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{{Infobox football match
|              title = 1891 FA Cup Final
|              image = Kennington oval 1891.jpg
|         image_size = 250
| caption = The [[The Oval|Kennington Oval]] as it looked in 1891
|              event = [[1890–91 FA Cup]]
|              team1 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
|         team1score = 3
|              team2 = [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]
|         team2score = 1
|            details = 
|               date = 21 March 1891
|            stadium = [[The Oval|Kennington Oval]]
|               city = [[London]]
| man_of_the_match1a = 
|            referee = [[Charles J. Hughes (footballer)|C. J. Hughes]]
|         attendance = 23,000
|            weather = 
|           previous = [[1890 FA Cup final|1890]]
|               next = [[1892 FA Cup final|1892]]
}}
The '''1891 FA Cup final''' was contested by [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] and [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] at the [[The Oval|Kennington Oval]]. Blackburn won 3–1, their second consecutive FA Cup Final victory, with goals by [[Geordie Dewar]], [[Jack Southworth]] and [[William Townley]]. [[Jimmy Oswald|James Oswald]] scored Notts County's goal.
[[File:1891 fa cup final illustration.jpg|thumb|left|Scene of the match, as it was displayed on ''The Illustrated London News'']]
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==Match details==
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|score        = 3–1
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|team2        = [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]
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|goals2       = [[Jimmy Oswald|Oswald]] {{goal}}
|stadium      = [[The Oval|Kennington Oval]], London
|attendance   = 23,000
|referee      = [[Charles J. Hughes (footballer)|C. J. Hughes]]
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|GK || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rowland Pennington]] 
|-
|DF || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tom Brandon (footballer, born 1867)|Tom Brandon]] 
|-
|DF || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Forbes (footballer)|John Forbes]] 
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Barton (footballer, born 1866)|John Barton]] 
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Geordie Dewar]] 
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jimmy Forrest (footballer)|Jimmy Forrest]] 
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Joe Lofthouse]] 
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nat Walton]]
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Southworth]]
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Coombe Hall]]
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[William Townley]] 
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|GK || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[James Thraves]] 
|-
|DF || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sandy Ferguson (footballer born 1867)|Sandy Ferguson]]
|-
|DF || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jack Hendry (footballer, born 1867)|Jack Hendry]] 
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Archie Osborne]] 
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[David Calderhead]] 
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alf Shelton]] 
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Andrew McGregor]] 
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tom McInnes (footballer born March 1870)|Tom McInnes]] 
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy Oswald|James Oswald]] 
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[William Locker]] 
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Harry Daft]] 
|}
|}

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070608190503/http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1891.html Line-ups]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090507191439/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1891.html Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk]

{{FA Cup Finals}}
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