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Match No. 13 vs. Scotland Match No. 15 vs. Scotland Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 14

Ireland 0 England 13 [0-5]

Saturday, 18 February 1882

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: Friendly match;
Venue: Knock Ground, Bloomfield, Belfast;
Attendance: 2,500;
Goals: England - Howard Vaughton, 3rd minute;
England - Jimmy Brown, 8th minute;
England - Arthur Brown, 15th minute;
England - Charlie Bambridge;
England - Harry Cursham;
England - Jimmy Brown;
England - Howard Vaughton;
England - Arthur Brown;
England - Arthur Brown;
England - Arthur Brown;
England - Howard Vaughton; 
England - Howard Vaughton; 
England - Howard Vaughton; [goal times unknown]
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Robert M. Kennedy, Ireland;
Umpires - unknown;
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: -
Miscellany: receipts: £12 19s. 7d.
Notes: E.J. Wilson of Old Carthusians FC withdrew from the initial England line-up;
Statistics:

Not known.

Ireland Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 4th in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.

Colours: Not known;
Coach: Team chosen by Committee;
Captain: John McAlery

Ireland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Hamilton, James NK NK G

Knock FC

 1 13 GA 1882
-McAlery, John McCredy 1849 22/23 B

Cliftonville FC

 1 0 1882
-Rattray, David NK NK B

Avoniel FC

 1 0 1882-1883
-Martin, Donald C. NK NK HB

Cliftonville FC

 1 0 1882-1883
-Hastings, John NK NK HB

Knock FC

 1 0 1882-1886
-Buckle, H. James NK NK F

Cliftonville FC

 1 0 1882
-McWha, William B. NK NK F

Knock FC

 1 0 1882-1885
-Davison, John Robert NK NK F

Cliftonville FC

 1 0 1882-1885
-Sinclair, John NK NK F Knock FC 1 0 1882
-Dill, Alexander Harrison NK NK F

Knock FC

 1 0 1882-1885
-Johnston, Samuel James 18-Sep-1866 15 F

Distillery FC

 1 0 1882-1886
-McCaw, David NK NK F

Malone FC

 1 0 1882
Some sources, including the Football Association, list Johnston in the starting line-up rather than David McCaw. If these sources are in fact accurate, Johnston would have been just 15 years and 153 days old and his caps total would in fact have been five.  Yet, the leading independent source, NIFG, on Ireland give the appearance to McCaw, his one and only cap.
Formation:

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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; [an estimated guess].
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee with secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary influence.
Captain: Charlie Bambridge, 1st of two captaincies.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel 21-Dec-1860 21 G

Cambridge University FC & Old Etonians FC

 1 0 GA 1882
-Dobson, Alfred T.C. late spring-1859 22 RB Notts County FC 1 0 1882-1884
-Greenwood, Doctor H. 31-Oct-1860 21 LB

Blackburn Rovers FC

 1 0 1882
-Hargreaves, Frederick W. 16-Aug-1858 23 HB

Blackburn Rovers FC

 3 0 1880-1882
-King, Robert S. 04-Apr-1862 19 HB Oxford University FC 1 0 1882
-Bambridge, E. Charles 30-Jul-1858 23 F

Swifts FC

 4 6 1879-1887
-Barnet, Horace H. 06-Mar-1856 25 F Royal Engineers FC 1 0 1882
-Brown, Arthur A. 15-Mar-1859 22 F Aston Villa FC 1 4 1882
-Brown, James 31-Jul-1862 19 F

Blackburn Rovers FC

 2 2 1881-1885
-Vaughton, O. Howard 09-Jan-1861 21 F Aston Villa FC 1 5 1882-1884
-Cursham, Henry A. 27-Nov-1859 22 F

Notts County FC & Corinthians FC

 2 1 1880-1884
Formation:

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Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

The Irish line-up that day allegedly included Samuel Johnston, who at the age of 15 years and 153 days became the youngest international debutant, a record still held today.

Sources

Official matchday programme April 1970
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
TheFA.com

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