Match
Summary |
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Officials
[umpires and referees are of equal relevance] |
England |
Played according to FA rules. |
Wales |
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Umpires
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Thomas Hindle
Darwen (Hon.sec. Lancs FA) |
Edward Manners
Hon.secretary Welsh FA |
Referee
Segar R.
Bastard
27 (25 January 1854), Bow, London
(Upton Park FC)
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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
2nd |
Colours: |
"The English eleven had on, as usual, the white jerseys, with the
regular badge on the left breast". |
Capt: |
Jack Hunter (only captaincy) |
Selectors: |
The Football
Association Committee following trial games, with Secretary Charles W.
Alcock having the primary influence, on Monday, 7 February 1881. |
England
Lineup |
81 |
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Hawtrey, John
P. |
30 221 days |
20 July 1850 |
G |
Remnants FC &
Old Etonians
AFC |
1 |
1 GA |
82 |
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Harvey, Alfred |
24 236 days |
5 July 1856 |
RB |
Wednesbury Strollers
FC |
1 |
0 |
only app
1881 |
83 |
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Bambridge, Arthur
L. |
19 252 days |
16 June 1861 |
LB |
Swifts FC |
1 |
0 |
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Hunter,
John |
29
197 days |
13 August 1851 |
Half Back |
Heeley FC,
Providence FC,
Wednesday Club &
Sheffield Albion FC |
4 |
0 |
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Hargreaves,
Frederick W. |
22 194 days |
16 August 1858 |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
2 |
0 |
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Marshall, Thomas |
22 167 days |
12 September 1858 |
OR |
Darwen FC |
2 |
0 |
final app
1880-81 |
84 |
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Rostron, Thurston |
17 311 days |
21 April 1863 |
IR |
Darwen FC |
1 |
0 |
85 |
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Brown, James |
18 210 days |
31 July 1862 |
Centre Forward |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
1 |
0 |
86 |
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Tait, George |
21 |
late 1859 |
Birmingham Excelsior
FC |
1 |
0 |
only app
1881 |
87 |
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Hargreaves, John |
20 75 days |
13 December 1860 |
IL |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
1 |
0 |
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Mosforth,
William |
23 55 days |
2 January 1858 |
OL |
Wednesday FC |
7 |
2 |
most apps |
reserves: |
Alf Harvey and George Tait were the original reserves (no replacements
made) |
team notes: |
The original team line-up included
Nottingham Forest FC's
Edwin Luntley, and
Upton Park FC's
Clem Mitchell. But at the 'last moment,
were unable to take their places', their places going to Harvey
and Tait. |
records: |
The first occasion that England played with three teenagers. |
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2-2-6 |
Hawtrey -
Harvey, Bambridge - Hunter, F.Hargreaves -
Marshall, Rostron, Brown, Tait, J.Hargreaves, Mosforth. |
Averages: |
Age |
23
years
63-73
days |
Appearances/Goals |
2.0 |
0.2 |
=most experienced team so far |
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Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
3rd |
Colours: |
"The Welshmen wore white shirts, but to
distinguish the players the visiting team wore a sash of ribbon as a belt". |
Capt: |
John Morgan |
Selectors: |
Team selection chosen by Committee,
following a series of trial matches. |
Wales
Lineup |
1 |
McMillan, Robert |
24 |
1857 |
G |
Shrewsbury Engineers FC,
England |
1 |
0 GA |
2 |
Morgan, John R. |
26 |
1855 |
Back |
Derby Grammar School,
England |
5 |
0 |
3 |
Kenrick, S. Llewellyn |
33 |
summer
1847 |
Shropshire Wanderers FC,
England |
5 |
0 |
his knee
was dislocated and teeth shattered, but he returned later. |
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Williams, William |
nk |
nk |
Half Back |
Druids FC |
6 |
0 |
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Bell, William S. |
20
188 days |
22 August 1860 |
Shrewsbury Engineers FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Goodwin, Uriah |
22 |
1859 |
Right Forward |
Ruthin FC |
1 |
0 |
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Vaughan,
John |
25/26 |
1855 |
Druids FC |
3 |
1 |
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Crosse, Knyvett |
25 |
July 1855 |
Centre Forward |
Druids FC |
2 |
0 |
9 |
Price, John |
nk |
nk |
Wrexham AFC |
6 |
0 |
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Owen, William P. |
20 98 days |
20 November 1860 |
Left Forward |
Ruthin FC |
3 |
0 |
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Lewis, Thomas |
nk |
nk |
Wrexham AFC |
1 |
0 |
reserves: |
not known |
team notes: |
The original team line-up included
"Ruabon's J. Powell, one of the best backs in Wales, he failed to put
in appearance, but [Llewellyn] Kenrick, who has not played for a
couple of seasons, volunteered to fill the vacancy". Jack
Powell had in fact, missed his train connection.
