(Match 15) 12th March 1881 (Friendly match)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 1-6 (0-1)
Referee: Francis Arthur Marindin (England)
Crowd: 8.500, The Oval (Surrey County Cricket Club's ground), Kennington, London
Goals: 0-1 Smith (10), 0-2 Hill (53), 1-2 Bambridge (64), 1-3 Smith (69),
1-4 Ker (74), 1-5 Smith (79), 1-6 Ker (89)
ENGLAND:
John Purvis Hawtrey - Edgar Field, Claude William Wilson - Norman Coles Bailey [c],
John Hunter, George Henry Holden - Thurston Rostron, Reginald Heber Macauley,
Clement Mitchell, John Hargreaves, Edward Charles Bambridge.
SCOTLAND:
George Gillespie (2/Rangers) -
Andrew Watson [c] (1/Queen's Park)
Thomas Vallance (6/Rangers) -
Charles Campbell (8/Queen's Park)
David Davidson (4/Queen's Park)
David Hill (1/Rangers) -
William McGuire (1/Beith)
George Ker (2/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (2/Dumbarton)
Henry McNeil (9/Queen's Park)
John Smith (6/Edinburgh University)
Notes: This 6-1 victory was Scotland's biggest ever win in England.
The Scottish captain Andrew Watson won three caps for Scotland between 1881-1882.
He is widely considered in sporting history as the first black international
footballer, the first black administrator (as secretary of Queen's Park) and
possibly the first black professional player (at Bootle). Watson effectively
ended his international career after the match against England in 1882, as
the Scottish FA only picked players based in Scotland at this time.
Scotland haven't always played in their distinctive dark blue shirts. On at least
twelve occasions between 1881-1954 they played in the primrose and pink colours
of racehorse owner Archibald Philip Primrose, Lord Rosebery. The 5th Earl Rosebery
was later Honorary President of the Scottish Football Association and also Prime
Minister. His colours were worn for the first time on 12th March 1881 against
England, then on 14th March 1881 against Wales. Scotland took to the field again
in Lord Rosebery's colours playing England in 1900, 1901, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908
and 1909. They were next seen in 1949, appeared once more in 1951 - both times
against France - and last used in 1954 versus Finland in Helsinki.
(Match 16) 14th March 1881 (Friendly match)
WALES - SCOTLAND 1-5 (1-4)
Referee: Samuel Llewelyn Kenrick (Wales)
Crowd: 1.500, The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Goals: 1-0 Crosse (4), 1-1 Ker (7), 1-2 McNeil (9), 1-3 Bell (10) own goal, 1-4 Ker (44),
1-5 Morgan (52) own goal
WALES:
Robert John McMillan - John Richard Morgan [c], John Roberts - William Williams,
William Stafford Bell, William Pierce Owen - Thomas Lewis, John Henry Price,
Knyvett Crosse, William Roberts, John Vaughan.
SCOTLAND:
George Gillespie (3/Rangers) -
Andrew Watson (2/Queen's Park)
Thomas Vallance (7/Rangers) -
John Campbell McLeod McPherson (4/Vale of Leven)
David Davidson [c] (5/Queen's Park)
William McGuire (2/Beith) -
David Hill (2/Rangers)
George Ker (3/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (3/Dumbarton)
Henry McNeil (10/Queen's Park)
John Smith (7/Edinburgh University)
Notes: Some match reports of the Wales game say Watson was captain and some give Vallance.
However, an extensive account in The Wrexham Advertiser (19th March 1881) noted
in the team line-ups that Vallance was captain, but at the post-match dinner
there was a toast to "Mr Davidson, captain of the Scotch team" and he made
a short speech in response.
(Match 17) 11th March 1882 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 5-1 (2-1)
Referee: John Wallace (Scotland)
Crowd: 10.000, 1st Hampden Park, Crosshill (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1891)
Goals: 1-0 Harrower (15), 1-1 Vaughton (35), 2-1 Ker (43), 3-1 McPherson (46),
4-1 Ker (70), 5-1 Kay (85)
SCOTLAND:
George Gillespie (4/Rangers) -
Andrew Watson (3/Queen's Park)
Andrew McIntyre (2/Vale of Leven) -
Charles Campbell [c] (9/Queen's Park)
Peter Miller (1/Dumbarton)
Malcolm John [Eadie] Fraser (2/Queen's Park) -
William Anderson (1/Queen's Park)
George Ker (4/Queen's Park)
William Harrower (1/Queen's Park)
John Leck Kay (2/Queen's Park)
Robert McPherson (1/Arthurlie)
ENGLAND:
Harry Albemarle Swepstone - Doctor Haydock Greenwood, Alfred Jones - Norman Coles Bailey [c],
John Hunter, Henry Alfred Cursham - Edward Hagarty Parry, Oliver Howard Vaughton, Arthur Brown,
William Mosforth, Edward Charles Bambridge.
