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1886-87

Team Record
England 1887-88

1888-89
 
Team Record
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Away venue
British Championship
3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 0 1 5.00 0.667 100.0 +3
3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 0 1 5 0.667 100 +3

Results

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International Selection Committee (The F.A.)

British Championship
32 4 February 1888 - Wales 1 England 5 [1-1]
Alexandra Recreation Ground, Crewe
(5,000 to 8,000)
Doughty
Dewhurst (3), Woodhall, Lindley
AW
33 17 March 1888 - Scotland 0 England 5 [0-4]
Hampden Park, Glasgow
(14,000 to 20,000)
Haworth, Hodgetts, Dewhurst (2), Goodall AW
34 7 April 1888 - Ireland 1 England 5 [1-3]
Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast (7,000 to 8,000)
Crone
Dewhurst, Allen (3), Lindley
AW

British Championship 1887-88 Table
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
England 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 6
Scotland 3 2 0 1 15 8 +7 4
Wales 3 1 0 2 13 10 +3 2
Ireland 3 0 0 3 3 26 -23 0

Team Record
England's numbers are first
Match Goal Attempts  On Target Bar/Post Corners Offside Fouls Cautions Expulsions Poss. Ave. Age
Wales 5-1 NK 0-0 NK 23 216
Scotland 5-0 0-0 23 237
Ireland 5-1 0-0 22 333
 
Most Appearances (19 players used)
Name Played Goals
Harry Allen 3 0
Fred Dewhurst 6
Dennis Hodgetts 1
Tinsley Lindley 2
John Goodall 2 1
Cecil Holden-White 0
Bob Howarth 0
Billy Moon 1ᵍᵃ
Percy Walters 0
George Woodhall 1


England's Record Overall

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 16 8 3 5 48 27 +21 1 5 3.00 1.688 59.4 +3
Away 18 9 2 7 64 36 +28 3 4 3.556 2.00 55.6 +2
34 17 5 12 112 63 +49 4 9 3.294 1.853 57.4 +5
Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 15 10 3 2 56 12 +44 1 5 3.733 0.80 76.7 +8
Friendly 19 7 2 10 56 51 +5 3 4 2.947 2.684 42.1 -3

The 1887 International Football Association Board meeting:
That a British subject born abroad shall be eligible to play for his fathers nationality" was unanimously adopted.

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