1877–78 Welsh Cup

1877–78 Welsh Cup
Tournament details
Country	Wales
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Wrexham
Runner-up	Druids
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The Wrexham side that won the first Welsh Cup in 1878

The 1877–78 Welsh Cup was the first season of the Welsh Cup. The cup was won by Wrexham who defeated Druids 1–0 in the final.

First round

13 October 1877^[1]	Newtown	1 – 1	Druids	Racecourse, Newtown
14:30			Daniel Grey 87'

20 October 1877	Wrexham	3 – 1	Civil Service (Wrexham)	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
15:15

20 October 1877	Bangor	1 – 0	Carnarvon Athletic	Maes-y-dre, Bangor
15:00

27 October 1877

Newtown White Star

1 – 0

Ruabon

3 November 1877	Oswestry	12 – 0	Chirk
				Referee: W. H. Wimble

3 November 1877	Northwich Victoria	0 – 0	Gwersyllt Foresters	Hill Field, Northwich
15:00				Attendance: 600

10 November 1877

Corwen

0 – 0

Bala

Swansea RFC

w/o

Aberystwyth Town

23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers

w/o

Llangollen

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

27 October 1877	Druids	4 – 0	Newtown	Plasmadoc Park
15:00

10 November 1877

Gwersyllt Foresters

4 – 1

Northwich Victoria

Gwersyllt Park, Gwersyllt

14 November 1877

Corwen

0 – 0

Bala

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Second replay

17 November 1877

Corwen

1 – 0

Bala

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Llanerchrugog received a bye to the next round

Believing that it was a Rugby Union competition Swansea RFC scratched to Aberystwyth when officials learned that it was one for football.

Second round

15 December 1877

Corwen

0 – 7

Bangor

22 December 1877	Wrexham	1 – 1	Oswestry	The Racecourse, Wrexham
14:45				Referee: Burgess, Wrexham

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28 December 1877

Gwersyllt Foresters

2 – 1

Llangollen

5 January 1878

Druids

3 – 0

Llanerchrugog

Aberystwyth Town

w/o

Newtown White Star

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

5 January 1878	Oswestry	0 – 2	Wrexham	Cricket Field, Oswestry
			C. Edwards , J. Price	Referee: Mr. Burgess, Wrexham

^[3]

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Third round

2 February 1878	Druids	1 – 1	Newtown White Star
14:30

9 February 1878	Gwersyllt Foresters	0 – 8	Wrexham	Gwersyllt Park, Gwersyllt
15:15			J. Davies 24'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Powys Jones

^[4]^[5]

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

9 February 1878	Newtown White Star	1 – 1	Druids	Newtown
14:30

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Second replay

23 February 1878

Druids

3 – 0

Newtown White Star

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Bangor receive bye to next round

Semi-final

2 March 1878

Bangor

0 – 0

Druids

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Replay

9 March 1878^[6]	Bangor	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Druids	Rhyl
			Dr Daniel Grey 115'

Source: Welsh Football Data Archive

Wrexham receive bye to next round

Final

The final of the inaugural Welsh Cup tournament was played at Acton Park, Wrexham on 30 March 1878 between Wrexham and Druids of Ruabon. The match was a cliffhanger, with no score until the Wrexham forwards charged the Druids' defenders to take the ball over the line to win the game in the final minute, with James Davies being credited with the goal.^[7]^[8]

30 March 1878
16:00

Wrexham	1 – 0	Druids
James Davies 90'

Acton Park, Wrexham

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: J W Thomas (Stoke)

Wrexham

Druids

References

^ Wrexham Guardian, 20th October 1877
^ "i WELSH ASSOCIATION CUP. I|1878-01-12|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ "THE WELSH ASSOCIATION CUP.|1878-01-11|The North Wales Express - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ "WELSH ASSOCIATION CUP. I THIRD TIES.|1878-02-16|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ "THE WELSH CHALLENGE CUP.|1878-02-16|Wrexham Guardian - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ "Wrexham Guardian, 16th October 1878".
^ "1877 Welsh Cup Action". The Story of Welsh Football: 1877–1879. wrexham.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. p. 38. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.

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

[1] Wrexham Guardian, 20th October 1877

[2] "i WELSH ASSOCIATION CUP. I|1878-01-12|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[3] "THE WELSH ASSOCIATION CUP.|1878-01-11|The North Wales Express - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[4] "WELSH ASSOCIATION CUP. I THIRD TIES.|1878-02-16|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[5] "THE WELSH CHALLENGE CUP.|1878-02-16|Wrexham Guardian - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[6] "Wrexham Guardian, 16th October 1878".

[7] "1877 Welsh Cup Action". The Story of Welsh Football: 1877–1879. wrexham.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[Whos_Who-8] Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. p. 38. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.

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