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Match No. 16 vs. Wales Match No. 18 vs. Ireland Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 17

England 5 Wales 0 [2-0]

Saturday, 3 February 1883

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records England Pre-Match Wales Pre-Match

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Match Summary
Status: Friendly match. Played according to the newly-formed International Football Association Board rules.
Venue: The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London;
Attendance: 2,000;
Goals: England - Clement Mitchell, 16/17th minute;
England - Charlie Bambridge, 42nd/43rd minute;
England - Arthur Cursham, 65th minute;
England - Clement Mitchell, 70th minute;
England - Clement Mitchell, 86th minute; [According to the match report, the last three goals were scored 'at length', Mitchell completing his hat-trick 'before time was called' and 'a few minutes' after scoring his second goal.]
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Captain Donald Hamilton, Scotland (SFA vice-President);
Umpires -
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: not known.
Notes: W.S. Vidal (Royal Engineers) and Oliver Whateley (Aston Villa) both withdrew from the initial England line-up.  Whateley was replaced by Arthur Bambridge.
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England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 2nd in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.

Colours: -
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee with secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary influence.
Captain: Norman Bailey, 4th of 15 captaincies.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Swepstone, Harry A. early-1859 24 G

Pilgrims FC

 4 15 GA 1880-1883
-de Paravicini, Percy J. 15-Jul-1862 20 RB

Cambridge University FC & Old Etonians FC

 1 0 1883
-Russell, Bruce B. 25-Aug-1859 23 LB Royal Engineers FC 1 0 1883
-Bailey, Norman C. 23-Jul-1857 25 HB

Clapham Rovers FC

 8 0 1878-1887
-Macrae, Stuart sometime in-1855 27/28 HB

Notts County FC & Corinthians FC

 1 0 1883-1884
-Cursham, Arthur W. 14-Mar-1853 29 OR Notts County FC 5 2 1876-1883
-Bambridge, Arthur L. 16-Jun-1861 21 IR

Swifts FC & Corinthians FC

 2 0 1881-1884
-Mitchell, Clement 20-Feb-1862 21 CF

Upton Park FC & Corinthians FC

 3 3 1880-1885
-Goodhart, Harry Chester 17-Jul-1858 24 CF

Old Etonians FC & Corinthians FC

 1 0 1883
-Cursham, Henry A. 27-Nov-1859 23 IL

Notts County FC & Corinthians FC

 5 2 1880-1884
-Bambridge, E. Charles 30-Jul-1858 24 OL

Swifts FC

 7 7 1879-1887
Formation:

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Wales Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 3rd in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Colours: Crimson and white
Coach: None;
Captain: John Powell;

Wales Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Adams, Harry? Henry? NK G

Druids FC

 4 0 1882-1883
-Powell, John NK B

Druids FC

 7 0 1878-1888
-Morgan, John R. NK B

unaffiliated

 10 2 1877-1883
-Hughes, Frederick William winter-1860 22 HB

Northwich Victoria FC, England

 3 0 1882-1884
-Burke, Thomas early-1864 18/19 HB

Wrecsam AFC

 1 0 1883-1887
-Roberts, Walter Hugh spring-1858 24/25 F

Ruthin FC

 3 0 1882-1884
-Owen, William Pierce 20-Nov-1860 22 F

Ruthin FC

 8 4 1880-1884
-Davies, John Price summer-1857 25 F

Druids FC

 1 0 1883
-Roberts, William NK F

Rhyl FC

 1 0 1883
-Vaughan, John NK-1855 27 F

Druids FC

 8 2 1879-1884
-Roberts, John NK F

Berwyn Rangers FC

 7 1 1879-1883
Formation:

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Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

Sources

Cris Freddi: Football Historian
Welsh Football Data Archive
TheFA.com
FreeBMD.org.uk
Rothmans Yearbooks
IFFHS.de

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