Civil Service (Wrexham) Cricket and Football Club

Civil Service (Wrexham)

Full name	Civil Service (Wrexham) Cricket and Football Club
Founded	c. 1876
Dissolved	c. 1882
Ground	Rhosddu Recreation Ground
Home colours

Civil Service (Wrexham) were a Welsh football and cricket club from Wrexham.

History

Civil Service (Wrexham) first appear in the local press in May 1876 among the Cricket fixtures.^[1] The following year the football team participated in the inaugural Welsh Cup competition.^[2][3]

Cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1877-78	Welsh Cup[4]	First Round	Wrexham	1-3
1878-79		First Round	Druids	w/o
		Second Round	Oswestry	0-6
1879-80		First Round	Gwersyllt Foresters	1-1
		First Round Replay		1-2
1880-81		First Round	Gwersyllt Foresters	3-1
		Second Round	Llanidloes	0-1

Notable players

• Henry Edwards - Wales Football International^[5]
• John Price - Wales Football International

References

1. "CRICKET. -|1876-05-27|Wrexham Guardian - Welsh Newspapers Online - The National Library of Wales". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
2. "Welsh Newspapers Online THE WELSH CHALLENGE CUP.|1878-02-16|Wrexham Guardian – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
3. "Eminent Victorians (Wales) - Historical Football Kits". www.historicalkits.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
4. "Year-by-year". www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
5. "15 March 1880 at the Racecourse, Wrexham". Welsh Football Data Archive.