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Monday,
17 March 1884
British International Championship 1883-84
(1st) Match
Wales 0
England 4
[0-1]
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The
Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, Denbighshire
Kick-off (GMT):
'three minutes past three'
Attendance:
'only 3,000 spectators present'; 'before
nearly 4,000 spectators'; 'there were 6,000 spectators present'. |
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Jack Powell won the toss |
either William Bromley-Davenport
or Norman Bailey
kicked-off |
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[0-1]
William Bromley-Davenport
7
'neat shot from a Bambridge
middle' |
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[0-2]
Norman Bailey 75
'quickly sent in'
[0-3] William Bromley-Davenport
85
'sent it thro'
[0-4]
Billy Gunn
90
'sent the ball along the ground
but Powell allowed it to pass him without an attempt to arrest its
progress, and the goalkeeper adopting similar tactics, the leather
rolled in between the posts' |
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"The weather was
lovely, and the ground in grand order" |
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 flg.jpg) Match
Summary |
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Wales
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
3rd |
Colours |
White shirts, white shorts, white socks |
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Captain |
Jack Powell |
Selection |
Team chosen by
Welsh Selection Committee on Thursday, 6 March 1884. |
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P 4 of 6, W 0 - D 1 - L 3 - F 1 - A 13. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Owen, Elias |
20/21 |
"only a youngster"
1863 |
G |
Ruthin Grammar School |
2 |
4ᵍᵃ |
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Powell, John |
22
359 days |
24 March 1860 |
RB |
Druids FC & Bolton Wanderers FC,
England |
10 |
0 |
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Conde, Charles |
25
16 days |
1 March 1859 |
LB |
Chirk AAA FC |
2 |
0 |
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64 |
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Evans, Maurice Jones |
24/25 |
1859 |
RHB |
Oswestry White Stars FC |
1 |
0 |
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only app 1884 |
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65 |
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Williams, Joseph Henry |
26
186 days |
13 September 1857 |
CHB |
Oswestry White Stars FC |
1 |
0 |
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only app 1884 |
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Griffiths, Peter |
22
182 days |
17 September 1861 |
RHB |
Chirk AAA FC |
2 |
0 |
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Owen, William Pierce |
23
118 days |
20 November 1860 |
OR |
Ruthin FC |
11 |
6 |
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final app 1880-84 |
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66 |
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Owen, William |
22
220 days |
10 August 1861 |
IR |
Chirk AAA FC |
1 |
0 |
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Eyton-Jones, John
Arthur |
22
178 days |
25 September 1862 |
CF |
Wrexham AFC & Bootle FC,
England |
3 |
1 |
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Vaughan, John |
28 |
1855 |
IL |
Bolton Wanderers FC,
England |
11 |
2 |
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final app 1879-84 |
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Jones, Robert Albert |
19/20 |
1864 |
OL |
Druids FC |
2 |
1 |
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reserves: |
not known |
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team changes: |
The FA Committee, led by Charles Alcock, objected to the
inclusion of Frederick Hughes again, who up until 1883, was believed to be
Welsh-born, but this had proven inaccurate. This time, the
objection was upheld, Maurice Evans took his place in the team. But a similar objection regarding Arthur Eyton-Jones was not upheld and he was allowed to play. - The
Liverpool Mercury, Monday, March 14 1884.
Wrexham's R. Davies
was the original named outside-left, his place going to Jones. |
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team notes: |
Elias and William P.
Owen are brothers. |
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2-3-5 |
Owen -
Powell, Conde -
Williams, Griffiths, Morris -
W.P.Owen, W.Owen,
Eyton-Jones, Vaughan,
Jones |
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Averages: |
Age |
23 years
143-275
days |
Appearances/Goals |
4.2 |
0.9 |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
2nd |
Colours |
White shirts, navy blue knickerbockers |
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Captain |
Norman Bailey |
Selection |
The Football Association Committee, with Secretary Charles W.
