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
Event1884–85 FA Cup
Date4 April 1885 (1885-04-04)
VenueKennington Oval, London
RefereeMajor Francis Marindin
Attendance12,500
1884
1886

Match details

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Blackburn Rovers, winning side
Blackburn Rovers2–0Queen's Park
Forrest  
Brown  
Attendance: 12,500
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blackburn Rovers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Queen's Park
Blackburn Rovers
GK Herby Arthur
DF Richard Turner
DF Fergus Suter
MF George Haworth
MF Hugh McIntyre (c)
MF Jimmy Forrest
FW Joe Sowerbutts
FW Joe Lofthouse
FW Jimmy Douglas
FW James Brown
FW Howard Fecitt
Queens Park
GK George Gillespie
DF Walter Arnott
DF William McLeod
MF John Macdonald
MF Charles Campbell (c)
MF William Sellar
FW William Anderson
FW Ninian MacWhannell
FW Alexander Hamilton
FW David Allan
FW Woodville Gray

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