England Match No. 37 - Scotland - 13 April 1889

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Saturday, 13 April 1889
British International Championship 1888-89 (6th) Match

England 2 Scotland 3 [2-0]

"From the bully that ensued the ball was sent through, but by whom is hard to say"
- Manchester Courier

The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, Lambeth, County of London, SE
The final appearance of England at The Oval (P10 W4 D 3 L3 F24 A23)
Kick-off (GMT): 'a minute or so after three o'clock'; 'at five minutes past three'.
Attendance: 'about 8,000 spectators'; 'about 10,000 spectators'; 'about 12,000 spectators'; Receipts: £63 17s. 6d.

Percy Walters won the toss

James Oswald kicked-off

[1-0] Jack Brodie 15
'sent in a long shot that Wilson failed to reach'
Two Scottish reports give it to Brodie, but five publications say Goodall and six, Bassett. The players were both involved in the dribble that led to the goal
[2-0] not known free-kick 17
Two reports give it to Bassett, one to Goodall, but four to Weir. Three reports say it came from a scrimmage, two others say the ball was 'driven through'. But came from a free-kick for 'hands'.

[2-0] Munro header-disallowed: off-side
[2-0] Kelly scores-disallowed: whistle had blew for h-t

some reports give this goal to James Oswald

[2-1] Neil Munro 60
'put in a smart run and scored a goal' another report calls him 'goal-sneaking' and that he headed the goal'
[2-2] Harry Allen own goal 82
'Moon threw the ball away, but Allen was running towards his own goal, returned the ball between the posts'
[2-3] James McLaren 90
'from half-back sent in a shot which baffled Moon, and although he tried hard, just failed to stop it'

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Officials [umpires and referees are of equal relevance]

England

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Scotland

Umpires

John Charles Clegg
38 (15 June 1850), Sheffield (Sheffield FA President)

J.A. Crerar
Third Lanark FC
(Scotland FA President)

played for England in 1872

Referee
John Sinclair
33 (27 August 1855), Belfast (Irish FA) P 6 W 2 D 1 L 3 F 15 A 9

played in the 1882 England-Ireland fixture

England Team

Rank		No official ranking system established; ELO rating 2nd	Colours		"dressed in white shirts, the arms of England adorning their bosoms"
Captain		Percy Walters	Selection		The seven-man FA International Selection Committee, on Saturday, 30 March 1889, after the FA Cup Final, The Oval, Kennington (below), following trial games.
		P 3 of 4 - W 2 - D 0 - L 1 - F 12 - A 5.			P 6 of 195, W 5 - D 0 - L 1 - F 27 - A 7.
England Lineup
		nine changes to the previous match (Brodie & Weir remained)				league positions (6th April)	ave lge pos: 4th⁶
		Moon, William R.	20 310 days	7 June 1868	G	Old Westminsters AFC & Corinthians FC	4	5ᵍᵃ
		Walters, Percy M.	25 195 days	30 September 1863	RB	Old Carthusians AFC & Corinthians FC	11	0
		Walters, Arthur M.	24 77 days	26 January 1865	LB	Old Carthusians AFC & Corinthians FC	7	0
166		Hammond, Henry E.D.	22 138 days	26 November 1866	RHB	Oxford University AFC, Lancing Old Boys AFC & Corinthians FC	1	0
							only app 1889
		Allen, Harry	23 84 days	19 January 1866	CHB	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (FL 3rd)	4	1ᵒᵍ
	the third own goal conceded by England

		Forrest, James H.	24 294 days	24 June 1864	LHB	Blackburn Rovers FC (FL 4th)	10	0
?		Bassett, William I.	20 76 days	27 January 1869	OR	West Bromwich Albion FC (FL 6th)	3	1 or 2
?		Goodall, John	25 299 days	19 June 1863	IR	Preston North End FC (FL Champions)	4	2 or 3
		Brodie, John B.	26 227 days	30 August 1862	CF	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (FL 3rd)	2	2
?		Weir, David	25 228 days	29 August 1863	IL	Bolton Wanderers FC (FL 5th)	2	1 or 2
							final app 1889
		Lindley, Tinsley	23 169 days	27 October 1865	OL	Nottingham Forest FC & Corinthians FC	10	10
reserves:			Alf Shelton (Notts County FC (FL 11th)).

team notes:	Arthur and Percy Walters are the first set of brothers to play in the same team seven times.
appearance notes:	Percy Walters is the third player to make eleven England appearances, whereas James Forrest and Tinsley Lindley are the fourth/fifth players to make ten (making this the first match to feature three players in double-figure appearances) and Arthur Walters the twelfth to make seven. Billy Moon, Harry Allen and Jack Goodall are the 26th-28th players to have made four or more England appearances. 45 players have now appeared for England for more than three times, and only eighty have done so more than once. Six players have now played four times for the ISC: - Billy Moon, Percy Walters, Harry Allen, Jack Goodall and Tinsley Lindley join Fred Dewhurst.
records:	For the first time, owing to two matches being played on the same day, England's use of players in a season exceeds twenty. They have used 26 different players in the 1888-89 season alone. England's twelve goals this year/season have come from a record eight different goalscorers.


