Played at The Oval, 18.01.79.
England 2 Wales 1
England | Wales | ||
Rupert Anderson | Old Etonians | George Glascodine | Wrexham |
Lindsay Bury | Cambridge University | Llewelyn Kenrick | Oswestry |
Claud Wilson | Oxford University | G.G Higham | Oswestry |
Norman Bailey | Clapham Rovers | William Williams | Druids |
W.E Clegg | Sheffield Albion | Thomas Owen | Oswestry |
Edward Parry | Old Carthusians | William Henry Davies | Oswestry |
Heathcote Sorby | Thursday Wanderers | William Shone | Oswestry |
Arthur Cursham | Notts County | Dennis Heywood | Druids |
Henry Wace | Wanderers | John Price | Wrexham |
Herbert Whitfield | Old Etonians | Digby Owen | Oswestry |
Billy Mosforth | Sheffield Albion | William Roberts | Llangollen |
After playing Scotland 3 times (3 defeats and 15 unanswered goals), Wales were offered a match against England at The Oval in January 1879.
The weather was appalling but Wales , after so much anticipation, were particularly keen for the game to go ahead, There were no more than 300 spectators present (maybe as few as 85).
A thick layer of snow covered the ground and it was agreed to play a truncated match of 30 minutes each way.
This gave rise to 3 players having England careers that lasted just one hour despite not being injured or substituted. Neither of England's debutant scorers (Whitfield and Sorby) was selected again, and it is worth noting that 19 year old Rupert Anderson was a forward who went in goal when Remnant FC's Rev. W. Blackmore failed to turn up (on the only occasion he was selected for England).
Contrary to some speculative sources Thomas Owen of Oswestry was almost certainly not the father of the poet Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen's father was born in Nantwich (England) on 31st May 1862.
The weather was appalling but Wales , after so much anticipation, were particularly keen for the game to go ahead, There were no more than 300 spectators present (maybe as few as 85).
A thick layer of snow covered the ground and it was agreed to play a truncated match of 30 minutes each way.
This gave rise to 3 players having England careers that lasted just one hour despite not being injured or substituted. Neither of England's debutant scorers (Whitfield and Sorby) was selected again, and it is worth noting that 19 year old Rupert Anderson was a forward who went in goal when Remnant FC's Rev. W. Blackmore failed to turn up (on the only occasion he was selected for England).
Contrary to some speculative sources Thomas Owen of Oswestry was almost certainly not the father of the poet Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen's father was born in Nantwich (England) on 31st May 1862.