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11 vs. Wales
12
13 vs.
Scotland
Results 1872-1890 |
Saturday,
26 February 1881
International
Friendly Match
England 0 Wales 1
[0-0]
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Match Summary
England Party
Wales Party
Team Records
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East Lancashire Cricket Club, Alexandra Meadows, Gawthorpe, Blackburn, Lancashire
Attendance: 3,000 (possibly as much as 4,200);
Kick-off
3.00pm
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Wales -
Jackie Vaughan
('Hawtrey threw it out, but was charged over, and Vaughan running up
placed the leather safely thro' the goal' 54). |
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England
won toss, Wales
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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Officials
[umpires and referees are of equal relevance] |
England |
Type |
Wales |
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Umpires -
Thomas Hindle
Darwen (Hon.
secretary
Lancashire FA) &
Edward Manners
Wales
(Hon. secretary Welsh FA).
Referee
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Segar R.
Bastard
27 (25 January 1854), Bow, London
Played according to London Association rules.
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Attempts on Target |
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Hit Bar/Post |
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Offside Calls Against |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Possession |
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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". |
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Capt: |
Jack Hunter, first captaincy. |
Selectors: |
The Football
Association Committee following trial games, with Secretary Charles W.
Alcock having the primary influence, on Monday, 7 February 1881. |
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England
Lineup |
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Hawtrey, John
P. |
30 |
19 July 1850 |
G |
Remnants FC &
Old Etonians
AFC |
1 |
1 GA |
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Harvey, Alfred |
24 |
5 July 1856 |
RB |
Wednesbury Strollers
FC |
1 |
0 |
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Bambridge, Arthur
L. |
19 |
16 June 1861 |
LB |
Swifts FC |
1 |
0 |
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Hunter,
John |
28 |
summer 1852 |
HB |
Heeley FC,
Providence FC,
Wednesday Club &
Sheffield Albion FC |
4 |
0 |
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Hargreaves,
Frederick W. |
22 |
16 August 1858 |
HB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
2 |
0 |
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Marshall, Thomas |
22 |
12 September 1858 |
OR |
Darwen FC |
2 |
0 |
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Rostron, Thurston |
17
311 days |
21 April 1863 |
IR |
Darwen FC |
1 |
0 |
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7 |
Brown, James |
18
210 days |
31 July 1862 |
CF |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
1 |
0 |
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Tait, George |
21 |
late 1859 |
CF |
Birmingham Excelsior
FC |
1 |
0 |
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Hargreaves, John |
20 |
13 December 1860 |
IL |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
1 |
0 |
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Mosforth,
William |
23 |
2 January 1858 |
OL |
Wednesday FC |
7 |
2 |
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reserves: |
Alf Harvey and George Tait were the original reserves. |
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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.
Billy Mosforth extends his record cap tally. |
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2-2-6 |
Hawtrey -
Harvey, Bambridge -
Hunter, F.Hargreaves -
Marshall, Rostron, Brown, Tait, J.Hargreaves, Mosforth. |
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Averages: |
Age |
22.2 |
Appearances/Goals |
2.0 |
0.2 |
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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". |
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Capt: |
John Morgan |
Selectors: |
Team selection chosen by Committee,
following a series of trial matches. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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1 |
McMillan, Robert |
24 |
1857 |
G |
Shrewsbury Engineers FC,
England |
1 |
0 GA |
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Morgan, John R. |
26 |
1855 |
B |
Derby Grammar School,
England |
5 |
0 |
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3 |
Kenrick, S. Llewellyn
had his knee
dislocated and teeth shattered and retired, but returned later. |
33 |
summer
1847 |
B |
Shropshire Wanderers FC,
England |
5 |
0 |
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Williams, William |
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HB |
Druids FC |
6 |
0 |
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Bell, William S. |
20 |
22 August 1860 |
HB |
Shrewsbury Engineers FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Goodwin, Uriah |
22 |
1859 |
RF |
Ruthin FC |
1 |
0 |
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Vaughan,
John |
25/26 |
1855 |
RF |
Druids FC |
3 |
1 |
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Crosse, Knyvett |
25 |
July 1855 |
CF |
Druids FC |
2 |
0 |
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9 |
Price, John |
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CF |
Wrexham AFC |
6 |
0 |
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Owen, William P. |
20 |
20 November 1860 |
LF |
Ruthin FC |
3 |
0 |
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Lewis, Thomas |
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LF |
Wrexham AFC |
1 |
0 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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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
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Morgan, Kendrick -
Williams, Bell -
Vaughan, Goodwin,
Crosse, Price, Owen, Lewis. |
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Averages: |
Age |
n/a |
Appearances/Goals |
3.1 |
0.1 |
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Match Report |
"Wretched weather...the ground
covered in snow and slush, a circumstance which the English said helped the
Welsh to gain their unexpected victory"
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 5th
March, 1881
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 28th February, 1881
IN OTHER
NEWS...
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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Source Notes
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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.
Wrexham Advertiser, 5 March 1881
Cris Freddi: Football Historian
Welsh Football Data Archive
TheFA.com
FreeBMD.org.uk
Rothmans Yearbooks
Alan Brown: Football Historian
IFFHS.de
HistoricalKits.co.uk/international/Wales
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