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Saturday, 8 April 1899
 Home International Championship 1898-99 (16th) Match

England 2 Scotland 1 [2-0]

Aston Lower Grounds, Trinity Road, Witton, Birmingham, Warwickshire - Attendance: 25,590  Receipts: £2120.10s.
Kick-off 4.00pm GMT

 Match Summary
 England Squad
Scotland Squad
Team Records

England - Gilbert Smith ('a shot in off the upright' 25), Jimmy Settle ('from an Athersmith centre' 40)
Scotland - Robert Hamilton ('out of a hot scrimmage, rushed the ball thro' 52).
Results 1891-1900

England won the toss, Scotland kicked-off.
 

Match Summary
 

Officials

England

Type

Scotland
Referee - James Torrans
33/34 (1865), Belfast, Ireland, Irish Referee's Association

Linesmen - George Stuart Sherrington, 38 (20 August 1861 in Islington), Suffolk Football Association, England & not known

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England Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st		 Colours: White jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers
Capt: Gilbert Smith, ninth, possibly tenth captaincy Selectors: The seven-man FA International Selection Committee, following a trial match, on Monday, 20 March 1999.
36th match, W 29 - D 4 - L 3 - F 151 - A 32.
England Lineup
  Robinson, John W. 28 22 April 1870 G Southampton FC 7 6 GA
  Thickitt, Henry 26 Summer 1872 RB Sheffield United FC 2 0
  Crabtree, James W. 27 23 December 1871 LB Aston Villa FC 9 0
  Forman, Frank 23 23 May 1875 RH Nottingham Forest FC 5 1
  Howell, Raby 31 12 October 1867 CH Liverpool 2 0
  Needham, Ernest 26 21 January 1873 LH Sheffield United FC 10 2
  Athersmith Harper, W. Charles 26 10 May 1872 OR Aston Villa FC 10 3
  Bloomer, Stephen 25 20 January 1874 IR Derby County FC 11 19
Smith, Gilbert O. 26 25 November 1872 CF Oxford University FC, Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC 16 11
Settle, James 23 late 1875 IL Bury FC 3 4
  Forman, Frederick R. 25 8 November 1873 OL Nottingham Forest FC 3 3

reserves:

 reserves

team notes:

 In the days leading up to this match, original right-half, Wednesday's Tom Morren, dropped out after sustaining an injury. Frank Forman moved from centre to right, and Raby Howell was introduced.
   
2-3-5 Robinson -
Thickitt, Crabtree -
Fk Forman, Howell, Needham -
Athersmith, Bloomer, Smith, Settle, Fd Forman.

Averages:

 Age 26.0 Appearances/Goals 7.1 3.7

 

Scotland Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 2nd		 Colours: Dark blue jerseys and white shorts
Capt: Nicol Smith Selectors: The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members, chosen, following the inter-league match, on Saturday, 1 April 1899.
Scotland Lineup
  Doig, John Edward 32 29 October 1866 G Sunderland AFC, England 4 4 GA
  Smith, Nicol 25 25 December 1873 RB Glasgow Rangers FC 5 0
  Storrier, David 26 25 October 1872 LB Glasgow Celtic FC 3 0
  Gibson, Neil 26 23 February 1873 RH Glasgow Rangers FC 10 1
  Christie, Alexander J. 25 28 September 1873 CH Queen's Park FC 3 1
  Robertson, John T. 22 25 February 1877 LH Southampton FC, England 2 0
  Campbell, John 21 2 October 1877 OR Glasgow Rangers FC 3 4
Hamilton, Robert C. 21 13 May 1877 IR Glasgow Rangers FC 3 3
  McColl, Robert S. 22 13 April 1876 CF Queen's Park FC 7 10
  Morgan, Hugh 29 20 September 1869 IL Liverpool FC, England 2 0
  Bell, John 29 6 October 1869 OL Glasgow Celtic FC 8 3

reserves:

 Davidson Berry (Queen's Park FC) and Henry Marshall (Glasgow Celtic FC)
   
2-3-5 Doig -
Smith, Storrier -
Gibson, Christie, Robertson -
Campbell, Hamilton, McColl, Morgan, Bell.

Averages:

 Age 25.3 Appearances/Goals 4.5 1.9

 

    Match Report

Source Notes

England Football Factbook: Cris Freddi
Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International Record: Richard Keir
London Hearts
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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