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Match
Summary |
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Officials
[umpires and referees are of equal relevance] |
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Referee
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Segar R. Bastard, 24
(25-Jan-1854), Bow, London
Umpires -
not known;
Played according to the London FA rules.
Both opposing captains agree to play only 30
minutes per half - due to the atrocious weather conditions. |
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Notes |
The Field on 25 January 1879, reported
an attendance of just 85.
Some sources/tales suggest that William Clegg turned up 20 minutes late for
the game. Clegg, a solicitor, was working late on a case (the trial of
Charlie Peace, the Banner Cross murderer) and unable to leave Sheffield for
London on the Friday night. The next morning, the southbound train
with Clegg on it, was delayed by heavy snow. |
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 England
Team
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Ranking: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO (2nd) |
Colours: |
White
shirts, white shorts and dark blue caps. - To be confirmed. |
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Captain: |
Not known with any certainty. |
Coach: |
None; team selection by the Football Association Committee with secretary
Charles
W. Alcock having the primary influence. |
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Newspaper reports of the time conflict on who was the
actual captain against Wales. Three reports, The Field,
The Sportsman and Football Annual give the captaincy to Arthur
Cursham, whilst The London Times, Athletic News and
Bell's Life, gives it to Henry Wace. The fact that Charles
Alcock's own Football Annual lists Cursham makes us favour the
Notts County forward, but one can never be sure and we will not commit
ourselves with any degree of certainty. |
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England
Lineup |
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Anderson,
Rupert Darnley |
19 |
29-Apr-1859 |
G |
Old Etonians FC |
1 |
1 GA |
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Bury, Lindsay |
21 |
09-Jul-1857 |
FB |
Old Etonians FC |
2 |
0 |
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Wilson, Claude
W. |
20 |
09-Sep-1858 |
FB |
Oxford University FC |
1 |
0 |
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Bailey, Norman C. |
21 |
23-Jul-1857 |
HB |
Clapham Rovers FC |
2 |
0 |
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Clegg, William E. |
20 |
21-Apr-1852 |
F |
Sheffield Albion FC |
2 |
0 |
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Parry, Edward
H. |
23 |
24-Apr-1855 |
F |
Old Carthusians FC |
1 |
0 |
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Sorby,
Thomas Heathcote |
22 |
16-Feb-1856 |
F |
Thursday Wanderers FC |
1 |
1 |
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Cursham,
Arthur W. |
24 |
14-Mar-1853 |
F |
Notts
County FC |
4 |
1 |
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Wace, Henry |
25 |
21-Sep-1853 |
CF |
Wanderers FC |
2 |
0 |
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Whitfield,
Herbert |
20 |
25-Nov-1858 |
CF |
Old Etonians FC |
1 |
1 |
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Mosforth,
William |
20/21 |
early-1858 |
OL |
Sheffield Albion
FC |
3 |
0 |
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formation not known |
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 Wales
Team |
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Ranking: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO (3rd) |
Colours: |
White
and green halved shirts, and black shorts. |
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Captain: |
Llewellyn Kenrick. |
Coach: |
not known |
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Only one source suggests Llewellyn Kenrick,
the rest remain silent. He was afterall, the founder of the
Football of Wales, and the captain in his first two international
appearances. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Glascodine, George |
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G |
CP Wrecsam |
1 |
2 GA |
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Kenrick, Samuel Llewellyn |
31 |
Summer-1847 |
B |
Oswestry FC |
3 |
0 |
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Higham, George Garnett |
23 |
Summer-1855 |
B |
Oswestry FC |
2 |
0 |
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Williams, William |
- |
- |
B |
Oswestry FC |
3 |
0 |
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Owen, Thomas |
poss.
16 |
- |
B |
Oswestry FC |
1 |
0 |
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Davies,
William Henry |
- |
- |
F |
Oswestry FC |
3 |
1 |
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Shone, Watkin
William |
20/21 |
early-1858 |
F |
Oswestry FC |
1 |
0 |
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Heywood, Dennis |
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- |
F |
CP
Derwyddon |
1 |
0 |
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Dennis Heywood left the field injured before the
end of play. |
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Price, John |
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- |
F |
CP Wrecsam |
3 |
0 |
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Owen, William
Digby |
21 |
Summer-1857 |
F |
Oswestry FC |
1 |
0 |
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Roberts, William |
- |
- |
F |
CP Llangollen |
1 |
0 |
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formation not known |
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Match Report |
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Pitch covered in snow.
In
spite of the fact that a thick layer of snow covered Kennington-oval on
Saturday, the match between England and Wales, announced for that day,
was played. -
The Times
– Sunday 20th January, 1879
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 Source Notes
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'Tom' and Digby Owen
were not brothers. Digby Owen, who was a private tutor, died of
pneumonia on June 2, 1901, at the age of only 44. Thomas Owen, is
believed to be the father of famous wartime poet Wilfred Owen. He
was a railwayman who died on October 17, 1931, at the age of 70. -
IFFHS
Official Programme, England vs. Albania, 26 April
1989.
Cris Freddi: Football Historian
Welsh Football Data Archive
TheFA.com
Wrexham.Gov.uk: The story of Welsh football
IFFHS.de
FreeBMD.org.uk
Rothmans Yearbooks
HistoricalKits.co.uk/international/Wales
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