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FIRST MEETING vs. IRELAND
Ireland are the third different opposition
previous match
(343 days)
13 vs. Scotland
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18 vs.
Ireland
Admission—6d; Schoolboys.
3d; Ladies free. |
Saturday,
18 February 1882
Association Friendly Match
Ireland 0 England 13
[0-5]
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We know that the first
goal was scored after just three minutes. After that, Arthur
Brown scored his first in 'the succeeding 15 minutes', that
is, the 18th min. Jimmy B. scored his first before that point,
timing not reported. |
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Knock
Ground, Bloomfield, Belfast,
County Antrim
Kick-off
(DMT): 'kick-off at 2.45'...'a few
minutes after the advertised hour'.
Attendance:
'large attendance';
Receipts:
£9
19s. 7d. |
England's first visit to Bloomfield, to Belfast, and to
Ireland |
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Ireland
kicked-off |
Charlie Bambridge won the toss |
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Because it
has been impossible to find a complete report for this match, it is
not known whose hat-trick was completed first, Vaughton's or Brown's. |
Howard Vaughton
five goals
HAT-TRICK Jimmy Brown
two goals Arthur Brown
four goals
HAT-TRICK
Charlie Bambridge Harry Cursham
most goal times unknown. |
new
record established of most goals scored in a half
- now at eight goals |
"Weather
being bitterly cold, a gale blowing, accompanied at times by showers
of rain and hail." |
Played according to IFA rules. |
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Match
Summary |
Officials
[umpires and referees are of equal relevance] |
Ireland |
Team Records
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England Party |
Umpires
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An experimental law is introduced, that empowers the referee to award a goal
in cases where, in his opinion, a goal has been prevented from a deliberate
handball by the defending team. It lasts one season only, and it is
unknown as to whether it resulted in any England goals in 1881-82. |
Samuel Sinclair Distillery FC |
William Peirce Dix
28 (winter 1853), Eccleshall (Sheffield FA Hon.
secretary)
(replaced Charlie Alcock) |
Referee Robert M. Kennedy
Hon.assistant secretary of Irish FA |
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Ireland
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
4th |
Colours |
'the costume of the Irish team consisted of royal blue jersey and
hose, with white knickers, each player wearing his international
badge on left breast, consisting of an Irish cross, with harp in centre,
surrounded with a wreath of shamrocks, the whole embroidered with golden
floss on a blue silk ground' |
Captain |
John McAlery |
Selection |
The Ireland Selection Committee |
P 1 of 2, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 0 - A 13. |
the team chosen following the trial match on Saturday, 11 February
1882 |
Ireland
Lineup |
one |
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Hamilton, James Henry |
22/23 |
1859 |
G |
Knock FC |
1 |
13ᵍᵃ |
two |
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McAlery, John McCredy |
32 91 days |
19 November 1849 |
RB |
Cliftonville FAC |
1 |
0 |
will be an umpire in 1883
& 1885 fixtures |
three |
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Rattray, David |
nk |
not known |
LB |
Avoniel FC |
1 |
0 |
four |
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Martin, Donald Cargill |
23 21 days |
28 January
1859 |
Half back |
Cliftonville FAC |
1 |
0 |
five |
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Hastings, John |
23/24 |
1858 |
Knock FC |
1 |
0 |
six |
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Buckle, James |
27/28 |
1854 |
OR |
Cliftonville FAC |
1 |
0 |
only app
1882 |
seven |
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McWha, William Barrie
Ritchie |
19/20 |
1862 |
IR |
Knock FC |
1 |
0 |
eight |
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Davison, Dr. John Robert |
21
299 days |
25 April 1860
in Hunslet, England |
Centre Forward |
Cliftonville FAC |
1 |
0 |
nine |
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Sinclair, John |
26
175 days |
27 August 1855 |
Knock FC |
1 |
0 |
will
officate in the 1883-89 fixtures |
ten |
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Dill, Alexander Harrison |
18
236 days |
27 June 1863 |
IL |
Knock FC |
1 |
0 |
eleven |
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Johnston, Samuel James |
15
154 days |
18 September 1866 |
OL |
Distillery FC |
1 |
0 |
the youngest international debutant |
reserves: |
not known |
team changes: |
Some sources list
David McCaw as starting, but he started the trial match the previous week.