Notes: Scotland wore "the well-known blue and white stripes of the Edinburgh Academicals,
with the Scottish lion worked in gold as a badge" as stated in The Scotsman match
report (13th March 1882).
(Match 18) 25th March 1882 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - WALES 5-0 (1-0)
Referee: Donald Hamilton (Scotland)
Crowd: 5.000, 1st Hampden Park, Crosshill (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1891)
Goals: 1-0 Kay (25), 2-0 Ker (70), 3-0 Fraser (72), 4-0 Fraser (80), 5-0 McAulay (88)
SCOTLAND:
Archibald Rowan [c] (2/Queen's Park) -
Andrew Hair Holm (1/Queen's Park)
James Sibbald Robertson Duncan (2/Alexandra Athletic) -
Charles Campbell (10/Queen's Park)
Alexander Kennedy (5/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
Malcolm John [Eadie] Fraser (3/Queen's Park) -
David Hill (3/Rangers)
George Ker (5/Queen's Park)
James McAulay (1/Dumbarton)
John Leck Kay (3/Queen's Park)
James Tassie Richmond (3/Queen's Park)
WALES:
Henry Phoenix - John Richard Morgan [c], John Powell - Henry Valentine Edwards,
William Williams, John Roberts (HB) - William Pierce Owen, Walter Hugh Roberts,
John Henry Price, John Roberts (F), John Vaughan.
Notes: Many contemporary match reports list the Scotland goalkeeper as "A.McCallum".
It was the pseudonym occasionally used by Archibald Rowan during his playing
career.
Goalkeeper James McAulay was capped nine times in all but in his first appearance,
against Wales on 25th March 1882, he played as a forward, scoring once in a match
Scotland won 5-0.
Scotland "wore the well-known scarlet and white jersey of the Scottish Champion
School Club - Loretto - with the Scottish lion rampant worked in bine on the left
breast" according to The Scotsman match report (27th March 1882) while The Athletic
News (29th March 1882) says: "The Scotch team, uniformed in a new jersey of red
and white stripes".
Two players called John Roberts lined up for Wales on 25th March 1882 (Match 18).
Half-back John Roberts (HB) had already faced Scotland in 1881, while forward
John Roberts (F) had previously played against the Scots in 1879 and 1880.
(Match 19) 10th March 1883 (Friendly match)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 2-3 (2-2)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 7.000, Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Goals: 0-1 Smith (22), 1-1 Mitchell (24), 1-2 Smith (39), 2-2 Cobbold (43), 2-3 Fraser (86)
ENGLAND:
Harry Albemarle Swepstone - Percy John de Paravicini, Alfred Jones - Norman Coles Bailey [c],
Stuart Macrae, Oliver Whateley - Arthur William Cursham, Harry Chester Goodhart, Clement Mitchell,
Henry Alfred Cursham, William Nevill Cobbold.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (2/Dumbarton) -
Andrew Hair Holm [c] (2/Queen's Park)
Michael Paton (1/Dumbarton) -
Peter Miller (2/Dumbarton)
John Campbell McLeod McPherson (5/Vale of Leven)
Malcolm John [Eadie] Fraser (4/Queen's Park) -
William Anderson (2/Queen's Park)
Dr.John Smith (8/Edinburgh University)
John Inglis (1) (1/Rangers)
John Leck Kay (4/Queen's Park)
William Neilson McKinnon (1/Dumbarton)
Notes: John Inglis (1) - (Rangers, two caps: 10th March 1883 & 12th March 1883).
(Match 20) 12th March 1883 (Friendly match)
WALES - SCOTLAND 0-3 (0-2)
Referee: Robert E.Lythgoe (England)
Crowd: 4.000, The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Goals: 0-1 Smith (35), 0-2 Fraser (38), 0-3 Anderson (60)
WALES:
Richard Thomas Gough - Frederick William Hughes, John Powell [c] - Edward Bowen,
Henry Valentine Edwards, John Jones - William Pierce Owen, Walter Hugh Roberts,
John Henry Price, William Roberts, John Vaughan.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (3/Dumbarton) -
Andrew Hair Holm (3/Queen's Park)
Walter Arnott (1/Queen's Park) -
Peter Miller (3/Dumbarton)
Dr.John Smith [c] (9/Edinburgh University)
John Campbell McLeod McPherson (6/Vale of Leven) -
Malcolm John [Eadie] Fraser (5/Queen's Park)
William Anderson (3/Queen's Park)
John Inglis (1) (2/Rangers)
John Leck Kay (5/Queen's Park)
William Neilson McKinnon (2/Dumbarton)
(Match 21) 26th January 1884 (1st Home International Championship)
IRELAND - SCOTLAND 0-5 (0-2)
Referee: Thomas Hindle (England)
Crowd: 2.000, Ulster Cricket Ground, Ormeau Road, Belfast
Goals: 0-1 Harrower (12), 0-2 Gossland (30), 0-3 Goudie (60), 0-4 Gossland (70),
0-5 Harrower (86)
IRELAND:
Robert John Hunter - Matthew Wilson, William Crone - John Hastings, Thomas Bryson Molyneux,
Alexander Harrison Dill - Edward Ashley Spiller, John Turnbull Gibb, William James Morrow,
John Robert Davison [c], Arthur David Ash Gaussen.
