1872-1880 MATCHES

EUROPE

30/11/1872, Glasgow, West of Scotland Cricket Ground, 3000
Friendly International
SCOTLAND            0
ENGLAND             0
Scotland:           Robert W. Gardner [c], Joseph Taylor, William Ker, James J. Thomson,
                    James Smith, William Muir McKinnon, James Begg (Jerry) Weir,
                    Robert Leckie, David N. Wotherspoon, Robert Smith, Alexander Rhind.
England:            Robert Barker, Ernest Harwood Greenhalgh, Reginald de Courtenay Welch, 
                    Frederick Patey Chappell, William John Maynard, John Brockbank, 
                    John Charles Clegg, Arnold Kirke Smith, Cuthbert John Ottaway [c], 
                    Charles John Chenery, Charles John Morice.
Referee:            William Keay (Scotland).        

08/03/1873, London, Kennington Oval, 3000
Friendly International
ENGLAND             4 (William Kenyon-Slaney 1', 75', Alexander Bonsor 10',
                       Charles Chenery 85')
SCOTLAND            2 (Henry Renny-Tailyour 25', William Gibb 60')
England:            Alexander Morten [c], Ernest Harwood Greenhalgh, Leonard Sidgwick Howell,
                    Alfred George Goodwyn, Pelham George von Donop, Alexander George Bonsor, 
                    William Edwin Clegg, Robert Walpole Sealy Vidal, Charles John Chenery, 
                    George Hubert (Hugh) Heron, William Slanley Kenyon-Slaney.
Scotland:           Robert W. Gardner [c], Joseph Taylor, William Ker, James J. Thomson,
                    Robert Smith, William Muir McKinnon, Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour, 
                    Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, John Edward Blackburn, William Gibb,
                    David N. Wotherspoon.
Referee:            T. Lloyd (England).

07/03/1874, Glasgow, West of Scotland Cricket Ground, 7000
Friendly International
SCOTLAND            2 (Frederick Anderson 42', Angus McKinnon 47')
ENGLAND             1 (Robert Kingsford 28')
Scotland:           Robert W. Gardner, John Hunter, Joseph Taylor, Charles Campbell, 
                    James J. Thomson [c], James Begg (Jerry) Weir, John Ferguson,
                    Henry McNeil, William Muir McKinnon, Angus McKinnon, Frederick Anderson.
England:            Reginald de Courtenay Welch, Robert Andrew Muter MacIndoe Ogilvie, 
                    Alfred Hugh Stratford, Francis Hornby Birley, Cuthbert John Ottaway [c],
                    John Robert Blayney Owen, Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston, 
                    George Hubert (Hugh) Heron, John Hawley Edwards, Robert Kennett Kingsford, 
                    Charles John Chenery.
Referee:            Archibald Rae (Scotland)

06/03/1875, London, Kennington Oval, 2000
Friendly International
ENGLAND             2 (Charles Wollaston 5', Charles Alcock 70')
SCOTLAND            2 (Henry McNeil 30', Peter Andrews 65')
England:            William Henry Carr, Edward Brownlow Haygarth, William Stepney Rawson,
                    Francis Hornby Birley, Pelham George von Donop, Charles William Alcock [c],
                    Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston, Herbert Edward Rawson, 
                    Alexander George Bonsor, George Hubert (Hugh) Heron, Richard Lyon Geaves.
Scotland:           Robert W. Gardner, John Hunter, Joseph Taylor [c], Alexander Kennedy,
                    Alexander McLintock, James Begg (Jerry) Weir, William Muir McKinnon,
                    Henry McNeil, Thomas Cochrane Highet, Peter Andrews, John McPherson.
Referee:            Francis Arthur Marindin (England).

04/03/1876, Glasgow, West of Scotland Cricket Ground, 15000
Friendly International
SCOTLAND            3 (William McKinnon 8', Henry McNeil 12', Thomas Highet 16')
ENGLAND             0
Scotland:           Alexander McGeoch, Joseph Taylor [c], John Hunter, Alexander McLintock,
                    Alexander Kennedy, Henry McNeil, William Muir McKinnon, 
                    Thomas Cochrane Highet, William Miller, John Ferguson, John Campbell Baird.
England:            Arthur Henry Patrick Savage, Edgar Field, Frederick Thomas Green, 
                    Beaumont Griffith Jarrett, Ernest Henry Bambridge, Walter Scott Buchanan, 
                    George Hubert (Hugh) Heron, Charles Eastlake Smith, William John Maynard, 
                    Charles Francis William Heron [c], Arthur William Cursham.
Referee:            William C. Mitchell (Scotland).

