England Football Online
 Home  New Team Matches
Seasons Competition  Opponents Comment
Features Q & A Forum Appendices
Contact Us Page Last Updated 1 August 2008
 
Match No. 24 vs. Wales Match No. 26 vs. Ireland Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 25

England 1 Scotland 1 [0-1]

Saturday, 21 March 1885

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: British (Home) Championship (2nd) International, match four;
Venue: The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London;
Attendance: 8,000;
Goals: Scotland - Joe Lindsay, 20th minute;
England - Charlie Bambridge, 57th minute;
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - John (Jack) Sinclair, Ireland;
Umpires -
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: -
Miscellany: -
Notes: The Scottish officials complained as they argued that Jimmy Forrest was a professional.  At the time he was receiving £1 a week from Blackburn Rovers. Forrest was eventually allowed to play but he had to wear a different jersey from the rest of the team.  Blackburn Rovers also had to agree not to pay him his wages in the week that he played for England.
Statistics:

Not known.

England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 2nd in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
First place in the British Championship table before and after this match.
Colours: White shirts, navy blue knickerbockers;
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee with secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary influence.
Captain: Norman Bailey, 11th of 15 captaincies.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Arthur, W. J. Herbert 14-Feb-1863 22 G Blackburn Rovers FC 3 2 GA 1885-1887
-Walters, Percy M. 30-Sep-1863 21 LB Oxford University FC & Old Carthusians FC 2 0 1885-1890
-Walters, Arthur M. 26-Jan-1865 20 RB Cambridge University FC & Old Carthusians FC 2 0 1885-1890
-Bailey, Norman C. 23-Jul-1857 27 HB

Clapham Rovers FC

 15 2 1878-1887
-Forrest, James H. 24-Jun-1864 20 HB

Blackburn Rovers FC

 4 0 1884-1890
-Amos, Andrew 20-Sep-1863 21 HB Cambridge University FC, Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC 1 0 1885-1886
-Lofthouse, Joseph M. 14-Apr-1865 19 F Blackburn Rovers FC 3 0 1885-1890
-Brown, James 31-Jul-1862 22 F

Blackburn Rovers FC

 5 3 1881-1885
-Danks, Thomas 30-May-1863 21 F Nottingham Forest FC 1 0 1885
-Bambridge, E. Charles 30-Jul-1858 26 F

Swifts FC

 13 11 1879-1887
-Cobbold W. Nevill 04-Feb-1863 22 F

Cambridge University FC, Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC

 4 3 1883-1887
Formation:

-

-

Scotland Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 1st in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Second in the British Championship table before and after this match.
Colours: Blue shirts, white shorts;
Coach: None; Team selection chosen by Committee;
Captain: Charlie Campbell

Scotland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-McAuley, James 30-Aug-1860 24 G

Dumbarton FC

 5 1
3 GA		 1882-1887
-Arnott, Walter 12-May-1863 21 B

Queen's Park FC

 4 0 1883-1893
-Paton, Michael NK NK B

Dumbarton FC

 3 0 1883-1886
-Gow, John J. 04-Oct-1859 25 HB

Queen's Park FC

 1 0 1885
-Campbell, Charles NK NK HB

Queen's Park FC

 12 1 1876-1886
-Anderson, William NK NK F

Queen's Park FC

 5 1 1882-1885
-Hamilton, Alexander 24-Jul-1865 19 F

Queen's Park FC

 1 0 1885-1888
-Sellar, William 21-Sep-1866 18 F

Battlefield FC

 1 0 1885-1893
-Lindsay, Joseph 13-Nov-1858 26 F

Dumbarton FC

 6 3 1880-1886
-Allan, David S. 30-Apr-1863 21 F

Queen's Park FC

 1 0 1885-1886
-Calderwood, Robert circa 1860 24/25 F

Cartvale FC

 1 0 1885
Formation:

-

-

Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

This draw put an end to Scotland's run of twelve successive wins, a world record till Hungary broke it in 1952 and still the best by a British country.

James McAuley played as a forward on his debut, scoring one of the five goals, against Wales, 25 March 1882.

Scotland would go on the win the second British Championship tournament two days later, when they thrashed Wales 8-1, on 23 March 1885.

Sources

England Football Factbook: Cris Freddi
TheFA.com
Scottish Football Association
London Hearts
England Expects: James Corbett

CG