North West Non League

Manchester JUNIOR CUP


1887-88 : Hurst Nook Rovers

• 1887-88 was the opening season of the new Cup competition, the year before leagues started being created to give clubs further competitive matches.
• The Manchester Junior Cup was started in 1887 as the Manchester (Football) Association's competition for local Junior clubs that due to their status did not qualify to play in the Manchester and District Challenge Cup (later called the Manchester Senior Cup), which had launched two seasons earlier in 1885.
• Sometimes Senior clubs would play their Reserve side in the Manchester Junior Cup, as they did with the local Junior (ie Amateur) leagues. Also some Junior clubs would play their 1st team in the equivalent Lancashire FA competition, the Lancashire Junior Cup, so fielding their Reserves, sometimes on the same day, in the Manchester Junior Cup.
• The newspaper coverage was quite patchy in the opening season, and it improved once the papers worked out how best to report on these new competions, as originally there was still some confusion between the cups and also the type of football being played (rugby or association).


NEWLY ENTERING
• Ashton North End - from Ashton-u-Lyne (Rayner Lane ground)
• Ashton St Mary's - from Ashton-u-Lyne (Tame Valley ground)
• Bradford and Clayton - from East Manchester
• Cheetham Hill - from North Manchester (Alms Hill ground)
• Clayton Bridge - from East Manchester
• Denton Rovers - from Denton, east of Manchester
• Failsworth Albion - from Failsworth, east of Manchester (Lord Lane ground)
• Flowery Field - from Hyde
• Hulme - from Hulme, South Manchester
• Hurst Nook Rovers - from Ashton-u-Lyne (Rosehill ground)
• Hurst Wanderers - from Ashton-u-Lyne
• Lees Amateurs - from Oldham
• Manchester North End - from North Manchester (Church Lane ground)
• Manchester South End - from South Manchester (Alexandra Park ground)
• Newton Heath Alexandra - from East Manchester
• Taunton - from Ashton-u-Lyne (Newmarket Road ground)
• Waterloo - from Ashton-u-Lyne
• Werneth - from Oldham


FIRST ROUND
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 26 Nov 1887   Ashton North End  8-1  Newton Heath Alexandra 

Rayner Lane

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 26 Nov 1887   Clayton Bridge  5-3  Werneth Amateurs  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 26 Nov 1887   Denton Rovers  3-1  Manchester North End  unknown unknown unknown HT 1-1
 Sat 26 Nov 1887   Failsworth Albion  2-1
VOID		  Waterloo 

 Lord Lane 

 (Failsworth) 

 unknown unknown

Match void due to a protest by Waterloo.

Replayed on Sat 17 Dec
 Sat 26 Nov 1887   Hulme  1-1  Ashton St Mary's  unknown unknown

 Mr R Lowe 

 (Ten Acres) 

 Match went to a replay on Sat 3 Dec
 Sat 26 Nov 1887   Hurst Nook Rovers  8-0  Bradford and Clayton 

 Rosehill

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 26 Nov 1887   Hurst Wanderers  8-1  Cheetham Hill  unknown  3.35pm  unknown HT 2-1
 Sat 26 Nov 1887   Lees Amateurs  4-0  Flowery Field  unknown  unknown  unknown  
 Sat 26 Nov 1887   Manchester South End  0-3  Taunton 

 Alexandra Park 

(Manchester) 

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 17 Dec 1887   Waterloo  2-0  Failsworth Albion  unknown unknown

 Mr Hallsworth

(Hyde) 

Venue agreed to be switched to Waterloo.

 Ref agreed 2 x 35 min halves to be played 




FIRST ROUND - REPLAY
 

DATE

HOME

SCORE

AWAY

 GROUND 

KO

 REFEREE 

NOTE
 Sat 3 Dec 1887   Ashton St Mary's   unknown   Hulme  unknown  unknown  unknown  Result unknown but Hulme went through to the next round 




SECOND ROUND
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 17 Dec 1887   Denton Rovers  0-2  Hurst Wanderers  unknown 2.30pm Mr John Bird HT 0-2. Ref was honorary secretary of the Manchester FA
 Sat 24 Dec 1887   Taunton  3-0  Clayton Bridge 

 Newmarket Road 

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 3.05pm

Mr Garnett

(Hurst)

