England Party to face Wales  March 1880
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G	Capt
Bambridge, E. Charles	30 July 1858	21	F	Swifts FC	2	4	0
	Charlie Bambridge withdrew from the line-up due to injury.
Brindle, William	24 May 1853	27	LB	Darwen FC	1	0	0
Clerke, Charles J.	8 September 1857	22	OR	Old Etonians AFC	0	0	0
	Charles Clerke withdrew from the line-up due to injury.
Cursham, Henry A.	27 November 1859	20	F	Notts County FC	0	0	0
Hargreaves, Frederick W.	16 August 1858	21	HB	Blackburn Rovers FC	0	0	0
Hunter, John	13 August 1851	28	HB	Heeley FC, Providence FC, Wednesday Club & Sheffield Albion FC	2	0	0
Johnson, Edward	28 November 1859	20	F	St. Peters College FC & Stoke FC	0	0	0
Learoyd, Charles D.	23 October 1859	20	OR	Royal Engineers FC	0	0	0
	Charles Learoyd withdrew from the line-up due to injury.
Luntley, Edwin	28 April 1857	22	RB	Nottingham Forest FC	1	0	0
Marshall, Thomas	12 September 1858	21	F	Darwen FC	0	0	0
Mitchell, Clement	20 February 1862	18	CF	Upton Park FC	0	0	0
Mosforth, William	2 January 1858	22	OL	Sheffield Albion FC	5	1	0
Prinsep, James F.M.	27 July 1861	18	HB	Clapham Rovers FC	1	0	0
	James Prinsep withdrew from the line-up due to injury.
Sands, John	20 July 1854	25	GK	Nottingham Forest FC	0	0ᵍᵃ	0
Sparks, Francis J.	4 July 1855	24	CF	Hertfordshire Rangers FC & Clapham Rovers FC	2	1	0
Wilson, Claud W.	12 May 1858	21	RB	Oxford University AFC & Old Brightonians FC	1	0	0
	Claud Wilson withdrew from the line-up due to injury.

Diary

Monday, 23 February 1880 - A match promoted by William Dix, under the auspices of the Football Association, was played between two sides dubbed 'Red' and 'Blues', the object of the contest being to enable a proper judgment to be formed in view of the selection of English players for the approaching great match between England and Scotland. It was expected that aspirants to the honour of being chosen would appear from Nottingham, Sheffield, Derby, Stoke and other football centres, but none from the two latters towns were present. It was not without difficulty that sides of 11 each could be selected, and then they proved unevenly matched. The Reds were so much the stronger team and it was decided that Cursham and Hunter should join the Blues. The sides did appear evenly matched after this, but the Reds still ran out victorious by eight goals to two.

Thursday, 26 February 1880 - This afternoon the second of the matches which have been arranged in order to select a team to play against Scotland and Wales in March next, came off on the Castle Cricket Ground in Nottingham. The game throughout was very tame, but some brilliant play was shown by one or two of the players, between 'Reds' and the 'Nondescripts', which left the result in favour by four goals to three.

Saturday, 6 March 1880 - The match between the pick of the Northern and the pick of the Southern counties arranged to be played at The Oval, Kennington, today, for the purpose of selecting an international team, resulted in a scoreless draw.  At the meeting for the election of the team held afterwards, however, there seems to have been some favourtism shown to the Londoners, as only four of the Northern players were chosen.

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CG