6 - Saturday, 3rd March 1877, 3:00pm

6 - 3rd Mar 1877, 3:00pm

  • Goal"With desperate energy the English forwards followed up their kick off, and a hard fight took place under the Scottish posts, terminating in a goal for England by Lyttelton, the ball grazing the bar as it went through."Alf LytteltonOnly Goal. , 55' ?
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  • GKMonty BettsOld Harrovians, Only Cap
    29 years, 6 months, 4 days
    Goalkeeper
  • FBWilliam LindsayWanderers, Only Cap
    29 years, 7 months, 0 days
    Full Back
  • FBLindsay BuryCambridge Uni, 1st of 2 caps
    19 years, 7 months, 25 days
    Full Back
  • HBWilliam RawsonOxford University, 2nd of 2 caps
    22 years, 4 months, 20 days
    Half Back
    (c)1st captaincy
  • HBBeaumont JarrettCambridge Uni, 2nd of 3 caps
    21 years, 7 months, 16 days
    Half Back
  • FCharles WollastonWanderers, 3rd of 4 caps
    27 years, 7 months, 3 days
    Forward
  • FArthur CurshamNotts County, 2nd of 6 caps
    23 years, 11 month, 20 days
    Forward
  • FAlf LytteltonCambridge Uni, Only Cap
    20 years, 0 months, 24 days
    Forward
  • FCecil Wingfield-StratfordRoyal Engineers, Only Cap
    23 years, 4 months, 27 days
    Forward
  • FJohn BainOxford University, Only Cap
    22 years, 7 months, 19 days
    Forward
  • FBilly MosforthSheffield Wed, 1st of 9 caps
    18 years, 2 months, 1 day
    Forward
  • GoalJohn Ferguson, 25'
  • GoalJames Richmond, 48' ?
  • GoalJohn Ferguson, 69'
  • GKAlex McGeochAlexander McGeoch.
    Born 10th Mar 1854, Scotland.
  • FBRobert NeillRobert Walker Neill.
    Born 11th Sep 1853, Scotland.
  • FBTom VallanceThomas Vallance.
    Born 27th May 1856, Renton.
  • HBCharles CampbellCharles Campbell.
    Born 1854, Coupar Angus.
    (c)
  • HBJames PhillipsJames Phillips.
    Date of birth unknown.
  • FJames RichmondJames Richmond.
    Born 22nd Mar 1858, Glasgow.
  • FBilly MacKinnonWilliam Muir MacKinnon.
    Born 18th Jan 1952, Glasgow.
  • FJohn McGregorJohn McGregor.
    Born 1851, Scotland.
  • FJohn McDougallJohn McDougall.
    Born 1853, Scotland.
  • FJohn SmithJohn Smith.
    Born 12th Aug 1855, Mauchline.
  • FJohn FergusonJohn Ferguson.
    Born 1848, Scotland.

England Starting Formation

    2-2-6

Notes

  • UmpiresThe umpires were William Dick for Scotland and Hurbert Heron for England.
  • Disallowed GoalAccording to the Glasgow Herald "...[at the score of 3-1, an England goal was] after some little altercation, disallowed on the ground that the ball had not been thrown in straight from touch. A free-kick was given to Scotland...".
  • Player MilestoneMonty Betts' Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneWilliam Lindsay's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneLindsay Bury's 1st Cap
  • Player MilestoneWilliam Rawson's Last Cap
  • Player MilestoneAlf Lyttelton's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneCecil Wingfield-Stratford's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneJohn Bain's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneBilly Mosforth's 1st Cap
  • Goal MilestoneAlf Lyttelton's 1st Goal

Sources

  • The Times "Sporting Intelligence", Monday 5th March 1877, Page 8
  • The Morning Post "Football. England v Scotland", Monday 5th March 1877, page 2
  • Glasgow Herald "Scotland and England", Monday 5th March 1877, page 5
  • Association Football in Victorian England by Philip Gibbons (Minerva Press 2001) page 48.
  • Sheffield and Rotherham Independent "The International (Association) Match", Monday 5th March 1877, page 4.

Managers

Referee

  • English Flag Robert Ogilvie

Attendance

  • 2,000

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • English FlagNo change in rank, losing -18 ranking points to 1972 points England - 2nd
  • Scottish Flag Scotland - 1st