SCOTLAND:
John Inglis (2) (1/Kilmarnock Athletic) -
John Forbes (1/Vale of Leven)
Walter Arnott [c] (2/Queen's Park) -
John Graham (1/Annbank)
William Fulton (1/Abercorn)
Robert Brown (1) (1/Dumbarton) -
Samuel Thomson (1/Lugar Boswell)
James Gossland (1/Rangers)
John Wilson Goudie (1/Abercorn)
William Harrower (2/Queen's Park)
John Macaulay (1/Arthurlie)
Notes: John Inglis (2) - (Kilmarnock Athletic, one cap: 26th January 1884).
Robert Brown (1) - (Dumbarton, two caps: 26th January 1884 & 29th March 1884) -
was known as "Sparrow" as he was a small but fast player, to distinguish him
from his teammate of the same name.
The Home International Championship was the oldest competition of its kind
and the one that lasted for the longest time; until discontinued in 1984
it had run for 101 years but was not contested during the two World Wars.
It was by far the most important tournament for national teams played
throughout Europe until the establishment of the European Championship.
Before football was an official sport in the 1908 Olympics, the winners
were considered the best in the world. The four British football associations
started the annual competition as a natural development to the annual friendly
matches staged between their national teams in the late 1870s and early 1880s.
The winner was decided on points and in the case of a tie the title British
Champion was shared. In 1979 goal difference was introduced as a tie-breaker.
(Match 22) 15th March 1884 (1st Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 1-0 (1-0)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 10.000, Cathkin Park, Crosshill (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1891)
Goal: 1-0 Smith (7)
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (4/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (3/Queen's Park)
John Forbes (2/Vale of Leven) -
Charles Campbell [c] (11/Queen's Park)
John Campbell McLeod McPherson (7/Vale of Leven)
William Anderson (4/Queen's Park) -
Francis Watson Shaw (1/Pollokshields Athletic)
Dr.John Smith (10/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (4/Dumbarton)
Robert Main Christie (1/Queen's Park)
William Neilson McKinnon (3/Dumbarton)
ENGLAND:
William Crispin Rose - Joseph Beverley, Alfred Thomas Carrick Dobson - Stuart Macrae,
Norman Coles Bailey [c], Charles Plumpton Wilson - George Henry Holden, Oliver Howard Vaughton,
William Bromley-Davenport, Edward Charles Bambridge, William Gunn.
Notes: Cathkin Park was the ground of the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers until 1903.
(Match 23) 29th March 1884 (1st Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 4-1 (1-1)
Referee: Robert Muir Sloan (England)
Crowd: 5.000, Cathkin Park, Crosshill (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1891)
Goals: 0-1 R.Roberts (15), 1-1 Lindsay (22), 2-1 Shaw (49), 3-1 Kay (65),
4-1 Kay (87)
SCOTLAND:
Thomas Turner (1/Arthurlie) -
Michael Paton [c] (2/Dumbarton)
John Forbes (3/Vale of Leven) -
Alexander Kennedy (6/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
James McIntyre (1/Rangers)
Robert Brown (1) (2/Dumbarton) -
Francis Watson Shaw (2/Pollokshields Athletic)
Samuel Thomson (2/Lugar Boswell)
Joseph Lindsay (5/Dumbarton)
John Leck Kay (6/Queen's Park)
William Neilson McKinnon (4/Dumbarton)
WALES:
Elias Owen - Robert Roberts, Charles Conde - Frederick William Hughes, Thomas Burke,
John Jones - William Pierce Owen [c], Walter Hugh Roberts, Edward Gough Shaw,
John Arthur Eyton-Jones, Robert Albert Jones.
Notes: Scotland were the first-ever team to win the home title.
