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1888

WEST BROMWICH ALBION

West Bromwich Albion

(Woodhall, Bayliss) 

Roberts; Aldridge. Green; Horton, Perry, Timmins; Bassett,

Woodhall. Bayliss. Wilson. Pearson

Preston North End

(Dewhurst)

Dr R. H. Mills-Roberts; Howarth, N. J. Ross; Holmes, Russell, Graham; Gordon, J. Ross, J. Goodall, F. Dewhurst, Drummond

Referee: Major Marindin

After two Final defeats in successive years, Albion won at the third attempt. Preston, their opponents, had annihilated Hyde 26-0 in an earlier round, to this day a record score in the Cup competition, and had forty-three consecutive victories to their credit and a Cup goal-tally of fifty for and only two against.

They were so supremely confident of winning the Final, so the story goes, that their captain actually asked if the team could be photographed with the trophy before the match.

For the first time a ground was closed for a football match - on a 17,000 crowd inside the Oval - and unfancied Albion gained a popular, if surprising, victory. A side of purely local Staffordshire extraction, with a weekly wage bill of £10, took on 'Proud Preston', a team of highly paid artists, and won by two goals (Bayliss and Woodhall) to one, after Dew-hurst's equalizer for Preston had been hotly disputed.

The open, long-passing game of West Bromwich, backed by their tremendous enthusiasm, swept aside Preston's artistry and achieved a victory largely inspired by their diminutive outside-right Bassett, essentially a man for the big occasion.

First Round

Scarborough v Shankhouse *; South Bank v East End, Newcastle 3-2; Elswick Rangers v Church Institute 2-0; Whitburn v Middlesbro 0-4; Sunderland v Morpeth Harriers 3-2; West End, Newcastle v Redcar 5-1; Gateshead v Darlington 0-3; Church v Cliftonville, Belfast *; Oswaldtwistle R v Witton 3—4; Rawtenstall v Darwen 1-3; Blackburn R v Bury wo; Accrington S v Rossendale 11 -0; Blackburn Park Road v Belfast Distillery 3-6; Burnley v Darwen Old Wand 4-0; Blackburn Olympic bye; Liverpool Stanley v Halliwell 1 -4; Higher Walton v Heywood Central 8-1; Bootle v Workington 6-0; Hurst v Astley Bridge 5-3 (Hurst disqualified); PNE v Hyde 26-0; South Shore v Denton 2-0; Bolton Wand v Everton 2-2,1-1,2-1; Fleetwood Rangers v West Manchester 4-1; Stoke v Burslem Port Vale 1-0; Leek v Northwich Vie 2-4; Chirk v St Oswald's, Chester4-1; CreweAlexv Druids 5-0; ValeofLlangollen v OswestryO-2; Chesterv Davenham 2-3; Macclesfield v Shrewsbury T 1 -3; Over Wand v Wellington St George's 3-1; Wrexham Olympic bye; Aston Shakespeare v Burton Wand 2-3 (Burton disqualified); Walsall Swifts v Wolves 1 -2; Walsall T v Mitchell's St George's 1 -2; Warwick Co v Excelsior 0-5; Small Heath Alliance v Aston Unity 6-1; Stafford Road v Gt Bridge Unity 2-1; WBA v Wednesbury Old Ath 7-1; Burton Swifts v Birmingham Southfield 7-0; Oldbury T v Aston Villa 0-4; Staveley v Derby Co 1 -2; Ecclesfield v Derby Midland 4-1; Sheffield v Lockwood Brothers 1 -3; Long Eaton Rangers v Park Grange 6-3; Belper T v Sheff Wed 2-3; Owlerton v Eckington Works 2-1; Derby St Luke's v Derby Junction 2-3; Heeley v Attercliffe 9-0; Matlock v Rotherham 2-3; Basford R v Lincoln Albion 3-2; Notts Rangers v Jardines 10-1; Lincoln Lindum v Grantham 0-4; Notts Swifts v Nott'm Forest 1 -2; Gainsboro Tr v Boston 7-0; Mellor's Limited v Notts Olympic 1-2; Lincoln C v Horncastle 4-1; Cleethorpes v Grimsby T 0-4; Lincoln Ramblers v Notts Co 0-9; Chatham v Luton T 5—1; Rochester v Royal Engineers 0—3; Hitchin v Old Wykehamists 2-5; Millwall R v Casuals *; Crusaders, Belfast v Lyndhurst 9-0; Lancing Old Boys v Old Etonians 2-4; Clapton v Old Westminsters 1-4; Old St Mark's v East Sheen 7-2; Reading v Dulwich 0-2; Gt Marlow v South Reading 4-1; Old Brightonians v Swindon T 1 -0; Old Carthusians v Hanover Utd 5-0; Chesham v Watford R 1 -3; Swifts v Maidenhead 3-1; London Caledonians v Old Foresters 1 -6; Hendon v Old Harrovians 2-4; Hotspur bye

* - Score Unknown.

