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Unofficial vs. Scotland Match No. 2 vs. Scotland Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 1

Scotland 0 England 0
* please note that there is no half-time score

Saturday, 30 November 1872

Match Summary and Report

 

Match Summary
Status: International friendly match.
Venue: The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Peel Street, Partick, Glasgow.
Notes: The West of Scotland Cricket Club received £1.10s for the hire of the ground.
Attendance: 4,000;
Goals: None.
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - William Keay, Scotland.
 Umpires  - Charles W. Alcock, 24 (02-Dec-1847), Sunderland, England and H.N. Smith, Scotland.
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance. 
Despite the majority of sources naming William Keay as referee, the Football Association give credit to the umpire, H.N. Smith.
Conditions: Kickoff 2:20 p.m. (delayed 20 minutes); pitch slightly greasy from two or three days' sustained rain, which slowed to a drizzle on the morning of the match and gave way to weak sunshine by kickoff time.
Miscellany: The world's first official international football match.
Notes: England's Alexander Morten (Crystal Palace), Morton Betts (Wanderers), Charles Alcock (Wanderers) and Thomas Hooman (Wanderers) all withdrew from the initial England line-up.
Scotland's Thomas Lawrie and Archibald Rae withdraw from the Scotland line-up.
Statistics: Not known.

Scotland Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 2nd in Elo world ranking after this match.

Colours: Dark blue shirts with a single-lion crest, white knickerbockers, blue and white striped stockings, red head cowls.
Coach: None; team selection by Robert W. Gardner, Queen's Park FC.
Captain: Robert W. Gardner, 1st of 2 captaincies.

Scotland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Gardner, Robert W. 1847/48 23-25 G

Queen's Park FC,
Granville FC

 1 0 GA 1872-1878
-Ker, William NK NK B Queen's Park FC,
Granville FC		 1 0 1872-1873
-Taylor, Joseph c 1851 NK B Queen's Park FC,
Granville FC		 1 0 1872-1876
-Thomson, James J. NK NK HB Queen's Park FC 1 0 1872-1874
-Smith, James NK NK HB Queen's Park FC,
South Norwood FC		 1 0 1872
-Smith, Robert NK NK F Queen's Park FC,
South Norwood FC		 1 0 1872-1873
-Leckie, Robert NK NK F Queen's Park FC 1 0 1872
-Rhind, Alexander 1849/50 21-23 F Queen's Park FC 1 0 1872
-MacKinnon, William M. 1851/52 NK F Queen's Park FC 1 0 1872-1879
-Weir, James B. 1853 18/19 F Queen's Park FC 1 0 1872-1878
-Wotherspoon, David N. NK NK F Queen's Park FC 1 0 1872-1873
Formation:

2-2-6

Gardner -
Ker, Taylor -
Thompson, James Smith -
Robert Smith, Leckie, Rhind, MacKinnon, Weir, Wotherspoon.

England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 1st in Elo world ranking after this match.
Colours: White shirts with three-lions crest, white knickerbockers, dark blue caps.
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee with secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary influence.
Captain: Cuthbert J. Ottaway, 1st of  2 captaincies.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career

-Barker, Robert C.

 19-Jun-1847 25 G/F

Hertfordshire Rangers

 1 0 GA 1872

-Greenhalgh, Ernest H.

 22-Aug-1848 24 B Notts County FC 1 0 1872-1873

-Welch, Reginald C.

20-Jun-1851

 21 HB Wanderers FC 1 0 1872-1874

-Chappell, Frederick P.

1849 22/23 HB Oxford University 1 0 1872

-Maynard, William J.

18-Mar-1853 19 F/G 1st Surrey Rifles 1 0GA 1872-1876
-Brockbank, John 22-Aug-1848 24 F Cambridge University 1 0 1872

-Clegg, J. Charles.

21-Apr-1852 20 F Wednesday FC 1 0 1872
-Smith, Arnold K. 23-Apr-1850 22 F Oxford University 1 0 1872
-Ottaway, Cuthbert J. 20-Jul-1850 22 F Oxford University 1 0 1872-1874

-Chenery, Charles John

 01-Jan-1850 22 F Crystal Palace FC 1 0 1872-1874

-Morice, Charles J.

27-May-1850 22 F Barnes FC 1 0 1872
Formation:

1-2-7

Barker (Maynard*) -
Greenhalgh -
Welch, Chappell -
Maynard (Barker*), Brockbank, Clegg, Smith, Ottaway, Chenery, Morice.
Notes: *Barker and Maynard switched positions during the match.

Match Report

 

[To come.]

 

Source Notes

 

England halfback Frederick Patey Chappell changed his name to Frederick Brunning Maddison in 1873.  Although he played his only England international before the name change, some sources use his later name.

Some sources list England forward Arnold K. Smith's last name as Kirke-Smith.

Sources

Brown, Alan, "Scotland - International Matches 1872-1880", Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistical Foundation [RSSSF] Archive (website) 

Brown, Alan, "Scotland International Matches 1872-2001", Scottish Football Data Services (website)

Butler, Bryon, The Official History of the Football Association, pp. 14-20 (Queen Anne Press, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, U.K., revised ed. 1993)  

Edworthy, Niall, England: The Official F.A. History, pp. 6-9 (Virgin Books, London, 1997)  

Farror, Morley & Douglas Lamming, A Century of English International Football 1872-1972, pp. 9-12 (Robert Hale & Company, London, 1972)  

Gibbs, Nick, England: The Football Facts, p. 142 (Facer Publishing Limited, Exeter, England, 1988)

Hockings, Ron & Keir Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, p. 174, vol. 2, p. 222 (Articulate, Ernsworth, Hampshire, U.K., 1993)

Hurley, Jeff, United Kingdom & Eire International Database (Association of Football Statisticians 1998) 

International Federation of Football History & Statistics, England (1872 - 1940), Eire (1924 - 1940), England/Amateurs (1906 - 1940): Full Internationals, p. 12 (IFFHS, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2000)  

James, Brian, England v Scotland, pp. 17-20, 24-25 (Sportsmans Book Club edition, Readers Union Limited, London, 1970, originally published by Pelham Books, 1969)

Lamming, Douglas, An English Football Internationlists’ Who’s Who 1872 – 1988, passim (Hutton Press Limited, Beverly, North Humberside, U.K., 1990)  

Lamming, Douglas, A Scottish Internationalists' Who's Who 1872-1986, passim (Hutton Press Ltd., Beverly, North Humberside, U.K., 1987)  

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The Owl  website

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