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Match No. 11 vs. Wales Match No. 13 vs. Scotland Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 12

England 0 Wales 1 [0-0]

Saturday, 26 February 1881

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: Friendly match;
Venue: East Lancashire Cricket Club, Alexandra Meadows, Dukes Brow, Blackburn;
Attendance: 3,000; [possibly as much as 4,200];
Goals: Wales - Jackie Vaughan, 54th minute;
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Segar R. Bastard, 27 (25-Jan-1854), Bow, London;
Umpires - Not known;
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: -
Miscellany: -
Notes: Allegedly, Llewellyn Kenrick was a last minute replacement for Jack Powell, who had missed his train connection at Chester.
Statistics:

Not known.

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: Jack Hunter, 1st of only one captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Hawtrey, John P. 19-Jul-1850 30 G Remants FC & Old Etonians FC 1 1 GA 1881
-Harvey, Alfred early-1854 26/27 FB Wednesbury Strollers FC 1 0 1881
-Bambridge, Arthur L. 16-Jun-1861 19 LB

Swifts FC

 1 0 1881-1884
-Hunter, John Summer-1852 28 B

Sheffield Heeley FC

 4 0 1878-1882
-Hargreaves, Frederick W. 16-Aug-1858 22 B

Blackburn Rovers FC

 2 0 1880-1882
-Marshall, Thomas 12-Sep-1858 22 F

Darwen FC

 2 0 1880-1881
-Rostron, Thurston 21-Apr-1863 17 F

Darwen FC

 1 0 1881
-Brown, James 31-Jul-1862 18 F

Blackburn Rovers FC

 1 0 1881-1885
-Tait, George NK-1859 21/22 F

Birmingham Excelsior FC

 1 0 1881
-Hargreaves, John 13-Dec-1860 20 F

Blackburn Rovers FC

 1 0 1881
-Mosforth, William early-1858 22/23 F

Wednesday FC

 7 2 1877-1882
Formation:

-

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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
-McMillan, Robert NK NK G

Shrewsbury Engineers FC, England

 1 0 1881
-Morgan, John Richard NK NK B

Notts County FC, England

 5 0 1877-1883
-Kenrick, Samuel Llewellyn summer-1847 33 B

Shropshire Wanderers FC, England

 5 0 1876-1881
-Williams, William NK NK HB

Druids FC

 6 0 1876-1883
-Bell, William Stratford NK NK HB Shrewsbury Engineers FC, England 1 0 1881-1886
-Owen, William Pierce 20-Nov-1860 20 F

Ruthin FC

 3 0 1880-1884
-Lewis, Thomas NK NK F

Wrexham AFC

 1 0 1881
-Crosse, Knyvett summer-1855 25 F

Druids FC

 2 0 1879-1881
-Price, John NK NK F

Wrexham AFC

 6 0 1877-1883
-Goodwin, Uriah NK-1859 22 F

Ruthin FC

 1 0 1881
-Vaughan, John NK-1855 25 F

Druids FC

 3 1 1879-1884
Formation:

2-2-6

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Match Report


"Hawtrey, the English goalkeeper, threw the ball out but was charged over at the same time and Vaughan running up placed the leather safely through the goal for Wales. The Englishmen strove hard to get on terms with their opponents. Shot after shot was aimed at the Welsh goal but each attempt was rendered futile. When time was called Wales were declared winners by one goal to love." - Wrexham Advertiser

Source Notes

 
Sources
Cris Freddi: Football Historian
Welsh Football Data Archive
TheFA.com
FreeBMD.org.uk
Rothmans Yearbooks
Alan Brown: Football Historian
IFFHS.de

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