|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
6th |
Colours |
'The Irish team...looked exceedingly well in their royal blue
uniform'. |
Captain |
Ollie Stanfield |
Selection |
Ireland Selection Committee |
P 3 of 8, W 0 - D 0 - L 3 - F 3 - A 26. |
youngest captain to oppose England |
team chosen on Tuesday, 27 March 1888 |
Ireland
Lineup |
|
Lawther, Ralph |
22 241 days |
10 August 1865 |
G |
Distillery FC & Glentoran FC |
2 |
15ᵍᵃ |
final app
1888 |
|
Browne, Frederick William
Joseph |
23
18 days |
20 March 1864 in
Carlisle, England |
RB |
Cliftonville FAC |
5 |
2 |
final app
1887-88 |
69 |
|
Silo, Modesto |
23 139 days |
15 November 1864 |
LB |
Belfast YMCA |
1 |
0 |
only app
1888 |
|
Forsyth, James |
23 139 days |
20 November 1864 |
RHB |
Belfast YMCA |
2 |
0 |
final app
1888 |
|
Rosbotham, Alexander |
22 193 days |
27 September 1865 |
CHB |
Cliftonville FAC |
6 |
0 |
|
Crone,
William |
24
220 days |
31 August 1863 |
LHB |
Distillery FC |
10 |
1 |
|
Gaussen, Arthur David
Ash |
25
113 days |
16 December 1862 |
OR |
Magharafelt
FC |
4 |
0 |
|
Stanfield, Olphert Martin |
19 41 days |
26 February 1869 |
IR |
Distillery FC |
6 |
1 |
70 |
|
McVicker, John |
19 344 days |
29 April 1868 |
CF |
Linfield FAC |
1 |
0 |
|
Wilton, James McElmunn |
19 138 days |
21 November 1868 |
IL |
St. Columb's Court FC |
2 |
0 |
|
Peden, John |
24 270 days |
12 July 1863 |
OL |
Linfield FAC |
4 |
1 |
reserves: |
not known |
team changes: |
Barclay (Ulster FC) was the original named goalkeeper, Lawther taking
his place. Jimmy Watson (Ulster FC) was the original left-back,
replaced by Silo. Wilton at some point also, had replaced Gibb at
inside-left. |
|
2-3-5 |
Lawther - Browne, Silo - Forsyth, Rosbotham, Crone -
Gaussen, Stanfield, McVicker, Wilton, Peden |
Averages: |
Age |
22 years
235 days |
Appearances/Goals |
3.9 |
0.4 |
|
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
2nd |
Colours |
'...the Saxons sporting white jerseys'. |
Captain |
Tinsley Lindley |
Selection |
The seven-man FA
International Selection Committee |
P 3 of 4, W 3 - D 0 - L 0 - F 15 - A 2. |
P 3 of 195, W 3 - D 0 - L 0 - F 15 - A 2. |
first captain to score in two
games² |
team chosen on Monday, 26 March 1888. |
England
Lineup
(six changes to the previous match) |
|
Roberts,
Robert J. |
24 111 days |
18 December
1863 |
G |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
2 |
4ᵍᵃ |
147 |
|
Aldridge, Albert
J. |
24 247 days |
4 August
1863 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
1 |
0 |
the 3rd/4th Albionite to represent England |
|
Walters, Percy
M. |
24 190 days |
30 September 1863 |
LB |
Old Carthusians AFC &
Corinthians FC |
9 |
0 |
148 |
|
Holmes, Robert |
20 289 days |
23 June 1867 |
RHB |
Preston North End FC |
1 |
0 |
the fifth Northender to represent England |
|
Allen, Harry |
22 79 days |
19 January 1866 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
3 |
0 |
149 |
|
Shelton,
Charles |
24 76 days |
22 January 1864 |
LHB |
Notts Rangers FC |
1 |
0 |
only app 1888 |
150 |
|
Bassett,
William I. |
19 70 days |
27 January 1869 |
OR |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
1 |
0 |
youngest
player to represent England competitively so far |
the 3rd/4th Albionite to represent England |
|
Dewhurst, Frederick |
24 113 days |
16 December 1863 |
IR |
Preston North End FC &
Corinthians FC |
8 |
11 |
|
Lindley,
Tinsley |
22 163 days |
27 October 1865 |
CF |
Nottingham Forest FC
&
Corinthians FC |
9 |
10 |
151 |
|
Allen,
Albert |
21
|
7 April 1867 |
IL
|
Aston Villa FC |
1 |
3 |
the 22nd brace scored
-
ninth hattrick youngest to
score a hattrick on his debut |
first to play on birthday |
the fifth Villan to represent England |
only app
1888 |
first to score on birthday |
|
Hodgetts,
H. Dennis |
24 131 days |
28 November 1863 |
OL |
Aston Villa FC |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
reserves: |
not known |
team changes: |
In the original line-up, goalkeeper
Billy Moon (Old Westminsters
AFC) was replaced by Roberts.
