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Sat 11th Dec 1971

Huddersfield Town v Crystal Palace

Div. 1

Leslie "Les" Hayes (Doncaster) replaced Dennis Pugh (Chester) who had been taken ill before the match (Hayes did the whole match)

Who appeared in 10 F.A. Cup Finals (not Kinnaird or Mandirin) 5 as a player and 5 as an umpire?

Charles Wollaston appeared in 10 of the first 16 finals

J.J. Baxter - the elusive first name is still needed for this RAF man (Warrant Officer)
Interestingly listed as Hereford (a typo?) as he joined the F.L. refs list in 56-57 as Royston (Hertford) as stationed at nearby RAF Bassingbourn

1872 F.A. Cup Final referee Alfred Stair became Comptroller General of the Inland Revenue

Both the Cricket and Football Field and the Blackburn Standard of Saturday 1st September 1888 carried the rules of the new Football League

A list of 37 referees (Upton has 21) had been sent to all clubs. If they could not agree on a referee the League would appoint one.

The referees fee was a guinea plus 3rd class railway fare (Upton's first mention (page 78) is for 1890 - the same fee but 2nd class fare if over 20 miles, clarified the following season to 20 miles one way, not in total)

Both papers list the 37 with the C&FF also giving their full addresses, along with those of the 12 Club Secretaries

Comparing them with Upton he has 5 (Craven, Duxbury, Gregson, Hughes, Smith) not listed in the 37 so making an overall total of 42

Address details augmented by the details given in the 32 page supplement with the Athletic News of Tuesday 11th September 1888

League Officials
Chairman - William McGregor (Aston Villa) 1846-1911
Treasurer - William Sudell (Preston North End) 1850-1911
Secretary - Harold "Harry" Lockett (Stoke) 1855-1930

Grounds
Accrington - Thorneyholme Road, Accrington
Aston Villa - Wellington Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham
Blackburn Rovers - Leamington Road, Blackburn
Bolton Wanderers - Pikes Lane, Bolton
Burnley - Turf Moor, Burnley
Derby County - Racecourse Ground, Derby
Everton - Anfield, Liverpool
Notts County - Trent Bridge, Nottingham (see note)
Preston North End - Deepdale, Preston
Stoke City - Victoria Ground, Stoke
West Bromwich Albion - Stoney Lane, West Bromwich
Wolverhampton Wanderers - Dudley Road, Wolverhampton

*except last two on 5th March & 16th March
v Bolton Wanderers and Derby County
played at Castle Cricket Ground, Nottingham


Club Secretaries
Accrington - Ottiwell Oldham, 23 Garfield Street, Accrington and c/o Cotton Spinning & Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Accrington 1854-1922
Aston Villa - G.B. Ramsay, c/o 3 Lincoln's Inn, Corporation Road, Birmingham
Blackburn Rovers - Thomas B. Mitchell, 27 Leamington Road, Blackburn
Bolton Wanderers - John James Bentley, Acresfield, Bolton 1860-1918
Burnley - W. Duckworth, 11 Market Street, Burnley
Derby County - S. Richardson, Babington Lane, Derby and c/o Grand Theatre Buildings, Derby
Everton - W.E. Barclay, 33 Everton Terrace, Liverpool and c/o Sandon Hotel, Oakfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool
Notts County - E. Browne, Pelham Street, Nottingham and c/o Cobden Chambers, Nottingham
Preston North End - J. Nuttall, c/o Peel Mill, Preston
Stoke - Harold "Harry" Lockett, 27 Harley Street, Hanley, Stoke 1855-1930
West Bromwich Albion - T. Smith, Laburnam Cottage, 9 Nicholls Street, West Bromwich
Wolverhampton Wanderers - J.H. Reay, 208 Dudley Road, Wolverhampton

Referees (the combined list of 42)
Alfred Herbert Albut - 39 Auckland Road, Camp Hill, Birmingham
Thomas William "Tom" Armitt - 6 Albert Street, Leek
Arthur Thomas Ashwell - Fletcher Gate, Nottingham
John James Bentley - Acresfield, Bolton
William Myles "Billy" Bisseker - 39 Walsall Street, West Bromwich
Harry Russell Brown - Market Street, Hanley, Stoke
Henry Brownlow - 15 Fold Street, Bolton
Thomas "Tom" Bryan - William Street, Aston, Birmingham
Anthony Chaplin - 74 Regent Street, Derby
Alfred Cooper - 33 Walpole Street, Wolverhampton
James Joseph Cooper B.A. - Granville Terrace, Blackburn
Charles Samuel Craven - 17 Garden Street, Darlington
Richard Arthur Daft - Chester Green, Derby
Thomas Duxbury - c/o Gas Company, Darwen
Frederick William Earp - Elm Avenue, Nottingham
T. Evans - 3 Argyle Road, Garston, Liverpool
William Fairhurst - c/o Cricket & Football Field, Infirmary Street, Bolton
Richard Philip "Dick" Gregson - 25 Richmond Terrace, Blackburn
Joseph Pickup "Joe" Hartley - Holly Bank, Accrington
William Gilbert Haslam - North Street, Duffield Road, Derby
William "Will" Heath - Clough Street, Hanley, Stoke
Thomas Helme - Anvil Street, Farnworth, Bolton
Thomas Hindle - c/o Bank Chambers, Darwen
John Robert Horne - 123 St. John's Terrace, Accrington
Charles James Hughes - c/o Central Offices, Northwich
Edward Johnson - Wharf Street, Stoke
William Henry Jope - Trewin House, Wednesbury
John Lewis - Old Grammar School, Blackburn
Robert Ernest "Bob" Lythgoe - 30 Thackeray Street, Princes Road, Liverpool
Harold "Harry" Lockett - Harley Street, Hanley, Stoke
John "Jack" MacIntyre - c/o Athenaeum, Princess Street, Manchester
Walter Marshall - Queen's Walk, Nottingham
William Henry Moon - Albert Street, Wednesbury and c/o Old Athletic Club, Wednesbury
John Nisbet - 182 Oakfield Road, Nottingham
Thomas Valentine Fitzroy "Fitz" Norris - Eagley Mills, Bolton
Samuel Ormerod - 12 St. James Street, Accrington
James Slater Roscow - Crescent Road, Great Lever, Bolton
W. Shaw - 36 London Street, Derby
Robert James Smith - 45 Regent Street, Derby
Joseph "Joe" Tillotson - 91 Alma Street, Aston, Birmingham
Daniel Tonks - 49 Elwell Street, Wednesbury
William Hollingsworth Wells - Lower Brook Street, Long Eaton

Bentley was John James Bentley, Sec. of Bolton Wanderers at the time
Brownlow was Henry Brownlow of Halliwell, near Bolton
Helme was Thomas Helme of Farnworth, also near Bolton

no luck with the other two but a fortunate find of another kind

James Kirkpatrick was the 8th Kirkpatrick Baronet of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire.

In his youth he was a keen sportsman, and helped organise the Scottish football team in the representative matches March 1870 and February 1872.

He was an "umpire" in the first F.A. Cup final and played in goal, latterly with a broken arm, for the Wanderers when they won the F.A. Cup in 1878.

Which official at the first F.A. Cup final became a Scottish baronet when his elder brother died childless?