John Waring (Cliftonville) was named in the original line-up, but
following a 'misdemeanor', his place went to Buckle. |
team notes: |
Confusion surrounds the birthdate of the Father of
Irish Football, John McAlery. A date of 9 September 1858 and 19
November 1848 persist. He has a plaque in his honour stating 1849, and
two Irish census entries stating he was born 1850ish. |
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2-2-6 |
Hamilton - McAlery, Rattray - Martin, Hastings -
Buckle,
McWha, Davison, Sinclair, Dill, Johnston. |
Averages: |
Age |
22
years 337 days-
23 years 117 days10 |
Appearances/Goals |
1.0 |
0.0 |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
2nd |
Colours |
'the
English team being arrayed in white, with the usual international badge on
the left breast'. |
Captain |
Charlie Bambridge |
Selection |
The Football Association Committee,
with Secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary influence |
P 1 of 2, W 1 - D 0 - L 0 - F 13 - A 0. |
P 14 of 31, W 5 - D 2 - L 7 - F 38 - A 38. |
¹ |
the team
chosen on Tuesday, 7 February 1882. |
England
Lineup
(a record-equalling
high ten changes to the previous match) |
14 |
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Rawlinson, John F.P. |
21 59 days |
21 December 1860 |
G |
Cambridge
University AFC &
Old Etonians
AFC |
1 |
0ᵍᵃ |
90 |
only app
1882 |
91 |
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Dobson, Alfred
T.C. |
22 327 days |
28 March 1859 |
RB |
Notts County FC &
Corinthians FC |
1 |
0 |
92 |
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Greenwood, Doctor
H. |
21 110 days |
31 October 1860 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
1 |
0 |
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Hargreaves,
Frederick W. |
23 186 days |
16 August 1858 |
Half
back |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
3 |
0 |
final app 1880-82 |
93 |
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King, Robert
S. |
19 320 days |
4 April 1862 |
Oxford University AFC |
1 |
0 |
only app 1882 |
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Bambridge,
E. Charles |
23 203 days |
30 July 1858 |
OR |
Swifts FC |
4 |
6 |
most gls |
94 |
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Barnet,
Horace H. |
25 349 days |
6 March 1856 |
IR |
Royal Engineers FC &
Corinthians FC |
1 |
0 |
only app 1882 |
95 |
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Brown,
Arthur |
23 77 days |
3 December 1858 |
Centre Forward |
Aston Villa FC |
1 |
4 |
fifth-seventh brace scored,
first/second hattrick scored,
first/second four goals |
first/second Villa player to represent England |
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Brown, James |
19 202 days |
31 July 1862 |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
2 |
2 |
fifth-seventh brace scored -
youngest goalscorer so far
(first teenager) |
96 |
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Vaughton,
O. Howard |
21 40 days |
9 January 1861 |
IL |
Aston Villa FC |
1 |
5 |
fifth-seventh brace scored,
first/second hattrick,
first/second scoring four, first five |
first/second Villa player to represent England |
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Cursham,
Henry A. |
22 83 days |
27 November 1859 |
OL |
Notts County FC &
Corinthians FC |
2 |
1 |
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reserves: |
Arthur Mallinson (Barnsley Wanderers FC &
Heeley FC, goal),
Arthur Bambridge (Swifts FC, full-back),
Walter Norris (full-back),
Elliot Colvin (both
Old
Carthusians AFC, half-back),
Record appearance holder
Billy Mosforth (Wednesday FC, left wing),
William Page (Old
Carthusians AFC, centre),
Percivall Parr (Oxford University AFC, centre),
Edward Hansell (Old
Carthusians AFC, right wing). |
team changes: |
Norman Bailey (Old Westminsters AFC) was the original Captain and
half-back. His place went to King. Vaughton also replaced
George Holden (Wednesbury Old Athletic FC, right wing). Barnet
replaced
Ernest Wilson (Old
Carthusians AFC, right wing). |
team notes: |
Arthur and Charlie Bambridge's brother,
Ernest, played for England in 1876. Harry Cursham's brother,
Arthur, also played for England 1876-79.
