1887–88 Welsh Cup

1887–88 Football Association of Wales Challenge Cup
	The Welsh Cup
Tournament details
Country	Wales
Defending champions	Chirk AAA
Final positions
Champions	Chirk AAA
Runner-up	Newtown
	← 1886–87 1888–89 →

The 1887–88 Welsh Cup was the 11th season of the Welsh Cup. The cup was won by Chirk AAA who defeated Newtown 5–0 in the final, at Owens Field, Chester Road, Wrexham.

First round

Home	Result	Away	Remarks
Vale of Llangollen	5-0	Wrexham Excelsior
Wrexham Olympic	4-0	Alyn White Stars
Druids	3-0	Rhostyllen Victoria
Chirk	Bye
Shrewsbury Town	0-2	Oswestry
Newtown	9-0	Wem White Stars
Ellesmere	0-8	Welshpool	Protest: Welshpool dismissed
Llanfyllin	Bye
Davenham	2-0	Chester St Oswalds
Crewe Alexandra	2-3	Northwich Victoria
Over Wanderers	Bye
Bangor	3-1	Llandudno
Porthmadog	3-1	Corwen
Mold	0-1	Ruthin	Mold found in next round.

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Second round

Home	Result	Away	Remarks
Wrexham Olympic	4-1	Vale of Llangollen	Protest: Late start and ground not enclosed - Wrexham refused to replay.
Druids	1-2	Chirk
Oswestry	6-0	Ellesmere
Newtown		Llanfyllin	Result not found, Newtown progressed.
Northwich Victoria	3-0	Over Wanderers
Bangor	1-2	Mold
Davenham	Bye
Porthmadog	Bye

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Third round

Home	Result	Away	Remarks
Chirk	3-1	Vale of Llangollen
Newtown	3-1	Oswestry
Northwich Victoria	2-0	Davenham
Mold	w/o	Porthmadog	Porthmadog withdrew

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Semi-final

Winner	Result	Runner-up	Venue	Remarks
Chirk	5-0	Northwich Victoria	Chester	17 March 1888.^[2]
Newtown	2-0	Mold	Oswestry	24 February 1888, crowd 1,000^[3]

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Final

Winner	Result	Runner-up	Venue	Crowd
Chirk	5-0	Newtown	Owens Field, Chester Road, Wrexham	3,000

5 May 1888
15:30

Chirk	5 – 0	Newtown
W Owen x2 G Owen Davies G Griffiths

Owens Field, Chester Road, Wrexham

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mr Darley (Blackburn)

Chirk

Newtown

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References

Bibliography

Garland, Ian (1991). The History of the Welsh Cup 1877-1993. Bridge Books. ISBN 1-872424-37-6.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Welsh Cup 1887/88". Welsh Football Data Archives. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
^ "Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL NOTES.|1888-03-23|Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal - Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^ "Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE.|1888-03-02|Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal - Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^ "WELSH CUP FINAL 1887/88". WFDA. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017.
^ Zealand, National Library of New. "Papers Past | THE FINAL TIE OF THE LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CUP. HUNTING. OTAGO HOUNDS. (Otago Witness, 1888-07-06)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

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

[:0-1] "Welsh Cup 1887/88". Welsh Football Data Archives. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.

[2] "Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL NOTES.|1888-03-23|Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal - Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

[3] "Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE.|1888-03-02|Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal - Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

[4] "WELSH CUP FINAL 1887/88". WFDA. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017.

[5] Zealand, National Library of New. "Papers Past | THE FINAL TIE OF THE LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CUP. HUNTING. OTAGO HOUNDS. (Otago Witness, 1888-07-06)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

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