25/03/1876, Glasgow, West of Scotland Cricket Ground, 17000
Friendly International
SCOTLAND            4 (John Ferguson 40', James Lang 48', William McKinnon 53',
                       Henry McNeil 70')
WALES               0
Scotland:           Alexander McGeoch, Joseph Taylor, Robert W. Neill, Alexander Kennedy,
                    Charles Campbell [c], Thomas Cochrane Highet, John Ferguson, James J. Lang,
                    William Muir McKinnon, Moses McLay McNeil, Henry McNeil.
Wales:              David Thomson, William Addams Williams Evans, Samuel Llewelyn Kenrick [c],
                    Edwin Alfred Cross, William Williams, Dr. Daniel Grey, 
                    William Henry Davies, George Frederick Thomson, John Hawley Edwards, 
                    John Jones, Alfred Davies. 
Referee:            Robert Gardner (Scotland).

03/03/1877, London, Kennington Oval, 2000
Friendly International
ENGLAND             1 (Alfred Lyttleton 55')
SCOTLAND            3 (John Ferguson 25', James Richmond 48', John Ferguson 86')
England:            Morton Peto Betts, William Lindsay, Lindsay Bury,
                    Beaumont Griffith Jarrett, William Stepney Rawson [c],
                    Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston, Alfred Lyttleton, William H. Mosforth,
                    Arthur William Cursham, John Bain, Cecil Vernon Wingfield-Stratford.
Scotland:           Alexander McGeoch, Robert W. Neill, Thomas Vallance, Charles Campbell [c],
                    James Phillips, James Tassie Richmond, William Muir McKinnon, 
                    John C. McGregor, John McDougall, John Smith, John Ferguson.
Referee:            Robert Ogilvie (England).

05/03/1877, Wrexham, Acton Park, 4000
Friendly International
WALES               0
SCOTLAND            2 (Charles Campbell 55', ? 75' OG)
Wales:              Thomas Blundell Burnett, William Addams Williams Evans,
                    Samuel Llewelyn Kenrick [c], John Richard Morgan, Edwin Alfred Cross,
                    William Henry Davies, Alfred Davies, Henry Price, Alexander Fletcher Jones,
                    John Hughes, George Frederick Thomson.
Scotland:           Alexander McGeoch, Robert W. Neill, Thomas C. Vallance, James Phillips,
                    Charles Campbell [c], John Smith, John C. McGregor, John Ferguson,
                    John McDougall, Henry McNeil, John Hunter.
Referee:            William A. Dick (Scotland).
Notes:              The second Scottish goal is credited to Powell (own goal) in some sources,
                    but there was no player named Powell in the Welsh team.

02/03/1878, Glasgow, 1st Hampden Park, 10000
Friendly International
SCOTLAND            7 (John McDougall 7', 41', 46', John McGregor 32', Henry McNeil 39', 70',
                       William McKinnon 62')
ENGLAND             2 (John George Wylie 65', Arthur William Cursham 75')
Scotland:           Robert W. Gardner, Andrew McIntyre, Thomas C. Vallance, 
                    Charles Campbell [c], Alexander Kennedy, James Tassie Richmond,
                    John C. McGregor, John McDougall, Thomas Cochrane Highet, 
                    William Muir McKinnon, Henry McNeil.
England:            Conrad Wagner, John Hunter, Edward Lyttleton, Beaumont Griffith Jarrett, 
                    Norman Coles Bailey, Arthur William Cursham [c], Percy Fairclough, 
                    John George Wylie, Henry Wace, George Hubert Hugh Heron, 
                    William H. Mosforth.
Referee:            William A. Dick (Scotland).

23/03/1878, Glasgow, 1st Hampden Park, 6000
Friendly International
SCOTLAND            9 (Peter Campbell 4', 18', James Weir 15', 42', John Baird 37',
                       John Ferguson 38', 50', James Watson 60', James Lang 70')
WALES               0
Scotland:           Robert Parlane, James Duncan, Robert W. Neill [c], James Phillips, 
                    David Davidson, John Ferguson, John Campbell Baird, James J. Lang,
                    James Begg (Jerry) Weir, James A.K. Watson, Peter Campbell.
Wales:              Edward Phennah, George Garnet Higham [c], John Powell, 
                    Henry Valentine Edwards, William Williams, George Foulkes Savin,
                    James Davies, Dr. Daniel Grey, Thomas Johnson Britten, John Price,
                    Charles Edwards.
Referee:            Robert Gardner (Scotland).

18/01/1879, London, Kennington Oval, 200
Friendly International
ENGLAND             2 (Herbert Whitfeld 8', Thomas Sorby 20')
WALES               1 (William Davies 45')
England:            Rupert Darnley Anderson, Lindsay Bury, Claude William Wilson,
                    Norman Coles Bailey, William Edwin Clegg, Edward Hagarty Parry, 
                    Thomas Heathcote Sorby, Henry Wace, Arthur William Cursham [c],
                    Herbert Whitfeld, William H. Mosforth. 
Wales:              George Glascodine, Samuel Llewelyn Kenrick [c], George Garnet Higham,
                    William Williams, Thomas Owen, William Henry Davies, Watkin William Shone,
                    Dennis Heywood, John Price, William Digby Owen, William Roberts.
Referee:            Richard Segar Bastard (England).

