Tournament details | |
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Country | Wales |
Final positions | |
Champions | Newtown White Star |
Runner-up | Wrexham |
The 1878–79 Welsh Cup was the second season of the Welsh Cup. The cup was won by Newtown White Star who defeated Wrexham 1–0 in the final.
First round
[edit]19 October 1878 | Gwersyllt Foresters | 1 – 1 | Llanerchrugog | Stansty Park |
Report |
19 October 1878 | Llangollen | 8 – 1 | Mold |
19 October 1878 | Aberystwyth Town | 1 – 4 | Newtown |
19 October 1878 | All Saints (Salop) | 0 – 2 | Newtown White Star | Racecource, Shrewsbury |
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26 October 1878 | Carnarvon Athletic | 0 – 1 | Bangor | Caernarvon |
15:00 |
26 October 1878 | Friars School | 1 – 0 | Rhyl | Maes-y-dre, Bangor |
15:00 |
Source: Welsh Football Data Archive
Replay
[edit]26 October 1878 | Llanerchrugog | 3 – 0 | Gwersyllt Foresters |
Source: Welsh Football Data Archive
Oswestry receive a bye to the next round
Second round
[edit]Chirk | 1 – 0 | Trinity Shrewsbury |
Llangollen | 0 – 1 | Newtown White Star |
27 November 1878 | Friars School | 1 – 3 | Wrexham | School Ground, Bangor |
Report |
Source: Welsh Football Data Archive
Newtown receive bye into next round
Third round
[edit]Bangor | 2 – 2 | Newtown White Star | Wrexham[2] |
Source: Welsh Football Data Archive
Replay
[edit]Bangor | A – A | Newtown White Star | Chester |
The replay was abandoned after half-an-hour, with the White Stars 3–1 up, after the Bangor umpire punched a White Stars player.[3] The WFA ordered a replay but Bangor refused to play.[4]
Wrexham received a bye to the next round.
Semi-final
[edit]22 February 1879 | Newtown White Star | 1 – 1 | Newtown | Oswestry |
14:00 |
25 January 1879 | Wrexham | 2 – 0 | Oswestry | Salisbury Park, Wrexham |
14:50 | Report | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: T. B. Burnett, Ruabon |
Source: Welsh Football Data Archive
Replay
[edit]Newtown | 1 – 3 | Newtown White Star | Rhyl | |
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Source: Welsh Football Data Archive
Final
[edit]Newtown White Star | 1 – 0 | Wrexham |
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References
[edit]- The History of the Welsh Cup 1877-1993 by Ian Garland (1991) ISBN 1-872424-37-6
- Welsh Football Data Archive