(Match 24) 14th March 1885 (2nd Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - IRELAND 8-2 (4-0)
Referee: John Rodgers Harvey (England)
Crowd: 6.000, 2nd Hampden Park, Crosshill (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1891)
Goals: 1-0 Lamont (11), 2-0 Turner (12), 3-0 Calderwood (15), 4-0 Marshall (35),
5-0 Higgins (51), 6-0 Barbour (53), 7-0 Higgins (80), 8-0 Higgins (82),
8-1 Gibb (84), 8-2 Gibb (90)
SCOTLAND:
William Crawford Chalmers (1/Rangers) -
Hugh McHardy (1/Rangers)
James Bryden Niven (1/Moffat) -
Robert Robison Kelso (1/Renton)
John Campbell McLeod McPherson [c] (8/Vale of Leven)
Alexander Barbour (1/Renton) -
John Marshall (1/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
William Martin Muir Turner (1/Pollokshields Athletic)
Alexander Higgins (1/Kilmarnock)
Robert Calderwood (1/Cartvale)
William Lamont (1/Pilgrims)
IRELAND:
John A.W.Henderson - George Hewison, William J.Johnston - Robert Muir, William John Houston,
William L'Estrange Eames [c] - Thomas McLean, Joseph Sherrard, John Turnbull Gibb, George Magee,
Alexander Harrison Dill.
Notes: Different sources give alternative initials for Henderson. He was recorded
as "J.Henderson", "A.W.Henderson" and "T.Henderson" in various contemporary
newspapers and annuals.
(Match 25) 21st March 1885 (2nd Home International Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 1-1 (0-1)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 8.000, The Oval (Surrey County Cricket Club's ground), Kennington, London
Goals: 0-1 Lindsay (20), 1-1 Bambridge (57)
ENGLAND:
William John Herbert Arthur - Arthur Melmoth Walters, Percy Melmoth Walters -
Andrew Amos, Norman Coles Bailey [c], James Henry Forrest - Joseph Morris Lofthouse,
Thomas Danks, James Brown, William Nevill Cobbold, Edward Charles Bambridge.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (5/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (4/Queen's Park)
Michael Paton (3/Dumbarton) -
Charles Campbell [c] (12/Queen's Park)
John James Gow (1/Queen's Park)
William Anderson (5/Queen's Park) -
Alexander Hamilton (1/Queen's Park)
William Sellar (1/Battlefield)
Joseph Lindsay (6/Dumbarton)
David Steele Allan (1/Queen's Park)
Robert Calderwood (2/Cartvale)
(Match 26) 23rd March 1885 (2nd Home International Championship)
WALES - SCOTLAND 1-8 (0-3)
Referee: Robert Muir Sloan (England)
Crowd: 4.000, The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Goals: 0-1 Calderwood (8), 0-2 Anderson (20), 0-3 Allan (30), 1-3 R.A.Jones (50),
1-4 Lindsay (56), 1-5 Anderson (76), 1-6 Calderwood (80), 1-7 Lindsay (84),
1-8 Lindsay (88)
WALES:
Robert Herbert Mills-Roberts - George Thomas, Seth Powell - Thomas Burke, William Tannatt Foulkes,
Humphrey Percy Jones [c] - James William Lloyd, Job Wilding, Harold Hibbott, George Farmer,
Robert Albert Jones.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (6/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (5/Queen's Park)
Michael Paton [c] (4/Dumbarton) -
Robert Robison Kelso (2/Renton)
Hugh Wilson (1) (1/Dumbarton)
Alexander Hamilton (2/Queen's Park) -
William Anderson (6/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (7/Dumbarton)
Robert Calderwood (3/Cartvale)
Robert Brown (2) (1/Dumbarton)
David Steele Allan (2/Queen's Park)
Notes: Hugh Wilson (1) - (Dumbarton, one cap: 23rd March 1885).
Robert Brown (2) - (Dumbarton, one cap: 23rd March 1885) - was known as
"Plumber" on account of his occupation, to avoid confusion with his club
namesake.
Scotland won the home title for the second time.
(Match 27) 20th March 1886 (3rd Home International Championship)
IRELAND - SCOTLAND 2-7 (2-5)
Referee: John Wolstenholme (England)
Crowd: 3.000, Ulster Cricket Ground, Ormeau Road, Belfast
Goals: 0-1 Heggie (15), 0-2 Heggie (18), 1-2 Condy (19), 1-3 Heggie (22), 1-4 Kelly (32),
1-5 Dunbar (40), 2-5 Johnston (44), 2-6 Heggie (60), 2-7 Gourlay (75)
IRELAND:
Shaw Gillespie - James Watson, William Crone - Thomas Bryson Molyneux, Oliver Devine,
John Hastings [c] - John McClatchey, Samuel Johnston, John Turnbull Gibb, John Condy,
William Turner.
