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Match No. 33 vs. Scotland Match No. 35 vs. Wales Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 34

Ireland 1 England 5 [1-3]

Saturday, 7 April 1888

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: British (Home) Championship (5th) International, match six;
Venue: Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast;
Attendance: 7,000;
Goals: England - Fred Dewhurst, 10th minute;
England - Albert Allen, 14th minute;
Ireland - Billy Crone, 32nd minute;
England - Albert Allen, 39th minute;
England - Albert Allen, 60th minute; hat-trick;
England - Tinsley Lindley, unknown minutes;
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - James E. McKillop, Scotland;
Umpires - John (Jack) Sinclair, Belfast, Ireland & Richard Philip Gregson, England;
Notes: Umpires and Referees are of equal relevance.
Conditions: not known.
Notes: Some sources have this game played on Saturday, 31st March 1888;
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Ireland Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 6th in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Bottom in the British Championship table before and after this match.
Colours: -
Coach: Team chosen by Committee;
Captain: Ollie Stanfield;

Ireland Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Lawther, Ralph NK G

Distillery FC & or Glentoran FC

 2 15 GA 1888
-Silo, Modesto NK RB

Belfast YMCA

 1 0 1888
-Browne, Frederick W. J. NK FB

Cliftonville FC

 5 2 1887-1888
-Forsyth, James NK HB

Belfast YMCA

 2 0 1888
-Rossbotham, Alexander Archie NK B

Cliftonville FC

 6 0 1887-1889
-Crone, William circa-1864 23/24 B

Distillery FC

 10 1 1882-1980
-Gaussen, Arthur D.A. NK F

Magharafelt FC

 4 0 1884-1889
-Stanfield, Olphert M. 26-Feb-1869 19 CF

Distillery FC

 6 1 1887-1897
-McVicker, John 29-Apr-1868 19 CF

Linfield FAC

 1 0 1888-1889
-Wilton, James M. 21-Nov-1868 19 F

St. Columb's Court FC

 2 0 1888-1893
-Peden, John 12-Jul-1863 24 OL

Linfield FAC

 4 1 1887-1899
Formation:

not known.

not known.

England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 2nd in Elo world ranking both before and after this match.
Equal first in the British Championship table before and Champions after this match.
Notes: England won the British Championship outright for the first time.
Colours: -
Coach: None; team selection by the International Select Committee,
3rd match, W 3 - D 0 - L 0 - F 15 - A 2.
Captain: Tinsley Lindley, third of four known captaincies;

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Roberts, Robert J. ?-Apr-1859 28 G

West Bromwich Albion FC

 2 4 GA 1887-1890
-Aldridge, Albert J. 13-Apr-1864 23 RB

West Bromwich Albion FC

 1 0 1888-1889
-Walters, Percy M. 30-Sep-1863 24 LB Old Carthusians FC & Corinthians FC 9 0 1885-1890
-Holmes, Robert 23-Jun-1867 20 RH

Preston North End FC

 1 0 1888-1895
-Allen, Henry 19-Jan-1866 22 CH

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

 3 0 1888-1890
-Shelton, Charles 22-Jan-1864 24 LH

Notts Rangers FC

 1 0 1888
-Bassett, William I. 27-Jan-1869 19 OR West Bromwich Albion FC 1 0 1888-1896
-Dewhurst, Frederick 16-Dec-1863 24 IR

Preston North End FC & Corinthians FC

 8 11 1886-1889
-Lindley, Tinsley 27-Oct-1865 22 CF

Nottingham Forest FC & Corinthians FC

 9 11 1886-1891
-Allen, Albert A. 07-Apr-1867 21 IL Aston Villa FC 1 3 1888
-Hodgetts, Dennis 28-Nov-1863 24 OL

Aston Villa FC

 3 1 1888-1894
Formation:

not known.

not known.

Match Report

 

Source Notes

 

Sources

Cris Freddi's invaluable research
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
IFFHS.de
FreeBMD.org
Rootschat.com

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