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1922-1923 National Challenge Cup Results

January 13, 2009 by adamspangler

Action from the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson FC (Paterson, NJ) and Scullin Steel (St. Louis, MO). 15,000 fans were in attendance at Harrison Field on April 1, 1923. Photo: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Action from the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson FC (Paterson, NJ) and Scullin Steel (St. Louis, MO). 15,000 fans were in attendance at Harrison Field on April 1, 1923. Photo: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Preliminary Round
Eastern Pennsylvania
10/8/22 Ascension FC 1 : 0 Hibernians FC
Maryland & Virginia
10/29/22 Potapsco Rangers 0 : 5 Baltimore FC
Missouri & Southern Illinois
10/8/22 Johnston City 2 : 4 Wilsonville United
Northwestern New York
10/8/22 Kodak Park FC w/o General Electric (Erie)
   
First Round
Eastern Bracket
New Jersey
10/15/22 American AA 2 : 1 Sprague FC
10/15/22 Paterson Silk Sox w/o Harrison SC
10/15/22 Babcock & Wilcox 1 : 1 Paterson Caledonian
10/22/22 R Babcock & Wilcox 2 : 3 Paterson Caledonian
10/8/22 Entre Nous FC 2 : 1 Ryerson FC
Maryland & Virginia
11/5/22 Norfolk FC 1 : 6 Baltimore FC
Eastern Pennsylvania
10/14/22 Bethlehem Steel 4 : 0 Kaywood Catholic
10/14/22 Fairhill FC 2 : 3 Ascencion Field Club
10/21/22 R Ascencion Field Club 2 : 3 Fairhill FC
10/14/22 Fleisher Yarn 3 : 2 Berney Ernstka AAFC
Northern Massachusetts & New Hampshire
10/12/22 Maple Leaf FC 4 : 1 Charlestown
10/12/22 Falco AFC 7 : 1 Boston Blues
10/14/22 Clan Sutherland 0 : 2 General Electric
10/14/22 Methuen FC 0 : 5 Abbot Worsted
10/14/22 Lynn Gas & electric 0 : 1 Roxbury FC
10/14/22 Fore River FC 2 : 1 Bunker Hill Celtics
10/14/22 Holyoke FC 4 : 0 Chicopee Rovers
10/14/22 Arlington Mills 2 : 4 Shawsheen Indians
Southern New England
10/14/22 Fairlawn Rovers 3 : 3 Prospect Hill
10/21/22 R Prospect Hill 0 : 0 Fairlawn Rovers
10/28/22 R Fairlawn Rovers 0 : 1 Prospect Hill
10/14/22 J & P Coats 3 : 2 Saylesville
10/14/22 Fall River Marksmen 4 : 0 J & P Coats Reserve
10/14/22 Madeira Sport Club 0 : 1 Don Carlos FC
10/15/22 American Thread 2 : 3 Greystone Veterans
10/15/22 West End Polish Club 2 : 2 Whitman Mill
10/21/22 R Whitman Mill 5 : 0 West End Polish Club
Connecticut & New York
10/8/22 Brooklyn Wanderers 1 : 1 (aet) Yonkers Thistle
10/22/22 R Brooklyn Wanderers 3 : 1 Yonkers Thistle
10/15/22 New York Field Club 8 : 1 Viking AC
10/15/22 Bay Ridge FC 3 : 0 British Great War Veterans
10/15/22 Manchester SFC 1 : 2 Hartford Rovers
10/15/22 Danersk Athletic FC 2 : 1 Tryconnell Celtic
10/15/22 St. George 6 : 3 Lexington FC
10/15/22 Ansonia FC 3 : 1 West Harlem FC
10/15/22 Sone & Fleming 1 : 2 Nassau FC
10/29/22 Brooklyn Field Club w/o Edison FC
10/15/22 Calpe American FC 1 : 2 Cento Hispano
Western Bracket
Missouri & Southern Illinois
10/29/22 Scullin Steel 4 : 2 Ben Miller FC
10/29/22 Hoover Sweeper 0 : 2 Vesper Buick
10/22/22 St. Leo w/o De Andreis FC
10/22/22 Paul Mueller FC 1 : 0 Hense FC
10/22/22 Trumbull SC 1 : 3 Ben Miller FC (Muny)
10/22/22 Prendergast SC w/o Daulian SC
10/15/22 Thayer FC 1 : 3 Wilsonville United
10/15/22 Gillespie 1 : 5 West Frankfort
Gillespie protest upheld, replay ordered
10/29/22 R Gillespie 1 : 1 West Frankfort
11/5/22 R West Frankfort 0 : 2 Gillespie
West Frankford protest upheld, replay ordered
11/11/22 R Gillespie 1 : 2 West Frankfort
Illinois & Wisconsin
10/15/22 Pullman 2 : 4 (aet) Canadian Club
10/15/22 Sparta Union 3 : 0 Highland Park (Det.)
10/15/22 Gary SC 1 : 2 Swedish American FC
10/15/22 Thistles FC w/o Olympia FC
Olympia refused to play match due to “financial disagreements”
10/15/22 Bricklayers FC 9 : 1 Harvey FC
10/15/22 MacWhyte FC 3 : 0 Sparta Union Reserves
Michigan
10/15/22 Walkerville FC (Windsor, Ont.) 3 : 2 Fisher Body FC
10/15/22 Scarlet Runners FC 0 : 3 Caledonia FC
10/15/22 Detroit SC 0 : 3 Windsor Rovers (Windsor, Ont.)
10/15/22 Celtic FC 0 : 4 Roses FC
10/15/22 Sons of Malta w/o Pontiac FC
10/15/22 Rising Star FC w/o Ulster A & FC
10/15/22 Flint City 1 : 4 Industrial FC
Western Pennsylvania
10/15/22 Gallatin FC 2 : 0 Castle Shannon
10/15/22 Harmarville FC 2 : 2 Arden FC
10/21/22 R Arden FC 2 : 1 Harmarville FC
10/15/22 Jeannette FC 2 : 0 Curry FC
Northwestern New York
10/15/22 McNaughton Rangers 0 : 3 Kodak Park FC
10/15/22 Rochester City Moose 2 : 1 Rochester Celtic
Ohio
10/8/22 Goodyear FC 3 : 1 Favorite Knits FC
10/15/22 British War Veterans 0 : 5 Magyar FC
10/15/22 McKenzie FC 0 : 2 Kennmore FC
10/15/22 Lorain Eagles 3 : 0 Carnegie Coal
10/22/22 White Motor FC 1 : 0 Feador Athletic
Replay ordered after Feador’s protest (lack of goal nets) was upheld
10/29/22 R White Motor FC 1 : 0 Feador Athletic
   