SCOTLAND:
James Connor (1/Airdrieonians) -
Andrew Thomson (1/Arthurlie)
William McLeod (1/Queen's Park) -
John Cameron (1) (1/Rangers)
Leitch Keir (1/Dumbarton)
Robert Fleming (1/Morton) -
James Kelly (1/Renton)
Charles Winton Heggie (1/Rangers)
William Martin Muir Turner (2/Pollokshields Athletic)
James Gourlay (1/Cambuslang)
Michael Dunbar (1/Cartvale)
Notes: Andrew Thomson who won two caps for Scotland (Matches 27 & 38) is mistakenly
listed as two different players in some sources.
John Cameron (1) - (Rangers, one cap: 20th March 1886).
John Lambie was previously believed to be the youngest ever player to be
capped by Scotland, making his debut aged 17 years and 92 days in this match.
He was also credited with being captain of the team. New research by football
historian Andy Mitchell in 2020 has revealed that although he was selected
to play he was replaced by James Kelly of Renton. The captain is not known.
Despite this recent discovery John Lambie (born 18th December 1868) went on
become and remains the youngest player to represent Scotland when he played
against Ireland on 19th February 1887 (Match 30) at 18 years and 63 days.
(Match 28) 27th March 1886 (3rd Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 1-1 (0-1)
Referee: Alexander Hunter Hunter (Wales)
Crowd: 11.000, 2nd Hampden Park, Crosshill (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1891)
Goals: 0-1 Lindley (37), 1-1 Sommerville (80)
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (7/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott [c] (6/Queen's Park)
Michael Paton (5/Dumbarton) -
Charles Campbell (13/Queen's Park)
John Macdonald (1/Edinburgh University)
Alexander Hamilton (3/Queen's Park) -
William Sellar (2/Battlefield)
George Sommerville (1/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (8/Dumbarton)
Woodville Gray (1/Pollokshields Athletic)
Ralph Allan Aitken (1/Dumbarton)
ENGLAND:
William John Herbert Arthur - Arthur Melmoth Walters, Percy Melmoth Walters - Norman Coles Bailey [c],
Ralph Tyndall Squire, James Henry Forrest - Benjamin Ward Spilsbury, George Brann, Tinsley Lindley,
William Nevill Cobbold, Edward Charles Bambridge.
(Match 29) 10th April 1886 (3rd Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 4-1 (1-0)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 5.500, 2nd Hampden Park, Crosshill (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1891)
Goals: 1-0 McCormick (30), 2-0 McCall (47), 3-0 Allan (53), 4-0 Harrower (56),
4-1 Vaughan (88)
SCOTLAND:
George Gillespie (5/Queen's Park) -
James Lundie* (1/Hibernian)
William Semple [c] (1/Cambuslang) -
Robert Robison Kelso (3/Renton)
Andrew Jackson (1/Cambuslang)
John Marshall (2/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers) -
Robert McCormick (1/Abercorn)
James McGhee (1/Hibernian)
William Harrower (3/Queen's Park)
David Steele Allan (3/Queen's Park)
James McCall (1/Renton)
WALES:
Albert Malcolm Hersee - Dr.Alfred Owen Davies, Frederick Robert Jones - John Owen Vaughan,
William Stafford Bell, Humphrey Percy Jones [c] - Richard Parry Williams, William Roberts,
John Doughty, Herbert Sissons, William Lewis.
Notes: William Roberts (Wales - Match 29, 10th April 1886) and William Roberts
(Wales - Matches 12, 14, 16 & 20 between 1879-1883) were two different players.
Scotland and England shared the home title.
(Match 30) 19th February 1887 (4th Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - IRELAND 4-1 (2-1)
Referee: not known
Crowd: 1.000, 2nd Hampden Park, Crosshill (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1891)
Goals: 1-0 Watt (5), 1-1 Browne (41), 2-1 Jenkinson (43), 3-1 Johnston (55),
4-1 Lowe (75)
SCOTLAND:
John [Edward] Doig (1/Arbroath) -
Andrew Whitelaw (1/Vale of Leven)
Robert Smellie (1/Queen's Park) -
John Weir (1/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
Thomas MacMillan (1/Dumbarton)
James Lockerby Hutton (1/St.Bernard's) -
Thomas James Jenkinson (1/Heart of Midlothian)
John Alexander Lambie [c] (1/Queen's Park)
William Wallace Watt (1/Queen's Park)
James Lowe (1/St.Bernard's)
William Johnston (1/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
IRELAND:
Shaw Gillespie - William Fox, John Watson - Dr.Robert Lee Moore, Archibald Rosbotham,
Robert Anderson Baxter - John Reid, Olphert Martin Stanfield, Frederick Browne,
John Peden, John Turnbull Gibb [c].
Notes: To this day John Lambie (born 18th December 1868) is the youngest player
to represent Scotland when he played in this match aged 18 years and 63 days.
