1930–31 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 1930–31^[A] was the tenth edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 28 December 1930 and concluded on 9 May 1931 with the final replay held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance^[B] of 10,000 people watched Shamrock Rovers claim the third of five FAI Cup titles in a row by defeating Dundalk.

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Cork Bohemians	3-2	Drumcondra	28 December 1930
2	Shamrock Rovers	2-1	Shelbourne	10 January 1931
3	Cork	0-0	Bohemians	11 January 1931
replay	Bohemians	1-0	Cork	15 January 1931
4	Dolphin	3-2	Brideville	11 January 1931
5	Dundalk	4-2	Jacobs	11 January 1931
6	St James's Gate	2-2	Bray Unknowns	11 January 1931
replay	Bray Unknowns	4-3	St James's Gate	15 January 1931
7	St. Vincent's	1-3	Edenville	11 January 1931
8	Waterford	5-3	Rossville	11 January 1931

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bohemians	5-1	Edenville	7 February 1931
2	Dundalk	3-1	Cork Bohemians	8 February 1931
3	Shamrock Rovers	5-1	Bray Unknowns	8 February 1931
4	Waterford	2-3	Dolphin	8 February 1931

Semi-finals

Dundalk v Dolphin

8 March, 1931

Dundalk	1–1	Dolphin
Slowey(pen)		Carroll

Iveagh Grounds, Crumlin, Dublin

Shamrock Rovers v Bohemians

28 March, 1931

Shamrock Rovers	3–0	Bohemians
Moore (3)

Shelbourne Park, Dublin

Replay

Dundalk v Dolphin

11 March, 1931

Dundalk	3–1	Dolphin
Donnelly McCourt Hirst		Somers

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Final

Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk

18 April, 1931

Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Dundalk
Moore 84'		McCourt 30'

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 20,000

Replay

Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk

9 May, 1931

Shamrock Rovers	1–0	Dundalk
Moore

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000

Winner of FAI Cup 1930–31
Shamrock Rovers 4th Title

Notes

A. ^ From 1923-1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.

B. ^ Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.

References

General

Terry O'Rourke, Sean Ryan (1985). Gillette book of the FAI CUP. Irish Soccer Co-op.

External links

FAI Website

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