Basel played in the central group semi-final against Old Boys in a home game at the Landhof on 13 November 1898.
Subsequently, the protest was approved and the game awarded - and the disputed goal was simply deducted from the score to give the final result.
Thus the Old Boys became the first forfait winners in Swiss football history and Basel were knocked out of the competition.
[3] The Old Boys advanced to the finals, but the Anglo-American Club Zürich became Swiss champions.
They had found a place to play their games, although the Zurich commons was by no means ideal.
The Anglo American Football Club won the match 10–0, with their center forward Robert Collinson alone scoring 8 goals.
As early as June 1894, he organised the journey to visit Strassburger FV, and he played in the match, which ended in a 0–8 defeat.
Arranged the first games in Switzerland against British professional clubs: Newcastle United and Celtic Glasgow.
The afore mentioned games with Newcastle United and Celtic were held in the spring of 1911.