(Match 31) 19th March 1887 (4th Home International Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 2-3 (1-1)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 12.000, Leamington Road, Blackburn
Goals: 0-1 McCall (30), 1-1 Lindley (32), 1-2 Keir (68), 2-2 Dewhurst (69), 2-3 Allan (70)
ENGLAND:
Robert John Roberts - Percy Melmoth Walters, Arthur Melmoth Walters - Norman Coles Bailey [c],
George Haworth, James Henry Forrest - Edward Charles Bambridge, William Nevill Cobbold,
Joseph Morris Lofthouse, Frederick Dewhurst, Tinsley Lindley.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay [c] (8/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (7/Queen's Park)
John Forbes (4/Vale of Leven) -
Robert Robison Kelso (4/Renton)
John Robertson Auld (1/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
Leitch Keir (2/Dumbarton) -
John Marshall (3/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
William Robertson (1/Dumbarton)
William Sellar (3/Battlefield)
James McCall (2/Renton)
John Allan (1/Queen's Park)
(Match 32) 21st March 1887 (4th Home International Championship)
WALES - SCOTLAND 0-2 (0-1)
Referee: Alfred Brocklebank Hull (England)
Crowd: 2.000, The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Goals: 0-1 Robertson (40), 0-2 Allan (80)
WALES:
James Trainer - Dr.Alfred Owen Davies, John Powell [c] - Robert Roberts, James Morris,
Thomas Burke - John Bonamy Challen, Richard Owen Jones, William Ernest Pryce-Jones,
William Lewis, John Doughty.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay [c] (9/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (8/Queen's Park)
John Forbes (5/Vale of Leven) -
Robert Robison Kelso (5/Renton)
John Robertson Auld (2/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
Leitch Keir (3/Dumbarton) -
John Marshall (4/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
William Robertson (2/Dumbarton)
William Sellar (4/Battlefield)
James McCall (3/Renton)
John Allan (2/Queen's Park)
Notes: Scotland won the home title for the third time outright - plus one shared with England.
(Match 33) 10th March 1888 (5th Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 5-1 (3-1)
Referee: John Charles Clegg (England)
Crowd: 8.000, Hibernian Park, Edinburgh
Goals: 1-0 Paul (6), 2-0 Munro (30), 3-0 Latta (33), 3-1 Doughty (41), 4-1 Groves (65),
5-1 Latta (75)
SCOTLAND:
James Wilson (1/Vale of Leven) -
Andrew Hannah (1/Renton)
Robert Smellie [c] (2/Queen's Park) -
James Johnston (1/Abercorn)
James McCrorie Gourlay (1/Cambuslang)
James McLaren (1/Hibernian) -
Alexander Latta (1/Dumbarton Athletic)
Patrick [William] Groves (1/Hibernian)
William Paul (1) (1/Partick Thistle)
John McPherson (1) (1/Kilmarnock)
Neil Munro (1/Abercorn)
WALES:
James Trainer - David Jones, John Powell [c] - Thomas Burke, Joseph Davies, Robert Roberts -
William Ernest Pryce-Jones, Job Wilding, John Doughty, George Owen, Roger Doughty.
Notes: Two players called James Gourlay each won one Scotland cap: James Gourlay
(Match 27) and James McCrorie Gourlay (Match 33). Being namesakes and
Cambuslang teammates at the time of the game against Wales in 1888, many
sources have mistakenly credited a single "J.Gourlay".
William Paul (1) - (Partick Thistle, three caps: 10th March 1888, 15th April
1889 and 22nd March 1890).
John McPherson (1) - (Kilmarnock, Cowlairs and Rangers, nine caps: from 10th
March 1888 to 27th March 1897).
Hibernian Park was the first ground of Hibernian FC in the area around Easter Road.
(Match 34) 17th March 1888 (5th Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 0-5 (0-4)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 10.000, 2nd Hampden Park, Crosshill (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1891)
Goals: 0-1 Lindley (32), 0-2 Hodgetts (34), 0-3 Dewhurst (40), 0-4 Goodall (43),
0-5 Dewhurst (49)
SCOTLAND:
John Lindsay (1/Renton) -
Walter Arnott (9/Queen's Park)
Donald Robertson Gow [c] (1/Rangers) -
James Kelly (2/Renton)
Leitch Keir (4/Dumbarton)
Robert Robison Kelso (6/Renton) -
Alexander Hamilton (4/Queen's Park)
William Hall Berry (1/Queen's Park)
William Sellar (5/Battlefield)
James McCall (4/Renton)
John Alexander Lambie (2/Queen's Park)
ENGLAND:
William Robert Moon - Robert Henry Howarth, Percy Melmoth Walters - Harry Allen, George Haworth,
Cecil Henry Holden-White - George Woodhall, John Goodall, Tinsley Lindley [c], Dennis Hodgetts,
Frederick Dewhurst.