Alcock having the primary
influence,
on Thursday, 28 February 1884. |
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most captaincies so far |
P 8 of 15 - W 3 - D 0 - L 5 - F 24 - A
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P 22 - W 9 - D 2 - L
11 - F 68 - A 53. |
England
Lineup
(a
record low one change to the previous match) |
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Rose,
William C. |
22
107 days |
1 December 1861 |
G |
Swindon Town FC &
Swifts FC |
3 |
2ᵍᵃ |
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Dobson, Alfred
T.C. |
24
355 days |
28 March 1859 |
RB |
Notts County FC
&
Corinthians FC |
4 |
0 |
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final app 1882-84 |
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Beverley, Joseph |
27
126 days |
12 November 1856 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
3 |
0 |
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final app 1884 |
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Bailey, Norman
C. |
26
238 days |
23 July 1857 |
RHB |
Clapham Rovers FC |
12 |
1 |
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oldest competitive scorer so far |
most experienced captain
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most apps |
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114 |
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Forrest, James H. |
19
267 days |
24 June 1864 |
CHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
1 |
0 |
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the youngest player to represent
England competitively so far |
the sixth Rover to represent
England |
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Wilson, Charles
P. |
24
310 days |
12 May 1859 |
LHB |
Hendon FC
&
Corinthians FC |
2 |
0 |
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final app 1884 |
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Holden,
George H. |
24
163 days |
6 October 1859 |
OR |
Wednesbury Old Athletic
FC |
4 |
1 |
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final app 1881-84 |
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Vaughton,
O. Howard |
23
68 days |
9 January 1861 |
IR |
Aston Villa FC |
5 |
6 |
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final app
1882-84 |
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Bromley-Davenport, William |
22
56 days |
21 January 1862 |
CF |
Old Etonians
AFC &
Oxford
University AFC |
2 |
2 |
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fourteenth brace scored by England |
youngest competitive scorer so far |
final app 1884 |
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Gunn, William |
25
104 days |
4 December 1858 |
IL |
Notts County FC |
2 |
1 |
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final app 1884 |
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Bambridge,
E. Charles |
25
231 days |
30 July 1858 |
OL |
Swifts FC |
10 |
10 |
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most gls |
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reserves: |
not known |
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team changes: |
Jimmy Forrest
was a late replacement for
Stuart MacRae
(Notts County FC). Gunn again, coming in for
Harry Cursham (Notts County FC).
It prevented England from naming an unchanged side for the first time,
instead, they made just the one change to the line-up, still, a first. |
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team notes: |
Harry Cursham's brother,
Arthur, also played for England 1876-82.
Charlie Bambridge's brothers,
Ernest, played for England in 1876,
and
Arthur in 1881-84. |
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appearance notes: |
Charlie Bambridge
is the second England player to make ten appearances, whereas Howard
Vaughton is the tenth to make five and Alf Dobson and George Holden the
thirteenth/fourteenth to make four appearances.
27 players have
now played for England three or more times, and 54 have done so more
than once.
This is the first time that England have played with two
players who have made appearances into double-figures. |
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records: |
England's twelve goals this year/season are
scored by record-equalling seven goalscorers.
Norman Bailey on his
twelfth outing, becomes the most experienced England player to score a
goal. His record appearances is also a World record, shared with
Wales' John Price. |
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2-3-5 |
Rose -
Dobson, Beverley -
Wilson, Forrest, Bailey -
Holden, Vaughton, Bromley-Davenport, Gunn, Bambridge |
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Averages: |
Age |
23 years
352
days |
Appearances/Goals |
4.4 |
1.5 |
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youngest competitive XI
until next match |
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Match Report - Sporting Life, Tuesday, 18
March 1884 |
In Other News..... |
Journeying from Scotland, where they suffered defeat by
one goal to nothing, England met Wales on Wrexham Racecourse yesterday
(Monday), and defeated them, after a hard fought game, by four goals
to nil. Macrae being unable
to come South owing to business engagements, his place at half-back
was taken by Forrest (Blackburn Rovers), and in the Welsh team the two
Owens played on the right wing, and Vaughan and Jones on the left. The
weather was lovely, and the ground in grand order, and some 4,000 spectators
were present. Wales won the
toss, and elected to defend the Crispin lane goal. The ball was
started by Bromley-Davenport at three minutes past three, and in six
minutes from the commencement the same player scored first goal for
England. On the ball being restarted Albert Jones dribbled it up
field, and centre to Eyton Jones, the latter heading it just over the
bar. Bromley-Davenport and Bambridge were busy soon afterwards, but
they were foiled by Powell, who played grandly throughout. After a
nice piece of play by Gunn and Bambridge, Eyton Jones ran the ball
down the field, and passed to W. P. Owen, who shot it into the goal,
but the ball was got safely away. Some most exciting give-and-take
play followed, but the score remained unchanged at half-time. After
changing ends, and with the wind slightly in their favour, England
pressed Wales desperately, but notwithstanding their exertions, the
defence of Owen was too good to permit of any addition to the score,
until from a foul in dangerous proximity England scored a second goal.
Once more in motion the ball was taken up the left wing by Albert
Jones and Vaughan, and Jones made a shot which just went over the bar.
Three minutes afterwards Bromley-Davenport kicked the third goal for
England, and a fourth was added by Gunn. The game thus ended in favour
of England by four goals to nil.
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It was on 17 March 1884 that the Prime
Minister, William Gladstone was unable to attend the House of Commons as
he was suffering from laryngitis. |
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"This
international contest was played under Association rules yesterday on
Wrexham Racecourse, before nearly 4,000 spectators. Wales won the
toss, and decided to have the wind in their favour during the early
portion of the game. Bromley-Davenport set the ball in motion for the
visitors and after about five minutes' play, he scored a goal for
them...
Positions having been exchanged, England played with renewed vigour
and secured three additional goals..."
- The Times, Tuesday, 18
March 1884
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Source Notes |
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TheFA
Cris Freddi: Football Historian
Welsh Football Data Archive
Nick
Gibbs' England: The Football Facts |
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HistoricalKits/Wales
FreeBMD.org.uk
Rothmans Yearbooks
Original newspaper reports
John Treleven |
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