11.3.15

International Football in the 1870s



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:

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