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Match No. 28 vs. Wales Match No. 30 vs. Wales Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 29

England 7 Ireland 0 [4-0]

Saturday, 5 February 1887

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: British (Home) Championship (4th) International, match one;
Venue: Bramall Lane, Highfield, Sheffield;
Attendance: 6,000;
Goals: England - Fred Dewhurst, 2nd minute;
England - Nevill Cobbold, 25th minute;
England - Tinsley Lindley, 26th minute;
England - Tinsley Lindley, 43rd minute; ['Lindley scored the fourth goal just before half-time']
England - Nevill Cobbold, 47th minute;
England - Tinsley Lindley, 49th minute; hat-trick
England - Fred Dewhurst, unknown minute; ['Dewhurst scored the seventh goal just before the close']
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Alexander Hunter, Wales;
Umpires - J. Charles Clegg, 36 (15-Jun-1950), Sheffield & John M. McAlery, (-1849), Belfast;
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: -
Notes: Actual caps were awarded for the first time, consisting of royal blue velvet, at the suggestion of Nicholas Lane Jackson.
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England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 2nd in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Unplayed in the British Championship table before and first after this match.
Colours: -
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee following trial games.
Captain: Charlie Bambridge, 2nd of two captaincies.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Arthur, W. J. Herbert 14-Feb-1863 23 G Blackburn Rovers FC 6 4 GA 1885-1887
-Howarth, Robert H. 20-Jun-1865 21 RB Preston North End FC 1 0 1887-1894
-Mason, Charles 01-Apr-1863 23 LB

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

 1 0 1887-1890
-Haworth, George 17-Oct-1864 22 RH Accrington FC 1 0 1887-1890
-Brayshaw, Edward early-1863 23 CH

Wednesday FC

 1 0 1887
-Forrest, James H. 24-Jun-1864 22 LH

Blackburn Rovers FC

 7 0 1884-1890
-Sayer, James mid-1862 24 OR Stoke FC 1 0 1887
-Dewhurst, Frederick 16-Dec-1863 23 IR

Preston North End FC & Corinthians FC

 3 4 1886-1889
-Lindley, Tinsley 27-Oct-1865 21 CF

Nottingham Forest FC, Cambridge University FC & Corinthians FC

 4 5 1886-1891
-Cobbold W. Nevill 04-Feb-1863 24 IL

Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC

 7 5 1883-1887
-Bambridge, E. Charles 30-Jul-1858 28 OL

Swifts FC & Corinthians FC

 16 11 1879-1887
Formation:

not known.

not known.

Ireland Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 6th in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Unplayed in the British Championship table before and fourth after this match.
Colours: -
Coach: Team chosen by Committee;
Captain: Johnny Gibb

Ireland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Gillespie, R. Shaw 23-Jan-1868 19 GK

Hertford FC

 4 25 GA 1886-1887
-Browne, Frederick W. J. NK FB

Cliftonville FC

 1 0 1887-1888
-Fox, William T. NK FB

Ulster FC

 1 0 1887
-Rossbotham, Alexander Archie NK B

Cliftonville FC

 1 0 1887-1889
-Allen, James 12-May-1859 27 B

Limavady FC

 1 0 1887
-Crone, William circa-1864 22/23 B

Distillery FC

 8 0 1882-1980
-Small, James M. 07-Jul-1867 19 IF

Clarence FC

 1 0 1887-1893
-Gibb, John T. NK F Wellington Park FC 7 2 1884-1889
-Stanfield, Olphert M. 26-Feb-1869 17 CF

Distillery FC

 1 0 1887-1897
-Leslie, William 17-Sep-1866 20 IL

Belfast YMCA FC

 1 0 1887
-Brown, Nathaniel M. NK OL

Limavady FC

 1 0 1887
Formation:

not known.

not known.

Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

Sources

Cris Freddi's invaluable research
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
IFFHS.de
FreeBMD.org

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