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 Amateurs - 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 Amateurs  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 Amateurs 

 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        It is believed that 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
• Cheetham Hill - entered the Lancashire Alliance league instead and did not enter the MJC again until 1904/05
• 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
• Hurst Wanderers - did not enter again
• Lees Amateurs - did not enter again
• Waterloo - did not enter again
• Werneth Amateurs - did not enter again
 


1888-89 : Ashton North End

• With 9 of the 18 clubs from 1887-88 now entering the next season, we had an additional 18 teams join to make 27 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; 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 also enetered 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)
• Fairfield - from Ashton-u-Lyne
• Failworth Parish Church Reserves - Reserves of the Failsworth Parish Church club
• Heaton Norris - Newly renamed from Heaton Norris Rovers. They became Stockport County in 1890 (Wilkes Field ground)
• Heaton Park Reserves - Reserves of Heaton Park (Heaton Park ground)
• Hooley Hill Reserves - Reserves of Hooley Hill (Pack Horse ground)
• Hulme St Mary's - from South Manchester
• 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 (Whalley Range ground)
• Monton - from West Manchester
• Newton Heath Swifts - Reserves of the Newton Heath LYR club that became 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
• Royton Reserves - Reserves of the Royton club
• West Manchester Swifts - Reserves of the West Manchester club (Brooks's Bar ground)


BYES
 

 BYE TO ROUND  TEAMS
 2nd Round   Hooley Hill Reserves; Hurst Nook Rovers; Manchester South End;
Newton Heath Swifts; Newton St Mark's 




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) 

 unknown unknown HT 3-0
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Failsworth 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 

 Heaton Park Reserves 

0-2

 Royton Reserves 

Heaton Park

(Manchester)

 unknown  unknown   
 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 Ramblers 

4-0

 Clayton Bridge Amateurs 

Infirmary Road

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown   Mr James Ingham  HT 2-0
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Hurst Reserves 

6-0

 Manchester Reserves 

Hurst Cross

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 unknown

Mr Lowe

(Newton Heath)

 HT 2-0
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Manchester North End 

2-2

 Hulme St Mary's 

 Church Lane

(Harpurhey) 

  unknown  unknown Match went to a replay
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Openshaw 

unknown

 West Manchester Swifts 

 unknown unknown  unknown 

Score unknown but it was a draw

and went to a replay on Sat 1 Dec
 Sat 24 Nov 1888 

 Taunton 

2-1

 Ashton Hibernians 

 Newmarket 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 

Brooks's Bar

 (Manchester) 

  unknown  unknown  
 unknown   Hulme St Mary's   unknown   Manchester North End  unknown unknown unknown

 Date and score unknown but Manchester North End 

went through to the 2nd Round




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 unknown  
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   Fairfield  7-0  Taunton  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   Hooley Hill Reserves  1-2  Newton St Mark's 

 Pack Horse Ground 

(Audenshaw)

  unknown  unknown

HT 1-1. 1-2 is assumed to be the score at FT.
 However the report just says that Newton St Marks had 

"mostly their own way" in the 2nd half
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   Hurst Nook Rovers   unknown   Royton Reserves 

Rosehill

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 unknown unknown

Possibly game was not played,

but Hurst Nook Rovers went through to the next round

and Royton Reserves did not
 Sat 19 Jan 1889   Manchester North End  6-0  Hulme 

Church Lane

(Harpurhey)

 unknown unknown  
 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

 Failsworth Parish Church 

Reserves 

Brooks's Bar

(Manchester)

 unknown unknown  




QUARTER FINAL
 

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

Rayner Lane

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

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

Brooks's Bar

(Manchester)

 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   unknown   Fairfield 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown  unknown  Result not known but Ashton North End went through to the Final 
 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
• Hulme St Mary's - changed name to Manchester St Mary's
 
OUTGOING
• Ashton Hibernians - believed to have folded
• Clayton Bridge Amateurs - did not enter again
• Failsworth Parish Church Reserves - first team entered later seasons
• Heaton Norris - did not enter again as Heaton Norris but after name change, Stockport County Reserves entered in 1890/91
• Heaton Park Reserves - first team entered later seasons
• Hulme - did not enter again until 1891/92
• Kearsley Reserves - did not enter again
• Manchester Reserves - did not enter again
• Newton Heath Alexandra - did not enter again
• 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
• Royton Reserves - did not enter again until 1891/92
 


1889-90 : Hurst Nook Rovers

• With only 11 of the 27 clubs from 1888-89 now entering the next season, we had an additional 10 teams join to make 21 teams in the 1889-90 competition.
• However with only 5 first round ties traced so far, it could be that there were more entrants that had been knocked out in the first round
• 7 of the clubs leaving were Reserve sides that had joined the previous season, leaving only Hurst Reserves and West Manchester Swifts as Reserve sides. However two new reserve side Denton Reserves and Manchester Clifford Reserves also joined.
• The cup was dominated again by the Ashton-u-Lyne clubs, with Hurst Nook Rovers beating Hurst Ramblers in the Final


NAME CHANGES
• Manchester St Mary's - new name for Hulme St Mary's
 
NEWLY ENTERING
• 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)
• 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 Central Manchester
• Manchester Willert - from Central Manchester
• Stalybridge Rovers - from Stalybridge (Crookbottom ground)
• Stretford - from South West Manchester (Longford Bridge ground)
• Stretford South End - from South West Manchester
• Tonge - from Middleton (Tonge Hall 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 6-0. 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 

Tonge Hall

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




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  
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   Longsight  2-3  Ashton North End 

 High Street 

 (Chorlton-on-Medlock) 

 unknown Mr Fallows HT 1-1
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   Manchester St Mary's  2-2
AET		  Tonge  unknown 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 also reported as being 7-0
 Sat 21 Dec 1889   West Manchester Swifts   unknown   Hurst Reserves 

Brooks's Bar

(Manchester)

 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 

 Tonge Hall 

 (Middleton) 

  unknown  unknown  




QUARTER FINAL
 

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