Newtown 0
Wrexham 2
Welsh Cup (Final)


Newtown 

0 - 2
HT: 0-0

Wrexham


Welsh Cup
(Final)
Monday, April 19th, 1897
Oswestry Cricket Club
Attendance: 6,000 (Away: 1,500)
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
None. Alfie Williams (70)
Ted 'Mac' Robinson (pen.) (85)

Team Managers
Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1. A. Edwards
2. E. Rees
3. Charlie Parry
4. H. Tucker
5. W. Parry
6. Teddy Davies
7. W.E. Pryce-Jones
8. E. Morgan
9. J. Miller
10. J. Swettenham
11. A. Swettenham
David Jardine .1
John R. Jones .2
Ted Ellis .3
John Taylor .4
Ted 'Mac' Robinson .5
Frank Stokes .6
Harry Pugh .7
Billy Harrison .8
Thomas Davies .9
Ben Lewis .10
Alfie Williams .11

Match Officials

Humphrey Jones (Bangor) (Referee)
W.H. Cotton (Rhostyllen) & W. Hannaby (Rhos) (Assistants)




Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at April 19th, 1897)


1896-97 All Time
League Cups All
David Jardine (GK) 813 - 111
Ted Ellis 14 - 4 - 1392
John R. Jones 1614 - 201
Ted 'Mac' Robinson 15141436
John Taylor 1314 - 171
Frank Stokes 4 - 1 - 441
Billy Harrison 1724 - 6839
Harry Pugh 136423718
Alfie Williams 165424520
Thomas Davies 9732129
Ben Lewis 148438649







League Table & Results (as at April 19th, 1897)


Results of league matches played since last match
16th April 1897
Buxton1-1Everton
Crewe4-3Northwich Vics
Macclesfield1-4Rock Ferry
17th April 1897
Buxton10-0Macclesfield
Chester3-2Crewe
Northwich Vics5-2Middleton
19th April 1897
Buxton1-0Crewe
Chester1-0Northwich Vics


Welsh Cup - Final 1896-97
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Everton 18 14 3 1 4.357 31
2. Rock Ferry 18 12 3 3 3.222 27
3. Chester 17 10 3 4 1.600 23
4. Buxton 18 7 3 8 1.182 17
5. Middleton 18 7 3 8 1.176 17
6. Northwich Vics 17 8 1 8 0.750 17
7. WREXHAM 17 7 1 9 1.026 15
8. Macclesfield 18 5 2 11 0.541 12
9. Crewe 17 5 1 11 0.714 11
10. Barnton 18 2 2 14 0.222 6