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Match No. 10 vs. Scotland Match No. 12 vs. Wales Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 11

Wales 2 England 3 [0-0]

Monday, 15 March 1880

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: Friendly match;
Venue: 'Y Cae Ras', Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham;
Attendance: 3,000;
Goals: England - Tom Brindle, 50th minute;
England - Francis Sparks, 64th minute;
England - Francis Sparks, 78th minute;
Wales - William Roberts, 81st minute;
Wales - John Roberts, 89th minute;
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Robert E. Lythgoe, England;
Umpires - Segar R. Bastard, 26 (25-Jan-1854), Upton Park FC, London, & S. Llewellyn Kenrick, 32 (-1847), Druids FC, Wales;
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: -
Notes: C.D. Learoyd (Royal Engineers F.C.) and Charles J. Clerke (Old Etonians) withdraw from the intial England line-up;
Miscellany: -
Statistics:

Not known.

Wales Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 3rd in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.

Colours: -
Coach: None;
Captain: John Richard Morgan;

Wales Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Hibbott, Henry Summer-1859 20 G

Newtown Excelsior FC

 1 0 1880-1885
-Morgan, John Richard NK NK B

Derby School Staff FC, England

 3 0 1877-1883
-Powell, John NK NK B

Druids FC

 2 0 1878-1888
-Edwards, Henry Valentine NK NK HB

Wrexham AFC

 2 0 1878-1887
-Williams, William NK NK HB

Druids FC

 5 0 1876-1883
-Owen, William Pierce winter-1860 19 F

Ruthin FC

 1 0 1880-1884
-Davies, William Henry NK NK F

Oswestry FC

 4 1 1876-1880
-Boden, Thomas Henry spring-1860 19 F

Wrexham AFC

 1 0 1880
-Price, John NK NK F

Wrexham AFC

 4 0 1877-1883
-Roberts, William NK NK F

Llangollen FC

 3 2 1879-1883
-Roberts, John NK NK F

Corwen FC

 2 0 1879-1883
Formation:

2-2-6

Hibbott -
Powell, Morgan -
Williams, Edwards -
Owen, Davies, Boden, Price, W. Roberts, J. Roberts.

England Team
Ranking:

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

Colours: -
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee with secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary influence.
Captain: Francis Sparks, 1st of only one captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Sands, John 04-Mar-1859 21 G

Nottingham Forest FC

 1 2 GA 1880
-Luntley, Edwin 28-Apr-1857 22 RB

Nottingham Forest FC

 2 0 1880
-Brindle, Thomas, off 65 min. NK-1861 18/19 LB

Darwen FC

 2 1 1880
-Hunter, John Summer-1852 27 B

Sheffield Heeley FC

 3 0 1878-1882
-Hargreaves, Frederick W. 16-Aug-1858 21 B

Blackburn Rovers FC

 1 0 1880-1882
-Marshall, Thomas 12-Sep-1858 21 F

Darwen FC

 1 0 1880-1881
-Cursham, Henry A. 27-Nov-1859 20 F

Notts County FC

 1 0 1880-1884
-Sparks, Francis J. 04-Jul-1855 24 F

Clapham Rovers FC

 3 3 1879-1880
-Mitchell, Clement 20-Feb-1862 18 F

Upton Park FC

 1 0 1880-1885
-Johnson, Edward early-1860 20 F

Saltley College & Stoke FC

 1 0 1880-1884
-Mosforth, William 1858 21/22 F

Sheffield Albion FC

 6 2 1877-1882
Formation:

2-2-6

Sands -
Luntley, Brindle -
Hunter, Hargreaves -
Marshall, Cursham, Sparks, Mitchell, Johnson, Mosforth.
Notes: Thomas Brindle had to leave the field halfway through the second half due to an injury, probably circa 65th minute.  England carried on with ten men.

Match Report

Source Notes

 

Sources
Official Matchday Programme
Cris Freddi: Football Historian
Welsh Football Data Archive
TheFA.com
Wrexham.Gov.uk: The story of Welsh football
FreeBMD.org.uk
Rothmans Yearbooks
Alan Brown: Football Historian
IFFHS.de

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