1885 FA Cup final

The 1885 FA Cup final was a football match between Blackburn Rovers and Queen's Park on 4 April 1885 at Kennington Oval in London. It was the fourteenth final of the world's oldest football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (known in the modern era as the FA Cup). Blackburn had won the Cup in the previous season while Queen's Park were competing in their second final with the previous final being previous year. Rovers won 2–0 in their second successive FA Cup Final victory, with the goals coming from Jimmy Forrest and James Brown.

1885 FA Cup final
Event1884–85 FA Cup
Date4 April 1885 (1885-04-04)
VenueKennington Oval, London
RefereeMajor Francis Marindin
Attendance12,500

Match details

Blackburn Rovers, winning side
Blackburn Rovers2–0Queen's Park
Forrest
Brown
Attendance: 12,500
Blackburn Rovers
Queen's Park
Blackburn Rovers
GKHerby Arthur
DFRichard Turner
DFFergus Suter
MFGeorge Haworth
MFHugh McIntyre(c)
MFJimmy Forrest
FWJoe Sowerbutts
FWJoe Lofthouse
FWJimmy Douglas
FWJames Brown
FWHoward Fecitt
Queens Park
GKGeorge Gillespie
DFWalter Arnott
DFWilliam McLeod
MFJohn Macdonald
MFCharles Campbell(c)
MFWilliam Sellar
FWWilliam Anderson
FWNinian MacWhannell
FWAlexander Hamilton
FWDavid Allan
FWWoodville Gray

References

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