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Match No. 26 vs. Ireland Match No. 28 vs. Wales Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 27

Scotland 1 England 1 [0-1]

Saturday, 27 March 1886

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: British (Home) Championship (3rd) International, match four;
Venue: Hampden Park, Crosshill, Glasgow
Attendance: 11,000;
Goals: England - Tinsley Lindley, 35th minute;
Scotland - George Som(m)erville, 80th minute;
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Alexander Hunter, Wales;
Umpires - Nicholas Lane Jackson, London, England [Hon.Sec. London Association] & Alexander Stuart, Scotland [Vice-president SFA],
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Another source names James McKillop as the Scottish umpire.
Conditions: Rainfall from start to finish;
Miscellany: Kickoff 3:30 p.m.
Notes: The date of this match is revelling in confusion.  Original Football Association records stated that this match was played on Thursday, 31 March.  But newspaper snippets claim the match was played on a Saturday, and as these reports appeared on the 29th....
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Scotland Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 1st in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Equal first with England and Wales in the British Championship table before and equal first with England after this match.
Colours: Blue shirts, white shorts;
Coach: None; Team selection chosen by Committee;
Captain: Walter Arnott

Scotland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-McAuley, James 30-Aug-1860 25 G

Dumbarton FC

 7 1
5 GA		 1882-1887
-Paton, Michael NK B

Dumbarton FC

 5 0 1883-1886
-Arnott, Walter 12-May-1863 22 B

Queen's Park FC

 6 0 1883-1893
-Campbell, Charles NK HB

Queen's Park FC

 13 1 1876-1886
-Macdonald, John NK HB

Edinburgh University FC

 1 0 1886
-Gray, Woodville NK LW

Pollockshields Athletic FC

 1 0 1886
-Aitken, Ralph 11-Feb-1863 23 LW

Dumbarton FC

 1 0 1886-1888
-Sellar, William 21-Sep-1866 19 RW

Battlefield FC

 2 0 1885-1893
-Hamilton, Alexander 24-Jul-1865 20 RW

Queen's Park FC

 3 0 1885-1888
-Lindsay, Joseph 13-Nov-1858 27 CF

Dumbarton FC

 8 6 1880-1886
-Som(m)erville, George NK CF

Queen's Park FC

 1 1 1886
Formation:

2-2-6

McAulay -
Arnott, Paton -
Campbell, McDonald -
Hamilton, Sellar, Gray, Aitken -
Som(m)erville, Lindsay.

England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 2nd in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Equal first with Scotland and Wales in the British Championship table before and equal first with Scotland after this match.
Colours: White shirts, navy blue knickerbockers; Richard Sanders has confirmed that it was the Scottish FA who insisted that JH Forrest wear a differently coloured shirt to the rest of the England team in 1886. The Scottish Football Association was still dominated by the gentlemen-amateurs of Queens' Park FC who objected to playing against a professional. Indeed their hostility to professionalism meant that payments to players remained forbidden in Scotland until 1893. There is no record of just what Forrest wore in this match but I think it quite likely he used his Blackburn Rovers' club shirt.
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee with secretary Charles W. Alcock having the primary influence.
Captain: Norman Bailey, 13th of 15 captaincies.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Arthur, W. J. Herbert 14-Feb-1863 23 G Blackburn Rovers FC 5 4 GA 1885-1887
-Walters, Percy M. 30-Sep-1863 22 RB Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC 5 0 1885-1890
-Walters, Arthur M. 26-Jan-1865 21 LB Cambridge University FC, Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC 3 0 1885-1890
-Forrest, James H. 24-Jun-1864 21 HB

Blackburn Rovers FC

 6 0 1884-1890
-Bailey, Norman C. 23-Jul-1857 28 HB

Clapham Rovers FC & Corinthians FC

 17 1 1878-1887
-Squire, Ralph T. 10-Sep-1864 21 HB

Cambridge University FC, Old Westminsters FC & Corinthians FC

 2 0 1886
-Spilsbury, Benjamin W. 01-Aug-1864 21 OR Cambridge University FC, Derby County FC & Corinthians FC 3 5 1885-1886
-Cobbold W. Nevill 04-Feb-1863 23 IR

Cambridge University FC, Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC

 6 3 1883-1887
-Lindley, Tinsley 27-Oct-1865 20 CF

Nottingham Forest FC, Cambridge University FC & Corinthians FC

 2 2 1886-1891
-Bambridge, E. Charles 30-Jul-1858 27 IL

Swifts FC & Corinthians FC

 15 11 1879-1887
-Brann, George 23-Apr-1865 20 OL

Swifts FC & Corinthians FC

 1 0 1886-1891
Formation:

2-3-5

Arthur -
A. Walters, P. Walters -
Bailey, Forrest, Squire -
Spilsbury, Cobbold, Bambridge, Brann -
Lindley.

Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

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

Sources

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

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