13 Internationals were played in the 1870s, with England, Scotland and Wales taking part. There was no international competition as such, all the matches being designated friendlies.
The matches:
30.11.72 | Scotland | 0 | 0 | England | Hamilton Crescent, Partick |
08.03.73 | England | 4 | 2 | Scotland | Kennington Oval |
07.03.74 | Scotland | 2 | 1 | England | Hamilton Crescent , Partick |
06.03.75 | England | 2 | 2 | Scotland | Kennington Oval |
04.03.76 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | England | Hamilton Crescent , Partick |
25.03.76 | Scotland | 4 | 0 | Wales | Hamilton Crescent , Partick |
03.03.77 | England | 1 | 3 | Scotland | Kennington Oval |
05.03.77 | Wales | 0 | 2 | Scotland | The Racecourse, Wrexham |
02.03.78 | Scotland | 7 | 2 | England | Hampden Park #1 |
23.03.78 | Scotland | 9 | 0 | Wales | Hampden Park #1 |
18.01.79 | England | 2 | 1 | Wales | Kennington Oval |
05.04.79 | England | 5 | 4 | Scotland | Kennington Oval |
07.04.79 | Wales | 0 | 3 | Scotland | The Racecourse, Wrexham |
P | W | D | L | F | A | % | |
Scotland | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 66 |
England | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 33 |
Wales | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
153 players were capped: 69 by England , 48 by Scotland and 37 by Wales - if you notice the figures don't add up? That's because John Hawley Edwards was capped by both Wales and England.
At the end of the decade Billy MacKinnon (Queen's Park & Scotland) was the most capped international (9 appearances). He also shared the honour of being the top goalscorer in international football (5 goals) with his countrymen Harry McNeil and John Ferguson.
Here, then is a list of the men who played international football in the 1870s:
At the end of the decade Billy MacKinnon (Queen's Park & Scotland) was the most capped international (9 appearances). He also shared the honour of being the top goalscorer in international football (5 goals) with his countrymen Harry McNeil and John Ferguson.
Here, then is a list of the men who played international football in the 1870s:
Scotland | ||
1 | Robert Gardner | Granville/Queens Park/ Clydesdale |
2 | Joseph Taylor | Queens Park |
3 | William Ker | Granville/Queens Park |
4 | James Thomson | Granville/Queens Park |
5 | James Smith | Queens Park/ South Norwood |
6 | Billy MacKinnon | Queens Park |
7 | Jerry Weir | Queens Park |
8 | Robert Leckie | Queens Park |
9 | David Wotherspoon | Queens Park |
10 | Robert Smith | Queens Park/ South Norwood |
11 | Alexander Rhind | Queens Park |
12 | Henry Renny-Tailyour | Royal Engineers |
13 | Lord Arthur Kinnaird | Wanderers |
14 | John Blackburn | Royal Engineers |
15 | William Gibb | Clydesdale |
16 | John Hunter | Third Lanarkshire RV |
17 | Charles Campbell | Queen’s Park |
18 | John Ferguson | Vale of Leven |
19 | Harry McNeil | Queen’s Park |
20 | Angus MacKinnon | Queen’s Park |
21 | Frederick Anderson | Clydesdale |
22 | Alexander McLintock | Vale of Leven |
23 | Alexander Kennedy | Glasgow Eastern |
24 | Thomas C.Highet | Queen’s Park |
25 | Peter Andrews | Glasgow Eastern |
26 | John McPherson | Clydesdale |
27 | Alexander McGeoch | Dumbreck |
28 | William Miller | Third Lanark RV |
29 | John Baird | Vale of Leven |
30 | Robert Neill | Queen’s Park |
31 | Jimmy Lang | Clydesdale / Third Lanark RV |
32 | Moses McNiel | Glasgow Rangers |
33 | Thomas Vallance | Glasgow Rangers |
34 | James Phillips | Queen’s Park |
35 | James Richmond | Queen’s Park |
36 | John McGregor | Vale of Leven |
37 | John McDougall | Vale of Leven |
38 | John Smith | Mauchline |
39 | Andrew McIntyre | Vale of Leven |
40 | Robert Parlane | Vale of Leven |
41 | James Duncan | Alexandra Athletic |
42 | David Davidson | Queen’s Park |
43 | James Watson | Glasgow Rangers |
44 | Peter Campbell | Glasgow Rangers |
45 | William Somers | Queen’s Park |
46 | John McPherson | Vale of Leven |
47 | William Beveridge | Glasgow University |
48 | Robert Paton | Vale of Leven |
England | ||
1 | Robert Barker | Herts Rangers |
