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F.A. Cup Final referee 1890-91 |
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By: John Treleven Date: June 6, 2024, 9:40 am |
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Major (later Sir) Francis Marindin had refereed the F.A. Cup |
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final 9 times (1880 & 1884-90 including the 1886 replay). |
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He was appointed to a First Round fixture the following season |
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(Crusaders of Leyton v Birmingham St. George) on 17th January |
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1891 but declined and appears to have retired from top class |
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refereeing as he was now 52. He did appear occasionally over the |
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next three seasons at lower levels and died in 1900 shortly |
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before his 62nd birthday. |
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His successor as cup final referee was due to have been Charles |
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John Clegg (also to be knighted) who had refereed the 1882 final |
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and had also acted as an umpire (they became linesmen the |
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following season) at the cup final on five occasions (1886-89 |
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inc. the 1886 replay). The match was Blackburn Rovers (the |
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holders) v Notts County at Kennington Oval on Saturday 21st |
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March 1891. |
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However he withdrew the day before the match due to a "family |
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bereavement". No details were given but it was his sister in law |
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Ethel Maud Clegg, nee Wicks, wife of his younger brother Leonard |
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(who like his brothers had played for Sheffield F.C.). They had |
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married in 1890 and Ethel died on Thursday 19th, aged 23, seven |
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days after giving birth to their only child, Ethel Theodora. |
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Leonard was to re-marry in 1896 (Kate Turton) and died aged 72 |
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in 1939. Ethel Theodora married Thomas Leafe in 1920 and died in |
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1972. |
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Charles James Hughes of Northwich, one of the appointed umpires, |
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was "promoted" to referee the final. His younger brother, |
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William Henry, also acted as an umpire in the earlier rounds of |
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the competition. Thomas Gunning of Wandsworth was brought in as |
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the replacement umpire to accompany William Henry Jope of |
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Wednesbury (but born in Plymouth). Blackburn Rovers retained the |
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trophy, 3-1. |
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Clegg returned to referee the F.A. Cup final of 1892, Hughes |
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refereed the 1893 and 1894 finals with Gunning a (now) linesman |
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in 1893 and Gunning refereeing the first F.A. Amateur Cup final |
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in 1894. |
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