22 vs. Wales
24
28 vs. Wales |
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Saturday,
14 March 1885
Home International Championship
1884-85
(2nd)
Match
England 1 Wales 1
[1-1]
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Leamington Street, Wagtail, Blackburn, Lancashire
Kick-off (GMT):
'at 3.30.' Attendance:
'presence
of about 5,000 spectators';
'before
6,000 spectators';
'before
7,000 spectators'; 'witnessed by 7,000
people'. |
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Clem Mitchell
kicked-off |
Welsh captain won the toss |
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[0-0] Kenny Davenport shot struck
crossbar [1-0]
Clem Mitchell
35
'The leather came back to Mitchell, who
put a grand shot in quite out of the reach of Roberts' |
[1-1] Billy Lewis
37
'Arthur ran out, and the ball shot
through, the goalkeeper falling'
small minority list Job Wilding as
the Welsh goalscorer |
[1-1] Joe Lofthouse shot 'grazed' the
crossbar |
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fifth ever scoreless second half
- seventh ever scoreless half |
"The weather was bright and the turf in excellent order" |
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 Match
Summary |
Officials
[umpires and referees are of equal relevance] |
England |
Team Records |
Wal |
es |
Umpires |
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Nicholas
Lane Jackson 35 (1 November 1849),
West Hackney, London |
Richard Thomas Gough
26 (April 1859), Oswestry (Welsh FA) |
Referee Alexander Stuart
Scotland
(Edinburgh FA) |
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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 |
Capt: |
Norman Bailey¹⁵
¹
P 10 - W 4 - D
1 - L
5 - F 29 - A 22. |
Selectors: |
The Football Association Committee, with Secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary
influence, on Monday, 2 March 1885 at Paternoster Row.
P 24 - W 10 - D 3 - L
11 - F 73 - A 54. |
most captaincies so far |
England
Lineup (five changes to the previous match) |
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Arthur,
W.J. Herbert |
22
28 days |
14 February 1863 |
G |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
2 |
1ᵍᵃ |
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Moore, Henry
T. |
23
260 days |
27 June 1861 |
RB |
Notts
County FC |
2 |
0 |
final app 1883-85 |
120 |
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Ward, James |
20
220 days |
6 August 1864 |
LB |
Blackburn
Olympic FC |
1 |
0 |
only app 1885 |
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Bailey, Norman
C. |
27
234 days |
23 July 1857 |
Half Back |
Clapham Rovers FC |
14 |
1 |
most experienced captain & |
most apps |
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Forrest, James
H. |
20
263 days |
24 June 1864 |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
3 |
0 |
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Lofthouse, Joseph
M. |
19
334 days |
14 April 1865 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
2 |
0 |
121 |
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Davenport,
J. Kenyon |
22
356 days |
23 March 1862 |
IR |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
1 |
0 |
first Wanderer to represent England |
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Mitchell, Clement |
23
22 days |
20 February 1862 |
Centre
Forward |
Upton Park FC &
Corinthians FC |
5 |
5 |
final app 1880-85 |
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Brown, James |
22
226 days |
31 July 1862 |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
4 |
3 |
122 |
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Dixon, John
A. |
23
291 days |
27 May 1861 |
IL |
Notts
County FC
&
Corinthians FC |
1 |
0 |
the ninth County player to represent
England |
only app 1885 |
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Bambridge,
E. Charles |
26
227 days |
30 July 1858 |
OL |
Swifts FC |
12 |
11 |
mst gls |
reserves: |
not known |
team notes: |
Goalkeeper George Vidal (Oxford University
AFC)
withdrew from the England line-up, his place going to Herby Arthur.
Nevill Cobbold (Cambridge University AFC)
was named as the original inside-left, his place going to Dixon, both
changes announced on 12th March.
"[Forrest] had to figure in a different jersey from the others in the
English team against Wales in 1885 in order that he should be
distinguished from them." - Lancashire Evening Post, Saturday, 2
January 1926. George Vidal is the brother of
William (1883) and
Robert (1873).
