1890–91 American Cup

1891 American Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams15
Final positions
ChampionsFall River East Ends (1st title)
Runner-upLongfellows
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored109 (7.79 per match)
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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.

Participants

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.

State City Team
Massachusetts Holyoke Holyoke Rangers
Lowell Lowell Thistle
Fall River Fall River East Ends
Fall River Olympics
Fall River Rovers
New Jersey Newark Clark O.N.T.
Newark Caledonian
Kearny Kearny Rangers
New York Brooklyn Longfellows
Nonpareils
New Rochelle New Rochelle FC
New York Thistle
Rhode Island Cumberland Cumberland Rangers
Pawtucket Pawtucket Free Wanderers
Thornton British Hosiery

Round 1

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

October 12, 1890 (1890-10-12) Fall River East Ends 11-1 Cumberland Rangers Fall River, Massachusetts
3:45PM Farrell 1H', 2H'
Cornell 1H', 1H'
P.Stanton 1H'
Tobin 1H', 2H'
Sunderland 1H', 2H'
Scofield 2H'		 [3][4] Bennett 2H' Stadium: County Street grounds
Attendance: 800
Referee: William Bell (Olympics)
October 18, 1890 (1890-10-18) Fall River Rovers 10-1 British Hosiery Fall River, Massachusetts
4:00PM Thomas Kenney 5', 1H', 1H'
Robert Bell 9', 13'
Patrick Gavin 1H'
George Adams 1H'
2H'
2H'
2H'		 [3][5] Guy 60' Stadium: Rovers’ grounds
Attendance: 1000
Referee: William Taylor
Note: 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]
October 18, 1890 (1890-10-18) Holyoke Rangers 6-2 Lowell Thistle Holyoke, Massachusetts
3:00PM 10'
McDonald , ,
Matthew 		[3][7] 1H'
2H'
October 18, 1890 (1890-10-18) Pawtucket Free Wanderers 3-1 Fall River Olympic Pawtucket, Rhode Island
3:30PM Mullarkey 1H'
Dalton 42'
Slater 87'		 [3][5][6][dead link‍][8][9] Randall 50' Attendance: 3000
Referee: E.Walker (Kearny Rovers)
Note: 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

October 18, 1890 (1890-10-18) Kearney Rovers w/o New York Thistle Kearney, New Jersey
[3][4][5][8] Stadium: Cosmopolitan Park
Attendance: 300
Note: Thistles failed to show up. Match was given to Kearney Rovers.[4][5][8]
October 18, 1890 (1890-10-18) Longfellows 13-0 New Rochelle FC Ridgewood, Queens, New York
J. McConnell ,
J. Green , ,
W. Paul , ,
J. Connoly ,
J. Lennon
J. McCalligan
R. Mave 		[3][5][8][11][12][dead link‍][13] Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds
Referee: T. Osborn (Caledonian)
Note: Two sources gave a final score of 13–0.[5][6] Two others gave a final score of 14–0.[8][13]
October 18, 1890 (1890-10-18) Nonpareils w/o ONT
[3]
Note: ONT withdrew.[4]

Replay

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

Round 2

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

Eastern District

November 29, 1890 (1890-11-29) Fall River Rovers 6-1 Holyoke Rangers Fall River, Massachusetts
3:30PM 12'
Colligan 27'
George Adams 60'
Bell 2H', 2H'
Kenney 80'		 [15] Fisher 40' Stadium: Rovers’ grounds
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Hood (Newark, NJ)
December 6, 1890 (1890-12-06) Fall River East Ends 6-2 Pawtucket Free Wanderers Fall River, Massachusetts
3:00PM 23'
Schofield 38'
Sunderland 41', 58'
Farrell 87'		 [16][dead link‍][17] Stewart 20' (o.g.)
Jeffreys 33', 43'		 Stadium: County Street grounds
Attendance: 2500-3000
Referee: E. Walker(Kearney Rovers)
Note: Match was protested by East Ends, but the protest was dismissed.[18][19][dead link‍]

Western District

December 6, 1890 (1890-12-06) Longfellows 8-0 Caledonian Ridgewood, Queens, New York
15:00 J. McConnell , , ,
O. Connell ,
C. McGovern
W. Paul
[22]		 [14][16][dead link‍][20][21][22][23] Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds
November 29, 1890 (1890-11-29) Nonpareils 5-5 Kearney Rovers Brooklyn, NY
North , 1H'
1H'
Young 2H', 2H'		 Hood 10', 2H'
2H'
2H'
2H'		 Stadium: Ridgewood Baseball grounds
Note: AFA decided in favor of Nonpareils after failure to arrange dates with Kearny Rovers.[18][19][24][dead link‍]

Round 3

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

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

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

Replay

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

Final

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

American Cup bracket

First Round Second Round Semifinals Final
            
Massachusetts Fall River East Ends 11
Rhode Island Cumberland Rangers 1
Massachusetts Fall River East Ends 6
Rhode Island Pawtucket Free Wanders 2
Rhode Island Pawtucket Free Wanderers 3–3
Massachusetts Fall River Olympic[a] 1–1
Massachusetts Fall River East Ends 4
Eastern District
Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 3
Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 10
Rhode Island British Hosiery 1
Massachusetts Fall River Rovers 6
Massachusetts Holyoke Rangers 1
Massachusetts Holyoke Rangers 6
Massachusetts Lowell Thistle 2
Massachusetts Fall River East Ends 3
New York (state) Longfellows 1
New York (state) Nonpareils w/o
New Jersey Clark ONT[b]
New York (state) Nonpareils[d] 5
New Jersey Kearny Rangers 5
New Jersey Kearny Rovers w/o
New York (state) New York Thistle[c]
New York (state) Nonpareils 5–1
New York (state) Longfellows 5–2
New York (state) Longfellows 13
New York (state) New Rochelle FC 0
New York (state) Longfellows 8
New Jersey Caledonian 0
New Jersey Caledonian
bye

Notes;

  1. ^ Fall River Olympic entered protest over unregistered player, replay was ordered
  2. ^ Clark ONT withdrew
  3. ^ Thistle failed to show up for game
  4. ^ AFA decided in favor of Nonpareils after Kearny Rangers failed to arrange dates

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