1883 FA Cup Final

1883 FA Cup Final
Event FA Cup 1882–83
Date 31 March 1883
Venue Kennington Oval, London
The Blackburn Olympic team which won the cup.

The 1883 FA Cup Final was contested by Blackburn Olympic and Old Etonians at the Kennington Oval. Blackburn Olympic won 21 after extra time. Jimmy Costley and Arthur Matthews scored for Blackburn; Harry Goodhart for Old Etonians. It was a watershed match for the sport, as for the first time in an FA Cup final a working-class team playing the 'combination game' (passing) were triumphant over a team playing the public school tactics of 'rushing' and 'scrimmages'.[1]

Match details

Blackburn Olympic
Old Etonians
Blackburn Olympic 2 (Matthews, Costley)
GKThomas Hacking
DFJames Ward
DFAlbert Warburton
MFThomas Gibson
MFWilliam Astley
MFJack Hunter
FWThomas Dewhurst
FWArthur Matthews
FWGeorge Wilson
FWJimmy Costley
FWJohn Yates
Old Etonians 1 (Goodhart)
GKJohn Rawlinson
DFThomas French
DFPercy de Paravicini
MFHon Arthur Kinnaird
MFCharles Foley
MFArthur Dunn
FWHerbert Bainbridge
FWJohn Chevallier
FWWilliam Anderson
FWHarry Goodhart
FWReginald Macaulay

References

  1. What If There Had Been No Port In The Vale?: Startling Port Vale Stories! (Witan Books, 2011, ISBN 978-0-9529152-8-7), p.40
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