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 Scotland Party for the
match against England November 1872 |
|
Player |
Birthdate |
Age |
Pos |
Club |
App |
G |
|
Barclay, Reverend James |
n/k |
- |
- |
Dumfries |
0 |
0 |
|
Broadfoot, Alexander |
26 August 1851 |
21 |
- |
Queen's Park FC |
0 |
0 |
|
Chalmers, Thomas |
19 March 1850 |
22 |
G |
Glasgow Academicals RFC |
0 |
0 |
|
Cross, William |
10 September 1850 |
22 |
- |
RFC |
0 |
0 |
|
Gardner, Robert |
31 May 1847 |
25 |
G |
Queen's Park FC |
0 |
0ᵍᵃ |
|
Keay, William |
20 June 1839 |
33 |
- |
Queen's Park FC |
0 |
0 |
|
Kerr,
William Thomas |
21 March 1852 |
20 |
B |
Queen's Park FC &
Granville FC |
0 |
0 |
|
Kinnaird, Arthur Fitzgerald |
16 February 1847 |
25 |
F |
Old Etonians FC & Wanderers FC, both England |
0 |
0 |
|
Leckie,
Robert |
19 October 1846 |
26 |
F |
Queen's
Park FC |
0 |
0 |
|
MacKinnon,
William Muir |
18 January 1852 |
20 |
F |
Queen's
Park FC |
0 |
0 |
|
Renny-Tailyour, Henry Waugh |
8 October 1849 |
23 |
- |
Royal Engineers FC, England |
0 |
0 |
|
Rhind,
Alexander |
20 September 1849 |
23 |
F |
Queen's
Park FC |
0 |
0 |
|
Smith,
James |
summer 1844 |
28 |
HB |
Queen's Park FC &
South Norwood FC, England |
0 |
0 |
|
Smith,
Robert |
1 May 1848 |
24 |
F |
Queen's Park FC &
South Norwood FC, England |
0 |
0 |
|
Taylor,
Joseph |
16 December 1850 |
21 |
B |
Queen's Park FC |
0 |
0 |
|
Thomson, James
John |
25 December 1851 |
20 |
HB |
Queen's
Park FC |
0 |
0 |
|
Weir,
James Biggar |
21 October 1851 |
21 |
F |
Queen's
Park FC |
0 |
0 |
|
Wotherspoon, David |
9 April 1849 |
23 |
F |
Queen's
Park FC |
0 |
0 |
Diary
Monday, 18 March 1872
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'INTERNATIONAL (ASSOCIATION) FOOTBALL MATCH.'
|
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SCOTSMAN.") |
| SIR.—The above match
is to be played next season in Scotland. As there may be some
players in Edinburgh disposed to take part in it, or at least in
the meantime to acquaint themselves with the Association game, may
I take the liberty of intimating through your valuable columns
that the Queen's Park Club will be happy to afford any opportunity
in their power for that purpose. Eleven a side makes an excellent
Association game, and the distinctive feature of the play is hands
off ball or player. We shall be glad to have a game or two with
Edinburgh players any Saturday, at say 3.30
P.M., either at the South Side
Park here, or any any Edinburgh ground that may be kindly placed
at our disposal for that purpose, our first eleven against, let us
say, "all comers," and any shortcoming of the latter we could
easily make up with our own reserve. While the recess between the
winter and summer games and the cool weather lasts, a few Saturday
afternoons might be enjoyed in this way, and not without a result
desirable to all, if it served in any degree to sustain Scottish
reputation in manly international competition.—I am, &c. |
D.WOTHERSPOON,
Secretary
Queen's Park Football Club. |
courtesy of Andy Mitchell's First Elevens, page 48-50
Tuesday, 15 October 1872
-
Archibald Rae, secretary of Queen's Park FC,
appealed for recruits in the Glasgow Herald:
'Will you allow me, through
your columns, to invite Scotch players who may wish to take part in this
match to send their names and addresses to me, either direct, or through
their captain or secretary, no later than Monday 21st, so as to allow time
for co-operation and practise.'
The same invitation
was also printed in The Scotsman four days later.
Saturday, 9 November 1872
- A practise match is hosted by Queen's Park
for the numerous that replied to the invitation of 15/19 October. The
match was unfortunately ruined by heavy rain, the ground being 'chiefly
marsh and pond' and 'the quantity of mud carried off by the players at the
end of the game was tremendous'. Even so, a Party of seventeen possible
players were identified. Arthur Kinnaird is
given his place as 'captain of the
London-Scotch international team'.
Wednesday, 20 November 1872 - A second
practise match is held at Burnbank, the home of Glasgow Academicals RFC.
Again, a wet ground conspired against good football and several players
failed to make an appearance.
Monday, 25 November 1872 - The Scottish
team is announced, made up entirely of Queen's Park FC members. It appears
that voices within QP argued that, as their club had taken on the entire
responsibility of arranging the match, its reputation was at stake;
therefore, the honour of representing Scotland should be restricted to its
members.
Kinnaird and
Renny-Tailyour were not called upon to travel north from London, and were
thus unavailable to play. Thomas Chalmers was also unavailable, due to his
unfamilarity with the association rules!
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