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 47 vs. Ireland
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 49 vs. Scotland

Monday, 13 March 1893
Home International Championship 1892-93 (10th) Match

England 6 Wales 0 [2-0]
 

 Match Summary
England Squad
Wales Squad
Team Records

Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - Attendance: 10,000
Kick-off 3.35pm GMT

England - Fred Spiksley ('from a freekick taken by Clare, Schofield sent in a low shot, which Trainer saved, Spiksley returned it and fairly beat the goalkeeper' 25, 'a hot scrimmage ended in him scoring a second' 43), Billy Bassett ('a swift oblique shot' 47), Jack Goodall ('the ball striking the crossbar and beating Trainer' 49), Jack Reynolds ('Bassett passed to Reynolds, who beat Trainer with a low, swift shot' 75), Joe Schofield (88).
Results 1891-1900

England won the toss, Wales kicked-off.
 

Match Summary
 

Officials

England

Type

Wales
Referee - John Campbell
Scotland

Linesmen - Charles James Hughes, 39 (16 August 1853), Northwich, Cheshire & G.H. Jones, Shrewsbury

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England Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st		 Colours: White jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers
Capt: Bob Holmes, first captaincy Selectors: The seven-man FA International Selection Committee, following trial games, on Monday, 20 February 1893.
17th match, W 15 - D 1 - L 1 - F 72 - A 14.
England Lineup
  Sutcliffe, John William 24 14 April 1868 G Bolton Wanderers FC 1 0 GA
  Clare, Thomas 28 February 1865 RB Stoke FC 3 0
  Holmes, Robert 25 23 June 1867 LB Preston North End FC 4 0
Reynolds, John 24 21 February 1869 RH West Bromwich Albion FC 2 1
  Perry, Charles 27 January 1866 CH West Bromwich Albion FC 3 0
  Turner, James A. 27/28 1866 LH Bolton Wanderers FC 1 0
Bassett, William I. 24 27 January 1869 OR West Bromwich Albion FC 9 4
  Whitehead, James 23 29 January 1870 IR Accrington FC 1 0
Goodall, John 29 19 June 1863 CF Derby County FC 8 7
Schofield, Joseph A. 22 1 January 1871 IL Stoke FC 2 1
Spiksley, Frederick 23 25 January 1870 OL Wednesday FC 1 2

reserves:

 reserves

team notes:

 Jack Goodall was the original inside-right, he replaced Blackburn Rovers FC's Jack Southworth at centre-forward. James Whitehead was then added as the new inside-right. Everton FC's Edgar Chadwick and Alf Milward were replaced on the left by Schofield and Spiksley.
   
2-3-5 Sutcliffe -
Clare, Holmes -
Reynolds, Perry, Turner -
Bassett, Whitehead, Goodall, Schofield, Spiksley

Averages:

 Age 25.1 Appearances/Goals 3.2 0.9

 

Wales Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th		 Colours: possibly Crimson and white
Capt: James Trainer Selectors: Team selection chosen by Committee, following a series of trial matches.
Wales Lineup
  Trainer, James 30 7 January 1863 G Wrexham FC & Preston North End FC, England 8 33 GA
  Jones, David 25/26 1867 RB Chirk FC & Bolton Wanderers FC, England 9 0
  Parry, Charles F. 23 early 1870 LB Llansilin FC & Everton FC, England 3 0
  Williams, Edwin H. 25 summer 1868 RH Flintshire FC & Crewe Alexandra FC, England 1 0
  Davies, Joseph E. 28 12 July 1864 CH Druids FC & Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England 7 0
  Morris, Edward 20/21 1872 LH Chirk FC 1 0
  James, Edwin 23 spring 1869 OR Chirk FC 1 0
  Vaughan, James 25 summer 1868 IR Druids FC 1 0
  Butler, John 24/25 early 1868 CF Chirk FC 1 0
  Lewis, Benjamin 23/24 1869 IL Wrexham FC & Middlesbrough FC, England 5 2
  Robert, Roberts 28/29 1864 OL Crewe Alexandra FC, England 2 1

reserves:

 reserves

team notes:

 Bob Roberts replaced Blackburn Rovers FC's John Bowdler
   
2-3-5 Trainer -
Jones, Parry -
Williams, Davies, Morris -
James, Vaughan, Butler, Lewis, Roberts

Averages:

 Age 24.9/25.4 Appearances/Goals 3.5 0.3

 

    Match Report

Source Notes

Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports 
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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