Newtown 1
Wrexham 2
Welsh Cup (Semi-Final)


Newtown 

1 - 2
HT: 1-0

Wrexham


Welsh Cup
(Semi-Final)
Saturday, March 12th, 1898
Welshpool
Attendance: 4,000
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Morgan (35) Alfie Williams (82)
Jonathan Lewis (88)

Team Managers
Unknown.

Starting Eleven
1. Edwards
2. E. Rees
3. Charlie Parry
4. Tucker
5. Moore
6. Teddy Davies
7. Archie Swettenham
8. Morgan
9. A.W. Pryce-Jones
10. Parry
11. J.P. Swettenham
David Jardine .1
John R. Jones .2
Horace Blew .3
John Povah .4
Ted 'Mac' Robinson .5
Joseph Rogers .6
Fred Kelly .7
Thomas Davies .8
Wilson Davies .9
Jonathan Lewis .10
Alfie Williams .11

Match Officials

J. Lewis (Blackburn) (Referee)
Mr. Williams (Holywell) & T.H. Edwards (Aberystwyth) (Assistants)




Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at March 12th, 1898)


1897-98 All Time
League Cups All
David Jardine (GK) 17 - 6 - 351
Horace Blew 12 - 7 - 19 -
John R. Jones 15 - 7 - 431
John Povah 3 - 1 - 4 -
Ted 'Mac' Robinson 14 - 71657
Joseph Rogers 15 - 7 - 422
Thomas Davies 51322012
Fred Kelly 15274226
Jonathan Lewis 612182
Alfie Williams 154716825
Wilson Davies 0 - 1 - 1 -







League Table & Results (as at March 12th, 1898)


Results of league matches played since last match
26th February 1898
Chester0-2Stoke City
Northwich Vics4-3Druids
Rock Ferry2-1Crewe
Tranmere2-2Garston
5th March 1898
Crewe2-2Buxton
Druids3-0Rock Ferry
Garston1-0Chirk
Tranmere3-0White Star W.
12th March 1898
Everton5-0Garston
Northwich Vics2-3Tranmere
Rock Ferry6-0Druids
Stoke City3-0Chester


Welsh Cup - Semi-Final 1897-98
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Everton 19 13 4 2 3.176 30
2. Crewe 19 11 4 4 1.714 26
3. Rock Ferry 20 8 6 6 1.308 22
4. Stoke City 16 10 1 5 1.480 21
5. Chirk 20 9 3 8 1.417 21
6. WREXHAM 19 7 5 7 0.925 19
7. Garston 21 6 7 8 0.569 19
8. White Star W. 18 5 7 6 1.034 17
9. Druids 19 7 2 10 0.854 16
10. Buxton 15 5 5 5 0.968 15
11. Chester 19 5 4 10 0.762 14
12. Tranmere 20 6 2 12 0.644 14
13. Northwich Vics 19 4 2 13 0.557 10