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Tournament details | |
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Country | United States |
Teams | 15 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Fall River East Ends |
Runner-up | Longfellows |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
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.
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.
The participating teams were:
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]
12 October 1890 [3] | Fall River East Ends | 11-1 [4] | Cumberland Rangers |
Fall River, Massachusetts [3] |
3:45PM | Farrell![]() Cornell ![]() P.Stanton ![]() Tobin ![]() Cornell ![]() Sunderland ![]() Farrell ![]() Scofield ![]() Sunderland ![]() Tobin ![]() |
Bennett![]() |
Stadium: County Street grounds Attendance: 800 Referee: William Bell (Olympics) |
18 October 1890 [3] [5] | Fall River Rovers | 10-1 | British Hosiery |
Fall River, Massachusetts [3] [5] |
4:00PM | Thomas Kenney![]() Robert Bell ![]() Robert Bell ![]() Patrick Gavin ![]() George Adams ![]() Thomas Kenney ![]() Thomas Kenney ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Guy![]() |
Stadium: Rovers’ grounds Attendance: 1000 Referee: William Taylor |
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]
18 October 1890 [3] | Holyoke Rangers | 6-2 [7] | Lowell Thistle |
Holyoke, Massachusetts [3] |
3:00PM | ![]() McDonald(3) ![]() Matthew ![]() |
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18 October 1890 [3] [5] [8] | Pawtucket Free Wanderers | 3-1 [5] [6] [8] [9] | Fall River Olympic | Pawtucket, Rhode Island [3] [5] |
3:30PM | Mullarkey![]() Dalton ![]() Slater ![]() |
Randall![]() |
Attendance: 3000 Referee: E.Walker (Kearny Rovers) |
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]
18 October 1890 [3] [4] [5] [9] | Kearney Rovers | w/o | New York Thistle | Kearney, New Jersey |
Stadium: Cosmopolitan Park
[3]
[4]
[5] Attendance: 300 [4] |
Thistles failed to show up. Match was given to Kearney Rovers. [4] [5] [9]
18 October 1890 [3] [5] [9] [11] [12] [13] | Longfellows | 13-0 | New Rochelle FC | Ridgewood, Queens, New York |
J. McConnell (2) ![]() J. Green (3) ? ![]() W. Paul (3) ![]() J. Connoly (2) ? ![]() J. Lennon (1) ![]() J. McCalligan (1) ![]() R. Mave (1) ![]() [5] |
Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds
[5]
[9]
[11]
[12]
[13] Referee: T. Osborn (Caledonian) [13] |
Two sources gave a final score of 13–0. [5] [6] Two others gave a final score of 14–0. [9] [13]
15 November 1890 [14] | Pawtucket Free Wanderers | 3-1 [14] | Fall River Olympic |
Pawtucket, Rhode Island [14] |
3:00PM | Barr![]() Barr ![]() Slater ![]() |
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Attendance: 3000 Referee: T. Hood (AFA secretary) |
The drawing for round two took place on Saturday October 25, matches to be played within the next six weeks. [10]
29 November 1890 | Fall River Rovers | 6-1 [15] | Holyoke Rangers | Fall River, Massachusetts |
3:30PM | ![]() Colligan ![]() George Adams ![]() Bell ![]() Bell ![]() Kenney ![]() |
Fisher![]() |
Stadium: Rovers’ grounds Attendance: 1500 Referee: Hood (Newark, NJ) |
6 December 1890 [16] | Fall River East Ends | 6-2 [16] [17] | Pawtucket Free Wanderers |
Fall River, Massachusetts [16] |
3:00PM | ![]() Schofield ![]() Sunderland ![]() Sunderland ![]() Farrell ![]() |
Stewart(og) ![]() Jeffreys ![]() Jeffreys ![]() |
Stadium: County Street grounds Attendance: 2500-3000 Referee: E. Walker(Kearney Rovers) |
Match was protested by East Ends, but the protest was dismissed. [18] [19]
6 December 1890 [14] [16] [20] [21] [22] [23] | Longfellows | 8-0 [16] [22] [23] | Caledonian | Ridgewood, Queens, New York |
15:00 [22] | J. McConnell (4) ![]() O. Connell (2) ![]() C. McGovern (1) ![]() W. Paul (1) ![]() [22] |
Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds [16] [21] [22] |
29 November 1890 | Nonpareils | 5-5 | Kearney Rovers | Brooklyn, NY |
North![]() ![]() North ![]() Young ![]() Young ![]() |
Hood![]() Hood ![]() 3 ![]() |
Stadium: Ridgewood Baseball grounds |
AFA decided in favor of Nonpareils after failure to arrange dates with Kearny Rovers. [18] [19] [24]
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]
28 February 1891 [26] | Fall River East Ends | 4-3 [26] | Fall River Rovers |
Fall River, Massachusetts [26] |
3:30PM | Sunderland![]() ![]() Stanton ![]() Sunderland ![]() |
Kenney ![]() Bell ![]() Bell ![]() |
Stadium: County Street grounds Attendance: 5,000 [26] Referee: Abraham L. Pilling |
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]
15 March 1891 [28] [29] | Nonpareil | 5-5 [29] | Longfellows | Newark, New Jersey |
Stadium: Kearney Athletic Grounds
[28] Attendance: 2,000 [29] |
4 April 1891 [29] [30] | Longfellows | 2-1 [30] | Nonpareils | Ridgewood, Queens, New York |
15:00 [29] | Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds [29] [30] |
25 April 1891 | Fall River East Ends | 3-1 [31] | Longfellows | Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
Tobin![]() Sunderland ![]() Sunderland ![]() |
Neave![]() |
Stadium: Dexter Street Grounds Attendance: 2500 Referee: Turner (AFA president) |
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Tournament details | |
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Country | United States |
Teams | 15 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Fall River East Ends |
Runner-up | Longfellows |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
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.
