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Saturday, 5 March 1898
 Home International Championship 1897-98 (15th) Match

Ireland 2 England 3 [1-2]
 

Solitude Ground, Cliftonville, Belfast, County Antrim
 Attendance: 12,000; Kick-off 3.30pm GMT

Ireland - Jim Pyper ('after an Oakley mis-kick' 15), Joe McAllen ('a magnificent shot' late);
 England - Tom Morren ('a fine oblique side-shot' 37), Gilbert Smith ([England's 100th goal against Ireland] 40), Charlie Athersmith ('a good dropping shot' 50)
 The Sketch and Morning Post both state that Charlie Richards scored England's first goal, Athersmith the second and Morren the third.
The Dundee Courier states that Athersmith scored the first two and Morren the third.		 Match Summary
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England won the toss, Ireland kicked-off.
 

Match Summary
 
Officials

Ireland

Type

England
Referee - Thomas Robertson
33 (1 December 1864), Torrance, Stirlingshire, Scotland Football Association

Linesmen - not known		   Goal Attempts  
  Attempts on Target  
  Hit Bar/Post  
Corner Kicks Won
  Offside Calls Against  
The 1897 International Football Association Board Meeting:
International pitch sizes defined.		   Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

Ireland Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 6th		 Colours: Blue jerseys and white shorts
Capt: Bob Milne Selectors: Team chosen by Committee;
Ireland Lineup
  Scott, Thomas M. 24 9 August 1873 G Cliftonville FAC 11 32 GA
  Gibson, William K. 21 1 October 1876
born in Glasgow, Scotland		 RB Cliftonville FAC 7 1
  Torrans, Samuel 28 27 October 1869 LB Linfield FAC 21 0
  Anderson, William J.S. 21 14 February 1877 RH Linfield FAC 2 0
  Milne, Robert G. 27 1 October 1870
born in Inverarity, Scotland		 CH Linfield FAC 12 1
  Cochrane, Michael 23/24 circa 1874/75 LH Distillery FC 2 0
  Campbell, James 22 5 September 1875 OR Cliftonville FAC 5 0
  Mercer, John Thompson 20 27 March 1877 IR Distillery FC 2 0
Pyper, James 21 18 April 1876 CF Cliftonville FAC 4 2
  Peden, John 34 12 July 1863 IL Distillery FC 21 7
McAllen, Joseph C. 23 11 March 1874 OL Linfield FAC 1 1

reserves:

 reserves not known

team notes:

 All newspaper reports before the match stating the Ireland team all print that Campbell is a Distillery player. But James Campbell was a Cliftonville player all his career.
   
2-3-5 Scott -
Gibson, Torrans -
Anderson, Milne, Cochrane -
Mercer, Campbell, Pyper, Peden, McAllen

Averages:

 Age 24.0 Appearances/Goals 8.0 0.9

 

England Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st		 Colours: White jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers
Capt: Gilbert Smith, fifth, possibly sixth captaincy Selectors: The seven-man FA International Selection Committee, following a trial match, on Monday, 14 February 1898.
31st match, W 24 - D 4 - L 3 - F 126 - A 28.
England Lineup
  Robinson, John W. 27 22 April 1870 G New Brighton Tower FC 3 4 GA
  Oakley, William J. 24 27 April 1873 RB Oxford University AFC & Corinthians FC 8 0
  Williams, William 22 20 January 1876 LB West Bromwich Albion FC 2 0
  Forman, Frank 22 23 May 1875 RH Nottingham Forest FC 1 0
Morren, Thomas 27 27 March 1871 CH Sheffield United FC 1 1
  Turner, James A. 31/32 1866 LH Derby County FC 3 0
Athersmith Harper, W. Charles 25 10 May 1872 OR Aston Villa FC 5 2
  Richards, Charles H. 22 9 August 1875 IR Nottingham Forest FC 1 0
Smith, Gilbert O. 25 25 November 1872 CF Oxford University AFC, Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC 11 5
  Garfield, Benjamin 25 4 April 1871 IL West Bromwich Albion FC 1 0
  Wheldon, G. Frederick 28 1 November 1869 OR Aston Villa FC 2 3

reserves:

 reserves not known

team notes:

 Frank Forman was injured and left the field, but returned after ten minutes.
   
2-3-5 Robinson -
Oakley, Williams -
Forman, Morren, Turner -
Athersmith, Richards, Smith, Garfield, Wheldon.

Averages:

 Age 25.3 Appearances/Goals 3.5 0.7

 

    Match Report

Source Notes

Michael Cochrane's year of birth is deliberated from his death, he was 37 years old when he died in April 1912, giving him a birth year of 1874/75. But there is no entry in the Irish Civil Registration to specify a date. (possibly 20 October 1877).

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