Reports at the time called Knyvett Crosse "
"C.R. Smith" " (with the inverted
commas) to show it was a pseudonym. |
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2-2-6 |
McMillan
- Morgan, Kendrick - Williams, Bell - Vaughan, Goodwin,
Crosse, Price, Owen, Lewis. |
Averages: |
Age |
n/a |
Appearances/Goals |
3.1 |
0.1 |
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Match Report
-
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Monday, 28
February 1881 |
In Other News..... |
The picked
representatives of England and Wales met at Blackburn on Saturday
afternoon for the second time, as this international match was only
inaugurated last year at Wrexham. Falls were frequent and doging play
was not expected, although a good contest took place., taking into
account the drawbacks in the shape of the treacherous turf. About 3,000
spectators attended. It was almost three o'clock before the game was
commenced, and for a start the Englishmen bore down upon the Welsh
citadel, but nothing came of a neat shot by Tait. The visitors soon ran
into the English half, but Harvey stayed the progress of Owen and Lewis,
and another attack was made by Mosforth on the visitors' goal, but
Macmillan got the ball away. The Wales forwards got off once more with
the ball, but when in close proximity with the English lines Roberts
sent it behind the posts. The visitors made several well-concerted
rushes to the English end, but Hawtry, the English goal-keeper, went
about his work in the coolest manner possible, and repelled the Welsh
attacks. On one occasion Lewis brought the ball to the English lines and
centred in splendid style, but the other forwards were not up in time,
and the ball soon travelled out of danger. Brown and Mosforth made two
false shots at the opposite end, and then another rush was made to the
home team end, but Bambridge stayed the attacking party. The Welsh left
wing did some grand work, but the English backs repeatedly robbed them
of the ball, and half-time arrived without either side having scored,
although the English party had 'peppered' at the Welsh citadel at an
astonishing rate. However, the spectators set themselves at rest with
the thought that the Englishmen would run the visitors off their feet,
and the next half would see some good scoring. Hunter kicked off, but
before ten minutes had elapsed Hawtry was upset—and those who know the
'Remnant's' manly form would consider this a great feat—Bambridge lost
the ball, Vaughan found it and soon sent it home, which was the winning
stroke for the visitors. Every tactic was tried, but the Welsh goal
could not be lowered. Marshall and Rostron made some fine shots, but the
Welshmen crowded in front of their goal whenever an attack was made.
Misfortune seemed to cling to the home team, as Mosforth made a true
shot at the Welsh goal, but the ball bounded through, off Marshall, who
was standing near the post, and on an appeal the Darwen forward was
ruled off side, and thus the point was lost. Towards the close Hunter
made a grand run, but nothing more was gained, and the Welshmen won by
one goal to nil. |
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At
Trent Bridge, Nottingham Forest beat the F.A. Cup holders, Clapham Rovers 3-0.
It was on 27 February 1881
that 359 men, including their commanding officer, General Sir George Colley,
were killed at Majuba Hill as they attempted to reclaim the Transvaal from
the Boers. |
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An Association
match between England and Wales was played on Saturday last at
Blackburn. The attendance was large. Wales were lucky enough to secure a
goal, by which point they won the match. England made several determined
efforts to score, and their rivals' goal had many very narrow escapes.
- The Times, Monday, 28
February 1881
Hawtrey, the English goalkeeper, threw the
ball out but was charged over at the same time and Vaughan running up placed
the leather safely through the goal for Wales. The Englishmen strove hard to
get on terms with their opponents. Shot after shot was aimed at the Welsh goal
but each attempt was rendered futile. When time was called Wales were declared
winners by one goal to love. -
Wrexham Advertiser, Saturday, 5
March 1881 |
Source Notes |
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TheFA
Cris Freddi: Football Historian
Welsh Football Data Archive
HistoricalKits.co.uk/international/Wales
Nick
Gibbs' England: The Football Facts |
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Wrexham.Gov.uk: The story of Welsh football
FreeBMD.org.uk
Rothmans Yearbooks
Alan Brown: Football Historian
Wrexham Advertiser, Saturday,
5 March 1881 |
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Most of the Welsh birth details have been taken from
the UK 1881 census, which was taken on the night of the 3rd April 1881.
The census also revealed that Welsh
goalkeeper, Robert McMillan, was born in South America.
There was only one John R. Morgan in Derby in 1881, a 26 year-old
schoolmaster of Derby School. Likewise, there was only one William
Bell living in Shropshire, a 28 year-old coal miner.
There was, however, 2,240 William Williams in the census alone. 105 of
them lived in Denbighshire, and those are just the males of playing age.
By a similar notion, there were nine different Thomas Lewis', and sixteen
John Price's, in Wrexham.
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