List of Wanderers F.C. FA Cup-winning players
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Wanderers F.C. was an English football club based in London. Comprising mainly former pupils of the leading English public schools, the club was among the most dominant of the early years of organised football and won the FA Cup on five occasions, including defeating Royal Engineers in the first FA Cup final in 1872.
A total of 35 players took the field for Wanderers in the club's five FA Cup final appearances, of whom five played in three cup-winning teams. Jarvis Kenrick scored the most goals for Wanderers in finals, with one in 1877 and two in 1878.
Positions key[]
- GK - Goalkeeper
- FB - Full back
- HB - Half back
- FW - Forward
Players[]
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Position | Player | Finals apps. | Finals goals | Finals |
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GK | Reginald Courtenay Welch | 2 | 0 | 1872, 1873 |
FB | Edgar Lubbock | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
FB | Leonard Howell | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
HB | Albert Meysey-Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
FW | Charles W. Alcock | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
FW | Edward Bowen | 2 | 0 | 1872,1873 |
FW | Alexander Bonsor | 2 | 0 | 1872,1873 |
FW | Morton Betts | 1 | 1 | 1872 |
FW | William Crake | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
FW | Thomas Hooman | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
FW | Walpole Vidal | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
FW | Robert Kingsford | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
FW | William Kenyon-Slaney | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
FW | Charles Meysey-Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
FW | Julian Sturgis | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
FW/GK | Arthur Kinnaird | 3 | 2[A] | 1873,1877,1878 |
FW | Henry Stewart | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
FW | Charles Wollaston | 2 | 1 | 1872,1873 |
GK | W. D. O. Greig | 2 | 0 | 1876 |
GK | James Kirkpatrick | 1 | 0 | 1878 |
FB | Alfred Stratford | 4 | 0 | 1876,1877,1878 |
FB | William Lindsay | 4 | 1 | 1876,1877,1878 |
HB | Frederick Maddison | 2 | 0 | 1876 |
HB | Francis Birley | 3 | 0 | 1876,1877 |
HB | Frederick Green | 2 | 0 | 1877,1878 |
FW | Charles Wollaston | 4 | 1 | 1876,1877,1878 |
FW | Francis Heron | 2 | 0 | 1876 |
FW | Hubert Heron | 3 | 0 | 1876,1878 |
FW | John Hawley Edwards | 2 | 1 | 1876 |
FW | Jarvis Kenrick | 4 | 3 | 1876,1877,1878 |
FW | Thomas Hughes | 3 | 2 | 1876,1877 |
FW | Hubert Heron | 1 | 0 | 1877 |
FW | Henry Wace | 2 | 0 | 1877,1878 |
FW | Charles Denton | 2 | 0 | 1877,1878 |
FW | John Wylie | 1 | 0 | 1878 |
Notes[]
A. ^ Kinnaird's figure of two goals includes one in the 1878 final which is credited to him in some modern sources but for which contemporary newspaper reports do not identify the scorer.
References[]
- General
- Warsop, Keith (2004). The Early FA Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-78-1.
- Specific
- ^ Courtney, Barrie (20 December 2012). "England - International Results 1872-1899 - Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- Lists of association football players by club in England
- Wanderers F.C.