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1915–16 American Cup

Soccer tournament

1915–16 American Cup

Soccer tournament

FieldValue
titleAmerican Cup
year1915–16
imageAFAball.jpg
image_size100px
countryUnited States
datesOctober 1915 – June 1916
num_teams37
winnersBethlehem
count2
secondScottish American
prev_season1915
next_season1917

The 1916 American Cup was the annual challenge cup held by the American Football Association. The 1916 edition included 37 teams. The title was won by Bethlehem with a 3-0 win over the Scottish Americans courtesy of a hat trick by Neil Clarke making Bethlehem the first team to win the American and National cups in the same season.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary and first rounds was held October 2, 1915 at the Continental Hotel in Newark, NJ. The Preliminary round was to be played by October 17 and the First round by October 31. The Celtic club of New Bedford withdrew.

New England District date = October 17, 1915| team1 = Springfield FC| goals1 = | goals2 = | score = w/o | report = | team2 = Celtic| stadium =Springfield, MA

date = October 31, 1915| team1 = General Electric (MA)| goals1 = Gillispie Taylor Law| goals2 = Smith Harrison| score = 3–2 | report = | team2 = Smithfield Avenue| stadium =Little River, Lynn, MA

New Jersey District date = October 17, 1915| team1 = Bunker Hill PC| goals1 = | goals2 = | score = 0–0 | report =| team2 = West Hudson Juniors| stadium =Olympic Park, Paterson, NJ

replay date = October 24, 1915| team1 = West Hudson Juniors| goals1 = 5' Allen 30' McCallum| goals2 = | score = 2–0 | report =| team2 = Bunker Hill PC| stadium =Clark Field, East Newark

New York District date = October 17, 1915| team1 = Degnon Boys| goals1 = | goals2 = | score = 0–0| report = | team2 = IRT Strollers| stadium =Degnon Field, Long Island City

replay date = November 7, 1915| team1 = IRT Strollers| goals1 = | goals2 = | score = 2–1| report = | team2 = Degnon Boys| stadium =Lenox Oval, Manhattan

Philadelphia District date = October 16, 1915| team1 = Wanderers| goals1 = Weldon (3) Graham (1)| goals2 = Lunn| score = 4–1 | report = | team2 = Rangers| stadium =Philadelphia, PA

First round

The Chicopee Rovers forfeited to Fore River of Quincy, MA while New York Hibernian forfeited to General Electric of Schenectady, NY. The Greenville Sporting and Soccer club had to replay the Olympic club of Paterson after the game was protested. The IRT Strollers protested the replay against Brooklyn for an ineligible player and proceeded to play a third game. Yonkers protested their replay because Clan MacDonald did not have an enclosed field so no gate was taken and a third game was ordered.

New England District date = October 23, 1915| team1 = Chicopee Rovers| goals1 = Logan Lowe| goals2 =8' Harrison Wood | score = 2–2| report = | team2 = Fore River Rovers| stadium =Imperial Park, Chicopee, MA

date = October 30, 1915| team1 = Farr Alpaca| goals1 = 48' Hall| goals2 = 88' Austin| score = 1–1| report = | team2 = Bridgeport City| stadium =Berkshire St. grounds, Holyoke, MA

date = October 31, 1914| team1 = Pan–American| goals1 = 50', 87' Tom Adams| goals2 = | score = 2–0 | report = | team2 = Springfield FC| stadium = Athletic grounds, Fall River, MA

date = January 8, 1916| team1 = Fall River Rovers| goals1 = 31' Jack Dalton 43' Tommy Swords| goals2 = | score = 2–0 | report = | team2 = General Electric (MA)| stadium = Athletic grounds, Fall River, MA

replays date = October 30, 1915| team1 = Fore River Rovers| goals1 = | goals2 = | score = w/o| report = | team2 = Chicopee Rovers| stadium =Quincy, MA

date = November 7 , 1915| team1 = Bridgeport City| goals1 = Satterwaith Happinstall| goals2 = | score = 2–0| report = | team2 = Farr Alpaca| stadium =Aerodrome, Bridgeport, CT

