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Monday,
29 March 1886
British International Championship
1885-86
(3rd)
Match
Wales 1
England 3
[1-0]
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originally due to be played on
Monday, 22 March, postponed on 18 March. |
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The
Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, Denbighshire
Kick-off (GMT):
'at three o'clock';
'shortly after quarter past three'.
Attendance:
'about 3,000 spectators were present'. |
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Humphrey Jones won the toss |
Tinsley Lindley
kicked-off |
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[0-0]
Billy
Lewis
scores: disallowed offside
[1-0]
Billy
Lewis 42
'from a pass by Jones, Lewis
sent in a beautiful low shot evading Arthur' |
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[1-1]
Andrew Amos
free-kick
70-75
'England obtained a free-kick,
Amos made a shot which Mills-Roberts in endeavouring to save put
through his goal'
[1-2]
George Brann
corner
'shortly after'
'from a corner'...'a shot was appealed against on the ground that
the ball went through without being touched. The objection was
disallowed'
[1-3]
Fred Dewhurst
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'shot a third'. |
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"They played in fine, but bitterly cold, weather and with the turf in
fairly good order." |
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 flg.jpg) Match
Summary |
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 Officials
[umpires and referees are of equal relevance] |
Wales |
Team Records |
England |
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Umpires |
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Nicholas Lane Jackson
36 (1 November 1849), West Hackney, London
(Corinthians FC) (FA Hon. Secretary) |
Richard Thomas Gough
26 (April
1859), Oswestry
(Welsh FA) |
Referee
Thomas Lawrie
Scotland (SFA
vice-President) |
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Wales
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th |
Colours |
Red collared shirts, white shorts, black socks |
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Captain |
Humphrey Jones |
Selection |
Team selection chosen by Committee,
following a series of trial matches. |
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P 5 of 12 - W 2 - D 1 - L 2 - F 16 - A
14. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Mills-Roberts, Dr
Robert
Herbert |
23
236 days |
5 August 1862 |
G |
St. Thomas' Hospital, London & Corinthians FC, England |
4 |
20ᵍᵃ
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Davies, Alfred Owen |
23
70-87 days |
January 1863 |
RB |
Barmouth FC |
2 |
0 |
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will referee the 1889 Ireland match |
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Powell, Seth |
23
261 days |
11 July 1862 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC,
England |
3 |
0 |
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Vaughan, John Owen |
22
316 days |
17 May 1863 |
RHB |
Rhyl FC |
3 |
0 |
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Bell, William Strafford |
23
219 days |
22 August 1860 |
CHB |
Crewe Alexandra FC,
England |
4 |
1 |
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Jones, Humphrey Percy |
23
112 days |
7 December 1862 |
LHB |
Bangor FC |
5 |
1 |
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Wilding, Job |
20
168 days |
12 October 1865 |
OR |
Wrexham Olympic FC |
5 |
2 |
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Roberts, William |
27
11 days |
18 March 1859 |
IR |
Wrexham Olympic FC |
2 |
0 |
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88 |
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Davies,
Thomas |
20/21 |
1865 |
CF |
Oswestry FC |
1 |
0 |
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Bryan, Thomas |
19/20 |
1866 |
IL |
Oswestry FC |
2 |
1 |
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Lewis, William |
21/22 |
1864 |
OL |
Bangor FC |
2 |
1 |
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reserves: |
not known |
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team notes: |
Alf Davies had his birth registered in January-March 1863, but
baptised on 18 January in Llanbedr. |
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2-3-5 |
Mills-Roberts -
A.Davies, Powell -
Vaughan, Bell, Jones -
Wilding, Roberts, T.Davies, Bryan, Lewis |
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Averages: |
Age |
22 years
264 days
-23 years
20
days |
Appearances/Goals |
3.0 |
0.5 |
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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
following trial games, with Secretary Charles W.
