1889 American Cup

1889 American Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams15
Final positions
ChampionsFall River Rovers (2nd title)
Runner-upNewark Caledonians
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored73 (4.29 per match)
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The 1889 American Cup was the fifth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Fall River Rovers won their second consecutive title by defeating the Newark Caledonians in the final.

Participants

Newcomers to the tournament were the Paterson Rangers and Trenton Rovers. Absent was the Ansonia team while New York was defunct and the Kearny Rangers had amalgamated with ONT.

Ad for Rovers vs. O.N.T. match
State City Team
Massachusetts Fall River East Ends
Olympics
Rover F.C.
New Jersey Paterson Paterson F.B.C.
Paterson Rangers
Newark Almas
Clark O.N.T.
Caledonian Club
Tiffany Rovers
Trenton Trenton F.B.C.
Trenton Rovers
New York New York Amateur League
Thistles
Rhode Island Pawtucket Free Wanderers
Providence Providence Athletics

First round

The Fall River Olympics drew a first round bye. The first game between the Almas and Paterson was not completed due to the ball bursting early in the second half. Paterson refused to continue so Alma claimed the contest. However, after a meeting of the delegates it was decided that the game should be replayed because the game had started without a referee in the first place. Clark ONT was awarded their replay match as a result of Trenton Rovers failure to appear.

Paterson Rangers w/o Amateur League Paterson, NJ
[1][2]
October 20, 1888 Trenton 1–3 Thistle Trenton, NJ
[3]
October 20, 1888 Providence 0–5 Pawtucket Providence, RI
[4] Mullarkey 1',
Lennox 35',
Sandilands 		Stadium: Eagle street grounds
Attendance: 1000
Note: Providence: GK Bailey, DF G.Clegg, McDonald, MF Davina, Cook, Start, FW Thorney, Cook, Axon, Brennan, Healabourn.
Pawtucket: GK Watmouth, DF H.Stuart, A.Love, MF J.Dalton, F.Finn, D.Smith, FW Hardy, Mullarkey, Murray, Sandilands, Fd.Lennox.
October 20, 1888 Trenton Rovers 0-0 O.N.T. Trenton, NJ
[5][6] Stadium: East State Street grounds
October 27, 1888 Fall River Rovers 7-0 East Ends Fall River, MA
15'
20'
25'
30'
35'
40'
120'		 [7] Attendance: 800
Referee: Chapleau (Olympics)
Note: Rovers: GK D.Shea, FB R.Harwood, F.Bradley, HB B.Fagan, H.Waring, J.Buckley, RW R.Bell, F.Cornell, LW, C.Duff, Wild, C Duff
East Ends: GK Ratcliffe, FB Woodcock, Harrington, HB Coupe, A.Bell, Foley, RW Farrell, Tobin, LW Buckley, Whitaker, C Beattie
October 27, 1888 Caledonians 4-4 Tiffany Rovers ONT grounds
3:30 PM [8][9]
October 27, 1888 Alma 2-1 Paterson Shooting Park
[10]

replays

ONT w/o Trenton Rovers Newark, NJ
[11][12]
November 6, 1888 Alma 3-0 Paterson Shooting Park
3:30 PM Walter Taylor 60'
120'
J.Gray 120'		 [13] Attendance: 300
Referee: Henry Holden
Note: Alma- G F.Farrow, DF G.Wright, Ely Morton, MF Frank Britchford, J.Hood, Robert Paterson, RW Walter Taylor, J.Curtin, LW H.Shaw, P.Brennan, C J.Gray(c)
Paterson- G Isaac Sutton, FB John W.Smallwood, George Henshall, HB Thomas Evans, William Jones, James Henshall(c), RW William McDonald, Samuel Alberson, LW Thomas Turner, Samuel Saunders, C J.W.Warburton
November 24, 1888 Caledonians 4-1 Tiffany Rovers ONT grounds
3:00 PM Hendry ,
J.Heron
W.Barr 		[14] M.Downs Referee: A.Craig
Note: Caledonian- GK J.Thompson, DF J.Byrne, D.Gloak, MF W.Barr, R.McDonald, W.Hood, FW R.McWilliams, T.Hendry, R.Barr, W.Thornton, J.Heron.
Tiffany- GK W.Healy, DF T.Crann, M.Flannery, MF D.McCune, E.Hinkley, J.Singleton, FW J.Jeffs, M.Downs, A.Hinkley, T.Flynn, J.Norton.

Second round

Pawtucket and Thistles drew a second round bye.

November 24, 1888 Fall River Rovers 4-0 Olympics Fall River, MA
3:10 PM Bruckshaw 30'
Cornell 60'
Bell 61'
Bruckshaw 66'		 [15] Stadium: Rovers’ grounds
Attendance: 2500
Referee: H.Ball (RI Assoc. Pres.)
Note: Rovers: GK Shea, DF Harwood, Fagan, MF Bradley, Waring, Lonsdale, FW Bell, Bruckshaw, Buckley, Bell, Cornell.
Olympics: GK Brackell, DF Williamson, Lee, MF Tomlinson, Pilling, Brown, FW Hoctor, Corbet, Taylor, Ingham, Randall.
December 8, 1888 Alma 0-3 Caledonian Shooting Park
[16] McCormack
Barr
Williamson 		Referee: P.Hughes
Note: Alma: GK F.Farrow, DF E.Morton, G.Wright, MF J.Britchford, J.Hood, R.Patterson, FW J.Gray, P.Brennan, H.Shaw, Walter Taylor, J.Smith.
Caledonian: GK J.Thompson, DF G.Gloak, J.Brown, MF W.Barr, R.McDonald, W.Stalker, FW R.McWilliams, T.Hendry, J.McCormack, J.Williamson, R.Barr.
December 22, 1888 Paterson Rangers 1-4 O.N.T. Paterson, NJ
[17] Stadium: Olympic grounds

Third round

ONT drew a bye.

