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Match No. 19 vs. Scotland Match No. 21 vs. Scotland Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 20

Ireland 1 England 8 [0-4]

Saturday, 23 February 1884

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: British (Home) Championship (1st) International, match three;
Venue: Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast;
Attendance: 3,000;
Goals: England - Edward Johnson, 15th minute;
England - Charlie Bambridge;
England - Harry Cursham;
England - Harry Cursham;
England - Edward Johnson;
England - Charlie Bambridge;
England - Harry Cursham; hat-trick;
England - Arthur Bambridge, 76th minute;
Ireland - Billy McWha, one source suggests 88th minute; [goal times mostly unknown]
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Thomas Lawrie, Scotland;
Umpires - N. Lane Jackson, London, England & Robert M. Kennedy, Belfast, Ireland;
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: It was from this season 1883-84, that the field of play received it's first markings, albeit, a 200 yard by 100 yard rectangle;
Notes: T. Dewhurst (Blackburn Olympic) and K.P. Wilson (Cambridge University) withdrew from the initial England line-up;
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Ireland Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 4th in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Fourth and bottom of the British Championship table before and after this match.
Colours: -
Coach: -
Captain: Jack Davison;

Ireland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Hunter, Robert J. NK G Cliftonville FC 3 19 GA 1884
-Wilson, Matthew -1842 41/42 RB

Distillery FC

 3 0 1884
-Crone, William circa-1864 19/20 LB

Distillery FC

 4 0 1882-1980
-Hastings, John NK HB

Ulster FC

 5 0 1882-1886
-Molyneux, Thomas B. NK HB

Cliftonville FC

 3 0 1883-1888
-Dill, Alexander H. NK F Cliftonville FC 6 0 1882-1885
-Spiller, Edward A. NK F

Cliftonville FC

 3 0 1883-1884
-McWha, William B. R. NK F

Cliftonville FC

 5 1 1882-1885
-Johnston, Samuel J. 18-Sep-1866 17 F

Distillery FC

  3 1 1882-1886
-Davison, Dr. John R. NK F

Cliftonville FC

 5 0 1882-1885
-Gaussen, Arthur D.A. NK F

Moyola Park FC

 2 0 1884-1889
Formation:

not known.

not known.

England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 2nd in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Unplayed, then top of the British Championship table before and after this match.
Colours: -
Coach: -
Captain: Norman Bailey, 6th of 15 captaincies.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Rose, William C. 04-Mar-1861 22 G

Swifts FC

 1 1 GA 1884-1891
-Dobson, Alfred T.C. late spring-1859 24 RB Notts County FC 2 0 1882-1884
-Beverley, Joseph 12-Nov-1856 27 LB

Blackburn Rovers FC

 1 0 1884
-Bailey, Norman C. 23-Jul-1857 26 HB

Clapham Rovers FC

 10 1 1878-1887
-Macrae, Stuart sometime in-1855 28/29 HB

Notts County FC & Corinthians FC

 4 0 1883-1884
-Johnson, Edward early-1860 24 F

Stoke FC

 2 2 1880-1884
-Holden, George H. 06-Oct-1859 24 OR

Wednesbury Old Athletic FC

 2 0 1881-1884
-Bambridge, Arthur L. 16-Jun-1861 22 F

Swifts FC & Corinthians FC

 3 0 1881-1884
-Dunn, Arthur T.B. 12-Aug-1860 23 CF Cambridge University FC & Old Etonians FC 2 2 1883-1892
-Cursham, Henry A. 27-Nov-1859 24 CF

Notts County FC & Corinthians FC

 8 5 1880-1884
-Bambridge, E. Charles, off 75 min. 30-Jul-1858 25 OL

Swifts FC

 8 9 1879-1887
Formation:

not known.

not known.
Notes: Charlie Bambridge was injured and taken off the field of play after approximately 75 minutes;  England played on with 10 men.

Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

Matthew Wilson, was nicknamed 'Daddy', and was famed for his 15 inch long ginger beard.  He was either 41 or 42 at the time of this match.

Sources

Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
IFFHS.de

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