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March 16 in Victorian History

What the Victorians were up to on this date, year by remarkable year.

1872

The first FA Cup final

Wanderers beat the Royal Engineers 1-0 at Kennington Oval in the first FA Cup final. Morton Betts scores the only goal of the game. The world's oldest football competition is under way -- and the Engineers, all army officers, never do win it.

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