The 1882 FA Cup Final was contested by Old Etonians

Old Etonians F.C.

The Old Etonians Football Club is an English football club whose players are taken from previous attendees of Eton College, in Eton, Berkshire.-History:...

 and Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

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 at the Kennington Oval

The Oval

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. Old Etonians won 1–0, the only goal scored by Reginald Macaulay

Reginald Macaulay

Reginald Heber Macaulay was an amateur English footballer who won the FA Cup with Old Etonians in 1882 and made one appearance for England in 1881 playing as a forward.-Career:...

. It was the last final not to be contested by two of the Southern "gentleman amateur" teams who had dominated the first decade of the competition.

The Final

In the final, played at Kennington Oval on 25 March 1882, the Old Etonians

Old Etonians F.C.

The Old Etonians Football Club is an English football club whose players are taken from previous attendees of Eton College, in Eton, Berkshire.-History:...

 met Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

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, who were the first team from outside London and the Home counties

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 to appear in an FA Cup Final. Blackburn included England

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 internationals, Fred Hargreaves

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, John Hargreaves

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 and Jimmy Brown

James Brown (footballer born 1862)

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. The Old Boys dominated the early stages of the match but Rovers defended well until, according to the match report in Gibbons' "Association Football in Victorian England", "following an expert through ball by Dunn

Arthur Dunn

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, Macaulay

Reginald Macaulay

Reginald Heber Macaulay was an amateur English footballer who won the FA Cup with Old Etonians in 1882 and made one appearance for England in 1881 playing as a forward.-Career:...

  steered the ball between the Blackburn goalposts to secure a well-deserved half-time lead". The Old Etonians were able to prevent Blackburn from scoring in the second half, thus claiming the cup for the second time in three years.

Teams

OLD ETONIANS 1 (Macauley) ---- GK John Rawlinson John Frederick Peel Rawlinson John Frederick Peel Rawlinson was an amateur English footballer who won the FA Cup with Old Etonians in 1882 and made one appearance for England in 1882 playing as a goalkeeper, before serving as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge University from 1906 to 1926.-Football:Rawlinson was born in New...   DF Thomas French  DF Percy de Paravicini Percy de Paravicini Percy John de Paravicini was an English amateur cricketer and international footballer in the late nineteenth century.He was born in Kensington, London, the son of Baron James Prior de Paravicini, of Riverside, Datchet, Windsor...   MF Hon Arthur Kinnaird Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird KT was a principal of The Football Association and a leading footballer....   MF Charles Foley  MF Philip Novelli  FW Arthur Dunn Arthur Dunn Arthur Tempest Blakiston Dunn was a noted amateur footballer who founded the English boarding school Ludgrove in 1892.-Football career:...   FW Reginald Macaulay Reginald Macaulay Reginald Heber Macaulay was an amateur English footballer who won the FA Cup with Old Etonians in 1882 and made one appearance for England in 1881 playing as a forward.-Career:...   FW Harry Goodhart Harry Goodhart Harry Chester Goodhart was an English amateur footballer who played as a forward in four FA Cup Finals for Old Etonians, before going on to become Professor of Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.-Early life and education:...   FW John Chevallier  FW William Anderson

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 ---- GK Roger Howarth  DF Hugh McIntyre  DF Fergus Suter Fergus Suter Fergus Suter was a former stonemason and footballer in the early days of the game in the United Kingdom during the 19th century. Arguably the first recognised professional footballer, Suter was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and played for Partick Thistle and Rangers F.C. before moving to...   MF Fred Hargreaves Fred Hargreaves Frederick William Hargreaves was an English footballer who represented the England national football team. He also played first-class cricket with Lancashire....   MF Harold Sharples  MF John Hargreaves John Hargreaves (footballer) John Hargreaves was an English international footballer, who played as a winger.-Career:Born in Blackburn, Hargreaves played for Blackburn Rovers, and earned two caps for England in 1881....   FW Geoffrey Avery  FW James Brown James Brown (footballer born 1862) James Brown was an English association football player of the Victorian era. Born in Blackburn, he played for Blackburn Rovers and was part of the team that won the FA Cup in three successive seasons between 1884 and 1886 , as well as appearaing on the losing side in 1882...   FW Thomas Strachan  FW Jimmy Douglas  FW John Duckworth

External links

• Line-ups
• Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk
• "The Association Challenge Cup-Final Tie", Manchester Guardian, 27 March 1882