So lots of FA Cup excitement today from The FA Cup First Round, a 151 years after the first Cup's First EVER Round, played in 1871. The first final had no modern style corner kicks, throw-ins were one handed, the ends were changed after every goal and if there was no score at half time then teams did change ends and continued to change ends after goals in the second half. (see later on).
Although there were seven matches scheduled in the first round, only four took place. Wanderers and Royal Engineers both won their matches by a walkover, when their opponents withdrew from the competition;.
As Queen's Park (Glasgow) and Donnington School were unable to agree on a mutually acceptable date or venue for the game, so they were both allowed to progress to the second round without playing!!!
Due to there being an odd number of entrants, Hampstead Heathens were awarded a BYE to the second round.
Barnes beat a Civil Service team consisting of only eight players.
The first goal in the FA Cup competition was scored by Jarvis Kenrick of Clapham Rovers.
Games took place on Saturday11 November 1871 ko 15:00.
Hitchin and Crystal Palace, drew 0-0, but were both permitted to advance to the second round without a replay being played.
Barnes v Civil Service 2-0: Maidenhead v Marlow 2-0: Upton Park v Clapham Rovers 0-3.
The Wanderers wandered their way through to the 1872 Final, beating the Royal Engineers 1-0. They had TWO walk overs, one over Harrow Chequers in Rd 1, a win over Clapham Rovers 3-1 in Rd 2, a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace who were both given a BYE and Wanderers had a bye over Queens Park, Glasgow who couldn't travel and they beat the Royal Engineers 1-0 in the final!
The first corner kick was introduced in the 1873-4 season and therefore was employed in that season's Cup Final (March 14th 1874) at The Oval. Oxford University scored "directly from the corner flag" no appeal or claim was made and Mackarness was attributed with that goal and the first one for his university. Reports suggest that the crowd of players in the goal area blocked the goalie's view!
Below-an official report!
FA Cup Final: 1874: Oxford University 2 Royal Engineers 0
Oxford University
(Mackarness, Patton) : C. E. B. Neapean; C. C. Mackarness, F. H. Biriey; F. T. Green, R. W. S. Vidal, C. J. Ottaway; R. H. Benson, F. J. Patton, W. S. Rawson, F. B. Chappell-Maddison, Rev A. H.Johnson
Royal Engineers
Capt Merriman; Major Marindin, Lieut G. W. Addison; Lieut G. C. Onslow, Lieut H. G. Oliver. Lieut T. Digby; Lieut H. W. Renny-Taityour. Lieut H. E. Rawson. Lieut J. E. Blackman. Lieut A. K. Wood, Lieut P. G. von Donop
Referee: A. Stair (Upton Park) Attendance : 2000
Major Marindin's Engineers from Chatham were undoubtedly the best team in the country during the first four seasons of the Cup. All their matches were against the leading clubs like the Wanderers or the University sides, and their remarkable record during that period included a goal-tally of 244 for and 21 against. Only three matches out of eighty-six were lost in four years and one of those, unfortunately, was the Final of 1874.
Oxford had always been one of the Engineers' most difficult opponents and they had had many a closely matched contest. Beaten finalists the year before, Oxford again swept through to the Final, where they were clearly superior to the Engineers who were playing well below their best form. Mackarness sent a loose ball in under the tape following a corner-kick, to give Oxford a 1-0 lead. The Sappers often threatened the Oxford goal, but then Ottaway, Chappell-Maddison and Vidal rushed away with the ball and Patton kicked a second goal for the University very soon after the first. The teams changed ends again - they were obliged to after every goal -and the Engineers were compelled to defend for some time, and though Renny-Tailyour's shot against a post at the other end gave them a brief respite, it was to no avail.
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