1885 FA Cup final

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The 1885 FA Cup final was a football match between Blackburn Rovers and Queen's Park on 4 April 1885 at Kennington Oval in London. It was the fourteenth final of the world's oldest football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (known in the modern era as the FA Cup). Blackburn had won the Cup in the previous season while Queen's Park were competing in their second final with the previous final being previous year. Rovers won 2–0 in their second successive FA Cup final victory, with the goals coming from Jimmy Forrest and James Brown. This would be the only final in which two clubs meet in consecutive FA Cup finals until Manchester City and Manchester United in 2023 and 2024, albeit with a contrasting result.

1885 FA Cup final
Event1884–85 FA Cup
Date4 April 1885 (1885-04-04)
VenueKennington Oval, London
RefereeMajor Francis Marindin
Attendance12,500
1884
1886

Match details

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Blackburn Rovers, winning side
Blackburn Rovers2–0Queen's Park
Forrest
Brown
Attendance: 12,500
Blackburn Rovers
Queen's Park
Blackburn Rovers
GKHerby Arthur
RBRichard Turner
LBFergus Suter
RHGeorge Haworth
CHHugh McIntyre
LHJimmy Forrest
ORJimmy Douglas
IRJoe Lofthouse
CFJames Brown (c)
ILJoe Sowerbutts
OLHoward Fecitt
Queens Park
GKGeorge Gillespie
RBWalter Arnott
LBWilliam McLeod
CHCharles Campbell (c)
CHJohn Macdonald
ORNinian MacWhannell
IRWilliam Anderson
CFAlexander Hamilton
CFWilliam Sellar
David Allan
OLWoodville Gray

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