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Match No. 6 vs. Scotland Match No. 8 vs. Wales Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 7

Scotland 7 England 2 [4-0]

Saturday, 2 March 1878

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: Friendly match.
Venue: Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow;
Attendance: 10,000; with another 5,000 possibly outside the ground;
Goals: Scotland - John McDougall, 7th minute;
Scotland - John McGregor, 32nd minute;
Scotland - Harry McNiel, 39th minute;
Scotland - John McDougall, 41st minute;
Scotland - John McDougall, 46th minute;
Scotland - Billy MacKinnon, 62nd minute;
England - John Wylie, 65th minute;
Scotland - Harry McNiel, 70th minute;
England - Arthur Cursham, 75th minute;
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - William A. Dick, Scotland.
Umpires - G. Turner, Edinburgh University, Scotland & A.B. Colquhoun, Lennox, Scotland (SFA Vice-President);
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: Fine, in general, with a slight shower through the match. A stiff wind prevailed.
Miscellany: Kickoff 3.00 p.m. BST.
Notes: England's Robert S. Hedley (Royal Engineers) withdrew from the initial England line-up.
Statistics:

Not known.

Scotland Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 1st in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.

Colours: Dark blue shirts, white shorts.
Coach: None; Team selection chosen by Committee
Captain: Charles Campbell

Scotland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Gardner, Robert W. 1847/48 29-31 G

Clydesdale FC

 5 9 GA 1872-1878
-McIntyre, Andrew 09-Aug-1855 22 B

Vale of Leven FC

 1 0 1878-1882
-Vallance, Thomas A., left the field after 65 minutes. 1856 21/22 B

Glasgow Rangers FC

 3 0 1877-1881
-Campbell, Charles NK NK HB

Queen's Park FC

 5 1 1876-1886
-Kennedy, Alexander NK NK HB Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers FC 4 0 1875-1884
-Richmond, James T. 22-Mar-1858 19 F

Queen's Park FC

 2 1 1877-1882
-McGregor, John C. 1851 26/27 F

Vale of Leven FC

 3 1 1877-1880
-McDougall, John 1853 24/25 F

Vale of Leven FC

 3 3 1877-1879
-Highet, Thomas C. 1853 22/23 F Queen's Park FC 4 1 1875-1878
-MacKinnon, William M. 1852 26/27 F Queen's Park FC 8 3 1872-1879
-McNiel, Henry 1853 25/26 F Queen's Park FC 6 5 1874-1881
Formation:

2-2-6

Gardner -
McIntyre, Vallance -
Campbell, Kennedy -
Richmond, Highet, McKinnon, McNiel, McGregor, McDougall.
Notes: Thomas Vallance was hurt in the melee that was England's first goal.  He was forced to retire.

England Team
Ranking:

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

Colours: White shirts with the English Arms in black on the breast, white shorts and dark blue caps.
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee with secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary influence.
Captain: Arthur Cursham, 1st of one/two captaincies.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Warner, Conrad 14-Apr-1850 27 G

Upton Park FC

 1 7 GA 1878
-Hunter, John Summer-1852 25 B

Sheffield Heeley FC

 1 0 1878-1882
-Lyttleton, Edward 23-Jul-1855 22 B Cambridge University FC 1 0 1878
-Jarrett, Beaumont G. 18-Jul-1855 22 HB Cambridge University FC 3 0 1876-1878
-Bailey, Norman C. 23-Jul-1857 20 HB

Old Westminsters FC & Clapham Rovers FC

 1 0 1878-1887
-Fairclough, Percy 01-Feb-1858 20 F

Old Foresters FC

 1 0 1878
-Wylie, John G. late-1854 23 F

Wanderers FC

 1 1 1878
-Mosforth, William early-1858 19/20 F

Sheffield Albion FC

 2 0 1877-1882
-Cursham, Arthur W. 14-Mar-1853 24 F Notts County FC 3 1 1876-1883
-Wace, Henry 21-Sep-1853 24 F

Wanderers FC

 1 0 1878-1879
-Heron, G. Hubert H. 30-Jan-1852 26 F Wanderers FC 5 0 1873-1878
Formation:

2-2-6

Warner -
Lyttleton, Hunter -
Jarrett, Bailey -
Cursham, Mosforth, Heron, Wace, Fairclough, Wylie.

Match Report

 


"The England players we had down this time were a splendid lot of players individually, but to my idea they played very selfishly, each one of them appearing to play for himself and not for the success of the side" - 'A Disgusted Englishman' - Bell's Life, 1878

Source Notes


Sources

England Football Factbook: Cris Freddi
FA.com
Scottish Football Association
London Hearts
original newspaper snippet
England Expects: James Corbett

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