Second Round
Eastern Bracket
Connecticut & New York
11/5/22 Brooklyn Wanderers 1 : 2 Brooklyn Field Club
11/5/22 Ansonia FC 4 : 1 Nassau FC
11/5/22 Centro Hispano 3 : 1 Danersk Athletic
11/12/22 New york Field Club 9 : 3 St. George Bridgeport
11/12/22 Bay Ridge 1 : 2 Hartford Rovers
Northern Massachusetts & New Hampshire
11/4/22 Fore River FC 5 : 0 Maple Leaf FC
11/4/22 Abbot Worsted 4 : 1 Shawsheen Indians
11/4/22 General Electric 0 : 0 Roxbury FC
11/11/22 R General Electric 0 : 1 Roxbury FC
11/4/22 Falco AFC 2 : 1 Holyoke FC
Southern New England
11/4/22 J & P Coats 3 : 1 Fall River Marksmen
11/4/22 Don Carlos FC 1 : 4 Whitman Mill
11/11/22 Prospect Hill 0 : 1 Greystone Veterans
New Jersey
11/5/22 Paterson Caledonian 0 : 3 American AA
11/5/22 Paterson Silk Sox w/o Entre Nous FC
Eastern Pennsylvania & Maryland
11/4/22 Bethlehem Steel 1 : 0 Fleischer Yarn
11/12/22 Fairhill FC 1 : 1 Baltimore SC
Baltimore SC withdrew before replay
Western Bracket
Illinois
11/5/22 Sparta Union 5 : 3 Canadian Club
11/5/22 Bricklayers FC 1 : 0 MacWhyte FC
11/5/22 Thistles FC 4 : 0 Swedish American FC
Missouri & Southern Illinois
11/12/22 Ben Miller FC (Muny) 1 : 0 St. Leo FC
11/12/22 Paul Mueller FC 0 : 2 Prendergast FC
11/12/22 Vesper Buick 8 : 0 Wilsonville United
11/12/22 Scullin Steel 4 : 3 West Frankfort FC
Michigan & Western Pennsylvania
11/5/22 Industrial FC 2 : 1 Windsor Rovers
11/5/22 Walkerville 6 : 1 Sons of Malta
11/5/22 Roses FC 3 : 1 Caledonia
11/12/22 Rising Star FC 0 : 1 Jeanette FC
11/5/22 Gallatin FC 1 : 1 Arden FC
11/11/22 R Arden FC 3 : 0 Gallatin FC
Ohio
11/5/22 Lorain Eagles 6 : 0 Mahoning Valley
11/5/22 Magyar FC 3 : 1 White Motor FC
11/5/22 Goodyear FC 2 : 1 Kennmore FC
Northwestern New York
11/5/22 Kodak Park FC 1 : 0 Rochester City Moose
   
