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Match
Summary |
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Officials
[umpires and referees are of equal relevance] |
England |
Type |
Wales |
Referee
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Segar
R.
Bastard,
24 (25 January 1854), Bow, London
Umpires -
not known.
Played according to London Association rules.
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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Goal Attempts |
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Attempts on Target |
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Hit Bar/Post |
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Offside Calls Against |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Possession |
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 England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO (2nd) |
Colours: |
Probably
White
shirts, white shorts and dark blue caps. |
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Capt: |
Not known with any certainty. |
Coach: |
None; team selection by the Football
Association Committee following trial games, 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 April 1859 |
G |
Old Etonians |
1 |
1 GA |
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Bury, Lindsay |
21 |
9 July 1857 |
FB |
Old Etonians |
2 |
0 |
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Wilson, Claude
W. |
20 |
9 September 1858 |
FB |
Oxford University & Old
Brightonians |
1 |
0 |
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Bailey, Norman C. |
21 |
23 July 1857 |
HB |
Old Westminsters
& Clapham Rovers FC |
2 |
0 |
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Clegg, William E. |
20 |
21 April 1852 |
F |
Sheffield Albion FC |
2 |
0 |
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Parry, Edward
H. |
23 |
24 April 1855 |
F |
Old Carthusians & Swifts FC & Remnants FC |
1 |
0 |
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Sorby,
Thomas H. |
22 |
16 February 1856 |
F |
Thursday Wanderers FC |
1 |
1 |
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7 |
Cursham,
Arthur W. |
24 |
14 March 1853 |
F |
Notts County FC |
4 |
1 |
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Wace, Henry |
25 |
21 September 1853 |
CF |
Wanderers FC
& Clapham Rovers FC |
2 |
0 |
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Whitfeld,
Herbert |
20 |
25 November 1858 |
CF |
Old Etonians |
1 |
1 |
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Mosforth,
William |
21 |
2 January 1858 |
OL |
Sheffield Albion FC |
3 |
0 |
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formation not known |
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Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
21.5 |
Appearances/Goals |
1.8 |
0.2 |
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 Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO (3rd) |
Colours: |
Not known - but possibly white
and green halved shirts, and black shorts. White shirts with blue shorts
is also a possibility. |
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Capt: |
Llewellyn Kenrick |
Coach: |
Not known; Probably team selection chosen by Committee |
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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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1 |
Glascodine, George W. |
21/22 |
1857 |
G |
Wrexham AFC |
1 |
2
GA |
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2 |
Kenrick, Samuel Llewellyn |
31 |
summer 1847 |
B |
Oswestry FC |
3 |
0 |
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3 |
Higham, George Garnett |
23 |
summer 1855 |
B |
Oswestry FC |
2 |
0 |
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Williams, William |
- |
- |
B |
Druids 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 |
- |
- |
F |
Druids FC |
1 |
0 |
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Dennis Heywood left the field injured before the
end of play. |
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9 |
Price, John |
- |
- |
F |
Wrexham AFC |
3 |
0 |
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Owen, William
Digby |
21 |
summer 1857 |
F |
Oswestry FC |
1 |
0 |
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Roberts, William |
- |
- |
F |
Llangollen FC |
1 |
0 |
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formation not known |
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Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
n/a |
Appearances/Goals |
1.8 |
0.1 |
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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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