December 25, 1888 Thistle 4-5 Caledonian ONT grounds
10:30 AM Barber ,
Jamieson , 		[18] McWilliams
R.Barr
J.Hendry
McCormack , 		Referee: W.Turner(Paterson Rovers)
Note: Thistle- G Cameron, FB Russell, Patrick, HB Bailey, Harley, Kirk, RW Scott, Jameson, LW Walker, Barber, C Wind
Caledonian- G Thompson, FB Brown, Gloak, HB Barr, McDonald, Head, RW McWilliams, Hendry, LW R.Barr, Williamson, C McCormack
January 12, 1889 Pawtucket 1-2 Fall Rivers Rovers Pawtucket, R.I.
3:00 PM 60' Mullarkey [19] Cornell 5'
Bell 32'		 Stadium: Dexter Street grounds
Attendance: 6000
Referee: Eli Morton (Almas)
Note: Pawtucket: GK James Hardy(c), FB Harry Stuart, Alexander Love, HB James Dalton, Frank Finn, David Smith LW William Mullarkey, M.Murray, RW Robert Sandilands, Edward Lennox, C John Stuart.
Rovers: GK Dennis Shay, FB Richard Harwood, Bernard Fagan(c), HB Frank Bradley, Henry Waring, Richard Lonsdale, RW Robert Bell, Thomas Bruckshaw, LW Joseph Buckley, Charles Duff, C Frank Cornell.

Semifinal

Caledonians drew a bye.

March 2, 1889 Fall River Rovers 7-0 O.N.T. Fall River, MA
3:45 PM Bell 15', 51',
Bruckshaw 17'
Cornell
Duff
Buckley 		[20] Stadium: Rovers’ ground
Attendance: 3000
Referee: P.S. Morgan (Providence)
Note: Rovers: GK D.Shay, FB R.Harwood, B.Fagan, HB F.Bradley, H.Waring, R.Lonsdale, RW R.Bell, T.Bruckshaw, LW J.Buckley, C.Duff, C F.Cornell
O.N.T.: GK P.Hughes, FB Line, E.Walker, HB Pallishaw, Jos.Swithumby, Alsop, RW Connelly, Fisher, LW John Swithumby, McAuley, C Campbell

Final

April 13, 1889 Caledonian 0–4 Rovers Newark, NJ
4:00 PM [21][22] Buckley 12'
Bradley 1H'
63'
Bell 		Stadium: O.N.T. grounds
Attendance: 700
Referee: Mr. Craig (New York)
Caledonian
Rovers
GK J. Thompson
FB J. Brown
FB D. Gloak
HB W. Barr
HB R. McDonald
HB William Head
LW T. Hendry
LW R. McWilliams
C J. McCormack
RW J. Williamson
RW T. Morgan
GK Dennis Shay
FB Richard Harwood
FB Bernard Fagan (c)
HB Frank Bradley
HB Henry Waring
HB Richard Lonsdale
LW Joseph Buckley
LW Charles Duff
C Frank Cornell
RW Robert Bell
RW Thomas Bruckshaw
Manager:
Frank Miller


Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • Replay if game ends in a draw

American Cup bracket

First Round Second Round Third Round Semifinals Finals
               
New Jersey Newark Almas 2-3[a]
New Jersey Paterson 1-0
New Jersey Newark Almas 0
New Jersey Caldonians 3
New Jersey Newark Caldonians 4–4
New Jersey Tiffany Rovers 4–1
New Jersey Newark Caldonians 5
New York (state) Thistles 4
New Jersey Trenton 1
New York (state) Thistles 3
New York (state) Thistles
bye
New Jersey Newark Caldonians
bye
New Jersey Newark Caldonians 0
Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 4
Rhode Island Povidence Athletics 0
Rhode Island Pawtucket Free Wanderers 5
Rhode Island Pawtucket Free Wanderers
bye
Rhode Island Pawtucket Free Wanders 1
Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 2
Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 7
Massachusetts Fall River East Ends 0
Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 4
Massachusetts Fall River Olympics 0
Massachusetts Fall River Olympics
bye
Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 7
New Jersey Clark ONT 0
New Jersey Paterson Rangers w/o
New York (state) Amateur League
New Jersey Paterson Rangers 1
New Jersey Clark ONT 4
New Jersey Clark ONT w/o[b]
New Jersey Trenton Rovers
New Jersey Clark ONT
bye

Notes;

  1. ^ First game not completed due to ball bursting
  2. ^ First game ended 0–0, Trenton Rovers did not show up for Replay

Champions

American Football Association
Challenge Cup

Rover F.C.
Second Title

References

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Sources

  • Outing
  • National Police Gazette
  • New York Herald
  • New York Times
  • Spirit of the Times
  • Trenton Times
  • Fall River Herald
  • Daily Advertiser
  • Evening News
  • Sunday Call