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1884

BLACKBURN ROVERS

Blackburn Rovers

(Sowerbutts, Forrest ) 

H. J. Arthur; J. Beverley, F. Suter; H. M'lntyre, J. Hargreaves,

J. H. Forrest; J. M. Lofthouse, J. Douglas, J. Sowerbutts, J. Inglis, J. Brown

Queen's Park

(Christie) 

G. Gillespie; W. Arnott, J. MacDonald; C. Campbell, J. J. Gow, W. Anderson, W. W. Watt, Dr Smith, W. Harrower, D. S. Allan, R. M. Christie

Referee: C. Crump

The 1884 Final had resolved itself into an international contest without precedent. A 12,000 crowd at the Oval, the largest at any Final so far, gathered to see the climax of a competition which had that year attracted a record entry of 101 clubs. Blackburn Rovers won the first of three succes­sive Finals, two of them against this Glasgow club which was virtually the Scottish international side.

Understandably, Rovers had the crowd on their side, but they looked anything but at home during the first twenty minutes. After this early period of uncertainty, however. Rovers set to work in earnest and played superbly to the end. In the second half the Scotsmen were completely outplayed.

The match produced three goals all of which were scored in the fifteen minutes before half-time. First Brown crossed from the left and Sower-butts had only to apply the gentlest touch to help the ball between the posts: 1-0 to England.

Rovers always looked likely to increase their lead, and, after Gillespie had sent the ball to the left, Forrest obliged with a hard shot just under the bar. They threatened to go further ahead, but then Anderson forced a corner, took it himself, and, following a bout of passing around the Rovers goal, Christie neatly side-footed the ball past Arthur and notched a goal for the Scotsmen.

First Round

Grantham v Spilsby 3-2; Rotherham v Spital 7-2; Notts Co v Heeley 3-1; Staveley v Middlesbro 5-1; Lockwood Brothers v Sheffield Club 4-1; Grimsby v Hull T 3-1; Nott'm Forest v Redcar and Coatham wo; Sheff Wed bye; Walsall T v Calthorpe 9-0; Birmingham Excelsior v Small Heath Alliance 3-2; Stafford Road v Aston Unity 5-1; Wednesbury Old Ath v St George's 5-0; Wednesbury T v WBA 2-0; Aston Villa v Walsall Swifts 5-1; Wolves v Long Eaton Rangers 4-1; Derby Midland bye; Blackburn Olympic v Darwen Ramblers 5-1; Blackburn Park Road v Low Moor 6-1; Accrington S v Blackpool 4-1; Padiham v Lower Darwen 3-1; Darwen v Church 1 -0; South Shore v Clitheroe 3-2; BLACKBURN R v Southport 7-0; Eagley v Halliwell 5-2; Bolton Wand vBolton Olympic 9-0; Gt Lever vAstley Bridge 4-1; Hurst vTurton 3-1; Rossendale v Irwell Springs 6-2; Bolton v Bradshaw 5-1; PNE bye; Druids v Northwich Vie 0-1; Oswestry v Hartford St John's 7—0; Davenham v Macclesfield 2-0; Manchester v Stoke-on-Trent 2-1; QUEEN'S PK, GLASGOW v Crewe Alex 10-0; Wrexham v Liverpool Ramblers wo; Brentwood v Hanover Utd 6-1; Hendon v Old Etonians 3-2; Mosquitoes v Pilgrims 3-2; Old Westminsters v Chatham 3-0; Romford v Woodford Bridge 3-0; Reading v South Reading 2-0; Upton Pk v Acton 2-0; Old Carthusians v Reading Minster 10-1; Old Foresters v Dreadnought 2-1; West End v Maidenhead 1 —0; Clapham R v Kildare wo; Gt Marlow v Hornchurch 9—0; Windsor v Royal Engineers 5-3; Old Wykehamists v Upton Rangers 7-1; Rochester v Uxbridge 2-1; Swifts bye

Second Round

Staveley v Sheff Wed 3-1; Notts Co v Nott'm Forest 3-0; Lockwood Brothers v Rotherham 3-1; Grantham v Grimsby 4-0; Derby Midland v Birmingham Excelsior 2-1; Wednesbury T v Walsall T 6-0; Aston Villa v Stafford Road 5-0; Wednesbury Old Ath v Wolves 4-2; BLACKBURN R v South Shore 7-1; Accrington S v Park Road 3-2 (Accrington disqualified); Blackburn Olympic v Darwen 2-1; Padiham bye; PNE v Gt Lever 4-1; Hurst v Irwell Springs 3-2; Bolton Wand v Bolton 3-0; Eagley bye; Oswestry v Wrexham 4-3; QUEEN'S PK. GLASGOW v Manchester 15-0; Northwich Vic v Davenham 5-1; Romford v Mosquitoes 3-1; Old Westminsters v Hendon 2-1; Brentwood bye; Reading v West End 1-0; Old Foresters v Old Carthusians 7-2; Upton Pk bye; Swifts v Gt Marlow 2-0; Clapham R v Rochester 7-0; Old Wykehamists v Windsor 1 -0

Third Round

Notts Co v Grantham 4—1; Staveley v Lockwood Brothers 1 —0; Wednesbury T v Derby Midland 1 -0; Aston Villa v Wednesbury Old Ath 7-4; BLACKBURN R v Padiham 3-0; Blackburn Olympic bye; PNE v Eagley 9-1; Bolton Wand v Irwell Springs 8-1; QUEEN'S PK. GLASGOW v Oswestry 7-1; Northwich Vie bye; Brentwood v Romford 4-1; Old Westminsters bye; Upton Pk v Reading 6-1; Old Foresters bye; Swifts v Clapham R 2-1; Old Wykehamists bye

Fourth Round

Upton Pk v PNE 1-1 (PNE disqualified); QUEEN'S PK. GLASGOW v Aston Villa 6-1; Northwich Vic v Brentwood 3-0; Notts Co v Bolton Wand 2-2. 2-1; BLACKBURN R v Staveley 5-1; Blackburn Olympic v Old Wykehamists 6-0; Swifts v Old Foresters 2-1; Old Westminsters v Wednesbury T 5-0

Fifth Round

QUEEN'S PK, GLASGOW v Old Westminsters 1 -0; BLACKBURN R v Upton Pk 3-0; Notts Co v Swifts 1-1,1-0; Blackburn Olympic v Northwich Vic 9-0

Semi-Final

QUEEN'S PK, GLASGOW v Blackburn Olympic 4-0; BLACKBURN R v Notts Co 1 -0