and FIFA, as well as the onset of the Great Depression, led to the league's collapse in spring 1933.

The 2017–18 Scottish Cup was the 133rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what was the seventh season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015.

The 1890–91 season was the third season of football by Celtic, this marked the first season where Celtic took part in the newly formed Scottish Football League, they also competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Charity Competition and Glasgow Cup.

The 2019 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 92nd annual knockout football competition.

The 1892 American Cup was the eighth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Fall River East Ends won their second title in succession by overcoming the New York Thistles in the final. The Challenge Cup committee elected by the AFA were Robert Miller of O.N.T. as president, James Henderson of Brooklyn Nonpareil as vice president, Thomas B. Hood of Pawtucket as Secretary, and John Lang of Fall River as Treasurer.

The 1893 American Cup was the ninth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Pawtucket Free Wanderers won their first title by overcoming the New York Thistles in the final. This season operations shifted to New England with the elected committee represented by John Clark of Pawtucket as president, Joseph Brady of the East Ends as vice president, John F. Geagan of the Rovers as Secretary, and Ephraim Mayes of the Olympics as Treasurer.

The 1894 American Cup was the tenth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Fall River Olympics won their second title by defeating the Paterson True Blues in the final. This season the elected committee was William Turner as president, William W. Douglas as vice president, James Henderson as Secretary, and Ephraim Mayes of the Olympics as Treasurer. The committee selected the Thomlinson's patent football as the official ball to be used in all cup games.

The 1895 American Cup was the eleventh edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Newark Caledonians brought the trophy back to New Jersey for the first time since 1887 by winning 4–0 against the Pawtucket Free Wanderers in the final. This season the elected committee was Samuel Worthington as president, Thomas Burke as vice president, William Robertson as Secretary, and Alexander Micklejohn as Treasurer. The committee chose the Thomlinson football to be the official ball for use in all cup games. This was the first occasion a steam ship team was admitted to the competition. Players from the Teutonic of the White Star line were placed in the western division. The American League of Professional Football began play this season just two weeks prior to the American Cup's opening round. However, in order to protect itself, the AFA barred players from joining the association who had already signed contracts with the ALPF. The National Association Football League also began its first season in March. The only AFA club to participate in the NAFBL, the Centrevilles of Bayonne, were the first champions.

The 1896 American Cup was the twelfth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The 1894 Runners Up, Paterson True Blues, won the tournament after defeating the two-time champions Fall River Olympics in the final. This season the elected committee was James C. Potter of Pawtucket as president, James Turner of Paterson as vice president, William Robertson of Newark as Secretary, and Andrew Meiklejohn of Pawtucket as Treasurer.

The 1906 American Cup was the fifteenth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. After being inactive for several years, the AFA reorganized in February 1906 with eight initial entries from the New Jersey towns of Harrison, Paterson, Kearny, and Newark. At their February 13 meeting at the Caledonian House in Paterson it was decided to send additional invitations to Metropolitan league teams. On February 17 at the Cosmopolitan Park House in East Newark Hal A. Holden of Kearny was elected president, Harry Craig of Paterson as treasurer, Peter Martin(Bronx Rangers) as vice-president, Herbert Turner of Paterson as recording secretary, James Allen Jr. of O.N.T. as financial secretary and Dr. John W. Reid as honorary president. On February 24, exhibition games between the West Hudsons of Harrison and Pan Americans of Fall River coincided with the association meeting at Cosmopolitan Hall in order to have a representative, in this case C.C. Murphy, present for New England clubs wishing to join the tournament. On this occasion four additional teams from the Metropolitan district joined bringing the total to twelve. Entries were open until March 3. John Swithenby who was in possession of the old trophy donated it to the association to once again award it to the winner of the tournament.

References

  1. ↑ "Sunday Football Games". Newark Sunday Call. XIX (956): 6. September 21, 1890. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sports and Pastimes" (PDF). The Evening Telegram (New York). XXIII (7, 686): 3. October 4, 1890. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Football in Kearny". Newark Sunday Call. XIX (959): 6. October 12, 1890. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Football in Kearny". Newark Sunday Call. XIX (960): 6. October 17, 1890. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Games on Other Fields" (PDF). The Sun (New York). LVIII (49): 5. October 19, 1889. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "Among the Leather Kickers". New York Clipper. XXXVIII (33): 520. October 25, 1890. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Association Game At Holyoke". (October 19, 1890). Springfield Republican, p.1 col.6
  8. 1 2 "Lacrosse". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 50 (290): 8. October 18, 1890. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Games on Other Fields Yesterday" (PDF). New York Herald (19, 781): 22. October 19, 1890. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Football Notes" (PDF). The Sun (New York). LVIII (57): 4. October 27, 1890. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Football Notes" (PDF). The Sun (New York). LVIII (47): 4. October 17, 1890. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  12. 1 2 "General Sporting Notes" (PDF). The Press (New York). III (1, 053): 5. October 18, 1890. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "The Longfellow's Defeat the New Rochelle's at Ridgewood Park". (1411) Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 50 (290): 8. October 18, 1890. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Football Yesterday". Newark Sunday Call. XIX (965): 6. November 23, 1890. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Rovers Again". (December 1, 1890). Daily Evening News, p.8 col.4
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kicking the Football". New York Clipper. XXXVIII (40): 633. December 13, 1890. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Association Cup Foot Ball". (December 7, 1890). The Sunday Herald, p.4 col.3
  18. 1 2 3 "American Football Association" (PDF). New York Herald (19, 845): 8. December 22, 1890. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  19. 1 2 3 "Foot Ball Men in Session" (PDF). The Press (New York). IV (1, 118): 5. December 22, 1890. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  20. ↑ "On Football Fields" (PDF). New York Herald (19, 824): 8. December 1, 1890. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  21. 1 2 "Football" (PDF). The Evening Telegram (New York). XXIII (7, 739): 6. December 6, 1890. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Longfellows of Brooklyn Defeat the Caledonians of Newark" (PDF). Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 50 (338): 8. December 7, 1890. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  23. 1 2 The New York Clipper Annual for 1893 (PDF). New York: The Frank Queen Publishing Company. 1893. p. 46. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Association Football" (PDF). New York Herald (19, 900): 19. February 15, 1891. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  25. ↑ "American Football Association". New York Clipper. XXXVIII (42): 633. December 13, 1890. Retrieved April 26, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  26. 1 2 3 4 "Football Championship". Newark Sunday Call. XIX (979): 1. March 1, 1891. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  27. ↑ "American Football Association". Newark Sunday Call. XIX (981): 1. March 15, 1891. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  28. 1 2 "What Athletes are Doing" (PDF). New York Tribune. L (16, 189): 10. March 13, 1891. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  29. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "For the American Cup" (PDF). Paterson Daily Guardian. LVIII (215): 4. April 3, 1891. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  30. 1 2 3 "The Longfellows Won" (PDF). The Sun (New York). LVIII (217): 5. April 5, 1891. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Association Foot Ball". (April 25, 1891). The Sunday Herald, p.6 col.3
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.