  
 Sat 24 Dec 1887   Waterloo  5-0  Hulme  unknown  unknown   Mr John Bird  HT 5-0. Ref was honorary secretary of the Manchester FA
 unknown   Hurst Nook Rovers 

 unknown 

  Lees Amateurs  unknown unknown unknown

Venue not confirmed and possibly game was not played
 But Hurst Nook Rovers went through to the later stages of the Cup 

and Lees Amateurs did not
    Ashton North End     BYE         Ashton North End had a bye in the 2nd Round 




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 unknown   Ashton North End   unknown   Hurst Wanderers 

Rayner Lane

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown  unknown  The score and result is unknown and it is not known who went through to the Semi Final 
    Taunton     BYE        It is believed that Taunton had a bye in the Quarter Final
    Waterloo     BYE        It is believed that Waterloo had a bye in the Quarter Final
    Hurst Nook Rovers     BYE        It is believed that Hurst Nook Rovers had a bye in the Quarter Final




SEMI-FINAL
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 4 Feb 1888   Waterloo   unknown   Hurst Nook Rovers 

Hurst Cross

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown  unknown  The score is unknown but it was a draw and went to a replay 
 unknown   Taunton  unknown

 Ashton North End OR 

Hurst Wanderers 

Newmarket Road

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 unknown unknown

The score is unknown but Taunton went through.

It is not known who their opposition were




SEMI-FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE

HOME

SCORE

AWAY

 GROUND 

KO

 REFEREE 

NOTE
 unknown   Hurst Nook Rovers   unknown   Waterloo  unknown  unknown  unknown  The score is unknown but it was a draw again and went to a second replay 




SEMI-FINAL - 2nd REPLAY
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 17 Mar 1888   Waterloo   unknown   Hurst Nook Rovers  unknown  unknown  unknown  The score is unknown but Hurst Nook Rovers went through to the Final 




FINAL
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 21 Apr 1888   Taunton   unknown   Hurst Nook Rovers 

Hurst Cross

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown  unknown

 Original date for the Final was Sat 25 Feb but was delayed due to SF replays. 

The score is unknown but was a draw and went to a replay




FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 5 May 1888   Hurst Nook Rovers 

 unknown 

  Taunton  unknown  unknown  unknown  The score is unknown but Hurst Nook Rovers won the game and the Cup 




NAME CHANGES
• Ashton St Mary's - changed name to Ashton Hibernians
• Failsworth Albion - changed name to Failsworth and did not enter again until 1895/96
 
OUTGOING
• Bradford and Clayton - did not enter again
• Denton Rovers - did not enter again
• Failsworth Albion - changed name to Failsworth but did not enter again until 1895/96
• Flowery Field - believed to have folded
• Lees Amateurs - did not enter again
• Waterloo - did not enter again
• Werneth Amateurs - did not enter again
 


1888-89 : Ashton North End

• With 11 of the 18 clubs from 1887-88 now entering the next season, we had an additional 19 teams join to make 30 teams in the 1888-89 competition.
• 9 of the new clubs were Reserve sides, after previously all had been first teams. The majority of the Reserves were of Senior clubs, but Kearsley had chosen to enter their 1st team in the Lancashire Junior Cup, leaving their Reserves to enter the Manchester competition.
• Four of the new clubs had links to modern day sides. Heaton Norris Rovers became Stockport County in 1890; Hurst Reserves were the club that nearly 60 years later would become Ashton United (though that is debatable as they folded in 1892 and re-formed 17 years later in 1909); Newton Heath Swifts were the Reserves of the Newton Heath LYR club that in 1902 became Manchester United; Ardwick Reserves were the club that in 1894 folded and their Hyde Road ground was taken over by brand new club Manchester City
• The Manchester rugby union club had formed an association side called Manchester FC, and their Reserves entered the cup this season
• The cup was dominated again by the Ashton-u-Lyne clubs, with Ashton North End beating Hurst Reserves in the Final


NAME CHANGES
• Ashton Hibernians - new name of Ashton Ashton St Mary's
 
NEWLY ENTERING
• Ardwick Reserves - Reserves of the Ardwick club that were later replaced by Manchester City (Hyde Road ground)
• Denton Reserves - Reserves of the Denton side who played in the FA Cup in 1889/90 and the following season joined The Combination (Chapel House ground)

