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Match No. 8 vs. Wales Match No. 10 vs. Scotland Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 9

England 5 Scotland 4 [1-4]

Saturday, 5 April 1879

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: Friendly match;
Venue: The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London;
Attendance: 4,500;
Goals: England - Billy Mosforth, 5th minute;
Scotland - Billy MacKinnon, 15th minute;
Scotland - John McDougall, 23rd minute;
Scotland - John Smith, 26th minute;
Scotland - Billy MacKinnon, 41st minute;
England - Charlie Bambridge, 48th minute;
England - Arthur Goodyer, 60th minute;
England - Norman Bailey, 75th minute; [some sources claim a Robert Parlene own goal]
England - Charlie Bambridge, 83rd minute;
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Charles H.R. Wollaston, 29 (31-Jul-1849), Felpham, Sussex;
Umpires - Lord Arthur F. Kinnaird, 32 (16-Feb-1847), Perth, Scotland (FA Treasurer) & A.B. Colquhoun, Lennox, Scotland (SFA Vice-President);
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: Slight wind;
Miscellany: Kick-off 4.18 p.m. BST;
Notes: Robert S. Hedley (Royal Engineers) and George B. Childs (Oxford University) withdrew from the original England line-up;
Statistics:

Not known.

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.
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee with secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary influence.
Captain: Henry Wace, 1st definite captaincy, possibly 2nd of two.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Birkett, Reginald H. 28-Mar-1849 30 G

Clapham Rovers FC

 1 4 GA 1879
-Christian, Edward 14-Sep-1858 20 B

Old Etonians FC

 1 0 1879
-Morse, Harold early-1860 19 B

Notts County FC

 1 0 1879
-Prinsep, James F. M. 27-Jul-1861 17 HB

Clapham Rovers FC

 1 0 1879
-Bailey, Norman C. 23-Jul-1857 21 HB

Clapham Rovers FC

 3 1 1878-1887
-Hills, Arnold F. 12-Mar-1857 22 F

Old Harrovians FC

 1 0 1879
-Goodyer, Arthur C. late-1854 24 F

Nottingham Forest FC

 1 1 1879
-Wace, Henry 21-Sep-1853 25 F

Wanderers FC

 3 0 1878-1879
-Sparks, Francis J. 04-Jul-1855 23 F

Hertfordshire Rangers FC

 1 0 1879-1880
-Mosforth, William early-1858 21 F

Sheffield Albion FC

 4 1 1877-1882
-Bambridge, E. Charles 30-Jul-1858 20 F

Swifts FC

 1 2 1879-1887
Formation:

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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
-Parlane, Robert NK NK G

Vale of Leven FC

 2 5 GA 1878-1879
-Somers, William S. NK NK B

Queen's Park FC

 1 0 1879-1880
-Vallance, Thomas A. 1856 22/23 B

Glasgow Rangers FC

 4 0 1877-1881
-Campbell, Charles NK NK HB

Queen's Park FC

 6 1 1876-1886
-McPherson, John C.M. NK NK HB

Vale of Leven FC

 1 0 1879-1881
-Beveridge, William 27-Nov-1858 20 F

Ayr Academy FC

 1 0 1879-1880
-Smith, John 12-Aug-1855 23 F

Mauchline FC

 3 1 1877-1884
-McDougall, John 1853 25/26 F

Vale of Leven FC

 4 4 1877-1879
-Paton, Robert NK NK F

Vale of Leven FC

 1 0 1879
-MacKinnon, William M. 1852 27/28 F Queen's Park FC 9 5 1872-1879
-McNiel, Henry 1853 26/27 F Queen's Park FC 7 5 1874-1881
Formation:

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Match Report


"The Scottish umpire said 'goal', the English one was just as confident that is was 'offside'.  And so the hapless referee, Lord Kinnaird, was called upon.  He was surrounded by the Scottish players, and Mr C. W. Alcock came running from the pavilion to render him apparently necessary succour.  But the Scotsmen chased him back again, and Lord Kinnaird stated that he thought the goal was 'offside'.  The consequence was that the Scotsmen were unable to settled own anymore, and before the close, either Bambridge or Mosforth put on a fifth goal for England.  'I don't know which of us it was,' he said.  'But I know they carried me off the field afterwards, so I must have played pretty well.' - Billy Mosforth - England Expects: James Corbett

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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