Second Round

Darlington v Elswick Rangers 4-3; Sunderland v Belfast Distillery 3-1; Middlesbro v South Bank 4-1; Shankhouse bye; Blackburn Olympic v Blackburn R 1-5; West End. Newcastle vWitton 2-4; Accrington S v Darwen Old Wand 3-2; Darwen v Church 2-0; Astley Bridge v Halliwell 0-4; Fleetwood Rangers v Higher Walton 1-3; Bootle v South Shore 1-1 (Bootle claimed match); PNE v Bolton Wand 9-1; Wrexham Olympic v Davenham 1-2; Chirk v Shrewsbury T 10-2; Northwich Vie v Crewe Alex 1 -0; Over Wand v Stoke-on-Trent 0-3; Oswestry bye; Burton Swifts v Gt Bridge Unity 2-5; Lockwood Brothers bye; Small Heath Alliance v Aston Villa 0-4; Wolves v Aston Shakespeare 3-0; Mitchell's St George's v WBA 0-1; Birmingham Excelsior bye; Owlerton v Sheffield Heeley 1 -0; Derby Junction v Rotherham 3-2; Long Eaton Rangers v Sheff Wed 1 -2; Derby Co v Ecclesfield 6-0; Lincoln C v Gainsboro Tr 2-1; Grantham v Notts Rangers 0-4; Notts Co v Basford R wo; Nott'm Forest v Mellors Limited 2-0; Grimsby T bye; Old Etonians v Old St Mark's 3-2; Chatham v Royal Engineers 3-1; Old Wykehamists v Crusaders. Belfast 2-3; Old Westminsters v Millwall R 8-1; Dulwich v Hotspur 2-0; Gt Marlow v Old Foresters 2-3; Old Harrovians v Old Brightonians 0-4; Watford R v Old Carthusians 1-3; Swifts bye

Third Round

Darlington v Shankhouse 0-2; Middlesbro v Sunderland 2-2, 2-4; Accrington S v Blackburn R 1-3; Darwen vWitton 1-1,2-0; Higher Walton v Bootle 1-6; PNE v Halliwell 6-0; Stoke-on-Trent v Oswestry 3—0; Davenham v Chirk 1-6; Crewe Alex bye; Birmingham Excelsior v Gt Bridge Unity 1 -2; WBA v Wolves 2-0; Aston Villa bye; Derby Junction v Lockwood Brothers 2-1; Derby Co v Owlerton 6-2; Sheff Wed bye; Grimsby tv Lincoln C 2-0; Nott'm Forest v Notts Co 2-1; Notts Rangers bye; Crusaders, Belfast v Chatham 4-0; Old Etonians v Old Westminsters 7-2; Dulwich v Swifts 1-3; Old Brightonians v Old Carthusians 0-5; Old Foresters bye

Fourth Round

Gt Bridge Unity v Bootle 2-1; Nott'm Forest v Old Etonians 6-0; Old Foresters v Grimsby T 4-2; Crewe Alex v Swifts 2-2 (Swifts disqualified); Crusaders. Belfast v Sheff Wed 0-1; Shankhouse v Aston Villa 0-9; Darwen v Notts Rangers 3-1; Chirk bye; Derby Junction bye; Derby Co bye; WBA bye; Middlesbro bye; Blackburn R bye; Old Carthusians bye; PNE bye; Stoke-on-Trent bye

Fifth Round

Old Carthusians v Gt Bridge Unity 2-0; Darwen v Blackburn R 0-3; WBA v Stoke-on-Trent 4-1; Crewe Alex v Derby Co 1 -0; Aston Villa v PNE 1 -3; Middlesbro v Old Foresters 4-0; Derby Junction v Chirk 1 -0; Nott'm Forest v Sheff Wed 2-4

Sixth Round

WBA v Old Carthusians 4-2; Middlesbro v Crewe Alex 0-2; Derby Junction v Blackburn R 2-1; Sheff Wed v PNE 1-3

Semi-Final

WBA v Derby Junction 3-0; PNE v Crewe Alex 4-0