• Fairfield - from near the Droylsden area (Edge Lane ground)
• Farnworth Parish Church Reserves - Reserves of the Farnworth Parish Church club, from the Bolton area
• Heaton Norris - Newly renamed from Heaton Norris Rovers. They became Stockport County in 1890 (Wilkes Field ground)
• Hooley Hill Reserves - Reserves of Hooley Hill (Pack Horse ground)
• Hurst Ramblers - from Ashton-u-Lyne (Infirmary Road ground)
• Hurst Reserves - Reserves of the Hurst club that folded in 1892. They were re-created in 1909, changed name in 1947 to Ashton United (Hurst Cross ground)
• Kearsley Reserves - Reserves of the Kearsley club
• Manchester Reserves - Reserves of the side linked to the rugby union club Manchester FC, with their ground in Greenheys, South Manchester
• Manchester St Mary's - from the Hulme area of South Manchester (Whalley Range ground)
• Monton - from West Manchester
• Mosley - from West Manchester
• Newton Heath Association - from East Manchester
• Newton Heath Swifts - Reserves of the Newton Heath LYR club that became Newton Heath in 1892 and then Manchester United in 1902 (North Road ground)
• Newton St Mark's - from Monsall, East Manchester
• Openshaw - from East Manchester
• Reddish - from East Manchester on the border with Stockport (Sandfold Lane ground)
• West Manchester Swifts - One of the two Reserve sides of the West Manchester club (Hullard Hall ground)


FIRST ROUND

DATE

HOME

SCORE

AWAY

GROUND

KO

REFEREE

NOTE
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Ardwick Reserves 

3-1

 Newton Heath Alexandra 

Hyde Road

(Manchester)

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Ashton North End 

13-0

 Kearsley Reserves 

Rayner Lane

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  3.15pm  unknown HT 3-0
Sat 24 Nov 1888 Cheetham Hill  unknown  Newton Heath Swifts

 Alms Hill 

 (Cheetham Hill) 

 unknown unknown

 Scoreline not known but Newton Heath Swifts 

 went through to the next round 
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Farnworth Parish Church 

Reserves 

3-0

 Reddish 

 unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Heaton Norris

1-3

 Fairfield 

Wilkes Field

(Stockport)

 unknown unknown HT 0-2
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Hulme 

 W/O awarded 

 Monton 

  unknown  3pm unknown

 Hulme went through to the next round by kicking 

the ball into the goal at 3pm with no opposition.
Monton didn't turn up till 4pm

and then a friendly was played instead
Sat 24 Nov 1888  Hurst Nook Rovers   unknown   Denton Reserves 

 Rosehill 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 unknown unknown

 Scoreline not known but Hurst Nook Rovers 

 went through to the next round 
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Hurst Ramblers 

4-0

VOID

 Clayton Bridge 

Infirmary Road

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown   Mr James Ingham 

HT 2-0.

 Clayton Bridge protested and the match was playted again on 5 Jan 
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Hurst Reserves 

6-0

 Manchester Reserves 

Hurst Cross

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 unknown

Mr Lowe

 (Newton Heath Central) 

 HT 2-0
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Manchester North End 

2-2

 Manchester St Mary's 

 Church Lane

(Harpurhey) 

  unknown  unknown

 HT 1-1. Attendance : 800

 Match went to a replay
 Sat 24 Nov 1888   Manchester South End   unknown   Mosley 

 Alexandra Park 

 (Manchester) 

  unknown   unknown 

 Scoreline not known but Manchester South End  

 went through to the next round 
 Sat 24 Nov 1888   Newton Heath Association   unknown   Hooley Hill Reserves  unknown unknown unknown

 Scoreline not known but Hooley Hill Reserves   

 went through to the next round 
 Sat 24 Nov 1888   Newton St Mark's   W/O awarded   Hurst Wanderers  unknown unknown unknown

 Newton St Mark's went through to the next round by kicking 

the ball into the goal with no opposition. 
 Hurst Wanderers didn't turn up so 

 the game was awarded to Newton St Mark's 
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Openshaw 

1-1

 West Manchester Swifts 

 unknown unknown  unknown 

HT 1-1
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Taunton 

2-1

 Ashton Hibernians 

 Newmarket Road 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 unknown  unknown  HT 0-0
Sat 5 Jan 1889 Hurst Ramblers 1-0 Clayton Bridge

 Infirmary Road 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 unknown  unknown   




FIRST ROUND - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 1 Dec 1888   West Manchester Swifts  3-1  Openshaw 

 Hullard Hall

(Old Trafford) 

  unknown  unknown  
 Sat 1 Dec 1888   Manchester St Mary's   1-2   Manchester North End 

 Whalley Range 

 (Manchester) 

 unknown unknown

 




SECOND ROUND
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   Ashton North End  4-2  Ardwick Reserves 

Rayner Lane

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 unknown

 Mr C H Holland 

 (Hurst) 

 HT 1-0. 

