England Party to face Scotland  March 1880
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G	Capt
Bailey, Norman C.	23 July 1857	22	HB	Old Westminsters AFC & Clapham Rovers FC	3	0	0
Bambridge, E. Charles	30 July 1858	21	F	Swifts FC	1	2	0
Bastard, Segar R.	25 January 1854	26	F	Upton Park FC	0	0	0
Brindle, William	24 May 1853	27	LB	Darwen FC	0	0	0
	William Brindle was called-up as replacement for Bury.
Bury, Lindsay	9 July 1857	22	FB	Cambridge University AFC & Old Etonians AFC	2	0	0
	Lindsay Bury withdrew from the line-up due to injury.
Hunter, John	13 August 1851	28	HB	Heeley FC & Providence FC	1	0	0
Learoyd, Charles D.	23 October 1859	20	HB	Royal Engineers FC	0	0	0
Luntley, Edwin	28 April 1857	22	RB	Nottingham Forest FC	0	0	0
Marshall, Thomas	12 September 1858	21	F	Darwen FC	0	0	0
Mosforth, William	2 January 1858	22	OL	Sheffield Albion FC	4	1	0
Sparks, Francis J.	4 July 1855	24	CF	Hertfordshire Rangers FC & Clapham Rovers FC	1	0	0
Swepstone, H. Albemarle	14 January 1859	21	GK	Pilgrims FC	0	0ᵍᵃ	0
Widdowson, Sam W.	16 April 1851	28	CF	Nottingham Forest FC	0	0	0
Wollaston, Charles H.R.	31 July 1849	30	F	Wanderers FC, Lancing Old Boys AFC & Clapham Rovers FC	3	1	0

Diary

Monday, 23 February 1880 - A match promoted by William Dix, under the auspices of the Football Association, was played between two sides dubbed 'Red' and 'Blues', the object of the contest being to enable a proper judgment to be formed in view of the selection of English players for the approaching great match between England and Scotland. It was expected that aspirants to the honour of being chosen would appear from Nottingham, Sheffield, Derby, Stoke and other football centres, but none from the two latters towns were present. It was not without difficulty that sides of 11 each could be selected, and then they proved unevenly matched. The Reds were so much the stronger team and it was decided that Cursham and Hunter should join the Blues. The sides did appear evenly matched after this, but the Reds still ran out victorious by eight goals to two.

Thursday, 26 February 1880 - This afternoon the second of the matches which have been arranged in order to select a team to play against Scotland and Wales in March next, came off on the Castle Cricket Ground in Nottingham. The game throughout was very tame, but some brilliant play was shown by one or two of the players, between 'Reds' and the 'Nondescripts', which left the result in favour by four goals to three.

Saturday, 6 March 1880 - The match between the pick of the Northern and the pick of the Southern counties arranged to be played at The Oval, Kennington, today, for the purpose of selecting an international team, resulted in a scoreless draw.  At the meeting for the election of the team held afterwards, however, there seems to have been some favourtism shown to the Londoners, as only four of the Northern players were chosen.

Lindsay Bury (Old Etonians) was injured before this game and his place given to William Brindle.

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