05/04/1879, London, Kennington Oval, 4500
Friendly International
ENGLAND             5 (William Mosforth 5', Edward Bambridge 48', 83', Arthur Goodyer 60',
                       Norman Bailey 75')
SCOTLAND            4 (William McKinnon 15', 41', John McDougall 23', John Smith 26')
England:            Reginald Halsey Birkett, Edward Christian, Harold Morse,
                    James Frederick McLeod Prinsep, Norman Coles Bailey, Arnold Frank Hills,
                    Arthur Copeland Goodyer, Henry Wace [c], Francis John Sparks, 
                    William H. Mosforth, Edward Charles Bambridge.
Scotland:           Robert Parlane, William S. Somers, Thomas C. Vallance,
                    Charles Campbell [c], John Campbell McLeod McPherson, 
                    William Wightman Beveridge, John Smith, John McDougall, Robert Paton,
                    William Muir McKinnon, Henry McNeil.
Referee:            Charles Wollaston (England).

07/04/1879, Wrexham, Acton Park, 2000
Friendly International
WALES               0
SCOTLAND            3 (Peter Campbell 34', John Smith 60', 70')
Wales:              John Davies, Samuel Llewelyn Kenrick [c], John Richard Morgan,
                    Knyvett Crosse, William Williams, James William Lloyd, George Woosnam,
                    John Hughes, John Roberts, William Roberts, John Vaughan.
Scotland:           Robert Parlane, Thomas C. Vallance, William S. Somers, 
                    John Campbell McLeod McPherson, David Davidson, Henry McNeil, 
                    John McDougall [c], Peter Campbell, Robert Paton, 
                    William Wightman Beveridge, John Smith.
Referee:            John W.A. Cooper (Wales).

13/03/1880, Glasgow, 1st Hampden Park, 12000
Friendly International
SCOTLAND            5 (George Ker 5', 44', 48', John Baird 39', John Kay 70')
ENGLAND             4 (William Mosforth 8', Edward Bambridge 42', 87', Francis Sparks 89')
Scotland:           Archibald Rowan, Alexander McLintock, Robert W. Neill [c],
                    Charles Campbell, John Campbell McLeod McPherson, John Smith, 
                    Moses McLay McNeil, George Ker, John C. McGregor, John Campbell Baird, 
                    John Leck Kay.
England:            Harry Albemarle Swepstone, Edwin Luntley, Thomas Brindle, 
                    Norman Coles Bailey, John Hunter, Richard Segar Bastard, 
                    Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston [c], Samuel Weaver Widdowson, 
                    Francis John Sparks, William H. Mosforth, Edward Charles Bambridge.
Referee:            Donald Hamilton (Scotland).

15/03/1880, Wrexham, The Racecourse, 3000
Friendly International
WALES               2 (John Roberts, William Roberts)
ENGLAND             3 (Francis Sparks 50', 70', Thomas Brindle 55')
Wales:              Harry Hibbot, John Richard Morgan [c], John Powell, 
                    Henry Valentine Edwards, William Williams, William Pierce Owen, 
                    William Henry Davies, Thomas Boden, John Price, John Roberts, 
                    William Roberts.
England:            John Sands, Edwin Luntley, Thomas Brindle, John Hunter,
                    Frederick William Hargreaves, Thomas Marshall, Henry Alfred Cursham,
                    Francis John Sparks [c], Clement Mitchell, Edward Johnson, 
                    William H. Mosforth.
Referee:            Robert E. Lythgoe (England)

27/03/1880, Glasgow, 1st Hampden Park, 2000
Friendly International
SCOTLAND            5 (David Davidson 40', William Beveridge 42', Joseph Lindsay 50',
                       J. McAdam 55', John Campbell 60')
WALES               1 (William Roberts)
Scotland:           George Gillespie, William S. Somers, Archibald Lang, David Davidson [c],
                    Hugh McIntyre, James Douglas, J. McAdam, Malcolm James Eadie Fraser,
                    Joseph Lindsay, John Campbell, William Wightman Beveridge.
Wales:              Harry Hibbott, John Richard Morgan [c], John Powell, Edward Bowen, 
                    Henry Valentine Edwards, William Pierce Owen, William Roberts, 
                    John Roberts, John Price, Thomas Johnson Britten, John Vaughan.
Referee:            Thomas Lawrie (Scotland).
Notes:              Some sources give the referee as Alexander Stuart (Scotland).


1872-1880 overview


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