 2 x 35 mins was agreed 
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   Fairfield  7-0  Taunton 

 Edge Lane 

 (Droylsden) 

 unknown unknown  Greenwood scored 5 of the 7 goals 
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   Hooley Hill Reserves  1-4  Newton St Mark's 

 Pack Horse Ground 

(Audenshaw)

  unknown  unknown

HT 1-1
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   Manchester North End  6-0  Hulme 

Church Lane

(Harpurhey)

 unknown unknown HT 2-0
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   Manchester South End   unknown   Hurst Ramblers 

Alexandra Park

(Manchester)

 unknown unknown

 Score unknown but Hurst Ramblers went through 

 to the Quarter Final 
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   Newton Heath Swifts  2-3  Hurst Reserves 

North Road

(Manchester)

 unknown unknown Hurst Reserves played with 10 men throughout
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   West Manchester Swifts  2-0

 Farnworth Parish Church 

Reserves 

 Hullard Hall

(Old Trafford) 

 unknown unknown  
   Hurst Nook Rovers     BYE         Hurst Nook Rovers had a bye in the 2nd Round 




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 16 Feb 1889   Hurst Nook Rovers  2-2  Ashton North End 

 Rosehill 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown  unknown Match went to a replay on Sat 2 March
 Sat 16 Feb 1889   Fairfield  8-2  Manchester North End 

 Edge Lane 

 (Droylsden) 

 unknown unknown HT 3-1. Attendance 1200
 Sat 16 Feb 1889   Newton St Mark's  2-2  Hurst Ramblers  unknown unknown unknown

 Hurst Ramblers declined to play Extra Time 

so it went to a replay on Sat 23 Feb
 Sat 16 Feb 1889   West Manchester Swifts  1-2  Hurst Reserves 

 Hullard Hall

(Old Trafford) 

 unknown unknown  




QUARTER FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 23 Feb 1889   Hurst Ramblers  1-3
AET		  Newton St Mark's 

Infirmary Road

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown  unknown

FT score 1-1. Match went to Extra Time -

Hurst Ramblers did play it this time
 Sat 2 Mar 1889   Hurst Nook Rovers   unknown   Ashton North End 

 Newton Heath 

Central FC 

 unknown unknown

Replay played on a neutral ground.

 Newton Heath Central's ground was in or near the Ten Acres area. 

Score not known but Ashton North End won




SEMI-FINAL
 

DATE

HOME

SCORE

AWAY

GROUND

KO

 REFEREE 

 NOTE 
 Sat 16 Mar 1889   Ashton North End   4-1   Fairfield 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown  unknown  HT 3-0 
 Sat 23 Mar 1889   Hurst Reserves  5-1  Newton St Mark's 

Hyde Road

(Manchester)

 unknown unknown  




FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 20 Apr 1889   Hurst Reserves  2-2  Ashton North End 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  3.30pm 

 Mr Sam Ormrod 

 (Accrington) 

HT 1-2. Attendance 5050
With the game finishing 2-2, there was time for extra time and players were happy.

However the officials (referee plus umpires Mr Colvert (Manchester FA secretary)

and Mr Dyson (Oldham)) decided playing extra time was

"not suitable to the committee", so a replay was arranged. 