Notes: This was the first Scotland defeat at home.
(Match 35) 24th March 1888 (5th Home International Championship)
IRELAND - SCOTLAND 2-10 (2-7)
Referee: Robert Parlane (Scotland)
Crowd: 5.000, Cliftonville Cricket Club, Oldpark Avenue, Belfast
Goals: 0-1 Dewar (5), 0-2 Dickson (7), 0-3 Breckenridge (15), 1-3 Lemon (18),
1-4 Aitken (24), 2-4 Dalton (30), 2-5 Dickson (33), 2-6 Dickson (40),
2-7 Dickson (45), 2-8 McCallum (53), 2-9 Wilson (77) own goal, 2-10 A.Stewart (83)
IRELAND:
Ralph Lawther - Robert Wilson, Frederick Browne - James Forsythe, Archibald Rosbotham,
Thomas Bryson Molyneux - William Boyd Dalton, Olphert Martin Stanfield [c], John Barry,
John Lemon, William Turner.
SCOTLAND:
John McLeod (1/Dumbarton) -
Duncan Cameron Stewart [c] (1/Dumbarton)
Archibald McCall (1/Renton) -
Allan Stewart (1/Queen's Park)
George Dewar (1/Dumbarton)
Andrew Jackson (2/Cambuslang) -
Neil McCallum (1/Renton)
John Robertson Gow (1/Rangers)
William Alexander Dickson* (1/Strathmore (Dundee))
Thomas Breckenridge (1/Heart of Midlothian)
Ralph Allan Aitken (2/Dumbarton)
Notes: John Robertson Gow was the younger brother of Donald Robertson Gow.
Scotland were runners-up. England won the home title.
(Match 36) 9th March 1889 (6th Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - IRELAND 7-0 (4-0)
Referee: William Heaton Stacey (England)
Crowd: 6.000, Ibrox Park, Govan (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1912)
Goals: 1-0 Watt (7), 2-0 Watt (10), 3-0 Black (25), 4-0 Groves (32), 5-0 Groves (50),
6-0 Groves (70), 7-0 McInnes (88)
SCOTLAND:
John [Edward] Doig (2/Arbroath) -
James Adams (1/Heart of Midlothian)
Michael McKeown (1/Celtic) -
Thomas Robertson (1) [c] (1/Queen's Park)
David Calderhead (1/Queen of the South Wanderers)
John Buchanan (1/Cambuslang) -
Francis Watt (1/Kilbirnie)
Thomas McInnes (1/Cowlairs)
Patrick [William] Groves (2/Celtic)
Robert Boyd (1/Mossend Swifts)
David Gibson Black (1/Hurlford)
IRELAND:
John Clugston - John McVicker, Robert Crone - John Thompson, James Christian,
William Crone - Samuel Torrans, Olphert Martin Stanfield, John Turnbull Gibb [c],
James McElmunn Wilton, John Peden.
Notes: Thomas Robertson (1) - (Queen's Park, four caps: from 9th March 1889 to 19th March 1892).
(Match 37) 13th April 1889 (6th Home International Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 2-3 (2-0)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 10.000, The Oval (Surrey County Cricket Club's ground), Kennington, London
Goals: 1-0 Bassett (15), 2-0 Weir (17), 2-1 Munro (55), 2-2 Oswald (82),
2-3 McLaren (90)
ENGLAND:
William Robert Moon - Arthur Melmoth Walters, Percy Melmoth Walters [c] - Henry Edward Denison Hammond,
Harry Allen, James Henry Forrest - William Isaiah Bassett, John Goodall, John Brant Brodie, David Weir,
Tinsley Lindley.
SCOTLAND:
James Wilson (2/Vale of Leven) -
Robert Smellie [c] (3/Queen's Park)
Walter Arnott (10/Queen's Park) -
James Kelly (3/Celtic)
George Dewar (2/Dumbarton)
James McLaren (2/Celtic) -
James Oswald (1/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
William Hall Berry (2/Queen's Park)
Alexander Latta (2/Dumbarton Athletic)
John McPherson (1) (2/Cowlairs)
Neil Munro (2/Abercorn)
(Match 38) 15th April 1889 (6th Home International Championship)
WALES - SCOTLAND 0-0
Referee: William Henry Jope (England)
Crowd: 6.000, The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
WALES:
Allen "Alf" Pugh (Samuel Gladstone Gillam 20) - Dr.Alfred Owen Davies [c], David Jones -
Robert Roberts, Joseph Davies (HB), Humphrey Percy Jones - Joseph Davies (F), William Owen,
John Doughty, George Owen, William Lewis.
