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F.A.Cup
A mere 14 years after the English FA Cup was instituted, a team from Caernarfon followed the trail blazed
by Druids and Chirk and entered the oldest cup competition in the world. Carnarvon Wanderers, a club formed by journalist
John Humphreys, became, in 1886, the first team from north west Wales to take this "bold step".
In those days there
were no qualifying rounds and the Wanderers found themselves drawn away to Stoke. The Stoke Sentinel commented when the draw
was made: "Little is known of the Welshmen but the Wanderers are the crack team in their area. The Wanderers are in strict
training and intend to make a bold bid to win their way through to the 2nd qualifying round." The match took place
on 30 October 1886. Even with 11 fit men, the task would have been daunting but when the Wanderers' goalkeeper, John Davies,
broke his wrist hitting a post, the uphill struggle became an impossibility. Stoke scored 10 goals before the Bob Thomas scored
the Wanderers’ consolation goal while the Stoke goalkeeper was up the other end of the field trying to score. In fairness
to the Wanderers it has to be said that the Stoke side included three future England internationals: goalkeeper William Rowley
("one of the cleverest men who ever stood between the posts"), Thomas Clare ("a steady going full back who is always reliable
and works hard") and James Sayer (a speedy winger known as "the greyhound").
Many years later a story in the Herald
reckoned that it had cost £24 to take the team to Stoke and that the Wanderers' share of the gate money was only £8. This
tale has it that secretary John Humphreys had to pawn his watch to get the team home. But the published diary
of Hugh Vincent (later Sir Hugh), in ‘The Vincent Family Diary’ by Dennis Wood and Vanessa Field, records that
the team visited the theatre at Chester on their way back. This would have been unlikely if the team had been short of cash.
The Carnarvon Wanderers team that made history was : John Davies (Lodging Hall), Griff Davies (Mountain St),Richard Jones
(Garnon St), Robert O Jones (North Penrallt), Hugh Vincent (the Vicarage), D Morton Jones (Twthill Square), Bob Thomas (Bangor),
Henry Owen (Mountain Street), Robert Charles Forbes (Twthill), William Roberts (South Penrasllt) and Edward Hope (Tyn y Cei).
Forty three years passed before a team from Caernarfon entered the FA Cup again.
England FA Challenge Cup 1886-87
1st Round
Oct 09 Blackburn Park 2 Cliftonville 2
Oct 16 Bootle 2 Great Lever 4
Oct 16 Third Lanark 5 Higher Walton 0
Oct 23 Astley Bridge 0 Burnley 0
Oct 23 Blackburn 0lympic 1 Partick Thistle 3
Oct 23 Chirk 8 Hartford St Job 1
Oct 23 Clapton Orient 0 Crusaders 5
Oct 23 Darwen Old Wanderers 1 Cowlairs 4
Oct 23 Leek 2 Druids 1
Oct 23 Lincoln Lindum 0 Grantham 1
Oct 23 Luton Town 1 Hotspur 3
Oct 23 Old Carthusians 2 Reading 1
Oct 23 Oswaldtwistle 2 Witton 3
