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Blackburn Rovers

(Walton, John Southworth, Lofthouse, Townley 3)

 J K. Home; Southworth (Jas.), Forbes; Barton, Dewar, Forrest; Lofthouse, Campbell, Southworth (John), Walton. Townley

Sheffield Wednesday

(Bennett)

Smith (J.); Brayshaw. H. Money; Dungworth. Betts. Waller; Ingram, Woodhouse, Bennett, Mumford, Cawley

Referee: Major Marindin

The 1890 Final produced a first-ever 'Battle of the Roses'. Yorkshire were represented by Sheffield Wednesday, making their first appearance at the Oval, and Lancashire by Blackburn Rovers, winners of three successive Finals there in the middle eighties.

Blackburn included only three survivors from their Cup-winning sides — Forrest, Lofthouse and Walton - but. with no fewer than nine inter­nationals now in their ranks, they were considered to be even more powerful than before.

Wednesday's players were all English, in fact all local products, and they came down to London hoping to emulate the purely local West Bromwich team that had put paid to Preston's hopes three years earlier.

For poor Wednesday, however, the Final was nothing less than traumatic. Instead of being inspired by the occasion, they found it al­together too much for them and were nervous from the start. Rovers romped away with the Cup and notched six goals into the bargain. No Final team has scored more.

The Blackburn forwards were in great form, outside-left Townley scoring three times to set another record that has never been beaten in a Final. Walton. Southworth and Lofthouse got the other Blackburn goals and Mumford was on target for Wednesday.

Francis Marindin Refereed his eigth and last final in 1890. He was one of the founders of the FA Cup.

First Round

PNE v Newton Heath 6-1; Lincoln C v Chester 2-0; Bolton Wand v Belfast Distillery 10-1; Sheff Utd v Burnley 2-1; SHEFF WED v Swifts 6-1; Accrington S v WBA 3-1; Notts Co v Birmingham St George's 4-4, 6-2; South Shore v Aston Villa 2-4; Bootle v Sunderland Alb 1 Derby Midland v Nott'm Forest 3-0; BLACKBURN R v Sunderland 4-2; Newcastle West End v Grimsby T 1 -2; Wolves v Old Carthusians 2-0; Small Heath v Clapton 3-1; Stoke v Old Westminsters 3-0; Everton v Derby Co 11 -2

Second Round

PNE v Lincoln C 4-0; Bolton Wand v Sheff Utd 13-0; SHEFF WED v Accrington S 2-1; Notts Co v Aston Villa 4-1; Bootle v Derby Midland 2-1; BLACKBURN R v Grimsby T 3-0; Wolves v Small Heath 2-1; Stoke v Everton 4-2

Third Round

PNE v Bolton Wand 2-3; SHEFF WED v Notts Co 2-1; Bootle v BLACKBURN R 0-7; Wolves v Stoke 3-2

Semi-Final

Bolton Wand v SHEFF WED 1-2; BLACKBURN R v Wolves 1-0