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 Unofficial Match vs. Scotland Unofficial Match vs. Scotland Unofficial Match Results


England National Football Team Unofficial Match

England 1 Scotland 1
* please note that there is no half-time score

Saturday, 25 February 1871

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records England Pre-Match Scotland Pre-Match

 

Match Summary
Status: International friendly set up by F.A. Secretary Charles Alcock.
Venue: The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London.
Attendance: 500+  [according to LondonHearts.com]
Goals: Scotland - Charles Nepean, 15th minute;
England - R.S.F. Walker, time unknown;  [according to LondonHearts.com]
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee -
Umpires -
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: Kick-off 3.30 p.m.
Miscellany: -
Notes: -
Statistics:

Not known.

England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established;
Colours: Not known.
Coach: None; team selection by Charles W. Alcock.
Captain: Charles Alcock

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Notes
-Betts, Morten P. 30-Aug-1847 23 G

West Kent FC

 N/A 0 -
-Stephenson, C.W. - - B

Westminster School FC

 N/A 0 -
-Lubbock, Edgar 22-Feb-1847 24 HB

West Kent FC

 N/A 0 -
-Alcock, Charles W. 02-Dec-1842 28 F

Harrow Pilgrims FC

 N/A 0 -
-Baker, A.J. - - F

Wanderers FC

 N/A 0 -
-Butler, W.C. - - F

Civil Service FC

 N/A 0 -
-Cockerill, J. - - F

Brixton Club

 N/A 0 -
-Crake, William P. - - F

Barnes Club

 N/A 0 -
-Hooman, Thomas C. - - F

Wanderers FC

 N/A 0 -
-Vidal, Robert W.S. 03-Sep-1853 17 F

Wanderers FC

 N/A 0 -
-Walker, R.S.F. - - F

Clapham Rovers FC

 N/A 0 -
Formation:

-

-

Scotland Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established;
Colours: Not known.
Coach: None; team selection by Arthur Kinnaird, from predominantly London-based teams.
Captain: Not known.

Scotland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Notes
-Kirkpatrick, A. - - G

Civil Service FC

 N/A 0 Could be a misprint of James Kirkpatrick ?
-Gladstone MP, William H. 03-Jun-1840 30 B

Old Etonian FC

 N/A 0 -
-Hogg, Quentin -1845 - HB

Wanderers FC

 N/A 0 -
-Inglis, J.F. - - F

Charterhouse School

 N/A 0 -
-Kinnaird, Arthur F. 16-Feb-1847 24 F

Wanderers FC

 N/A 0 -
-Lindsay, William - - F

Old Wykehamists FC

 N/A 0 -
-Maclean, F. - - F Oxford University FC N/A 0 -
-Nepean, Charles E.B. - - F

Oxford University FC

 N/A 0 -
-Primrose, H.W. - - F

Civil Service FC

 N/A 0 -
-Smith, Arnold K. 23-Apr-1850 20 F

Oxford University FC

 N/A 0 -
-Smith, Robert - - F

Queen's Park

 N/A 0 -
Formation:

-

-

Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

Sources

LondonHearts.com/Scotland [taken from excerpt of original newspaper clipping]

CricInfo.com

R.S.S.S.F Archives

Wikipedia

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