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Match No. 27 vs. Scotland Match No. 29 vs. Ireland Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 28

Wales 1 England 3 [1-0]

Monday, 29 March 1886

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: British (Home) Championship (3rd) International, match five;
Venue: 'Y Cae Ras', The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham;
Attendance: 5,000
Goals: Wales - Billy Lewis, 42nd minute;
England - Andrew Amos, 70th minute; [originally, many sources awarded this goal to Tinsley Lindley]
England - George Brann, 'shortly after';
England - Fred Dewhurst, unknown;
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Thomas Lawrie, Scotland;
Umpires -
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: -
Miscellany: -
Notes: F.M. Ingram (Old Westminsters) withdrew from the line-up before this match.
Statistics:

Not known.

Wales Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 5th 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: -
Coach: None;
Captain: Humphrey Jones

Wales Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Mills-Roberts, Dr Robert H. 05-Aug-1862 23 G

St. Thomas' Hospital, London, & Corinthians FC, England

 4 20 GA 1885-1892
-Davies, Alfred O. NK NK B

Barmouth FC

 2 0 1885-1890
-Powell, Seth NK NK B

West Bromwich Albion FC, England

 2 0 1885-1892
-Vaughan, John O. NK NK B

Rhyl FC

 3 0 1885-1886
-Bell, William S. NK NK HB Crewe Alexandra FC, England 3 0 1881-1886
-Jones, Humphrey NK NK B

Bangor FC

 4 0 1885-1891
-Wilding, Job NK NK F

Wrexham Olympic FC

 4 1 1885-1892
-Roberts, William NK NK F

Wrexham Olympic FC

 1 0 1886-1887
-Davies, Thomas NK NK F

Oswestry FC

 1 0 1886
-Bryan, Thomas NK NK F

Oswestry FC

 1 0 1886
-Lewis, William circa 1864 21/22 F

Bangor FC

 2 2 1885-1898
Formation:

-

-

England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 2nd in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Equal first with Scotland in the British Championship table before and first after this match.
Colours: -
Coach: None; team selection by the Football Association Committee following trial games.
Captain: Norman Bailey, 12th 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 4 3 GA 1885-1887
-Squire, Ralph T. 10-Sep-1864 21 RB

Cambridge University FC, Old Westminsters FC & Corinthians FC

 3 0 1886
-Walters, Percy M. 30-Sep-1863 22 LB Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC 4 0 1885-1890
-Bailey, Norman C. 23-Jul-1857 28 HB

Clapham Rovers FC & Corinthians FC

 16 2 1878-1887
-Amos, Andrew 20-Sep-1863 22 HB Cambridge University FC, Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC 2 1 1885-1886
-Forrest, James H. 24-Jun-1864 21 HB

Blackburn Rovers FC

 5 0 1884-1890
-Dewhurst, Frederick 16-Dec-1863 22 OR

Preston North End FC & Corinthians FC

 2 2 1886-1889
-Brann, George 23-Apr-1865 20 OL

Swifts FC & Corinthians FC

 2 1 1886-1891
-Lindley, Tinsley 27-Oct-1865 20 CF

Nottingham Forest FC, Cambridge University FC & Corinthians FC

 3 2 1886-1891
-Cobbold W. Nevill 04-Feb-1863 23 F

Cambridge University FC, Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC

 5 3 1883-1887
-Bambridge, E. Charles 30-Jul-1858 27 OL

Swifts FC & Corinthians FC

 14 11 1879-1887
Formation:

-

-

Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

Sources
Cris Freddi: Football Historian
Welsh Football Data Archive
TheFA.com
FreeBMD.org.uk
Rothmans Yearbooks
IFFHS.de

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