1872 in association football

Events of 1872 in association football

Overview of the events of 1872 in association football

1872 in sports
Years in association football
← 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 →
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1871–72 1872 1872–73 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1871–72 1872–73 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

The following are events in 1872 which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules.

Events

24 February – England defeat Scotland 1–0 in the fifth and final representative match between the two teams.
16 March – Wanderers defeat Royal Engineers 1–0 in the inaugural FA Cup Final at the Kennington Oval. Morton Betts scores the winning goal in the 15th minute after a successful dribble by Walpole Vidal.
30 November – The first FIFA-recognised international match is played in front of a crowd of 4,000 between Scotland and England at Hamilton Crescent, Partick. It ends as a 0–0 draw.

Clubs founded

England

France

Le Havre becomes the first French football and rugby club, playing football on a regular basis from 1894.

Scotland

Wales

Wrexham is founded on 28 September at the local Turf Hotel by two members of the Wrexham Cricket Club, who want to play sport during the winter months. It is the first Welsh football club.

Domestic cups

Nation	Tournament	Champion	Final Score	Second Place	Title	Last Honor	Ref
England	1871–72 FA Cup	Wanderers	1-0	Royal Engineers	1st	—	^[2]

Births

27 January – Jack Taylor (d. 1949), Scotland international forward in four matches (1892–1895); made 400 appearances for Everton (1896–1910), scoring 80 goals.
27 April – Kelly Houlker (d. 1962), England international half-back in five matches (1902–1906).
8 May – Bill Crawford (d. 1955), English professional footballer^[3]
10 May – Charlie Athersmith (d. 1910), England international forward in twelve matches, scoring three goals (1892–1900); won five league titles with Aston Villa.
25 November – G. O. Smith (d. 1943), England international forward in twenty matches (1893–1901), scoring eleven goals; captained the England team in at least thirteen matches from 1896 to 1901.
21 December – Lewis Vaughan Lodge (d. 1916), England international full-back in five matches (1894–1896).
27 December – Tommy Crawshaw (d. 1960), England international centre-half in ten matches (1895–1904).
Full date unknown:
- Harry Davy (d. 1896), English professional footballer.^[4]
- Charles Hudson (d. 1955), English professional footballer.^[5]

References

^ Lynch, Michael (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Scottish History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-19-969305-4.
^ The Football Association. "Results Archive". Archived from the original on 31 July 2020.
^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 28. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 71. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 42. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.