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.
The participating teams were:
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]
12 October 1890 [3] | Fall River East Ends | 11-1 [4] | Cumberland Rangers |
Fall River, Massachusetts [3] |
3:45PM | Farrell![]() Cornell ![]() P.Stanton ![]() Tobin ![]() Cornell ![]() Sunderland ![]() Farrell ![]() Scofield ![]() Sunderland ![]() Tobin ![]() |
Bennett![]() |
Stadium: County Street grounds Attendance: 800 Referee: William Bell (Olympics) |
18 October 1890 [3] [5] | Fall River Rovers | 10-1 | British Hosiery |
Fall River, Massachusetts [3] [5] |
4:00PM | Thomas Kenney![]() Robert Bell ![]() Robert Bell ![]() Patrick Gavin ![]() George Adams ![]() Thomas Kenney ![]() Thomas Kenney ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Guy![]() |
Stadium: Rovers’ grounds Attendance: 1000 Referee: William Taylor |
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]
18 October 1890 [3] | Holyoke Rangers | 6-2 [7] | Lowell Thistle |
Holyoke, Massachusetts [3] |
3:00PM | ![]() McDonald(3) ![]() Matthew ![]() |
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18 October 1890 [3] [5] [8] | Pawtucket Free Wanderers | 3-1 [5] [6] [8] [9] | Fall River Olympic | Pawtucket, Rhode Island [3] [5] |
3:30PM | Mullarkey![]() Dalton ![]() Slater ![]() |
Randall![]() |
Attendance: 3000 Referee: E.Walker (Kearny Rovers) |
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]
18 October 1890 [3] [4] [5] [9] | Kearney Rovers | w/o | New York Thistle | Kearney, New Jersey |
Stadium: Cosmopolitan Park
[3]
[4]
[5] Attendance: 300 [4] |
Thistles failed to show up. Match was given to Kearney Rovers. [4] [5] [9]
18 October 1890 [3] [5] [9] [11] [12] [13] | Longfellows | 13-0 | New Rochelle FC | Ridgewood, Queens, New York |
J. McConnell (2) ![]() J. Green (3) ? ![]() W. Paul (3) ![]() J. Connoly (2) ? ![]() J. Lennon (1) ![]() J. McCalligan (1) ![]() R. Mave (1) ![]() [5] |
Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds
[5]
[9]
[11]
[12]
[13] Referee: T. Osborn (Caledonian) [13] |
Two sources gave a final score of 13–0. [5] [6] Two others gave a final score of 14–0. [9] [13]
15 November 1890 [14] | Pawtucket Free Wanderers | 3-1 [14] | Fall River Olympic |
Pawtucket, Rhode Island [14] |
3:00PM | Barr![]() Barr ![]() Slater ![]() |
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Attendance: 3000 Referee: T. Hood (AFA secretary) |
The drawing for round two took place on Saturday October 25, matches to be played within the next six weeks. [10]
29 November 1890 | Fall River Rovers | 6-1 [15] | Holyoke Rangers | Fall River, Massachusetts |
3:30PM | ![]() Colligan ![]() George Adams ![]() Bell ![]() Bell ![]() Kenney ![]() |
Fisher![]() |
Stadium: Rovers’ grounds Attendance: 1500 Referee: Hood (Newark, NJ) |
6 December 1890 [16] | Fall River East Ends | 6-2 [16] [17] | Pawtucket Free Wanderers |
Fall River, Massachusetts [16] |
3:00PM | ![]() Schofield ![]() Sunderland ![]() Sunderland ![]() Farrell ![]() |
Stewart(og) ![]() Jeffreys ![]() Jeffreys ![]() |
Stadium: County Street grounds Attendance: 2500-3000 Referee: E. Walker(Kearney Rovers) |
Match was protested by East Ends, but the protest was dismissed. [18] [19]
6 December 1890 [14] [16] [20] [21] [22] [23] | Longfellows | 8-0 [16] [22] [23] | Caledonian | Ridgewood, Queens, New York |
15:00 [22] | J. McConnell (4) ![]() O. Connell (2) ![]() C. McGovern (1) ![]() W. Paul (1) ![]() [22] |
Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds [16] [21] [22] |
29 November 1890 | Nonpareils | 5-5 | Kearney Rovers | Brooklyn, NY |
North![]() ![]() North ![]() Young ![]() Young ![]() |
Hood![]() Hood ![]() 3 ![]() |
Stadium: Ridgewood Baseball grounds |
AFA decided in favor of Nonpareils after failure to arrange dates with Kearny Rovers. [18] [19] [24]
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]
28 February 1891 [26] | Fall River East Ends | 4-3 [26] | Fall River Rovers |
Fall River, Massachusetts [26] |
3:30PM | Sunderland![]() ![]() Stanton ![]() Sunderland ![]() |
Kenney ![]() Bell ![]() Bell ![]() |
Stadium: County Street grounds Attendance: 5,000 [26] Referee: Abraham L. Pilling |
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]
15 March 1891 [28] [29] | Nonpareil | 5-5 [29] | Longfellows | Newark, New Jersey |
Stadium: Kearney Athletic Grounds
[28] Attendance: 2,000 [29] |
4 April 1891 [29] [30] | Longfellows | 2-1 [30] | Nonpareils | Ridgewood, Queens, New York |
15:00 [29] | Stadium: Ridgewood Grounds [29] [30] |
25 April 1891 | Fall River East Ends | 3-1 [31] | Longfellows | Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
Tobin![]() Sunderland ![]() Sunderland ![]() |
Neave![]() |
Stadium: Dexter Street Grounds Attendance: 2500 Referee: Turner (AFA president) |