England Match No. 16 - Wales - 13 March 1882

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Match No. 17 vs. Wales

Match Results

England National Football Team Match No. 16

Wales 5 England 3 [1-2]

Monday, 13 March 1882

Match Summary and Report

Team Records

Wales Pre-Match

England Pre-Match

Match Summary

Status:

Friendly match. Played according to the Welsh FA rules.

Venue:

'The Racecourse', The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrecsam

Attendance:

5,000;

Goals:

England - Billy Mosforth, 25th minute;
England - Edward Parry, 30th minute; [not Percival Parr, as some sources suggest]
Wales - William Owen, 32nd minute;
England - Harry Cursham, 48th minute; [scored at 4.00 p.m. to make it 3-1 - but how long was the half-time interval?]
Wales - John Morgan, 50th minute;
Wales - Alf Jones, own goal, 60th minute;
Wales - William Owen, 87th minute;
Wales - John Vaughan, 89th minute;

Cautions:

None.

Expulsions:

None.

Officials:

Referee - J. Roberts, Wales;
Umpires - not known.

Notes:

Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance. Most sources name J. Roberts as the referee, not Morgan Roberts.
An experimental law was introduced, that empowers the referee to award a goal in cases where, in his opinion, a goal has been prevented from a deliberate handball by the defending team. It lasts one season only, and it is unknown as to whether it resulted in any England goals in 1881-82.

Conditions:

Kickoff 3:05 p.m.

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Wales Team

Ranking:

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

Colours:

Not known - but possibly white and green halved shirts, and black shorts. White shirts with blue shorts is also a possibility.

Coach:

None;

Captain:

John Richard Morgan;

Wales Lineup

Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G	Career
-Adams, Harry? Henry?	NK		G	Berwyn Rangers FC	2	0	1882-1883
-Morgan, John R.	NK		B	unaffiliated	7	1	1877-1883
-Powell, John	NK		B	Druids FC	4	0	1878-1888
-Edwards, Henry Valentine	NK		HB	Wrecsam AFC	4	0	1878-1887
-Hughes, Frederick William	winter-1860	21	HB	Northwich Victoria FC, England	1	0	1882-1884
-Williams, William	NK		F	Druids FC	9	1	1876-1883
-Owen, William Pierce	20-Nov-1860	21	F	Ruthin FC	5	2	1880-1884
-Roberts, Walter Hugh	spring-1858	23/24	F	Ruthin FC	1	0	1882-1884
-Price, John	NK		F	Wrecsam AFC	9	4	1877-1883
-Roberts, John	NK		F	Corwen FC	4	1	1879-1883
-Vaughan, John	NK-1855	26	F	Druids FC	5	1	1879-1884

Formation:

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:

Norman Bailey, 3rd of 15 captaincies.

England Lineup

Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G	Career
-Swepstone, Harry A.	early-1859	23	G	Pilgrims FC	3	15 GA	1880-1883
-Hunter, John	Summer-1852	29	RB	Sheffield Heeley FC, Providence FC, Wednesday Club & Sheffield Albion FC	7	0	1878-1882
-Jones, Alfred	Summer-1861	20	LB	Walsall Swifts FC	2	0	1882-1883
-Bailey, Norman C.	23-Jul-1857	24	HB	Clapham Rovers FC	7	0	1878-1887
-Parry, Edward H.	24-Apr-1855	26	F	Old Carthusians FC	3	1	1879-1882
-Bambridge, E. Charles, off 3 min	30-Jul-1858	23	OR	Swifts FC	6	6	1879-1887
-Cursham, Henry A.	27-Nov-1859	22	IR	Notts County FC & Corinthians FC	4	2	1880-1884
-Parr, Percival C.	02-Dec-1859	22	CF	Oxford University FC	1	0	1882
-Brown, Arthur A.	15-Mar-1859	22	CF	Aston Villa FC	3	4	1882
-Vaughton, O. Howard	09-Jan-1861	21	IL	Aston Villa FC	3	6	1882-1884
-Mosforth, William	early-1858	23/24	OL	Wednesday FC	9	3	1877-1882

Formation:

not known

Notes:

Charlie Bambridge was injured after only 3 minutes play and left the field, leaving England to lose to Wales with only ten men.

Match Report

Source Notes

Sources

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

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