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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1885 FA Cup final
| image =
| event = [[1884–85 FA Cup]]
| team1 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| team1association = {{flagicon|ENG|size=30px}}
| team1score = 2
| team2 = [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]
| team2association = {{flagicon|SCO|size=30px}}
| team2score = 0
| details =
| date = {{Start date|1885|4|4|df=yes}}
| stadium = [[The Oval|Kennington Oval]]
| city = London
| man_of_the_match1a =
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| man_of_the_match1b =
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| referee = Major [[Francis Marindin]]
| attendance = 12,500
| weather = 
| previous = [[1884 FA Cup final|1884]]
| next = [[1886 FA Cup final|1886]] 
}}

The '''1885 FA Cup final''' was a football match between [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] and [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] on 4 April 1885 at [[The Oval|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 [[1884 FA Cup final|previous year]]. Rovers won 2–0 in their second successive [[FA Cup Final]] victory, with the goals coming from [[Jimmy Forrest (footballer)|Jimmy Forrest]] and [[James Brown (footballer born 1862)|James Brown]]. This would be the only final in which two clubs meet in consecutive FA Cup Finals until [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in [[2023 FA Cup final|2023]] and [[2024 FA Cup final|2024]].

==Match details==
[[File:Blackburn rovers 1885.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Blackburn Rovers, winning side]]

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|colspan="4"|'''Blackburn Rovers'''
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|-
|GK || [[Herby Arthur]] ||
|-
|DF || [[Richard Turner (footballer, born 1864)|Richard Turner]] ||
|-
|DF || [[Fergus Suter]] ||
|-
|MF || [[George Haworth]] ||
|-
|MF || [[Hugh McIntyre (footballer)|Hugh McIntyre]] ||([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|MF || [[Jimmy Forrest (footballer)|Jimmy Forrest]] ||
|-
|FW || [[Joe Sowerbutts (footballer)|Joe Sowerbutts]]||
|-
|FW || [[Joe Lofthouse]] ||
|-
|FW || [[Jimmy Douglas (Scottish footballer)|Jimmy Douglas]] ||
|-
|FW || [[James Brown (footballer born 1862)|James Brown]] ||
|-
|FW || [[Harry Fecitt|Howard Fecitt]] ||
|} 
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|colspan="4"|'''Queens Park''' 
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|-
|GK || [[George Gillespie (footballer)|George Gillespie]] ||
|-
|DF || [[Walter Arnott]] ||
|-
|DF || [[William McLeod (footballer)|William McLeod]] ||
|-
|MF || [[John Macdonald (sportsman)|John Macdonald]] ||
|-
|MF || [[Charles Campbell (footballer)|Charles Campbell]] ||([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|MF || [[William Sellar]] ||
|-
|FW || [[William Anderson (Scottish footballer)|William Anderson]] ||
|-
|FW || [[Ninian MacWhannell]] ||
|-
|FW || [[Alexander Hamilton (footballer born 1865)|Alexander Hamilton]] ||
|-
|FW || [[David Allan (footballer)|David Allan]] ||
|-
|FW || [[Woodville Gray]]||
|}
|} 
 
* Played 4 April 1885
* Attendance 12,500
* Referee Major [[Francis Marindin]]

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070608190747/http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1885.html Line-ups]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080510231257/https://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1885.html Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk]

{{FA Cup Finals}}
{{Blackburn Rovers F.C. matches}} 
{{Queen's Park F.C. matches}}
{{1884–85 in English football}}

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[[Category:FA Cup finals|1885]]
[[Category:1884–85 FA Cup|Final]]
[[Category:1885 in sport in London]]
[[Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. matches]]
[[Category:Queen's Park F.C. matches]]
[[Category:April 1885]]