John Bain	Oxford University AFC & Old Wykehamists AFC 1 appearance, 0 goals P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1: A 3 0% successful 1877 captain: none minutes played: 90
Timeline
	John Bain
Birth	Saturday, 15 July 1854 in Anchorage Cottage, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
	no registration found
"At Anchorage Cottage, Bothwell, on the 15th current, Mrs. Joseph Bain, of a son." - Glasgow Courier, Tuesday, 18 July 1854.
Baptism	24 August 1854 in Bothwell
	According to the 1861 census, John Baine is the eldest of four children, to Joseph and Charlotte (née Piper). They live with his uncle and his children, as well as five servants. His father is a solicitor and they live at Sweethope in Bothwell.
	According to the 1871 census, John is now a pupil at Warden's House in St Mary's College in Winchester, Hampshire.
	According to the 1881 census, John is a B.A. Oxford Classical assistant at Marlborough and Pershute at Marlborough College in Wiltshire.
	Cannot be found on the 1891 census.
	According to the 1901 census, John is now a schoolmaster boarding with Thomas and Martha Burgess, at 84/85 High Street in Marlborough.
	According to the 1911 census, John is now the Assistant Master at Marlborough College, still boarding with the Burgess' in the Marlborough High Street.
	According to the 1921 census, John is a retired schoolmaster. He lives at Mount Pleasant in St. David's with one servant, 23 year old Frances Preece.
Marriage	to Frances Preece, in 1927. Frances was 43 years younger than John.
	registered in Haverfordwest South Wales March 1927
Death	Wednesday, 7 August 1929 at Mount Pleasant, Saint David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales
	registered in Haverfordwest July-September 1929
Probate	"BAIN John of Mount Pleasant Saint Davids Pembrokeshire died 7 August 1929 Probate Winchester 26 September to Frances Bain widow. Effects £3690 14s." [2019 equivalent: £236,181]
Oxford University Alumni	Bain, John, s. Joseph, of Bothwell, co. Lanark. NEW COLL., matric. 10 Oct., 1873, aged 19; B.A. 1877, M.A. 1882.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Attended Sherborne School, Winchester College and Oxford University, earning his Blue in 1876.
Club honours	FA Cup runners-up 1876-77;
Individual honours	None
Height/Weight	not known
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of seven who became the 43rd players (47) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Forward
Only match	No. 6, 3 March 1877, England 1 Scotland 3, a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 22 years 231 days.
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	Bain is definitely the only Scotsman to play for England. He died three weeks after his teammate in the 1877 side, Billy Mosforth.
Beyond England
A barrister, called to the Bar 1880, he was master of Marlborough College 1879-83 and from 1886 to his retirement in 1913. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.19.

P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	0	1	3	0	-1
His only match was a friendly match and at a home venue