SCOTLAND:
John McLeod (2/Dumbarton) -
Andrew Thomson [c] (2/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
John Rae (1/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers) -
Allan Stewart (2/Queen's Park)
Alexander Lochhead (1/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
John Robertson Auld (3/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers) -
Francis Watt (2/Kilbirnie)
Henry Campbell (1/Renton)
William Paul (1) (2/Partick Thistle)
William Johnston (2/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
James Hannah (1/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
Notes: Welsh goalkeeper James Trainer (Preston North End) failed to turn up
for the match. Kick-off was postponed for half an hour until Wales found
a substitute in Allen "Alf" Pugh of the local club Rhostyllen Victoria.
Upon arriving at the ground after about twenty minutes play, the more
experienced Samuel Gillam (Wrexham) took Pugh's place in the Wales goal.
Gillam replacing Pugh was the first substitution in international football.
Two players called Joseph Davies lined up for Wales on 15th April 1889
(Match 38). Half-back Joseph Davies (HB) had already faced Scotland in 1888.
Forward Joseph Davies (F) went on to play against Scotland again in 1891
and 1895.
Scotland won the home title for the fourth time outright - plus one shared
with England.
(Match 39) 22nd March 1890 (7th Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 5-0 (3-0)
Referee: William Finlay (Ireland)
Crowd: 7.500, Underwood Park, Paisley
Goals: 1-0 Wilson (20), 2-0 Paul (36), 3-0 Paul (43), 4-0 Paul (60), 5-0 Paul (70)
SCOTLAND:
George Gillespie [c] (6/Rangers) -
Andrew Whitelaw (2/Vale of Leven)
John Winning Murray (1/Vale of Leven) -
Matthew McQueen (1/Leith Athletic)
Andrew Campbell Brown (1/St.Mirren)
Hugh Wilson (2) (1/Newmilns) -
Francis Watt (3/Kilbirnie)
Robert Neilson Brown (1/Cambuslang)
William Paul (1) (3/Partick Thistle)
James Dunlop (1/St.Mirren)
Daniel Rodger Bruce (1/Vale of Leven)
WALES:
James Trainer - William P.Jones, Samuel Jones - Peter Griffiths, Humphrey Percy Jones [c],
Robert Roberts - David Morral Lewis, Oswald Davies, William Owen, Richard Henry Jarrett,
William Haighton Turner.
Notes: Hugh Wilson (2) - (Newmilns, Sunderland, 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers/Third Lanark,
four caps: from 22nd March 1890 to 26th March 1904).
Underwood Park was the home ground of Abercorn.
(Match 40) 29th March 1890 (7th Home International Championship)
IRELAND - SCOTLAND 1-4 (1-1)
Referee: William Heaton Stacey (England)
Crowd: 5.000, Ulster Cricket Ground, Ormeau Road, Belfast
Goals: 0-1 Rankin (10), 1-1 Peden (25), 1-2 Rankin (50), 1-3 Rankin (85), 1-4 Wyllie (86)
IRELAND:
John Clugston - Robert Kennedy Stewart [c], Robert Crone - John Reid, Samuel Spencer,
Samuel Cooke - William Boyd Dalton, George John Gaffikin, Olphert Martin Stanfield,
Samuel Torrans, John Peden.
SCOTLAND:
John McLeod [c] (3/Dumbarton) -
Richard Dunn Hunter (1/St.Mirren)
John Rae (2/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers) -
John Russell (1/Cambuslang)
Isaac Begbie (1/Heart of Midlothian)
David Mitchell (1/Rangers) -
Thomas Wyllie (1/Rangers)
Gilbert Rankin (1/Vale of Leven)
John McPherson (1) (3/Cowlairs)
John Watson Bell (1/Dumbarton)
David Baird (1/Heart of Midlothian)
(Match 41) 5th April 1890 (7th Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 1-1 (1-1)
Referee: John Reid (Ireland)
Crowd: 26.379, 2nd Hampden Park, Crosshill (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1891)
Goals: 0-1 Wood (17), 1-1 McPherson (37)
SCOTLAND:
James Wilson (3/Vale of Leven) -
Walter Arnott (11/Queen's Park)
Michael McKeown (2/Celtic) -
Thomas Robertson (1) (2/Queen's Park)
James Kelly (4/Celtic)
James McLaren [c] (3/Celtic) -
Patrick [William] Groves (3/Celtic)
William Hall Berry (3/Queen's Park)
William Johnston (3/3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers)
John McPherson (1) (4/Cowlairs)
James McCall (5/Renton)
ENGLAND:
William Robert Moon - Arthur Melmoth Walters, Percy Melmoth Walters [c] - George Haworth,
Harry Allen, Alfred Shelton - William Isaiah Bassett, Edmund Samuel Currey, Tinsley Lindley,
Harry Wood, Harry Butler Daft.
Notes: Scotland and England shared the home title for the second time.
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