Charlie Bambridge's brothers,
Ernest, played for England in 1876,
and
Arthur in 1881-84. |
records: |
England have
now gone on a record unbeaten sequence of three matches. Billy Lewis' goal was the first goal
England had conceded
for 301 minutes, setting a new England record. |
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2-2-6 |
Arthur - Moore, Ward - Bailey, Forrest - Lofthouse,
Davenport, Mitchell, Brown, Dixon, Bambridge |
Averages: |
Age |
23 years
26
days |
Appearances/Goals |
4.3 |
1.7 |
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Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
3rd |
Colours: |
Green and white halved collared shirts, white shorts,
black socks |
Capt: |
Humphrey Jones, possibly Tom Burke |
Selectors: |
Team selection chosen by Committee,
following a series of trial matches, on Monday, 2 March 1885 |
Wales
Lineup |
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Mills-Roberts, Dr
Robert
H. |
22
221 days |
5 August 1862 |
G |
St. Thomas' Hospital FC,
London, & Corinthians FC, England |
1 |
1ᵍᵃ |
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Jones, Frederick R. |
21/22 |
1863 |
RB |
Bangor FC |
1 |
0 |
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Thomas, George |
27/28 |
1857 |
LB |
Wrexham Olympic FC |
1 |
0 |
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Burke, Thomas |
20/21 |
early 1864 |
RHB |
Wrexham AFC |
3 |
0 |
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Davies, Robert |
21/22 |
1863 |
CHB |
Druids FC |
1 |
0 |
only app
1885 |
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Jones, Humphrey |
20
97 days |
7 December 1862 |
LHB |
Bangor FC |
1 |
0 |
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Vaughan, Thomas |
20/21 |
1864 |
OR |
Rhyl FC |
1 |
0 |
only app
1885 |
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Davies, John E. |
21/22 |
1863 |
IR |
Oswestry White Star FC |
1 |
0 |
only app
1885 |
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Wilding, Job |
19
153 days |
12 October 1865 |
CF |
Wrexham Olympic FC |
1 |
0 |
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Lewis,
William |
20/21 |
1864 |
IL |
Bangor FC |
1 |
1 |
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Farmer, George |
21/22 |
early 1863 |
OL |
Oswestry White Star FC |
1 |
0 |
reserves: |
goal: James Trainer (Wrexham Olympic FC); backs: A. Powell (Druids FC)
and George Thomas (Wrexham Olympic FC); half-backs: William Foulkes (Oswestry
FC),
D.J. Wood (Newtown FC) and Humphrey Jones (Bangor FC); right-wing:
Thomas Vaughan (Rhyl FC) and James Lloyd (Newton FC); centre: D. Jones
(Bangor FC); left-wing: Billy Lewis (Bangor FC), and A. Jones (Druids
FC). |
team notes: |
Jack Powell, John Vaughan and Bob Roberts, were all due to play, but
were refused permission by their club, Bolton Wanderers FC. Powell was
due to be captain. Other than the matches at the birth of international football, this is
the most debutants fielded.
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2-3-5 |
Mills-Roberts - F.Jones, Thomas -
Burke, R.Davies, H.Jones -
Vaughan, J.Davies, Wilding, Lewis,
Farmer |
Averages: |
Age |
21/22 |
Appearances/Goals |
1.2 |
0.0 |
least experienced (except 1872)
team to face England so far |
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Match Report - Morning Post, Monday, 16
March 1885 |
In Other News..... |
The seventh
international match between England and Wales was
played at Blackburn on Saturday, under Association rules, in the presence of a
large concourse of
spectators. The game throughout was fast, and evenely contested. During
the first half England made several determined attempts to score,
Brown, Bambridge, Moore, and Lofthouse showing most prominently. At
length, however the Welshmen succeeded in driving their opponents
back, and a corner fell to them, but nothing came of it. The English
forwards now played with great vigour, and Dixon was within an ace of
scoring, but Roberts sent the ball away. Bambridge, however, got
possession of it, and placed a goal to the credit of England. This was
followed by some useful play on the part of Lewis and Wilding, which
resulted in the score being brought level. After the sides had crossed
over Brown made himself conspicuous by dribbling the ball nearly the
whole length of the ground, and displayed excellent judgement in his
hot at goal; Roberts only just succeeding in saving his charge.
Forrest and Lofthouse, in turn, attempted to lower the visitors'
colours, but Roberts again succeeded in averting the danger. Next, the
English were compelled to retire upon their own lines, and for a while
severely pressed, still no further points were gained by either side,
and the game thus resulted in a draw, both goals having secured one
goal.
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Having beaten Notts County in the quarter-final, Queen's Park found Nottingham Forest a
tougher nut to crack and drew 1-1 at Derby in the F.A. Cup semi-final.
It was on 13 March 1885
that memorial services were held around the country for General Gordon and
all of the officers and men killed whilst serving their country in Sudan. |
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The seventh
annual match under Association rules between England and Wales was
played on Saturday, at Blackburn, in the presence of about 5,000
spectators. The weather was bright and the turf in excellent order...
Bambridge, however, being on the alert, then secured the ball and
placed the first point to the credit of the home eleven. Wales
speedily equalized matters and the score was still even when positions
were reversed. During the second period of the game, the play was
exceptionally fast and exciting. Although unable to increase their
score, a fact mainly attributable to the splendid goal-keeping of
Mills-Roberts, the Englishmen had rather the better of the game, their
forwards playing very unselfishly and making excellent shots...
- The Times, Monday, 16
March 1885
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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 Everton FC Heritage Society |
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HistoricalKits/Wales
FreeBMD.org.uk
Rothmans Yearbooks
Original newspaper reports |
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