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Match No. 20 vs. Ireland Match No. 22 vs. Wales Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 21

Scotland 1 England 0 [1-0]

Saturday, 15 March 1884

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: British (Home) Championship (1st) International, match four;
Venue: Cathkin Park, Cathcart Road, Newton Mearnes, Glasgow, Lanarkshire;
Attendance: 10,000;
Goals: Scotland - John Smith, 6th or 7th minute;
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - John (Jack) Sinclair, Ireland;
Umpires - Major Francis Marindin, 45/46 (1838), Weymouth, England & Thomas Lawrie, Scotland;
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: Early rain had passed to make for a clear match;
Miscellany: -
Notes: This was apparently the first ever all-ticket football match;
Statistics:

Not known.

Scotland Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 1st in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
3rd in the British Championship table before this match and 1st place after it.
Colours: Blue shirts, white shorts;
Coach: None; Team selection chosen by Committee;
Captain: Charles Campbell

Scotland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-McAuley, James 30-Aug-1860 23 G

Dumbarton FC

 4 1
2 GA		 1882-1887
-Arnott, Walter 12-May-1863 20 B

Queen's Park FC

 3 0 1883-1893
-Forbes, John 13-Jan-1862 22 B

Vale of Leven FC

 2 0 1884-1888
-Campbell, Charles NK NK HB

Queen's Park FC

 11 1 1876-1886
-McPherson, John C.M. NK NK HB

Vale of Leven FC

 7 0 1879-1885
-Shaw, Francis W. 13-Dec-1864 19 F

Pollockshields Athletic FC

 1 0 1884
-Anderson, William NK NK F

Queen's Park FC

 4 1 1882-1885
-Lindsay, Joseph 13-Nov-1858 25 F

Dumbarton FC

 4 1 1880-1886
-Smith, Dr. John 12-Aug-1855 28 F

Queen's Park FC

 10 9 1877-1884
-Christie, Robert M. 15-Dec-1865 18 F

Queen's Park FC

 1 0 1884
-McKinnon, William N. 06-Aug-1859 24 F

Dumbarton FC

 3 0 1883-1884
Formation:

2-2-6

McAuley -
Arnott, Forbes -
Campbell, McPherson -
Shaw, Anderson - Lindsay, Smith - Christie, McKinnon.

England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 2nd in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
1st place in the British Championship table before this match and 2nd after it.
Colours: White shirts, navy blue knickerbockers;
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee with secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary influence.
Captain: Norman Bailey, 7th of 15 captaincies.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Rose, William C. 04-Mar-1861 23 G

Swifts FC

 2 2 GA 1884-1891
-Dobson, Alfred T.C. late spring-1859 24 RB Notts County FC 3 0 1882-1884
-Beverley, Joseph 12-Nov-1856 27 LB

Blackburn Rovers FC

 2 0 1884
-Bailey, Norman C. 23-Jul-1857 26 HB

Clapham Rovers FC

 11 1 1878-1887
-Macrae, Stuart sometime in-1855 28/29 HB

Notts County FC & Corinthians FC

 5 0 1883-1884
-Wilson, Charles P. 12-May-1859 24 HB

Hendon FC

 1 0 1884
-Holden, George H. 06-Oct-1859 24 F

Wednesbury Old Athletic FC

 3 0 1881-1884
-Vaughton, O. Howard 09-Jan-1861 23 F Aston Villa FC 4 6 1882-1884
-Bromley-Davenport, William 21-Jan-1862 22 F

Old Etonians FC & Oxford University FC

 1 0 1884
-Bambridge, E. Charles 30-Jul-1858 25 F

Swifts FC

 9 9 1879-1887
-Gunn, William 04-Dec-1858 25 F

Notts County FC

 1 0 1884
Formation:

2-3-5

Rose -
Dobson, Beverley -
Bailey, Macrae, Wilson -
Holden, Vaughton - Bromley-Davenport - Bambridge, Gunn.

Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

James McAuley played as a forward on his debut, scoring one of the five goals, against Wales, 25 March 1882.

Sources

England Football Factbook: Cris Freddi
FA.com
Scottish Football Association
London Hearts
original newspaper snippet
England Expects: James Corbett

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