Described as follows in an auction catalogue:
1910 F.A. Cup third round commemorative tissue Imprinted 'Souvenir of the English Cup third round Played at St James Park Newcastle Saturday Feb. 19th 1910', with team pictures and annotation of players names underneath. Floral flag design to outer edges. Printed by Mrs S.Burgess of Bishopsgate, London.
If we look at the teams that played that day we will see that there was plenty of quality on show. Blackburn Rovers were 3rd in Division 1 and Newcastle United 6th.
Newcastle United | Blackburn Rovers | |
Jimmy Lawrence | G | Jimmy Ashcroft |
Billy McCracken | RB | Bob Crompton |
Tony Whitson | LB | Arthur Cowell |
Colin Veitch | RH | Albert Walmsley |
Wilf Low | CH | George Chapman |
Peter McWilliam | LH | Billy Bradshaw |
Jock Rutherford | OR | Billy Garbutt |
Jimmy Howie | IR | Eddie Latheron |
Albert Shepherd | CF | Ellis Crompton |
Sandy Higgins | IL | Wattie Aitkenhead |
George Wilson | OL | Walter Anthony |
The 54,000 crowd brought in receipts in excess of £2000 (described in the contemporary press as 'an enormous sum').
Higgins opened the scoring in the first minute ( a quick short drive). Rutherford added a second in the 25th minute but Rovers immediately pulled one back through Anthony. Howie completed the scoring in the second half.
