The club is recorded as playing its home games at Monkmoor Lane, Shrewsbury.

[1] The club was formed in 1868 and its first match was on 22 January that year, a 3–2 defeat at a side from Whitchurch.

in the final, both by 2–1, the latter played at Aston Villa's Wellington Road ground in front of 5,000 spectators.

3–0 in a semi-final replay, Oswestry wearing black armbands after their player A. F. Jones had died in a match the previous Saturday,[10] and beat Wellington Parish in the final, 1–0, thanks to a shot from distance from half-back W. H. Holt that passed just under the tape.

[12] The club shared its shirt colours, ground, and a number of players with Shropshire Wanderers.