Western FA (Ontario) Tour of Britain 1888

For additional details on this tour, please refer to the Canadian Soccer History site.

List of Players

The Canadian squad consisted of 18 players:
  Harry Bewell (Norwood High School)
  Harry P. Bingham (Berlin Rangers)
  Walter Wells Bowman (Berlin Rangers) 
  Solomon Brubacher (Berlin Rangers)
  William Burnet (Galt FC)
  David Forsyth (Berlin Rangers)
  Alexander Noble Garrett
  Alex Gibson (Berlin Rangers)
  Thomas "Tom" Gibson (Berlin Rangers)
  Edward Payson Gordon (Toronto Varsity)
  Jackson
  Frederick "Fred" Killer (Berlin Rangers)
  Charles "Carl" Kranz (Berlin Rangers)
  Tom W. Murray (Galt FC)
  Wilfred Pirt Mustard (Toronto Varsity)
  Henry Hempton "Harry" Pirie (Queen's University, Dundas FC)
  Walter Proudfoot Thomson (Toronto Varsity) (captain)
  E.W. Webster (Galt FC)

List of Results

Ireland
 1- 9-1888  County Antrim               2-6 Western FA (Ontario)
 3- 9-1888  Distillery                  2-3 Western FA (Ontario)
 4- 9-1888  Clarence                    2-3 Western FA (Ontario)
 5- 9-1888  Belfast YMCA                1-1 Western FA (Ontario)

Scotland
 8- 9-1888  Glasgow Rangers             1-1 Western FA (Ontario)
11- 9-1888  Queen's Park                3-1 Western FA (Ontario)
13- 9-1888  Ayr United                  4-0 Western FA (Ontario)
15- 9-1888  Heart of Midlothian         0-3 Western FA (Ontario)
18- 9-1888  Scotland XI                 4-0 Western FA (Ontario)

England
22- 9-1888  Sunderland                  0-3 Western FA (Ontario)
26- 9-1888  Middlesbrough               2-3 Western FA (Ontario)
29- 9-1888  Lincoln City                1-3 Western FA (Ontario)
 1-10-1888  Sheffield FC                1-1 Western FA (Ontario)
 4-10-1888  Notts County                2-0 Western FA (Ontario)
 6-10-1888  Newton Heath                0-2 Western FA (Ontario)
 8-10-1888  Blackburn Rovers            4-1 Western FA (Ontario)
13-10-1888  Swifts (London)             2-2 Western FA (Ontario)
15-10-1888  Northampton (County XI)     2-3 Western FA (Ontario)
17-10-1888  Oxford University           1-1 Western FA (Ontario)
20-10-1888  Old Carthusians             1-0 Western FA (Ontario)
22-10-1888  Aston Villa                 4-2 Western FA (Ontario)
27-10-1888  West Bromwich Albion        1-0 Western FA (Ontario)
31-10-1888  Swifts (London)             1-0 Western FA (Ontario)

NB: Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Notts County and West Bromwich Albion were founder
    members of the Football League, which had just started its inaugural season. 

Sources: Canadian Soccer History, Before the 'D'

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