Wales 1887/88


FAW Cup 1887/88

FAW Cup 1887/88

Round 1 - Group 1
[Oct 22, Wynnstay Park, Ruabon]
Druids                  w/o Rhostyllen Victoria     [Rhostyllen Victoria, having arrived late and
[Oct 29, Llangollen]                                 with nine players only, scratched; instead,
Vale of Llangollen      4-1 Wrexham Excelsior        a friendly was played, won 3-0 by Druids]      
[Oct 29, Racecourse Ground, Wrexham]
Wrexham Olympic         4-0 Alyn Stars (Gwersyllt)  
Chirk                   bye
Round 1 - Group 2
[Oct 22, Newtown]
Newtown                 9-0 Wem White Stars         
[Oct 29, Ellesmere]
Ellesmere               0-0 Welshpool               [Ellesmere to Round 2; match not replayed]
[Oct 29, Shrewsbury]
Shrewsbury Town         0-2 Oswestry                
Llanfyllin              bye
Round 1 - Group 3
[Oct 1, Crewe]
Crewe Alexandra         2-3 Northwich Victoria      
[Oct 29, Davenham]
Davenham                2-0 Chester St. Oswald's    
Over Wanderers          bye
Round 1 - Group 4
[Oct 29, Mold]
Mold                    1-0 Ruthin                  
[Oct 29, Portmadoc]
Portmadoc               1-1 Corwen                  
[Nov 19, Bangor]
Bangor                  3-1 Llandudno               

Round 1 - Group 4 Replay [Jan 2, Dolgelley]
Corwen                  1-3 Portmadoc               

Round 2 - Group 1
[Dec 3, Wynnstay Park, Ruabon]
Druids                  1-2 Chirk                   
[Dec 10, Racecourse Ground, Wrexham]
Wrexham Olympic         4-1 Vale of Llangollen      [annulled]
Round 2 - Group 2
[date?, Newtown]
Newtown                 unk Llanfyllin              [Llanfyllin probably scratched]
[Dec 10, Oswestry]
Oswestry                6-0 Ellesmere               
Round 2 - Group 3 [Dec 3, Northwich]
Northwich Victoria      3-0 Over Wanderers          [abandoned at 3-0 early in second half,
Davenham                bye                          Over Wanderers walked off]
Round 2 - Group 4 [Dec 10, Bangor]
Bangor                  1-2 Mold                    
Portmadoc               bye 

Round 2 - Group 1 Replay [Dec 26, Llangollen]
Vale of Llangollen      2-1 Wrexham Olympic         

Round 3 - Group 1 [Jan 14, Chirk]
Chirk                   3-1 Vale of Llangollen      
Round 3 - Group 2 [Jan 21, Newtown]
Newtown                 3-1 Oswestry                
Round 3 - Group 3
Northwich Victoria      2-0 Davenham                
Round 3 - Group 4 [Jan 21, Llandudno]
Mold                    w/o Portmadoc               [Portmadoc scratched]
 
Semi-finals
[Feb 25, Oswestry]
Mold                    0-2 Newtown                 
[Mar 17, Chester]
Chirk                   5-0 Northwich Victoria      

Final [May 5, Chester Road, Wrexham]
Chirk                   5-0 Newtown                 
  [final originally scheduled for Mar 31 at the Racecourse Ground, but Newtown refused
   to play on that date; initially Chirk were given a walkover win, but the clubs agreed
   to settle the matter on the pitch; however, the Racecourse Ground was no longer
   available on May 5 so the match was played at an alternative venue in Wrexham]


1886/87.

1888/89.

list of champions.

list of cup finals.


About this document

Sources: [Gar 93], contemporary Welsh newspapers (available through the National Library of Wales), Welsh Football Data Archive

Thanks to Hans Schöggl for an earlier version of this file

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 8 Jan 2026

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