1889 American Cup

1889 American Cup

Country	United States
Teams	15
Champions	Fall River Rovers
Runners-up	Newark Caledonians
Matches played	17
Goals scored	73 (4.29 per match)
← 1888 1890 →

The 1889 American Cup was the fifth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Fall River Rovers won their second consecutive title by defeating the Newark Caledonians in the final.

Participants

Newcomers to the tournament were the Paterson Rangers and Trenton Rovers. Absent was the Ansonia team while New York was defunct and the Kearny Rangers had amalgamated with ONT.

• New Jersey- Trenton, Trenton Rovers, Paterson, Paterson Rangers, Clark O.N.T., Alma, Tiffany Rovers, and, Newark Caledonian.
• New York- Thistles and Amateur League.
• New England- Fall River Olympics, Providence Athletics, Pawtucket Free Wanderers, Fall River Rovers, Fall River East Ends.

First round

The Fall River Olympics drew a first round bye. The first game between the Almas and Paterson was not completed due to the ball bursting early in the second half. Paterson refused to continue so Alma claimed the contest. However after a meeting of the delegates it was decided that the game should be replayed because the game had started without a referee in the first place. Clark ONT was awarded their replay match as a result of Trenton Rovers failure to appear.

Paterson Rangers v Amateur League

Paterson Rangers	w/o	Amateur League

Paterson, NJ

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Trenton v Thistle

October 20, 1888

Trenton	1–3	Thistle

Trenton, NJ

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Providence v Pawtucket

October 20, 1888

Providence	0–5	Pawtucket
		1' Mullarkey 35' Lennox Lennox Mullarkey Sandilands

Eagle street grounds, Providence, RI Attendance: 1000

Providence: GK Bailey, DF G.Clegg, McDonald, MF Davina, Cook, Start, FW Thorney, Cook, Axon, Brennan, Healabourn. Pawtucket: GK Watmouth, DF H.Stuart, A.Love, MF J.Dalton, F.Finn, D.Smith, FW Hardy, Mullarkey, Murray, Sandilands, Fd.Lennox.

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Trenton Rovers v O.N.T.

October 20, 1888

Trenton Rovers	0-0	O.N.T.

East State Street grounds, Trenton, NJ

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Fall River Rovers v East Ends

October 27, 1888

Fall River Rovers	7-0	East Ends

Fall River, MA Attendance: 800+

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Caledonians v Tiffany Rovers

October 27, 1888 3:30PM

Caledonians	4-4	Tiffany Rovers

ONT grounds

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Alma v Paterson

October 27, 1888

Alma	2-1	Paterson

Shooting Park

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replays

ONT v Trenton Rovers

ONT	w/o	Trenton Rovers

Newark, NJ

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Alma v Paterson

November 6, 1888 3:30PM

Alma	3-0	Paterson

ONT grounds

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Caledonians v Tiffany Rovers

November 24, 1888 3:00PM

Caledonians	4-1	Tiffany Rovers

ONT grounds Referee: A.Craig

Caledonian- GK J.Thompson, DF J.Byrne, D.Gloak, MF W.Barr, R.McDonald, W.Hood, FW R.McWilliams, T.Hendry, R.Barr, W.Thornton, J.Heron. Tiffany- GK W.Healy, DF T.Crann, M.Flannery, MF D.McCune, E.Hinkley, J.Singleton, FW J.Jeffs, M.Downs, A.Hinkley, T.Flynn, J.Norton.

Second round

Pawtucket drew a second round bye.

Thistle v Paterson Rangers

November 10, 1888

Thistle	7-1	Paterson Rangers

ONT grounds

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Fall River Rovers v Olympics

November 24, 1888 3:10PM

Fall River Rovers	4-0	Olympics
30' Bruckshaw 60' Cornell 61' Bell 66' Bruckshaw

Fall River, MA Attendance: 2500 Referee: H.Ball

Rovers: GK Shea, DF Harwood, Fagan, MF Bradley, Waring, Lonsdale, FW Bell, Bruckshaw, Buckley, Bell, Cornell. Olympics: GK Brackell, DF Williamson, Lee, MF Tomlinson, Pilling, Brown, FW Hoctor, Corbet, Taylor, Ingham, Randall.

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Alma v Caledonian

December 8, 1888

Alma	0-3	Caledonian
		McCormack Barr Williamson

Shooting Park Referee: P.Hughes

Alma: GK F.Farrow, DF E.Morton, G.Wright, MF J.Britchford, J.Hood, R.Patterson, FW J.Gray, P.Brennan, H.Shaw, Walter Taylor, J.Smith. Caledonian: GK J.Thompson, DF G.Gloak, J.Brown, MF W.Barr, R.McDonald, W.Stalker, FW R.McWilliams, T.Hendry, J.McCormack, J.Williamson, R.Barr.

Third round

ONT drew a bye.

Thistle v Caledonian

December 25, 1888 10:30AM

Thistle	4-5	Caledonian
Barber(2) Jamieson(2)		McWilliams R.Barr J.Hendry McCormac(2)

ONT grounds Referee: W.Turner

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Pawtucket v Fall Rivers Rovers

January 12, 1889 3:00PM

Pawtucket	1-2	Fall Rivers Rovers
60' Mullarkey		5' Cornell 32' Bell(Buckley)

Attendance: 6000

Semifinal

Caledonians drew a bye.

Fall River Rovers v ONT

March 2, 1889

Fall River Rovers	7-0	ONT

Final

Newark Caledonians v Fall River Rovers

April 13, 1889

Newark Caledonians	0–4	Fall River Rovers

ONT Grounds Attendance: 700

Sources

• Outing
• National Police Gazette
• New York Herald
• New York Times
• Spirit of the Times
• Trenton Times
• Fall River Herald
• Daily Advertiser
• Evening News
• Sunday Call