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Match No. 37 vs. Scotland Match No. 38 vs. Wales
Match No. 40 vs. Scotland		 Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 38*
One of two games played on the same day.

Ireland 1 England 9 [1-0]

Saturday, 15 March 1890

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: -
Venue: Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast;
Attendance: 5,000
Goals: Jack Reynolds
Geary (2-5 goals), Walton (0-3 goals), Townley (0-3 goals), Lofthouse, Davenport (0-2), Barton (0-1) 88 min.
Notes Note that a not altogether coherent match report in The Field credits Geary with four goals, and that a very confused summary in The Athletic News maintains that 'the clever little Everton centre was responsible for five of the goals, and beauties they were.  Clugstone tried to hold one of them, but he felt it going, and he let it go - he couldn't help it.'  The Northern Whig (Belfast) also credits him with five.  The Sporting Chronicle, only two.... - England Factbook, pg 149

The Field credits Walton with England's second goal, The Times and Sporting Life credits Walton with first and second goals.  The Sporting Chronicle with the first, second and eighth!

The Field and the Northern Whig credits Townley with three goals, although other sources say only two.  Or even none.

Some reports credit Jack Barton with a goal, some don't, two minutes from time.  The Irish claim the ninth goal had gone over the bar anyway!
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee -
Umpires -
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: -
Miscellany: -
Notes: Captain Bob Howarth withdrew from the line-up on the morning and was replaced by Dick Baugh.
Statistics:

Not known.

x Team
Ranking:

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

Colours: -
Coach: -
Captain: -

x Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
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-Reynolds, John off injured. 21 Feb 1869 21 CF

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 - 1 -
-Stanfield, Olphert M. 26-Feb-1869 21 CF

Distillery FC

 10 1 1887-1897
-Wilton, James M. 21-Nov-1868 21 F

St. Columb's Court FC

 5 1 1888-1893
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Formation:

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England Team
Ranking:

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

Colours: -
Coach: -
Captain: -

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Roberts, Robert J. ?-Apr-1859 30 G

West Bromwich Albion FC

 3 5 GA 1887-1890
-Baugh, Richard 14-Feb-1864 26 RB Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2 0 1886-1890
-Mason, Charles 01-Apr-1863 26 LB

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

 3 0 1887-1890
-Barton - - RH

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- - - CH

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-Forrest, James H. 24-Jun-1864 25 LH

Blackburn Rovers FC

 11 0 1884-1890
-Lofthouse, Joseph M. 14-Apr-1865 24 OR Blackburn Rovers FC 7 2 1885-1890
-Davenport, J. Kenyon 23-Mar-1862 27 OR? Bolton Wanderers FC 2 2 1885-1890
-Geary - - CF

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-Walton - - IL

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-Townley - - OL

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Formation:

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Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

Sources

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

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