 The FA were accused of taking the money option of a replay which they later denied 




FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 4 May 1889   Ashton North End  1-0  Hurst Reserves 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  5.30pm 

 Mr Sam Ormrod 

 (Accrington) 

HT 1-0. Attendance 6000
 Manchester FA agreed to play the game at 5pm on 4th May 
after the Ashton Senior Cup Final (3pm) had finished.
The game though actually started at 5.30pm

due to trophy presentations from the previous game




NAME CHANGES
• None
 
OUTGOING
• Ashton Hibernians - believed to have folded
• Cheetham Hill - did not enter again until 1904/05

• Clayton Bridge - did not enter again
• Farnworth Parish Church Reserves - did not enter again
• Heaton Norris - did not enter again as Heaton Norris but after name change, Stockport County Reserves entered in 1890/91
• Hulme - did not enter again until 1891/92
• Hurst Wanderers - did not enter again
• Kearsley Reserves - did not enter again
• Manchester Reserves - did not enter again
• Manchester South End - did not enter again until 1905/06
• Mosley - did not enter again until 1906/07

• Newton Heath Alexandra - did not enter again
• Newton Heath Association - believed to have folded
• Newton Heath Swifts - missed the following season but returned for 1890/91
• Newton St Mark's - missed the following season but returned for 1890/91
• Openshaw - did not enter again
• Reddish - did not enter again until 1895/96
 


1889-90 : Hurst Nook Rovers

• With only 13 of the 30 clubs from 1888-89 now entering the next season, we had an additional 10 teams join to make 23 teams in the 1889-90 competition.
• However with only 7 first round ties traced so far, it could be that there were more entrants that had been knocked out in the first round
• 4 of the clubs leaving were Reserve sides, leaving only Denton Reserves, Hurst Reserves and West Manchester Swifts as Reserve sides. However one new reserve side joined in Manchester Clifford Reserves.
• The cup was dominated again by the Ashton-u-Lyne clubs, with Hurst Nook Rovers beating Hurst Ramblers in the Final


NAME CHANGES
• None
 
NEWLY ENTERING
• Golborne - from the outskirks of South Wigan, near Ashton-in-Makerfield
• Longsight - from South Manchester (High Street ground)
• Manchester Clifford Reserves - Reserves of the senior club from Greenheys, South Manchester
• Manchester Press - from Old Trafford, South West Manchester
• Manchester Willert - from Central Manchester
• Stalybridge Rovers - from Stalybridge (Crookbottom ground)
• Stretford - from Stretford, South West Manchester (Old Cock Hotel ground)
• Stretford South End - from Stretford, South West Manchester
• Tonge - from Middleton (Upper Tonge ground)
• Worsley - from West Manchester


BYES

 BYE TO ROUND  TEAMS
 2nd Round 

 Ardwick Reserves; Ashton North End; Denton Reserves; Fairfield; Hurst Reserves;

Longsight; Manchester Press; Stretford South End, West Manchester Swifts 




FIRST ROUND
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 30 Nov 1889   Hurst Nook Rovers  13-3  Worsley 

Rosehill

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

  unknown  Mr John Bird

 HT 8-3. 

 Ref was honorary secretary of the Manchester FA 
 Sat 30 Nov 1889   Hurst Ramblers  5-0  Stalybridge Rovers 

Infirmary Road

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 unknown Mr Price

HT 3-0. Attendance 600.

Two halves of 40 mins each were agreed
 Sat 30 Nov 1889   Taunton  1-0  Golborne 

 Newmarket Road

(Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 30 Nov 1889 

 Manchester Clifford

Reserves 

 0-3  Manchester North End 

Greenheys

(Manchester)

 unknown Mr John Massey Jnr HT 0-2
 Sat 30 Nov 1889   Tonge  3-0  Manchester Willert 

 Upper Tonge 

 (Middleton) 

 3.35pm  Mr J H Robinson 

HT 1-0. Attendance 800
Referee was an official from Hooley Hill AFC
Manchester Willert had a "scratch" side

made up of players from other clubs
 Sat 30 Nov 1889   Manchester St Mary's  4-0 Stretford

 Whalley Range 

 (Manchester) 

 unknown unknown HT 0-0
 Sat 30 Nov 1889   Hooley Hill Reserves  0-1  Monton 

 Pack Horse Ground 

 (Audenshaw) 

 unknown unknown

 HT 0-1. 

 Attendance "a large number of spectators" 




SECOND ROUND
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   Ardwick Reserves  1-4  Hurst Ramblers 

Hyde Road

(Manchester)

 3.10pm

Mr Hallsworth

(Hyde)

 HT 1-1. Two halves of 35 mins each were agreed
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   Hurst Nook Rovers  10-1  Denton Reserves 

Rosehill

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 unknown Mr Price HT 3-0
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   Longsight  2-3  Ashton North End 

 High Street 

 (Chorlton-on-Medlock) 

 unknown Mr Fallows

 HT 1-1. 

