1877–78 Welsh Cup

1877–78 Welsh Cup
Country	Wales
Teams	18
Champions	Wrexham
Runners-up	Druids
	1878–79 →

The Wrexham side that won the first Welsh Cup in 1878

The 1877–78 Welsh Cup was the first season of the Welsh Cup. The cup was won by Wrexham who defeated Druids 1–0 in the final.

First round

13 October 1877	Newtown	1 – 1	Druids	The Cunnings Newtown
15:00			Daniel Grey 87'

	Bangor	1 – 0	Caernarvon Athletic	Maes-y-dre Bangor
15:00

	Oswestry	12 – 0	Chirk

	Gwersyllt Foresters	0 – 0	Northwich Victoria

	Corwen	0 – 0	Bala

	Newtown White Star	1 – 0	Ruabon Rovers

20 October 1877	Wrexham	3 – 1	Civil Service (Wrexham)	The Racecourse, Wrexham
15:15

	Swansea RFC	w/o	Aberystwyth Town

	23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers	w/o	Llangollen

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

1877-10-27	Druids	4 – 0	Newtown	Ruabon
15:00

	Gwersyllt Foresters	4 – 1	Northwich Victoria

	Corwen	0 – 0	Bala

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Second Replay

	Corwen	1 – 0	Bala

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Rhosllanerchrugog receive a bye to the next round

Believing that it was a Rugby Union competition Swansea RFC scratched to Aberystwyth when officials learned that it was one for football.

Second round

	Bangor	7 – 0	Corwen

	Druids	3 – 0	Rhosllanerchrugog

	Gwersyllt Foresters	2 – 1	Llangollen

22 December 1877	Wrexham	1 – 1	Oswestry	The Racecourse, Wrexham
14:45				Referee: Mr. R. Cuthbert

^[1]

	Aberystwyth Town	w/o	Newtown White Star

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

5 January 1878	Oswestry	0 – 2	Wrexham	Cricket Field, Oswestry
			C. Edwards , J. Price	Referee: Mr. Burgess, Wrexham

^[2]

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Third round

9 February 1878	Gwersyllt Foresters	0 – 8	Wrexham	Gwersyllt Park, Gwersyllt
15:15			J. Davies 24'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Powys Jones

^[3]^[4]

	Druids	1 – 1	Newtown White Star

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

9 February 1878	Newtown White Star	1 – 1	Druids	Newtown
14:30

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Second Replay

	Druids	3 – 0	Newtown White Star

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Bangor receive bye to next round

Semi Final

	Bangor	0 – 0	Druids	Racecourse Ground Wrexham

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

	Bangor	0 – 1	Druids	Rhyl
			Dr Daniel Grey ??'

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Wrexham receive bye to next round

Final

The final of the inaugural Welsh Cup tournament was played at Acton Park, Wrexham on 30 March 1878 between Wrexham and Druids of Ruabon. The match was a cliffhanger, with no score until the Wrexham forwards charged the Druids' defenders to take the ball over the line to win the game in the final minute, with James Davies being credited with the goal.^[5]^[6]

30 March 1878
16:00

Wrexham	1 – 0	Druids
James Davies 90'

Acton Park, Wrexham

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: J W Thomas (Stoke)

Wrexham

Druids

References

↑ http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4578502/4578510/72/
↑ http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3557985/3557992/69/
↑ http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4578547/4578555/78/
↑ http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3855379/3855382/10/
↑ "1877 Welsh Cup Action". The Story of Welsh Football: 1877-1879. www.wrexham.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
↑ Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. p. 38. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.

The History of the Welsh Cup 1877-1993 by Ian Garland (1991) ISBN 1-872424-37-6
Welsh Football Data Archive

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[1] ttp://newspapers.library.wales/view/4578502/4578510/72/

[2] ttp://newspapers.library.wales/view/3557985/3557992/69/

[3] ttp://newspapers.library.wales/view/4578547/4578555/78/

[4] ttp://newspapers.library.wales/view/3855379/3855382/10/

[5] "1877 Welsh Cup Action". The Story of Welsh Football: 1877-1879. www.wrexham.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[Whos_Who-6] Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. p. 38. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.

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