New Jersey District date = October 31, 1915| team1 = Alley Boys| goals1 =3' Del Brierly| goals2 = Hemsley (2) Gradwell| score = 1–3| report = | team2 = Scottish Americans| stadium = Clark Athletic Field, East Newark

date = October 31, 1915| team1 = West Hudson| goals1 = 10' Ward| goals2 = 87' Harry Neil| score = 1–1 | report = | team2 = Jersey A.C.| stadium = Federal League Park, Harrison

date = October 31, 1915| team1 = Haledon Thistles| goals1 = 17' White| goals2 = 7' Meduskey Meduskey 55' J. Sherlock| score = 1–3| report = | team2 = Kearny Athletics| stadium = Olympic Park, Paterson, NJ

date = October 31, 1915| team1 = Babcock & Wilcox| goals1 = 35' Bert Holden 2H' Ted Finn| goals2 = 15' Jack Parkinson| score = 2–1 | report =| team2 = Greenville Rovers| stadium = Bayonne, NJ

replay date = November 7, 1915| team1 = Jersey A.C.| goals1 = 40' James Ford| goals2 = | score = 1–0| report = | team2 = West Hudson| stadium = Jersey City Baseball Park

New York District date = October 31, 1915| team1 = Yonkers| goals1 = 55' Carver| goals2 = 12' Elliot| score = 1–1| report = | team2 = Clan MacDonald| stadium = Tibbets Field, Yonkers, NY

date = October 31, 1915| team1 = Columbia Oval| goals1 =| goals2 =10' O'Hare 30', 55' Ellis | score = 0–3| report = | team2 = Brooklyn Celtic| stadium = Lenox Oval, Manhattan

date = October 31, 1915| team1 = Continentals| goals1 = H.Hayes Lonie (2)| goals2 = | score = 3–0 | report = | team2 = West Hudson Junior| stadium = Harlem Oval, Manhattan

date = November 8, 1914| team1 = General Electric (NY)| goals1 = | goals2 = | score =w/o| report = | team2 = Hibernian| stadium = Bayonne, NY

date = November 21, 1915| team1 = Brooklyn| goals1 = 15' Dickson 75' Vandeweghe| goals2 = 17' Young 35' Reilly| score = 2–2| report = | team2 = IRT Strollers| stadium = Lenox Oval, Manhattan

replays date = November 7, 1915| team1 = Clan MacDonald| goals1 = 70' Elliot| goals2 = | score = 1–0| report = | team2 = Yonkers| stadium = Taft's Oval, Brooklyn, NY

date = November 28, 1915| team1 = IRT Strollers| goals1 = | goals2 = Spicer (2) Shanholt| score = 0–3 | report = | team2 = Brooklyn| stadium = West Side Park, Jersey City

date = January 9, 1916| team1 = IRT Strollers| goals1 = | goals2 = 10'Hunziker| score = 0–1 | report = | team2 = Brooklyn| stadium = Harlem Field, New York

date = January 16, 1916| team1 = Clan MacDonald| goals1 = 15' Madden 35' N. Agar 70' Harrower| goals2 = Ernie Garside (pk)| score = 3–1| report = | team2 = Yonkers| stadium = Olympic Park, Paterson, NJ

Pennsylvania District date = October 30, 1915| team1 = Henry Disston| goals1 = Burrows Ware Rodgers Kirkpatrick| goals2 = Wislon| score = 4–1| report = | team2 = Wanderers| stadium = Tacony Ball Park

date = October 30, 1915| team1 = Bethlehem| goals1 = 23' McDonald 65' Fleming (pk) Dean Pepper Fleming| goals2 = 35' Irwin Jones (og)| score = 6–0| report = | team2 = Hibernian| stadium = East End Field, Bethlehem, PA

date = October 30, 1915| team1 = Feltonville| goals1 = 2' H.Derbyshire 70' Phillips 86' Shaw| goals2 = 22' Foster (pk) 32' Foster (pk) Clegg| score = 3–3| report = | team2 = Falls CFC| stadium = Stenton Field, Philadelphia, PA

replay date = November 6, 1915| team1 = Falls CFC| goals1 = 25' Clegg 65' Mellors Clegg 68' Kendall Mellors| goals2 = 27' Tom Derbyshire 2H' Tom Derbyshire| score = 5–2| report = | team2 = Feltonville| stadium = Northeast Manual HS Grounds, Philadelphia

Second round

The draw for the second round was held November 6, 1915 at the Continental hotel in Newark, NJ. Matches were due to be played on or before November 28. The Falls Cricket and Football Club forfeited to Pan–American of Fall River, MA.