 The pitch was described as being in a very unsatisfactory condition 

 despite fine weather, due to water holes 
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   Manchester St Mary's  2-2
AET		  Tonge 

 Whalley Range 

 (Manchester) 

 unknown Mr John Lee

HT 0-1. FT 2-2.

 Two halves of 40 mins were played followed by 2x 5mins ET 
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   Monton  1-5  Manchester North End  unknown unknown  Mr John Massey Jr  HT 0-2. "small number of spectators"
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   Stretford South End  0-4  Fairfield  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   Taunton  8-0  Manchester Press 

 Newmarket Road 

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

  unknown  unknown  
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   West Manchester Swifts   unknown   Hurst Reserves 

 Hullard Hall

(Old Trafford) 

 unknown unknown Hurst Reserves won, score not known




SECOND ROUND - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 28 Dec 1889   Tonge  1-2  Manchester St Mary's 

  Upper Tonge 

 (Middleton) 

  unknown  unknown  




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 18 Jan 1890   Fairfield  2-4  Hurst Nook Rovers 

 Edge Lane 

 (Droylsden) 

 unknown  Mr John Bird 

HT 0-2. Attendance 1000.

Ref was honorary secretary of the Manchester FA
 Sat 18 Jan 1890   Hurst Ramblers  2-1  Manchester North End 

Infirmary Road

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 unknown

Mr Seville

(Royton)

HT 0-1. Attendance 400.

Some sources quote 4-1 but detailed reports confirm 2-1.

Two halves of 40 mins played
 Sat 18 Jan 1890   Manchester St Mary's  2-3  Ashton North End 

 Whalley Range 

 (Manchester) 

  unknown  Mr Fallas

HT 1-0.

 Ref was also the honorary treasurer of the Manchester FA 
 Sat 18 Jan 1890   Taunton  7-1  Hurst Reserves 

 Newmarket Road 

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 unknown unknown

HT 1-1. "A fair number of spectators".

Several papers stated that Hurst Reserves

had 34 goal kicks in the 2nd half!




SEMI FINAL
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 22 Feb 1890   Ashton North End   Abandoned   Hurst Ramblers 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown   Mr Sinclair 

HT 1-0. Attendance was "satisfactory".

Match was abandoned on 55 mins due to fog with the score at 1-1.
 The officials stated that the game was "postponed until daylight doth appear" 
 but the game was eventually played again on Sat 8 March 1890. 
 Sat 1 Mar 1890   Hurst Nook Rovers  2-1  Taunton 

Athletic Grounds

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 unknown unknown HT 2-0
 Sat 8 Mar 1890   Ashton North End  1-2  Hurst Ramblers 

Athletic Grounds

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 unknown Mr Sinclair

HT 0-2. Very stormy weather.

This was originally played on 22 Feb that was abandoned after 55 mins




FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 22 Mar 1890   Hurst Ramblers  1-2  Hurst Nook Rovers 

 Athletic Grounds 

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

  3.30pm  unknown  HT 1-1. Attendance 4000 




NAME CHANGES
• Manchester Clifford Reserves - the club merged with Manchester Welsh in December 1889, shortly after being knocked out of the cup. They were incorporated into Manchester, based at the Manchester rugby union club
 
OUTGOING
• Denton Reserves - did not enter again but first team enentered in 1899/00
• Golborne - did not enter again

• Hooley Hill Reserves - first team entered later seasons
• Hurst Reserves - did not enter again
• Manchester Clifford Reserves - the club merged with Manchester Welsh in December 1889, shortly after being knocked out of the cup. They were incorporated into Manchester, based at the Manchester rugby union club, but did not enter again
• Manchester Press - did not enter again, joining the new Manchester League instead
• Manchester St Mary's - did not enter again until 1892/93, joining the new Manchester League instead
• Manchester Willert - did not enter again
• Monton - did not enter again
• Stalybridge Rovers - did not enter the following season but returned for 1891/92
• Stretford South End - possibly merged with Stretford TBC
• Taunton - did not enter the following season but returned for 1891/92
• Worsley - did not enter again