FA CUP 1874-75 
Winners: Royal Engineers Runners-up: Old Etonians Holders from previous season: Oxford University | First round | | 14 November 1874 | Crystal Palace | 0 | - | 0 | Cambridge University | | | Walkover | Civil Service | | | | Harrow Chequers | Scratched | | 7 November 1874 | Clapham Rovers | 3 | - | 0 | Panthers | | | | not known | | | | | | 14 November 1874 | Hitchin | 0 | - | 1 | Maidenhead | | | | | | | | Nicholls | | | 5 November 1874 | Old Etonians | 0 | - | 0 | Swifts | | | 31 October 1874 | Oxford University | 6 | - | 0 | Brondesbury | | | | Parry 3, Hughes 2, Cripps | | | | | | | 10 October 1874 | Pilgrims | 3 | - | 1 | South Norwood | | | | Good 2, others 1 | | | | not known | | | 7 November 1874 | Royal Engineers | 3 | - | 0 | Great Marlow | | | | von Donop, others 2 | | | | | | | Walkover | Shropshire Wanderers | | | | Sheffield | Scratched | | 14 November 1874 | Southall | 0 | - | 0 | Leyton | | | 24 October 1874 | Upton Park | 0 | - | 3 | Barnes | | | | | | | | Hudson, Morice, Soden | | | 31 October 1874 | Wanderers | 16 | - | 0 | Farningham | | | | Kingsford 5, Wollaston 4, Alcock 2, Chenery 2, Heron 2, Kenrick | | | | | | | Walkover | Windsor Home Park | | | | Uxbridge | Scratched | | 31 October 1874 | Woodford Wells | 1 | - | 0 | High Wycombe | | | | W.Spreckley | | | | | | | Bye | Reigate Priory | | | | | | | Replays | | 21 November 1874 | Cambridge University | 2 | - | 1 | Crystal Palace | | | | Simpson, 1 other | | | | Fleet | | | 14 November 1874 | Swifts | 1 | - | 1 | Old Etonians | | | | Joll | | | | Bonsor | | | 28 November 1874 | Leyton | 0 | - | 5 | Southall | | | | | | | | not known | | | Second Replay | | 26 November 1874 | Old Etonians | 3 | - | 0 | Swifts | | | | not known | | | | | | | Second round | | 5 December 1874 | Clapham Rovers | 2 | - | 0 | Pilgrims | | | | Bevington, Field | | | | | | | 5 December 1874 | Maidenhead | 2 | - | 1 | Reigate Priory | | | | Burnham 2 | | | | W.Laker | | | Walkover | Oxford University | | | | Windsor Home Park | Scratched | | 5 December 1874 | Royal Engineers | 5 | - | 0 | Cambridge University | | | | Mulholland, Rawson, Stafford, others | | | | | | | 14 November 1874 | Shropshire Wanderers | 1 | - | 0 | Civil Service | | | | not known | | | | | | | 21 November 1874 | Wanderers | 5 | - | 0 | Barnes | | | | Alcock 3, Kenrick, Wollaston | | | | | | | 5 December 1874 | Woodford Wells | 3 | - | 0 | Southall | | | | Wild 2, Bouch | | | | | | | Bye | Old Etonians | | | | | | | Quarter-final | | 23 January 1875 | Old Etonians | 1 | - | 0 | Maidenhead | | | | not known | | | | | | | 30 January 1875 | Royal Engineers | 3 | - | 2 | Clapham Rovers | | | | Mein, Stafford, 1 other | | | | Bevington, 1 other | | | 23 January 1875 | Shropshire Wanderers | 1 | - | 1 | Woodford Wells | aet | | | Fletcher | | | | Powell | | | 30 January 1875 | Wanderers | 1 | - | 2 | Oxford University | | | | Rawson (og) | | | | Otter, Simpson | | | Replay | | 6 February 1875 | Woodford Wells | 0 | - | 2 | Shropshire Wanderers | | | | | | | | Randall, Fraser | | | Semi-final | | 27 February 1875 | Old Etonians | 1 | - | 0 | Shropshire Wanderers | Played at Kennington Oval, London | | | Bonsor | | | | | | | 27 February 1875 | Royal Engineers | 1 | - | 1 | Oxford University | Played at Kennington Oval, London | | | Renny-Tailyour | | | | Bain | | | Replay | | 5 March 1875 | Oxford University | 0 | - | 1 | Royal Engineers | Played at Kennington Oval, London | | | | | | | Renny-Tailyour | aet | | Final | | 13 March 1875 | Royal Engineers | 1 | - | 1 | Old Etonians | Played at Kennington Oval, London | | 2,000 | Renny-Tailyour (40) | | | | Bonsor (30) | aet | | | Team GK: Capt William Merriman DF: Lieut George Sim DF: Lieut Gerald Onslow MF: Lieut Richard Ruck MF: Lieut Pelham von Donop MF: Lieut Charles Wood FW: Lieut Herbert Rawson FW: Lieut William Stafford FW: Capt Henry Renny-Tailyour FW: Lieut Cecil Wingford-Stratford FW: Lieut Alexander Mein | | | | Team GK: Charles Farmer DF: Hon Arthur Kinnaird DF: Sir James Stronge MF: William Kenyon-Slaney MF: Robert Benson MF: Frederick Patton FW: Cuthbert Ottaway FW: Alexander Bonsor FW: Albert Thompson FW: Edgar Lubbock FW: Francis Wilson | Referee: Charles Alcock (Wanderers FC) | | Replay | | 16 March 1875 | Royal Engineers | 2 | - | 0 | Old Etonians | Played at Kennington Oval, London | | 3,000 | Renny-Tailyour, Stafford | | | | | | | | Team GK: Capt William Merriman DF: Lieut George Sim DF: Lieut Gerald Onslow MF: Lieut Richard Ruck MF: Lieut Pelham von Donop MF: Lieut Charles Wood FW: Lieut Herbert Rawson FW: Lieut William Stafford FW: Capt Henry Renny-Tailyour FW: Lieut Cecil Wingfield-Stratford FW: Lieut Alexander Mein | | | | Team GK: Charles Farmer DF: Hon Arthur Kinnaird DF: Sir James Stronge MF: Capt Edward Drummond-Moray MF: Alfred Lubbock MF: Frederick Patton FW: Thomas Hammond FW: Alexander Bonsor FW: Matthew Farrer FW: Edgar Lubbock FW: Francis Wilson | Referee: Charles Alcock (Wanderers FC) |
Match Summary The first match was notable chiefly because it was played in a "howling gale". The conditions considerably favoured the Etonians team, which had the wind at its backs for all but 10 minutes of the 90, and all 30 minutes of extra time (teams in this period changed ends after every goal - this game was the last to feature this rule). Cuthbert Ottaway received a severe hack on his ankle 37 minutes into the final and was forced to leave the field; in his absence, the Old Boys were regarded as fortunate to have held on for a 1–1 draw. Ottaway failed to recover in time for the replay, held only three days later, and Etonians also lost the services of three other players who had prior commitments. Unable to obtain adequate replacements, the Old Boys arrived at the ground an hour late and lost the delayed replay 0–2. Henry Renny-Tailyour scored in both matches for the Engineers. |
