1885 FA Cup final

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.

1885 FA Cup final

Event	1884–85 FA Cup
Blackburn Rovers Queen's Park 2 0
Date	4 April 1885 (1885-04-04)
Venue	Kennington Oval, London
Referee	Major Francis Marindin
Attendance	12,500
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Match details

Blackburn Rovers, winning side

Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Queen's Park
Forrest Brown

Kennington Oval, London

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Francis Marindin

Blackburn Rovers

Queen's Park

Blackburn Rovers GK Herby Arthur RB Richard Turner LB Fergus Suter RH George Haworth CH Hugh McIntyre LH Jimmy Forrest OR Jimmy Douglas IR Joe Lofthouse CF James Brown (c) IL Joe Sowerbutts OL Howard Fecitt

Queens Park GK George Gillespie RB Walter Arnott LB William McLeod CH Charles Campbell (c) CH John Macdonald OR Ninian MacWhannell IR William Anderson CF Alexander Hamilton CF William Sellar IL David Allan OL Woodville Gray

• Played 4 April 1885
• Attendance 12,500
• Referee Major Francis Marindin

References

• Line-ups
• Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk