1896 Welsh Cup Final
# 1896 Welsh Cup Final

The 1896 Welsh Cup Final, the 19th in the competition, was contested by Bangor and Wrexham at the Council Field, Llandudno. Bangor won 3–1.

## Route to the final

### Bangor

| Round | Opposition | Score | Venue |
| - | - | - | - |
| First Round | Llandudno Swifts | 3–1 | the Council Field (a) |
| Second Round | bye to the next round. | | |
| Third Round | Westminster Rovers | 1–1 | Maes y Dre (h) |
| Replay | Westminster Rovers | 1–3 | Westminster (a) |
| Fourth Round | Wellington St George | 1–1 | Maes y Dre (h) |
| Replay | Wellington St George | 4–0 | Maes y Dre (h) |
| Semi-final | Newtown | 1–1 | Racecourse Ground (n) |
| Replay | Newtown | 3–0 | Racecourse Ground (n) |

Bangor's route to the final took seven games, with their first against Llandudno Swifts being forced into extra time. Bangor travelled to the venue of that year's final to face the 'Swifts', where drawing the game 2–2 after 90 minutes, Bangor won 3–2 in extra time.

In the second round, Bangor received a bye into the third, due to no teams being close enough to travel to, and there they welcomed Westminster Rovers to their Maes y Dre field. Another draw, 1–1, after 90 minutes the game was replayed at Westminster, where Bangor won 3–1.

In the Fourth Round, Bangor once again draw 1–1, this time against Wellington St George. The game was replayed, once again at Maes y Dre.

Now only one game from the Bangor's second final, they faced last years winners Newtown. Taking the game to another 1–1 draw, Bangor went on to win 3–0 in the replay. Both games were played at the home of the final opponents, the Racecourse Ground.

### Wrexham

As runners-up in the previous years Welsh Cup, Wrexham joined the 1896 competition in the fourth round.

| Round | Opposition | Score | Venue |
| - | - | - | - |
| Fourth Round | Chirk AAA | 4–0 | Racecourse Ground (h) |
| Semi-final | Aberystwyth Town | 1–0 | Welshpool (n) |

## Match

### Detail

| Bangor | Wrexham |
| - | - |

BANGOR: :

| GK | 1 | W Arridge |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | R Roberts |
| DF | 3 | D H Williams |
| DF | 4 | W H Jones |
| DF | 5 | T Buckland |
| MF | 6 | S Roberts |
| MF | 7 | Walter Lewis |
| MF | 8 | R Owen |
| FW | 9 | C Jones |
| FW | 10 | J Roberts |
| DF | 11 | T Thomas |

WREXHAM: :

| GK | 1 | W Ball |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | E Samuels |
| DF | 3 | A E Ellis |
| MF | 4 | F Stokes |
| MF | 5 | E Robinson |
| MF | 6 | J P Rogers |
| MF | 7 | D H Pugh |
| MF | 8 | Trevor Owen |
| FW | 9 | J Hughes |
| FW | 10 | W C Harrison |
| FW | 11 | A Williams |