2-3-5	Moon - P.Walters, A.Walters - Hammond, Allen, Forrest - Bassett, Goodall, Lindley, Brodie, Weir.
Averages:	Age	24 years 0 days	Appearances/Goals	5.3	1.4

England previous teams vs. Scotland:
1888:	Moon	P.Walters	Howarth	Haworth	Allen	Holden-White	Woodhall	Goodall	Lindley	Dewhurst	Hodgetts
1889:	Moon	P.Walters	A.Walters	Hammond	Allen	Forrest	Bassett	Goodall	Brodie	Weir	Lindley

Scotland Team

Rank	No official ranking system established; ELO rating 1st	Colours		"arrayed in dark blue tight fitting jerseys, with a Lion rampant embroidered on the breast"
Captain	Bob Smellie	Selection		The newly formed smaller Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, chosen following a trial match.
	P 2 of 2, W 2 - D 0 - L 0 - F 8 - A 3.
Scotland Lineup
	Wilson, James	23 281 days	6 July 1865	G	Vale of Leven FC	2	3ᵍᵃ
	Arnott, Walter	27 336 days	12 May 1861	RB	Queen's Park FC	10	0
	Smellie, Robert	21 112 days	22 December 1867	LB	Queen's Park FC	3	0
	Dewar, George	21 267 days	20 July 1867	RHB	Dumbarton FC	2	1
						final app 1888-89
	Kelly, James	23 180 days	15 October 1865	CHB	The Celtic FC	3	1
	McLaren, James	27 351 days	27 April 1861	LHB	The Celtic FC	2	1
	Latta, Alexander	21 201 days	24 September 1867	OR	Dumbarton FC	2	2
						final app 1888-89
	Berry, William Hall	21 236 days	20 August 1867	IR	Queen's Park FC	2	0
167	Oswald, James	21 100 days	3 January 1868	CF	Third Lanark FC	1	0
	McPherson, John	20 298 days	19 June 1868	IL	Cowlairs FC	2	6
	Munro, Neil	20 198 days	27 September 1868	OL	Abercorn FC	2	2
						final app 1888-89
reserves:		not known
team notes:		The Scotch team, in preparation, played a Dumbartonshire XI on Tuesday, 9 April. They won 2-1. Although there were no alterations in the team line-up, two players did swap positions - Dewar and Kelly.
records:		Normal service is resumed as Scotland record their third straight victory.

2-3-5		Wilson - Arnott, Smellie - Dewar, Kelly, McLaren - Latta, Berry, Oswald, McPherson, Munro.
Averages:		Age	22 years 333 days	Appearances/Goals		2.8	1.0

Match Report - Dundee Advertiser, Monday, 15 April 1889	In Other News.....
At Kennington Oval to-day in favourable weather the representatives of England and Scotland met in their eighteenth international match. There was an immense crowd present, and the teams were received with somewhat faint applause as the entered. The Scotchmen kicked off towards the gasometer end, and immediately commenced pressing, and were first over. The magnificent all-round play by the Scotch forwards, Macpherson being prominent, put the English goal in great jeopardy. A point was narrowly missed in the first three minutes. Scotland were playing grandly together, and were pressing most. England's defence was stubborn, the Walters shining. After the first quarter England took up the offensive, but the Scotch defence stood out well. In seventeen minutes Goodall beat Wilson. First point for England. Almost immediately after, from a free-kick for 'hand' right under the bar, England scored number two. Scotland played with increased vigour, and twice had corners. End to end play followed, both teams playing splendidly. Scotland was more than holding her own, but could not beat the Walters. It was a grand game, and very hard. It was a game in which every one of the players who took part excelled himself, and there was not a weak man on the field. At half-time England led by 2 goals to 0.		It was on 14 April 1889 that a French prosecution committee was set up to investigate the corrupt activities of the reactionary politician, General Boulanger, who was ultimately condemned by the Senate and deported.

Scotland had certainly hard lines in not scoring on two occasions in the last minute, Moon saving miraculously. Scotland scored and the whistle blew at the same time, and the point was lost. On resuming with the wind the Scotchmen began to press; but the Englishmen took up the narrative, and the play raged from end to end. In fifteen minutes Scotland scored with a long high shot, and the game went on as merrily as before, with the Scotchmen having much the best of it. In twenty minutes the game was stopped for several minutes in consequence of M'Pherson being badly winded. Two minutes after resuming Scotland pulled equal. In a minute more a long drop from the foot of M'Laren gave Scotland the lead, amidst great cheering. Scotland was now beating up grandly, all the forwards taking a great share. A magnificent game ended in a win for Scotland.

There were about 10,000 spectators at Kennington Oval on Saturday to witness the 18th annual match between England and Scotland.
Successful in the toss the Englishmen chose the Clayton-street goal, and Oswald kicked off for Scotland, who had a strong wind in their faces. After some good play on both sides, Goodall finished up a short run with a shot which completely beat the keeper, and placed the first goal to the credit of England, and before the interval Weir scored out of a scrimmage by a capital shot. Thus England had the substantial lead of two goals to none. In the second part of the game Oswald passed to Munro, and the latter registered a goal for Scotland; and not more than ten minutes had elapsed when Oswald sent in a shot which brought the score level. Quickly afterwards the Scotch forwards renewed their attack, and M'Laren, with a highland swift kick, placed a third goal to their credit... - The Times, Monday, 15 April 1889

Source Notes

TheFA
Scottish FA
Cris Freddi's England Football Factbook
ScottishSportHistory: Andy Mitchell (incl. Heritage numbering)

LondonHearts.com
The Football Association Yearbook
James Corbett's England Expects
Richard Keir's Complete International Record of Scotland
Original Newspaper Reports