2 | Ernest Harwood Greenhalgh | Notts County |
3 | Reginald Courtenay Welch | Harrow Chequers/ Wanderers |
4 | Frederick Chappell | Oxford University |
5 | William Maynard | 1st Surrey Rifles |
6 | John Brockbank | Cambridge University |
7 | Charlie Clegg | The Wednesday |
8 | Arnold Kirke Smith | Oxford University |
9 | Cuthbert Ottaway | Oxford University |
10 | Charles Chenery | Crystal Palace |
11 | Charles Morice | Barnes |
12 | Alexander Morten | Crystal Palace |
13 | Leonard Howell | Wanderers |
14 | Alfred Goodwyn | Royal Engineers |
15 | Robert Vidal | Oxford University |
16 | Pelham George von Donop | Royal Engineers |
17 | William Clegg | The Wednesday |
18 | Alexander Bonsor | Wanderers |
19 | William Kenyon-Slaney | Wanderers |
20 | Hubert Heron | Wanderers |
21 | Robert Ogilvie | Clapham Rovers |
22 | Alfred Stratford | Wanderers |
23 | Francis Birley | Oxford University/ Wanderers |
24 | Charles Wollaston | Wanderers |
25 | John Hawley Edwards | Shropshire Wanderers |
26 | Robert Kingsford | Wanderers |
27 | John Owen | Sheffield FC |
28 | William Carr | Owlerton |
29 | Edward Haygarth | Swifts |
30 | Herbert Rawson | Royal Engineers |
31 | Charles Alcock | Wanderers |
32 | William Rawson | Oxford University |
33 | Richard Geaves | Clapham Rovers |
34 | Arthur Savage | Crystal Palace |
35 | Fred Green | Wanderers |
36 | Edgar Field | Clapham Rovers |
37 | Ernest Bambridge | Swifts |
38 | Beaumont Jarrett | Cambridge University |
39 | Arthur Cursham | Notts County |
40 | Frank Heron | Wanderers |
41 | Charles Eastlake Smith | Crystal Palace |
42 | Walter Buchanan | Clapham Rovers |
43 | Monty Betts | Old Harrovians |
44 | William Lindsay | Wanderers |
45 | Lindsay Bury | Cambridge University/Old Etonians |
46 | Alfred Lyttelton | Cambridge University |
47 | Cecil Wingfield-Stratford | Royal Engineers |
48 | John Bain | Oxford University |
49 | Billy Mosforth | The Wednesday/ Sheffield Albion |
50 | Conrad Warner | Upton Park |
51 | Edward Lyttelton | Cambridge University |
52 | Jack Hunter | Sheffield Heeley |
53 | Norman Bailey | Clapham Rovers |
54 | Percy Fairclough | Old Foresters |
55 | Henry Wace | Wanderers |
56 | John Wylie | Wanderers |
57 | Rupert Anderson | Old Etonians |
58 | Claude William Wilson | Oxford University |
59 | Edward Parry | Old Carthusians |
60 | Thomas Heathcote Sorby | Thursday Wanderers |
61 | Herbert Whitfield | Old Etonians |
62 | Reg Birkett | Clapham Rovers |
63 | Harold Morse | Notts County |
64 | Edward Christian | Old Etonians |
65 | James Prinsep | Clapham Rovers |
66 | Arnold Hills | Old Harrovians |
67 | Arthur Goodyer | Nottingham Forest |
68 | Francis Sparks | Herts Rangers |
69 | Charlie Bambridge | Swifts |
Wales | ||
1 | David Thompson | Druids/Shropshire Wanderers |
2 | William Addams Williams Evans | Oxford University |
3 | Llewelyn Kenrick | Druids/Shropshire Wanderers Oswestry |
4 | Edwin A Cross | Wrexham |
5 | William Williams | Druids |
6 | Dr Daniel Grey | Druids |
7 | William H Davies | Oswestry |
8 | George F Thomson | Druids |
9 | John Hawley Edwards | Shrewsbury |
10 | Jack Jones | Druids |
11 | Alfred Davies | Wrexham |
12 | Thomas B Burnett | Ruabon |
13 | John R Morgan | Cambridge University /Swansea |
14 | John Price | Wrexham |
15 | Alexander F Jones | Oxford University |
16 | John Hughes | Cambridge University /Aberystwyth Town |
17 | Edward Phennah | Wrexham |
18 | George G Higham | Oswestry |
19 | Jack Powell | Druids |
20 | Harry Edwards | Wrexham |
21 | George Savin | Oswestry |
22 | James Davies | Wrexham |
23 | Thomas J Britten | Parkgrove Glasgow |
24 | Charles Edwards | Wrexham |
25 | George Glascodine | Wrexham |
26 | Thomas Owen | Oswestry |
27 | W William Shone | Oswestry |
28 | Denis Heywood | Oswestry |
29 | William Digby Owen | Oswestry |
30 | William Roberts | Llangollen |
31 | John Davies | Wrexham |
32 | Knyvett Crosse | Druids |
33 | William Williams | Oswestry |
34 | James W Lloyd | Wrexham |
35 | George Woosnam | Newtown White Stars |
36 | John Roberts | Corwen |
37 | Jack Vaughan | Oswestry |