Alcock having the primary
influence, on Friday, 19 March 1886. |
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most captaincies
so far |
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P 13 of 15 - W 5 - D
3 - L
5 - F 34 - A 25.¹ |
P 28
of 31 - W 12 - D 5 - L
11 - F 84 - A 58 |
England
Lineup
(two changes to the previous match) |
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Arthur,
W.J. Herbert |
23
43 days |
14 February 1863 |
G |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
5 |
4ᵍᵃ |
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Squire, Ralph T. |
22
186 days |
10 September 1863 |
RB |
Cambridge
University AFC,
Old Westminsters AFC &
Corinthians FC |
3 |
0 |
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final app 1886 |
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Walters, Percy
M. |
21
62 days |
30 September 1863 |
LB |
Old
Carthusians AFC &
Corinthians FC |
5 |
0 |
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Bailey, Norman
C. |
28
248 days |
23 July 1857 |
RHB
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Clapham Rovers FC &
Corinthians FC |
17 |
1
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oldest
player to represent England competitively so far |
most experienced captain
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most apps |
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Amos, Andrew |
22
190 days |
20 September 1863 |
CHB |
Cambridge
University AFC,
Old Carthusians AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
2 |
1 |
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final app
1885-86 |
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Forrest, James
H. |
21
278 days |
24 June 1864 |
LHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
6 |
0 |
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Dewhurst, Frederick |
22
103 days |
16 December 1863 |
OR |
Preston North End FC
&
Corinthians FC |
2 |
2 |
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Brann, George |
20
340 days |
23 April 1865 |
IR |
Swifts FC &
Corinthians FC |
2 |
1 |
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Lindley,
Tinsley |
20
153 days |
27 October 1865 |
CF |
Nottingham Forest FC,
Cambridge
University AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
3 |
2 |
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Cobbold,
W. Nevill |
23
53 days |
4 February 1863 |
IL |
Cambridge
University AFC,
Old Carthusians AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
6 |
3 |
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Bambridge,
E. Charles |
27
242 days |
30 July 1858 |
OL |
Swifts FC &
Corinthians FC |
15 |
12 |
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mst gls |
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reserves: |
not known |
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team changes: |
Francis Ingram (Old Westminsters
AFC &
Corinthians FC)
withdrew from the line-up before this match.
The original team stated that it was either
Dewhurst or
Ben Spilsbury was to play. |
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team notes: |
Percy Walters' brother,
Arthur, also played for England in 1885.
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 fifteen appearances, whereas
James Forrest and Nevill Cobbold are the eighth/ninth to make six.
Herby Arthur with Percy Walters are the fifteenth/sixteenth to make five.
37 players have now
played for England three or more times, and 67 have done so more
than once. |
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records: |
For only the second time in 13½ years,
England played with no debutants, ensuring
that they have now topped the six appearance per player ratio.
England have now gone on a record unbeaten sequence of seven matches,
lasting two years.
Norman Bailey continues to hold on to and
extend the world appearance record. |
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2-3-5 |
Arthur -
Squire, Walters -
Amos, Forrest, Bailey -
Dewhurst, Brann, Lindley, Cobbold, Bambridge |
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Averages: |
Age |
23 years
86
days |
Appearances/Goals |
6.0 |
1.7 |
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most experienced team so far |
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Match Report - Nottingham Journal, Monday, 30
March 1886 |
In Other News..... |
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The English eleven, after
playing a drawn game with Scotland on Saturday, turned up at Wrexham yesterday
to contest their annual match with the representatives of the
Principality. The English team was the same as opposed Scotland,
whilst the Welsh eleven was also the same as advertised. The weather
was bitterly cold, and the attendance small. Wales won the toss, and
played with the wind, and Lindley kicked off for England at three
o'clock. Vaughan returned, and T. Davis, centring nicely, the play was
taken in front of the English goal, when Squire kicked behind,
conceding a corner. This was capitally put in by Vaughan, but the ball
was headed away, and then for a time the game was pretty even. The
English forwards passed beautifully, Brann, Lindley, and Bambridge
playing a grand game. After about twenty minutes' play, Wilding
centred well, and Lewis rushing up scored by a grand shot, the home
team leading by a goal to nothing on changing ends. On resuming, Wales
were sadly pressed, and England had several corner shots in succession.
Shots innumerable were sent in, the English forwards swarming round
the goal. The defence of the backs and half-backs, however, were
first-class. After half an hour's play England had a free kick from
'hands,' and Amos equalised the score. Shortly afterwards Brann and
Dewhurst both scored, and England won by three goals to one.
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It was on 29 March 1886 that the Prime
Minister announced that the Irish Home Rule Bill would be read the
following month.
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Yesterday, at
Wrexham, the eighth annual match under Association rules between
England and Wales was played in fine weather and with the turf in
fairly good order. Both sides showed good combination...
So well did they play that shortly before half-time was announced
Lewis registered a goal for them. After ends had been changed, England
severely pressed their opponents, and from a free kick near the Welsh
posts Amos scored, the ball going through off the defending
goalkeeper... - The Times, Monday, 30 March
1886.
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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 |
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