Oct 23 Rochester 0 Great Marlow 2
Oct 23 Swifts 13 Luton Wanderers 0
Oct 23 Upton Park 9 1st Surrey Rifles 0
Oct 23 Watford 0 Swindon Town 1
Oct 23 Wrexham 0lympic 1 Crewe Alexandra 4
Oct 30 Aston Villa 13 Wednesbury Old Alliance 0
Oct 30 Birmingham Excel 3 Derby Midland 3
Oct 30 Bishop Auckland 0 Middlesbrough 1
Oct 30 Bollington 2 Oswestry 8 played at Macclesfield
Oct 30 Bolton Wanderers 5 South Shore 3
Oct 30 Burslem Port Vale 1 Davenham 1
Oct 30 Burton Swifts 0 Crosswells Brewery 1
Oct 30 Casuals 2 Dulwich 4
Oct 30 Chesham 4 Lyndhurst 2
Oct 30 Church 1 Rawtenstall 1
Oct 30 Clapham Rovers 0 Old Brightonian 6
Oct 30 Cleethorpes 2 Mellors 1
Oct 30 Darwen 7 Hearts 1
Oct 30 Derby County 4 Aston Unity 1
Oct 30 Derby St Lukes 3 Walsall Town 3
Oct 30 Fleetwood 2 Newton Heath 2 Newton Heath disqualified
Oct 30 Goldenhill 4 Macclesfield 2
Oct 30 Grimsby Town 4 Sheffield Heeley 1
Oct 30 Hendon 1 London Caledonian 2
Oct 30 Horncastle 3 Darlington 1
Oct 30 Lockwood Brothers 1 Long Eaton 0
Oct 30 Northwich Victoria 10 Furness Vale 0
Oct 30 Nottingham Forest 3 Notts Olympics 0
Oct 30 Notts County 13 Basford 0
Oct 30 Old Etonians 1 Royal Engineers 0
Oct 30 Old Harrovians 0 Old Westminster 4
Oct 30 Old Wykehamists 3 Hanover 0
Oct 30 Queen's Park 0 Preston North End 3
Oct 30 Redcar 4 Tyne Association 0
Oct 30 Renton 1 Accrington 0
Oct 30 Sheffield 0 Notts Rangers 3
Oct 30 Small Heath 1 Birmingham St George's 3
Oct 30 South Bank 0 Gainsborough Trinity 4
Oct 30 South Reading 0 Maidenhead 2
Oct 30 Staveley 7 Attercliffe 0
Oct 30 Stoke 10 Caernarvon W 1
Oct 30 Sunderland 2 Newcastle 1
Oct 30 Wellington Stg 0 Derby Junction 1
Oct 30 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 Matlock 0
Oct 30 West Bromwich Albion 6 Burton Wanderers 0
Blackburn Rovers W Halliwell 0
Chatham W Bournemouth 0
Old Foresters W Cannon 0
Rangers (Glasgow) W Everton 0
Byes: Chester
Lincoln City
Rossendale
Rotherham Town
Replays
Oct 23 Cliftonville 7 Blackburn Park 2
Oct 30 Burnley 2 Astley Bridge 2 Burnley disqualified
Nov 13 Davenham 0 Burslem Port Vale 3
Nov 13 Derby Midland 2 Birmingham Excel 1
Nov 13 Goldenhill 3 Macclesfield 2
Nov 13 Rawtenstall 1 Church 7
Nov 13 Walsall Town 6 Derby St Lukes 1
2nd Round
Nov 13 Great Lever 1 Cliftonville 3
Nov 13 Northwich Victoria 0 Chirk 0
Nov 13 Nottingham Forest 2 Grimsby Town 2
Nov 13 Notts County 3 Notts Rangers 3
Nov 13 Old Carthusians 4 Crusaders 2
Nov 13 Preston North End 6 Witton West End 0
Nov 13 Third Lanark 2 Bolton Wanderers 3
Nov 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 Crosswell 0
Nov 16 Old Brightonian 1 Old Westminster 1
Nov 20 Aston Villa 6 Derby Midland 1
Nov 20 Chatham 1 Hotspur 0
Nov 20 Chesham 1 Old Etonians 7
Nov 20 Chester 1 Goldenhill 0 Chester disqualified
Nov 20 Cleethorpes 1 Lockwood Brothers 4
Nov 20 Crewe Alexandra 6 Stoke 4
Nov 20 Derby County 1 Birmingham St George's 2
Nov 20 Grantham 3 Redcar 2
Nov 20 Great Marlow 4 Upton Park 0