date = November 27, 1915| team1 = Fore River Rovers| goals1 = Daley 80' Harrison| goals2 = 30' Millar Finn| score = 2–2| report = | team2 = Babcock & Wilcox| stadium = Quincy Point

date = November 28, 1915| team1 = Continental| goals1 = 15' Van den Eynden| goals2 = 10' Ellis 30' Crone 65' Ellis| score = 1–3| report = | team2 = Brooklyn Celtic| stadium = Harlem Oval

date = November 28, 1915| team1 = Falls CFC| goals1 = | goals2 = | score = w/o| report = | team2 = Pan–American| stadium =

date = November 28, 1915| team1 = Kearny Athletics| goals1 = | goals2 = 50' Tommy Gradwell 75' Johnny Hemsley Tom Stark 88' Alec Bell| score = 0–4| report = | team2 = Scottish American| stadium = Clark's Field, East Newark

date = December 25, 1915| team1 = Jersey A.C.| goals1 = Kempe| goals2 = 88' Lewis| score = 1–1| report = | team2 = General Electric (NY)| stadium = West Side Park, Jersey City

date = January 23, 1916| team1 = Bridgeport City| goals1 = Griffin Waite Heppinstall| goals2 = 30' Crompton| score = 3–1| report = | team2 = Brooklyn| stadium = Newfield Park

date = January 29, 1916| team1 = Bethlehem Steel| goals1 = Pepper Brown| goals2 = | score = 2–0| report = | team2 = Clan MacDonald| stadium = East End Field, Bethlehem, PA

date = April 24, 1916| team1 = Henry Disston| goals1 = | goals2 = 16' Tommy Swords| score = 0–1| report = | team2 = Fall River Rovers| stadium = Tacony Ball Park, Philadelphia, PA

replays date = December 26, 1915| team1 = Babcock & Wilcox| goals1 = 1H' Harding 55' Aitken 75' Millar| goals2 = | score = 3–0| report = | team2 = Fore River Rovers| stadium = B&W park, Bayonne, NJ

date = January 9, 1916| team1 = Jersey A.C.| goals1 = 25' Jack Neilson| goals2 = | score = 1–0| report = | team2 = General Electric (NY)| stadium = West Side Park, Jersey City

Third round

The draw for the third round was held December 4, 1915 at the Continental hotel in Newark, NJ.

date = January 9, 1916| team1 = Scottish American| goals1 = 20' Rabbit Hemsley 21' Archie Stark| goals2 = 83' Charlie Ellis| score = 2–1| report = | team2 = Brooklyn Celtic| stadium = Clark's Field, East Newark

date = April 2, 1916| team1 = Bridgeport City| goals1 = Satterwaite| goals2 = 17', 20' Robert Millar| score = 2–1| report = | team2 = Babcock & Wilcox| stadium = Newfield Park, Bridgeport, CT

date = April 30, 1916| team1 = Jersey A.C.| goals1 = | goals2 = 23', 46' Pepper Neil Clark Fleming MacDonald| score = 0–5| report = | team2 = Bethlehem Steel| stadium = Federal League Park, Harrison

date = May 13, 1916| team1 = Pan–American| goals1 = | goals2 = 37' Tommy Swords 82' Jack Dalton| score = 0–2| report = | team2 = Fall River Rovers| stadium = Athletic Park, Fall River, MA

Semifinals

date = May 20, 1916| team1 = Fall River Rovers| goals1 = 36' Swords| goals2 = 30' Brown 37' McKelvie 80' Brown| score = 1–3| report = | team2 = Bethlehem Steel| stadium = Athletic Park, Fall River, MA

date = May 21, 1916| team1 = Babcock & Wilcox| goals1 = 60' Aitken| goals2 = 10', 17' Gradwell Hemsley| score = 1–3| report = | team2 = Scottish American| stadium = B&W Park, Bayonne, NJ

Final

The American Cup final took place in Taylor Stadium at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Scottish Americans, runners–up in the National Association Football League, were the defending champions of the American Cup and it was their fourth final appearance overall. Bethlehem Steel came into the final having played 32 games winning 28 with three ties and a single loss. They had scored 116 goals with 14 against. On May 6 they won the National Challenge Cup over Fall River. Their American Cup win was then followed up by an American League of Philadelphia title when they were declared joint champions along with Disston on June 15. Neil Clarke scored a hat trick for the Steelmen with a goal in the 15th minute followed by two more in the second half.

date = June 10, 1916| team1 = Bethlehem Steel| goals1 = Neil Clarke (3)| goals2 = | score = 3–0 | report = | team2 = Scottish American| stadium = Taylor Field, Bethlehem, PA

Champions

Bethlehem Steel Football Club, National and American Cup champions 1915–16.

References

References

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  2. "No Opponent For Local Soccer Club". (October 15, 1915). ''Springfield Union'', p.23 col.2
  3. "General Electric Wins First Round National Cup". (November 1, 1915). ''Daily Evening Item'', p.6 col.6
  4. Doc (October 18, 1915). "Sport Notes". ''Paterson Evening News'', p.6 col.3
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  33. "Plays Star Team To Tie". (November 29, 1915). ''Quincy Daily Ledger'', p.5 col.3
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