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Match
Summary |
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Officials
[umpires and referees are of equal relevance] |
Scotland |
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England |
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 Referee
- Archibald
Rae,
Scotland.
Umpires -
Alexander Morten (Crystal Palace) and William Keay
(Queen's Park)
Played according to Scottish
Football Association rules.
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English and
Scottish, each wore stockings of different colours. This was, in the first
place, to indicate to a player in possession of the ball the positions of
his fellow-players on the field, by watching their pedal extremities; and,
secondly, to enable the spectators to identify a player by his
party-coloured stockings. Cards were issued by the Queen's Park, giving the
teams, and the colours of their stockings. |
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 Scotland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO (2nd) |
Colours: |
Dark
blue shirts, white shorts. |
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Capt: |
James Thomson |
Selectors: |
The
Scottish Football Association Selection Committee |
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Scotland
Lineup |
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1 |
Gardner, Robert |
26 |
31 May 1847 |
G |
Clydesdale FC |
3 |
5
GA |
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2 |
Hunter, John |
- |
- |
B |
3rd Lanark Rifle Volunteers |
1 |
0 |
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3 |
Taylor, Joseph |
23 |
16 December 1850 |
B |
Queen's Park FC |
3 |
0 |
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4 |
Campbell, Charles |
- |
- |
HB |
Queen's Park FC |
1 |
0 |
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5 |
Thomson, James J. |
22 |
25 December 1851 |
HB |
Queen's Park FC |
3 |
0 |
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6 |
Weir, James B. |
22 |
23 November 1851 |
F |
Queen's Park FC |
2 |
0 |
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7 |
Ferguson, John |
25 |
22 June 1848 |
F |
Vale of Leven FC |
1 |
0 |
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8 |
McNiel, Henry |
20/21 |
1853 |
F |
Queen's
Park FC |
1 |
0 |
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9 |
MacKinnon, William M. |
22 |
18 January 1852 |
F |
Queen's
Park FC |
3 |
0 |
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McKinnon,
Angus |
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- |
F |
Queen's
Park FC |
1 |
1 |
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Anderson,
Frederick |
- |
- |
F |
Clydesdale FC |
1 |
1 |
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unused reserves: |
David Wotherspoon (Clydesdale FC) and Robert Neill (Queen's Park FC). |
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team notes: |
The original team included Clydesdale's David Wotherspoon and Queen's Park's
Robert Leckie. Their place went to John Ferguson and John Hunter. |
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2-2-6 |
Gardner -
Hunter, Taylor -
Thomson, Campbell -
Weir, Ferguson, McNiel, MacKinnon, McKinnon, Anderson. |
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Averages: |
Age |
n/a |
Appearances/Goals |
1.8 |
0.2 |
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 England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO (1st) |
Colours: |
White
shirts, white shorts and dark blue caps. |
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Capt: |
Cuthbert Ottaway, second
captaincy. |
Selectors: |
The Football Association Committee,
including Alfred Baker, with secretary
Charles
W. Alcock having the primary influence, on 25 February 1874. |
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England
Lineup |
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1 |
Welch, Reginald C. |
22 |
17 October 1851 |
G |
Harrow Chequers |
2 |
2 GA |
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2 |
Ogilvie, Robert A.M.M. |
21 |
late 1852 |
FB |
Clapham
Rovers FC |
1 |
0 |
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3 |
Stratford,
Alfred H. |
20 |
5 September 1853 |
FB |
Malvern College &
Wanderers
FC |
1 |
0 |
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4 |
Birley, Francis H. |
23 |
14 March 1850 |
FB |
Oxford University AFC |
1 |
0 |
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5 |
Ottaway, Cuthbert
J. |
23 |
19 July 1850
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F |
Oxford University AFC |
2 |
0 |
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6 |
Wollaston,
Charles H.R.
playing
with a knee injury throughout |
24 |
31 July 1849 |
F |
Wanderers
FC & Lancing Old Boys & Clapham Rovers FC |
1 |
0 |
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Kingsford, Robert K. |
24 |
23 December 1849 |
F |
Wanderers
FC & Old Malburians & Crystal Palace FC |
1 |
1 |
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8 |
Edwards, J. Hawley |
23/24 |
early 1850 |
F |
Shropshire
Wanderers FC & Wanderers FC |
1 |
0 |
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9 |
Owen, John Robert Blayney |
25/26 |
early 1848 |
F |
Sheffield FC |
1 |
0 |
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10 |
Chenery, Charles J. |
24 |
1
January 1850 |
F |
Crystal Palace FC |
3 |
1 |
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11 |
Heron, G. Hubert H. |
22 |
30 January 1852 |
CF |
Uxbridge
FC & Wanderers
FC & Swifts FC |
2 |
0 |
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unused
reserves: |
Frederick Brunning Maddison (Oxford University AFC), WH Stacey
(Sheffield FC), J.B. van Sommer (Pilgrims). |
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team notes: |
The original team included Shropshire Wanderers' J.G. Wylie. His place
went to Hawley Edwards. Another souce suggests that Alcock was also in
the original line-up, his place taken by Wollaston. |
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3(2-1)-7 |
Welch -
Ogilvie, Stratford -
Birley -
Owen, Edwards, Chenery, Kingsford, Heron, Ottaway, Wollaston. |
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Averages: |
Age |
22.8/23.0 |
Appearances/Goals |
1.5 |
0.2 |
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Match Report
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England's Charles Wollaston played with a knee injury
throughout this match.
Although the game was won by Scotland it must be admitted that the
English team played splendidly and, in an individual point of view,
surpassed the Scotch team, but the latter, who all knew each other's
play, acted magnificently together, and completely puzzled their
opponents in the art of passing the ball and close dribbling.
What
the Scotch lacked in weight was amply made up in swiftness and
playing-together power - a course which was splendidly illustrated
during the game, and there can only be one opinion about the manner in
which they profited by each other's play, passing the ball, in several
instances, in a way that completely astonished their opponents. -
Bell's Life in London and
Sporting Chronicle - Sunday 8th March, 1874
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Source Notes
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A week after this match, on 14 March 1874, Alfred
George Goodwyn
died in action in East India. Goodwyn had played for England as a
half-back only a year ago. He thus becomes the first international
footballer to die. Hubert Heron and John Hawley Edwards
played for Wanderers FC
in their 4-0 victory against Westminster School on 4 March 1874, three days prior to this match.
Although original documents still give their original club affiliations.
It was not unheard of for players to play for two clubs. -
The Wanderers F.C.: Five Times F.A. Cup Winners.
Cavallini, Rob (2005).
Dog N Duck Publications., pp. 74-75 & 102.
TheFA.com
Scottish Football Association
London Hearts
Cris Freddi's invaluable research
The Football Association Yearbook
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