Nov 20 Leek 4 Oswestry 2
Nov 20 Maidenhead 2 Dulwich 3
Nov 20 Middlesbrough 1 Lincoln City 1
Nov 20 Newcastle 2 Gainsborough Trinity 6
Nov 20 Old Wykehamists 0 London Caledonian 1
Nov 20 Partick Thistle 7 Fleetwood 0
Nov 20 Rangers (Glasgow) 2 Church 1
Nov 20 Renton 2 Blackburn Rovers 2
Nov 20 Rossendale 2 Cowlairs 10
Nov 20 Staveley 4 Rotherham Town 0
Nov 20 Swifts 7 Swindon Town 1
Nov 20 West Bromwich Albion 2 Derby Junction 1
Darwen W Astley Bridge 0
Byes: Burslem Port Vale
Horncastle
Old Foresters
Walsall Town
Replays
Nov 20 Chirk 3 Northwich Victoria 0
Nov 20 Grimsby Town 0 Nottingham Forest 1
Nov 20 Notts Rangers 0 Notts County 5
Nov 20 Old Westminster 3 Old Brightonian 0
Nov 27 Lincoln City 2 Middlesbrough 0
Dec 04 Blackburn Rovers 0 Renton 2
3rd Round
Dec 04 Cliftonville 0 Partick Thistle 11
Dec 04 Rangers (Glasgow) 3 Cowlairs 2
Dec 09 Horncastle 2 Grantham 0
Dec 11 Aston Villa 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
Dec 11 Chatham 1 Old Foresters 4
Dec 11 Darwen 4 Bolton Wanderers 3
Dec 11 Gainsborough Trinity 2 Lincoln City 2
Dec 11 Great Marlow 3 Dulwich 0
Dec 11 Leek 2 Burslem Port Vale 2
Dec 11 Lockwood Brothers 2 Nottingham Forest 1
Dec 11 Old Westminster 3 Old Etonians 0
Dec 11 Staveley 0 Notts County 3
Dec 11 Walsall Town 2 Birmingham St George's 7
Jan 22 Renton 0 Preston North End 2
Chirk W Goldenhill 0
Old Carthusians W London Caledonian 0
Byes: Crewe Alexandra
Swifts
West Bromwich Albion
Replays
Jan 15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Aston Villa 1
Jan 20 Burslem Port Vale 1 Leek 3 played at Stafford
Jan 22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 Aston Villa 3
Jan 24 Lincoln City 1 Gainsborough Trinity 0 played at Sheffield
Jan 29 Aston Villa 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
4th Round
Jan 15 Birmingham St George's 0 West Bromwich Albion 1
Jan 15 Old Foresters 2 Swifts 0
Jan 29 Crewe Alexandra 0 Leek 1
Byes: Aston Villa
Chirk
Darwen
Great Marlow
Horncastle
Lincoln City
Lockwood Brothers
Notts County
Old Carthusians
Old Westminster
Partick Thistle
Preston North End
Rangers (Glasgow)
5th Round
Jan 22 Chirk 1 Darwen 2
Jan 29 Lockwood Brothers 0 West Bromwich Albion 1
Jan 29 Notts County 5 Great Marlow 2
Jan 29 Old Foresters 0 Preston North End 3
Jan 29 Old Westminster 1 Partick Thistle 0
Jan 29 Rangers (Glasgow) 3 Lincoln City 0
Feb 05 Aston Villa 5 Horncastle 0
Feb 05 Leek 0 Old Carthusians 2
Replay
Feb 12 West Bromwich Albion 2 Lockwood Brothers 1
Quarter-finals
Feb 12 Aston Villa 3 Darwen 2
Feb 19 Notts County 1 West Bromwich Albion 4
Feb 19 Rangers (Glasgow) 5 Old Westminster 1
Mar 02 Old Carthusians 1 Preston North End 2
Semi finals
Mar 05 Aston Villa 3 Rangers (Glasgow) 1 played at Crewe Alexandra
Mar 05 West Bromwich Albion 3 Preston North End 1 played at Nottingham Forest
Final
Apr 02 Aston Villa 2 West Bromwich Albion 0 played at Kennington Oval
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