Right-back
Bob Howarth (Preston North End FC) was replaced by
Aldridge taking his place. Bob Holmes took the place of right-half
George Haworth (Accrington FC), and Albert Allen, who took the
place of inside-left
Nevill Cobbold (Old Carthusians
AFC). |
team notes: |
Percy Walters' brother,
Arthur, also plays for England in 1885-87. |
appearance notes: |
Tinsley Lindley and Percy Walters are the sixth/seventh players to
make nine England appearances, whereas Fred Dewhurst is the ninth
player to make eight. 42 players have
appeared for England for more than three times, only 77 have done so more
than once. Only four players have played in all three matches under
the auspices of the ISC:- Harry Allen, Fred Dewhurst, Dennis Hodgetts
and Tinsley Lindley. |
records: |
For the second time in two years, England
have won three games in a row. However, it is the first time they have
won all three in one season. |
|
2-3-5 |
Roberts - Aldridge, Walters - Holmes, H.Allen,
Shelton - Bassett, Dewhurst, Lindley, A.Allen,
Hodgetts |
Averages: |
Age |
22 years
333
days |
Appearances/Goals |
3.5 |
1.8 |
|
Match Report
Manchester Courier, Monday, 9 April 1888
|
The seventh
international match between representatives of the Rose and Shamrock
was decided on Saturday on the grounds of the Ulster Football Club, at
Ballynafeigh, Belfast. The weather was very fine, the ground was in
capital condition, and upwards of 7,000 spectators witnessed the
contest. England, having won the toss, elected to play with the wind,
and punctually at half-past three M'Vicker
started the leather. A pass to Peden was stopped by Holmes, and that
player sent the leather well down to Dewhurst and Hodgetts. The
pressure, however, was relieved by the Irish backs. Gaussen then made
a splendid run down the visitors' territory, but the advantage was
only momentary, for Walters tackled, and a splendid run to within 20
yards of the Irish goal was followed by a corner, but nothing
resulted. Two minutes later Dewhurst and Hodgetts getting well on,
thirty yards from Lawther, the former scored the first goal for
England. Scarcely had the ball been set in motion than Allen, of the
Aston Villa, scored. Afterwards Gaussen had a splendid dribble down
the field, and out of a scrummage in front of Roberts Crone shot the
first goal for Ireland. A nice lot of play followed, in which the
English forwards were conspicuous, and six minutes before half time
Allen, of Aston Villa, added goal No. 3 to England's score. Twice
afterwards Lawther had to throw out, and the whistle sounded a few
moments later with the score—England, three goals; Ireland, one goal.
Lindley restarted play, and the leather travelled within ten yards of
Lawther, and for the next four minutes it was kept dangerously near
the Irish citadel, each wing having a corner. Both, however, proved
ineffectual, and Gaussen and Stanfield getting away Roberts had to
fist out. Again and again the forwards charged to the opposite end of
the field, and Allen, of Aston Villa, from a corner, registered a
fourth goal for the representatives of the Rose. A siege front of the
English goal followed, but it was of short duration, for after Roberts
had fisted out once, Hodgetts got on, and passing to Lindley, that
player notched a fifth goal for his side. From this point to the
finish Ireland had the best of play, hands and off side being
repeatedly given against the visitors by the referee, and worse still,
several ugly fouls were credited to the Englishmen, but the game
throughout was characterised by the best of good humour on both sides,
and applause was very impartially bestowed. Coming near the end each
team alternately pressed very hard but nothing further resulted, and
when time was called the game stood—England, five goals; Ireland, one
goal.
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Match Report
The Times, Monday, 9 April 1888
|
|
Many thousand
spectators were present on the Belfast ground on Saturday to witness
the seventh match between England and Ireland under Association rules.
On each of the previous occasions success attended England, and
Saturday's contest did not furnish an exception. The afternoon was
favourable and the turf in excellent order. England won the toss, and
at first elected to play with the wind in their favour. J. W. Vickers
started the ball for the home team. The visitors soon acted on the
aggressive, and, within ten minutes of the kick-off, Dewhurst obtained
a goal for them. Quickly afterwards Allen also sent the ball between
the posts. Ireland now played up in a very determined manner, and
Crone scored a goal for them; but prior to half-time a third was
kicked for England by Allen... Allen kicked a fourth goal and Lindley a fifth for the visitors...
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In Other News....
It was on 6 April 1888
that five men were killed at Douglas Bank Colliery in Wigan. Three of them
were being lowered into the shaft in a large iron bucket when the wires
broke and they plummeted onto others down below. |
|
Halifax defeated the
holders, Wakefield Trinity, at Leeds, to win the Yorkshire Cup, which had
become the first rugby knockout competition. Both clubs would join the Rugby
League seven years later, when it split from the Rugby Union. |
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Other selected Football Results
(7 April 1888) |
|
|
Everton 0 West Bromwich Albion 1
Anfield Ground, Liverpool
(11,000 to 12,000)
Bayliss |
Albion were without Bob Roberts, Albert Aldridge and Billy
Bassett |
Although other friendly matches were played on
this day, specifically Blackburn Rovers—Bolton Wanderers, Burnley—Newton
Heath, none,
however, were impacted by, or to,
the England fixture. |
Accrington 1 Preston North
End 2
Thorneyhole Road, Accrington
(10,000)
scorers not known |
North End were without Fred Dewhurst & Bob Holmes |
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|
Aston Villa 3 Notts County 3
Wellington Road Ground, Perry Barr
(1,500)
Hunter, Brown, Green
~ a rush, Weightman, Wardle |
Villa were without Albert Allen and Denny Hodgetts |
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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 |
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The Football Association Yearbook Original Newspaper Reports
Rootschat/Ancestry.com |
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