List of Wanderers F.C. FA Cup-winning players

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.

Charles W. Alcock was one of the founders of the club and played in the first FA Cup final.

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

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
GKReginald Courtenay Welch201872, 1873
FBEdgar Lubbock101872
FBLeonard Howell101873
HBAlbert Meysey-Thompson101872
FWCharles W. Alcock101872
FWEdward Bowen201872,1873
FWAlexander Bonsor201872,1873
FWMorton Betts111872
FWWilliam Crake101872
FWThomas Hooman101872
FWWalpole Vidal101872
FWRobert Kingsford101873
FWWilliam Kenyon-Slaney101873
FWCharles Meysey-Thompson101873
FWJulian Sturgis101873
FW/GKArthur Kinnaird32[A]1873,1877,1878
FWHenry Stewart101873
FWCharles Wollaston211872,1873
GKW. D. O. Greig201876
GKJames Kirkpatrick101878
FBAlfred Stratford401876,1877,1878
FBWilliam Lindsay411876,1877,1878
HBFrederick Maddison201876
HBFrancis Birley301876,1877
HBFrederick Green201877,1878
FWCharles Wollaston411876,1877,1878
FWFrancis Heron201876
FWHubert Heron301876,1878
FWJohn Hawley Edwards211876
FWJarvis Kenrick431876,1877,1878
FWThomas Hughes321876,1877
FWHubert Heron101877
FWHenry Wace201877,1878
FWCharles Denton201877,1878
FWJohn Wylie101878

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
  1. Courtney, Barrie (20 December 2012). "England - International Results 1872-1899 - Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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