1878–79 Welsh Cup

1878–79 Welsh Cup
Tournament details
Country	Wales
Final positions
Champions	Newtown White Star
Runner-up	Wrexham
	← 1877–78 1879–80 →

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

19 October 1878

Corwen

0 – 2

Wrexham

Corwen

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
			Rees D. Jones

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

26 October 1878

Chirk

1 – 0

Ruabon

Druids

w/o

Civil Service (Wrexham)

23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers

w/o^[1]

Trinity Shrewsbury

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

26 October 1878

Llanerchrugog

3 – 0

Gwersyllt Foresters

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Oswestry receive a bye to the next round

Second round

Llanerchrugog

w/o

Bangor

Chirk

1 – 0

Trinity Shrewsbury

Llangollen

0 – 1

Newtown White Star

27 November 1878	Friars School	1 – 3	Wrexham	School Ground, Bangor
		Report

Oswestry

6 – 0

Civil Service (Wrexham)

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Newtown receive bye into next round

Third round

Newtown

3 – 1

Chirk

Bangor

2 – 2

Newtown White Star

Wrexham^[2]

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

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

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

	Newtown	1 – 3	Newtown White Star	Rhyl
			Dr D Gray ??'

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Final

29 March 1879
16:00

Newtown White Star	1 – 0	Wrexham
E Rees 60'

Cricket Field, Oswestry

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: A E Daniel (Birmingham)

Newtown White Star

Wrexham

References

^ "The Welsh Challenge Cup". Shrewsbury Chronicle: 5. 8 November 1878.
^ "Welsh Association Challenge Cup". Cambrian News: 3. 10 January 1879.
^ "The Welsh Challenge Cup". Wrexham Guardian: 8. 25 January 1879.
^ "The North Wales Challenge Cup". Liverpool Mercury: 3. 30 January 1879.

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

[1] "The Welsh Challenge Cup". Shrewsbury Chronicle: 5. 8 November 1878.

[2] "Welsh Association Challenge Cup". Cambrian News: 3. 10 January 1879.

[3] "The Welsh Challenge Cup". Wrexham Guardian: 8. 25 January 1879.

[4] "The North Wales Challenge Cup". Liverpool Mercury: 3. 30 January 1879.

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