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Football tournament season

1890–91 Irish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Teams	42
Defending champions	Gordon Highlanders
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (1st win)
Runner-up	Ulster
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	183 (5.9 per match)
← 1889–90 1891–92 →

The 1890–91 Irish Cup was the 11th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football.

Linfield won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Ulster 4–2 in the final.

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Down Athletics	w/o	Distillery Rovers
Distillery	1–4	Ulster
Cliftonville	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Black Watch
Glentoran	3–6	Oldpark
Hilden	w/o	Whiteabbey
Donacloney	4–8	Clarence
Linfield	w/o	Milford
Moyola Park	w/o	Magherafelt
Coleraine YMCA	1–1	Kilrea
Young Ireland	2–0	Sentinel
Glendermott	w/o	St Columb's Court Swifts
Young Volunteers	0–2	St Columb's Court Wanderers
Limavady	w/o	Limavady Reserves
St Columb's Hall	w/o	Buncrana
Rosemount	w/o	Rock
Clooney Park	3–0	Olympic
St Columb's Court	12–0	Ivy
City Factory	1–5	Victoria (R.I.C.)
Strabane	2–2	Omagh Wanderers
Sion Mills	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Newtownstewart
Dublin University	bye
Gordon Highlanders	bye

Match ordered to be replayed after Black Watch protested it was too dark to finish the match.

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Omagh Wanderers	3–2	Strabane
Kilrea	4–1	Coleraine YMCA
Black Watch	w/o	Cliftonville

Match was ordered to be replayed on the grounds that no touchline had been drawn.
Cliftonville scratched (withdrew) after claiming that the ordering of a replay with 24 hours notice did not give them enough time to prepare.

Second replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Strabane	0–3	Omagh Wanderers

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hilden	1–12	Ulster
Distillery Rovers	0–1	Black Watch
Linfield	9–0	Oldpark
Dublin University	w/o	Gordon Highlanders
Kilrea	1–4	Moyola Park
Limavady	w/o	St Columb's Court Wanderers
Glendermott	1–8	Clooney Park
Young Ireland	2–4	St Columb's Hall
Glendermott	w/o	St Columb's Swifts
St Columb's Court	w/o	Victoria (R.I.C.)
Omagh Wanderers	w/o	Sion Mills
Clarence	bye
Rock	bye

Third round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Moyola Park	2–4	Clarence
Ulster	6–4	Gordon Highlanders
Linfield	4–3	Black Watch
Rock	w/o	St Columb's Hall
Clooney Park	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Omagh Wanderers
St Columb's Court	2–0	Limavady

Fourth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Omagh Wanderers	0–6	St Columb's Court
St Columb's Hall	0–7	Ulster
Clarence	bye
Linfield	bye

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linfield	9–0	St Columb's Court
Ulster	6–2	Clarence

Final

14 March 1891

Linfield	4–2	Ulster
Hill Torrans Gaffiken Flanelly (o.g.)	Report	Tierney McIlvenny

Solitude, BelfastAttendance: 5,000

References

"Northern Ireland Cup Semifinals and Finals 1880–1950". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ Alex Graham. Football in Northern Ireland, a statistical record 1881–2005. p. 9.

External links

Northern Ireland Cup Finals. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)

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