List of Wanderers F.C. FA Cup-winning players
Charles W. Alcock was one of the founders of the club and played in the first FA Cup final.
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
William Kenyon-Slaney (pictured in around 1906) played in the 1873 final for Wanderers and was also the first player to score a goal for England.[1]
Arthur Kinnaird (later Lord Kinnaird) played in a record nine FA Cup finals, and was on the winning side five times.
| Position | Player | Finals apps. | Finals goals | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Welch, Reginald CourtenayReginald Courtenay Welch | 2 | 0 | 1872, 1873 |
| FB | Lubbock, EdgarEdgar Lubbock | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
| FB | Howell, LeonardLeonard Howell | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
| HB | Meysey-Thompson, AlbertAlbert Meysey-Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
| FW | Alcock, Charles W.Charles W. Alcock | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
| FW | Bowen, EdwardEdward Bowen | 2 | 0 | 1872,1873 |
| FW | Bonsor, AlexanderAlexander Bonsor | 2 | 0 | 1872,1873 |
| FW | Betts, MortonMorton Betts | 1 | 1 | 1872 |
| FW | Crake, WilliamWilliam Crake | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
| FW | Hooman, ThomasThomas Hooman | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
| FW | Vidal, WalpoleWalpole Vidal | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
| FW | Kingsford, RobertRobert Kingsford | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
| FW | Kenyon-Slaney, WilliamWilliam Kenyon-Slaney | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
| FW | Meysey-Thompson, CharlesCharles Meysey-Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
| FW | Sturgis, JulianJulian Sturgis | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
| FW/GK | Kinnaird, ArthurArthur Kinnaird | 3 | 2[A] | 1873,1877,1878 |
| FW | Stewart, HenryHenry Stewart | 1 | 0 | 1873 |
| FW | Wollaston, CharlesCharles Wollaston | 2 | 1 | 1872,1873 |
| GK | Greig, W. D. O.W. D. O. Greig | 2 | 0 | 1876 |
| GK | Kirkpatrick, JamesJames Kirkpatrick | 1 | 0 | 1878 |
| FB | Stratford, AlfredAlfred Stratford | 4 | 0 | 1876,1877,1878 |
| FB | Lindsay, WilliamWilliam Lindsay | 4 | 1 | 1876,1877,1878 |
| HB | Maddison, FrederickFrederick Maddison | 2 | 0 | 1876 |
| HB | Birley, FrancisFrancis Birley | 3 | 0 | 1876,1877 |
| HB | Green, FrederickFrederick Green | 2 | 0 | 1877,1878 |
| FW | Wollaston, CharlesCharles Wollaston | 4 | 1 | 1876,1877,1878 |
| FW | Heron, FrancisFrancis 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 | Wylie, JohnJohn Wylie | 1 | 0 | 1878 |
Notes
A. ^ Kinnaird's figure of two goals includes one in the 1878 final which is credited to him in 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.
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