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1891 American Cup

The 1891 American Cup was the seventh edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Fall River East Ends won their first title, keeping the title in Fall River for the fourth year running. Fall River Olympic won the title in 1890 and Fall River Rovers won in 1888 and 1889. The Fall River Rovers were readmitted to the AFA after having settled their dispute with the Pawtucket Free Wanderers, before which any associations teams were barred from playing them.

1891 American Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams15
Final positions
ChampionsFall River East Ends
Runner-upLongfellows
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
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Participants edit

Joining this season were British Hosiery, Cumberland Rangers, Holyoke Rangers, Lowell Thistle, New Rochelle, and Nonpareils. Not returning from last season were Lonsdale, Paterson FC, Providence Athletic, and Trenton FC.

The participating teams were:

  • Massachusetts: Holyoke Rangers, Lowell Thistle, Fall River East Ends, Fall River Olympic, Fall River Rovers
  • New Jersey: Caledonian (Newark), Kearney Rovers, ONT (Kearney)
  • New York: Longfellows (Brooklyn), New Rochelle FC, New York Thistle, Nonpareils (Brooklyn)
  • Rhode Island: British Hosiery (also known as British Harriers and Thornton FC, from Thornton), Cumberland Rangers, Pawtucket Free Wanderers

Round 1 edit

The drawing for round one took place on Saturday September 20. Caledonian drew a bye to Round 2. Matches to be played on or before October 18.[1][2]

Eastern District edit

12 October 1890 (1890-10-12)
[3] 		Fall River East Ends 11-1
[4]		 Cumberland Rangers Fall River, Massachusetts
[3]
3:45PM Farrell  1H'
Cornell  1H'
P.Stanton  1H'
Tobin  1H'
Cornell  1H'
Sunderland  1H'
Farrell  2H'
Scofield  2H'
Sunderland  2H'
Tobin  2H'		 Bennett  2H' Stadium: County Street grounds
Attendance: 800
Referee: William Bell (Olympics)
18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3][5] 		Fall River Rovers 10-1 British Hosiery Fall River, Massachusetts
[3][5]
4:00PM Thomas Kenney  5'
Robert Bell  9'
Robert Bell   13'
Patrick Gavin   1H'
George Adams  1H'
Thomas Kenney   1H'
Thomas Kenney  1H'
  2H'
  2H'
  2H'		 Guy  60' Stadium: Rovers’ grounds
Attendance: 1000
Referee: William Taylor

One source gave the final score as 7–0.[6] Another gave the half-time score as 7-0 and the final as 10–1.[5]

18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3] 		Holyoke Rangers 6-2
[7]		 Lowell Thistle Holyoke, Massachusetts
[3]
3:00PM   10'
McDonald(3)  
Matthew  		   1H'
  2H'
18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3][5][8] 		Pawtucket Free Wanderers 3-1
[5][6][8][9]		 Fall River Olympic Pawtucket, Rhode Island[3][5]
3:30PM Mullarkey  1H'
Dalton  42'
Slater  87'		 Randall  50' Attendance: 3000
Referee: E.Walker (Kearny Rovers)

A protest was entered by Fall River Olympic over an unregistered player (John Stuart). The match was ordered to be played again on the Pawtucket grounds by November 15.[10]

Western District edit

18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3][4][5][9] 		Kearney Rovers w/o New York Thistle Kearney, New Jersey
Stadium: Cosmopolitan Park [3][4][5]
Attendance: 300 [4]

Thistles failed to show up. Match was given to Kearney Rovers.[4][5][9]

18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3][5][9][11][12][13] 		Longfellows 13-0 New Rochelle FC Ridgewood, Queens, New York
J. McConnell (2)  
J. Green (3) ?  
W. Paul (3)  
J. Connoly (2) ?  
J. Lennon (1)  
J. McCalligan (1)  
R. Mave (1)  
[5]		 Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds [5][9][11][12][13]
Referee: T. Osborn (Caledonian) [13]

Two sources gave a final score of 13–0.[5][6] Two others gave a final score of 14–0.[9][13]

18 October 1890 (1890-10-18)
[3] 		Nonpareils w/o ONT

ONT withdrew.[4]

Replay edit

15 November 1890 (1890-11-15)
[14] 		Pawtucket Free Wanderers 3-1
[14]		 Fall River Olympic Pawtucket, Rhode Island
[14]
3:00PM Barr  30'
Barr  63'
Slater  2H'		   1H' Attendance: 3000
Referee: T. Hood (AFA secretary)

Round 2 edit

The drawing for round two took place on Saturday October 25, matches to be played within the next six weeks.[10]

Eastern District edit

29 November 1890 (1890-11-29) Fall River Rovers 6-1
[15]		 Holyoke Rangers Fall River, Massachusetts
3:30PM   12'
Colligan  27'
George Adams  60'
Bell  2H'
Bell  2H'
Kenney  80'		 Fisher  40' Stadium: Rovers’ grounds
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Hood (Newark, NJ)
6 December 1890 (1890-12-06)
[16] 		Fall River East Ends 6-2
[16][17]		 Pawtucket Free Wanderers Fall River, Massachusetts
[16]
3:00PM   23'
Schofield  38'
Sunderland  41'
Sunderland  58'
Farrell  87'		 Stewart(og)   20'
Jeffreys   33'
Jeffreys  43'		 Stadium: County Street grounds
Attendance: 2500-3000
Referee: E. Walker(Kearney Rovers)

Match was protested by East Ends, but the protest was dismissed.[18][19]

Western District edit

6 December 1890 (1890-12-06)
[14][16][20][21][22][23] 		Longfellows 8-0
[16][22][23]		 Caledonian Ridgewood, Queens, New York
15:00 [22] J. McConnell (4)  
O. Connell (2)  
C. McGovern (1)  
W. Paul (1)  
[22]		 Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds [16][21][22]
29 November 1890 (1890-11-29) Nonpareils 5-5 Kearney Rovers Brooklyn, NY
North 
  1H'
North  1H'
Young  2H'
Young  2H'		 Hood  10'
Hood  2H'
3  2H'		 Stadium: Ridgewood Baseball grounds

AFA decided in favor of Nonpareils after failure to arrange dates with Kearny Rovers.[18][19][24]

Round 3 edit

Round 3 matches were arranged at a meeting on Saturday December 20. Nonpareil to play Longfellows and Fall River East Ends to play Fall River Rovers, on or before the First Saturday in March.[18][19][25]

Eastern District edit

28 February 1891 (1891-02-28)
[26] 		Fall River East Ends 4-3
[26]		 Fall River Rovers Fall River, Massachusetts
[26]
3:30PM Sunderland 
  35'
Stanton  42'
Sunderland  75'		 Kenney  
Bell  55'
Bell  2H'		 Stadium: County Street grounds
Attendance: 5,000 [26]
Referee: Abraham L. Pilling

Fall River Rovers entered a protest. A meeting was held on Saturday March 14 to consider the protest but a quorum was not present.[27]

Western District edit

15 March 1891 (1891-03-15)
[28][29] 		Nonpareil 5-5
[29]		 Longfellows Newark, New Jersey
Stadium: Kearney Athletic Grounds [28]
Attendance: 2,000 [29]

Replay edit

4 April 1891 (1891-04-04)
[29][30] 		Longfellows 2-1
[30]		 Nonpareils Ridgewood, Queens, New York
15:00 [29] Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds [29][30]

Final edit

25 April 1891 (1891-04-25) Fall River East Ends 3-1
[31]		 Longfellows Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Tobin 
Sunderland 
Sunderland 		 Neave  11' Stadium: Dexter Street Grounds
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Turner (AFA president)

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