1894–95 Irish Cup

The 1894–95 Irish Cup was the 15th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football.

1894–95 Irish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Teams	21
Defending champions	Distillery
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (4th win)
Runner-up	Bohemians
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	107 (4.65 per match)

Linfield won the tournament for the 4th time, defeating Bohemians 10–1 in the final. This remains both the largest margin of victory and the highest scoring Irish Cup final in history.

Results

• St Columb's Court, Bright Stars, Royal West Kent Regiment (a British Army team based in Derry), Derry North End, Limavady, St Columb's Hall Celtic, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (a British Army team based in Enniskillen) and Strabane were all given byes into the second round.
• Cliftonville, Distillery, Donacloney, Glentoran, Linfield, 13th Hussars (a British Army team based in Dundalk) and Moyola Park were given byes into the third round.
• Dublin University, Leinster Nomads, Bohemians and Montpelier were given byes into the fourth round.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Belfast Celtic	4–0	Belview

• After winning their match Belfast Celtic were given a bye into the third round.

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
St Columb's Court	w/o	Bright Stars
Royal West Kent Regiment	1–1	Derry North End
Limavady	0–2	St Columb's Hall Celtic
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	2–2	Strabane

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Derry North End	0–3	Royal West Kent Regiment
Strabane	0–0	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Second replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	2–0	Strabane

Third round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	0–5	Distillery
Donacloney	2–7	Glentoran
Linfield	10–0	13th Hussars
Moyola Park	4–7	Belfast Celtic
St Columb's Court	1–0	Royal West Kent Regiment
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	1-2	St Columb's Hall Celtic

• Teams that won in this round were given a bye into the fifth round.

Fourth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Leinster Nomads	0-2	Dublin University
Bohemians	3–0	Montpelier

Fifth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bohemians	6–4	Glentoran
Dublin University	1–3	Belfast Celtic
Distillery	0–0	Linfield
St Columb's Hall Celtic	3–1	St Columb's Court

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linfield	4–1	Distillery

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bohemians	4–1	St Columb's Hall Celtic
Linfield	6–1	Belfast Celtic

Final

23 March 1895

Linfield	10–1	Bohemians
Milne McAllen H. Gordon Williamson Gaffikin Gaukrodger	Report	Blayney

Solitude, Belfast

Attendance: 2,000

External links

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