1879–80 Welsh Cup

1879–80 Welsh Cup
Tournament details
Country	Wales
Final positions
Champions	Druids
Runner-up	Ruthin
← 1878–79 1880–81 →

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First round

Wrexham

1 – 1

Northwich Victoria

Racecourse Ground
Wrexham

Civil Service (Wrexham)

1 – 1

Gwersyllt Foresters

Gwersyllt Park
Wrexham

Wrexham Albion

2 – 1

Wrexham Grosvenor

Rhosddu Recreation Ground
Wrexham

Newtown White Star

3 – 0

Dollgelau

Corwen

7 – 3

Bala

Bala

Newtown Excelsior

6 – 0

All Saints (Salop)

Aberystwyth

1 – 0

Oswestry

Ruthin

4 – 0

Llangollen

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive ^[1]

Replay

Wrexham

1 – 0

Northwich Victoria

Civil Service (Wrexham)

0 – 0

Gwersyllt Foresters

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Second replay

22 November 1879	Civil Service (Wrexham)	1 – 2	Gwersyllt Foresters	Rhosddu Recreation Ground, Wrexham
				Referee: Edwin Cross

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Oswestry receive a bye to the next round
Mold scratch to Druids
23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers scratch to Rhyl

Second round

Rhyl

1 – 1

Aberystwyth

Newtown Excelsior

1 – 0

Wrexham Albion

13 December 1879	Wrexham	0 – 1	Druids	The Racecourse, Wrexham
				Referee: Mr Rees, Shrewsbury

Newtown White Star

2 – 0

Gwersyllt Foresters

Ruthin

3 – 0

Corwen

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

Aberystwyth

0 – 0

Rhyl

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Second replay

Rhyl

0 – 3

Aberystwyth

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Third round

10 January 1880	Druids	6 – 0	Aberystwyth	Dolgellau
1:30				Referee: Mr Owen, Dolgellau

17 January 1880	Newtown Excelsior	1 – 1	Ruthin	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
2:35				Referee: Mr H Hainshaw, Wrexham

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

Newtown Excelsior

2 – 4

Ruthin

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Newtown White Star receive bye to semi final

Semi-final

21 February 1880	Druids	3 – 1	Newtown White Star	The Cricket Field Oswestry
3:55				Referee: Mr H Dobbs, Oswestry

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive^[2]

Ruthin receive bye to final

Final

13 March 1880
15:30

Druids	2 – 1	Ruthin
Vaughan, John Jones		Goodwin

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Mr Brooks (Wolverhampton)

Druids

Ruthin

^[3]^[4]

References

^ "FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF WALES.|1879-11-01|Wrexham Guardian - Welsh Newspapers". Newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "FOOTBALL.|1880-02-27|The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard - Welsh Newspapers". Newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Welsh Newspapers Online WELSH ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE CUP.|1880-03-19|The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard - Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
^ "Welsh Newspapers Online - - - - -..-FOOTBALL.|1880-03-20|The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality - Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2017-12-20.

Bibliography

The History of the Welsh Cup 1877-1993 by Ian Garland (1991) ISBN 1-872424-37-6

External links

Welsh Football Data Archive

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