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appearance
notes: |
Charlie Bambridge is
the seventh player to have made four England appearances, whereas Fred
Hargreaves becomes the twelfth to have made three appearances. Jimmy
Brown and Harry Cursham are the 32nd and 33rd players to have made a
second appearance. |
records: |
This is the first match, since the very
first that England have not conceded a goal.
The
first time two hat-tricks have been scored in a single match.
The first time England have scored more than eight goals in a season,
ending the first match with 13. Charlie Bambridge becomes the first
player to score in their first (& any) four different England matches. |
'The
English team stayed at the Queen's Hotel, York Street, under the
hospitable roof of Mr. Shorthouse' |
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2-2-6 |
Rawlinson - Dobson, Greenwood - Hargreaves, King -
Bambridge, Barnet, A.Brown, J.Brown, Vaughton, Cursham. |
Averages: |
Age |
22 years 78 days |
Appearances/Goals |
1.6 |
0.5 |
youngest team
until 1886 |
"After the match the two teams dined together at the Castle
Restaurant, Donegall Place, where Mr. Fisher catered for their creature
comforts in excellent style, and a very enjoyable evening was spent under
the presidency of Colonel Chichester, of Moyola Park, Castledawson, the
President of the Irish Football Association'. - Belfast
news-letter, Monday, 20 February 1882. |
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Match Report
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Monday, 20 February 1882
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The
first International (Association) match in Ireland was played at
Bloomfield, Belfast, on Saturday. The attendance of spectators was
very large, the weather bitterly cold, a gale blowing, accompanied at
times by showers of rain and hail. The result of the match was an easy
victory for England by 13 goals to nil. England won the toss. Ireland
kicked off against a perfect hurricane. The ball was driven up to the
Irish goal, and within a few minutes from the start Vaughton scored a
goal for England, and two others were obtained in the succeeding 15
minutes. Towards the conclusion of the game Cursham made some splendid
runs on the left, for which he was loudly cheered. Bambridge also
played in fine form, and his neat dribbling and passing tended
considerably to the number of goals in the latter half of the game. In
the centre the two Brown's played an excellent game throughout, but
the Blackburn man was scarcely so effective as usual when near goal.
All the English backs performed remarkably well, but Hargreaves and
Greenwood were best of the quartet. As to the Irish team, it may be
said they played fairly well all round, but as the majority of them
have only had two seasons' practise it could scarcely be expected that
they would show to advantage when pitted against such a strong team as
that which represented England.
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Match Report
The Times, Monday, 20 February 1882
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On Saturday last for the first time an Irish Association team
met a picked eleven of English players, at Bloomfield, Belfast.
England won the toss and chose to play with a strong wind at their
backs. Ireland set the ball rolling: it was soon returned and in a few
minutes England forced the ball underneath the crossbar. In the
result, England were pronounced victorious by 13 goals to none. |
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In Other News....
It was on 17 February 1882
that Lord Donoughmore's motion was passed for a Select Committee to be set
up to investigate the inefficiencies of the previous year's Irish Land Act. |
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Other
Football Results (18 February 1882) |
Football Association Challenge Cup Fifth Round
Replay:
Great Marlow 0 Old Foresters 1
Dolphin Ground,
Slough
(tbc)
Shaw |
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Great Marlow beat the Old Foresters 1-0 to reach the F.A. Cup semi-finals for the only time, where they were beaten 5-0 by the eventual winners, Old Etonians.
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Source Notes
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TheFA
Jonny Dewart at
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Cris Freddi's England Football Factbook
Official matchday programme April
1970 |
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The Football Association Yearbook
James Corbett's England Expects Original Newspaper Reports |
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