Third Round
Eastern Bracket
11/25/22 Bethlehem Steel 3 : 0 Fairhill FC
11/25/22 J & P Coats 4 : 0 Greystone FC
11/26/22 New York Field Club 1 : 0 Brooklyn Field Club
11/26/22 Ansonia FC 3 : 2 Whitman Mills
11/26/22 Fore River 5 : 1 Falco AFC
11/30/22 Hartford Rovers 4 : 3 Centro-Hispano FC
11/26/22 Paterson Silk Sox 2 : 0 American A.A.
11/26/22 Abbot Worsted 9 : 0 Roxbury FC
Western Bracket
11/25/22 Walkerville 4 : 3 Industrial FC
11/26/22 Lorain Eagles 1 : 0 Maygar-American FC
  Match stopped after 75 minutes due to pitch invasion by crowd, result upheld.
11/26/22 Bricklayers FC 2 : 0 Goodyear FC
11/26/22 Thistles FC 2 : 1 Sparta Union
11/30/22 Arden FC 3 : 0 Kodak Park
12/3/22 St. Leo’s 3 : 0 Prendergast
12/9/22 Jeanette FC 3 : 0 Roses FC
12/17/22 Vesper Buick 0 : 0 Scullin Steel
1/1/23 R Scullin Steel 3 : 2 Vesper Buick
   
Fourth Round
Eastern Bracket
12/23/22 J & P Coats 6 : 0 Ansonia FC
12/24/22 New York Field Club 4 : 1 Bethlehem Steel
1/7/23 Paterson Silk Sox 6 : 0 Hartford Rovers
2/10/23 Abbot Worsted 4 : 0 Fore River
Western Bracket
12/25/22 Bricklayers & Masons 2 : 2 (aet) Thistles FC
12/31/22 R Bricklayers & Masons 2 : 0 Thistles FC
12/25/22 Arden FC 5 : 0 Lorain Eagles
12/25/22 Jeanette FC 3 : 1 Walkerville FC
1/14/23 Scullin Steel 3 : 1 St. Leo’s
   
Quarterfinals
1/28/23 Scullin Steel 3 : 1 (aet) Bricklayers & Masons
2/12/23 Arden FC 1 : 0 Jeanette FC
3/3/23 J & P Coats 1 : 0 Abbot Worsted
3/11/23 Paterson Silk Sox 0 : 0 New York Field Club
3/18/23 R Paterson Silk Sox 4 : 1 New York Field Club
   
Semifinals
2/25/23 Scullin Steel 2 : 1 Arden FC
3/25/23 Paterson Silk Sox 3 : 2 J & P Coats
 
Final
at Harrison Field – Harrison, New Jersey
4/1/23 Paterson Silk Sox 2 : 2 (aet) Scullin Steel
Championship awarded to Paterson when Scullin were unable to field a team for the replay due to injuries and players under baseball contracts beginning the baseball season
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 1923 National Challenge Cup, Abbot Worsted, Arden FC, Bricklayers & Masons FC, Harrison Field, J & P Coats, Jeanette FC, New York Field Club, Paterson Silk Sox, Scullin Steel

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