Compendium to ‘Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’-Episode 177- The very first International match in history, November 30, 1872, Scotland v. England

 

Date: November 30, 1872

Competition: Friendly

Result: Scotland 0-England 0

Venue: Glasgow, Hamilton Crescent (West of Scotland Cricket Ground), Partick

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: William Keay (Scotland)

Umpires: Charles William Alcock (England, Football Association Secretary), Henry Norris Smith (Scotland, President of Queen’s Park)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Scotland): None

(England): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Scotland:

Robert Gardner (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

Joseph Taylor (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

William Ker (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

James J. Thomson (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

James Smith (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

William Muir Mackinnon (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

James Biggar ‘Jerry’ Weir  (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

Robert Leckie (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

David Wotherspoon (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

Robert Smith (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

Alexander Rhind (Queen's Park Football Club -Glasgow)

 

Coach: SFA selection committee

Team Captain: Robert W. Gardner

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

Note:

1-Per Mr. Andy Mitchell's comments:

-Scotland goalkeeper Robert Gardner changed places with Robert Smith at half time, but later went back in goal.

-The attendance figure was nearer 2,500 (receipts were just under £103, equating to just over 2,000 admissions at one shilling each, while ladies were admitted free).

England:

Robert Barker (Hertfordshire Rangers Football Club-Watford)

Ernest Harwood Greenhalgh (Notts County Football Club-Nottingham)

Reginald de Courtenay Welch (The Wanderers Football Club-London)      

Frederick Chappell (Oxford University Association Football Club)

William John Maynard (1st Surrey Rifles Football Club-Camberwell)

John Brockbank (Cambridge University Association Football Club)

John Charles Clegg (Sheffield Football Club)

Arnold Kirke- Smith (Oxford University Association Football Club)

Cuthbert John Ottaway (Oxford University Association Football Club)  

Charles John Chenery (Crystal Palace Football Club-London)      

Charles John Morice (Barnes Football Club-London)      

 

Coach: Committee

 

Team Captain: Cuthbert John Ottaway

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

Note:

1-Per ‘IFFHS, England (1872-1940), Eire (1924-1940), England Amateurs (1906-1940)’

Robert Barker and William John Maynard switched positions at halftime.

2-Per Mr. Andy Mitchell's Comments:

Frederick Chappell changed his name to Frederick Brunning Maddison in 1873.

 3- There is a very detailed account of the match and biographies of all the players in Mr. Andy Mitchell’s book, First Elevens: https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/first-elevens.html 

Mr. Mitchell has also published a Who's Who of Scotland internationalists which corrects and updates Douglas Lamming's book: https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/the-men-who-made-scotland.html 

 

Photo From: A Scottish Soccer Internationalists' Who's Who, 1872-1986, Author Douglas Lamming, 1986

(Scotland player descriptions)

 

 

 

Photo From: Scotland, The Team, Author Andrew ward, 1987

(Scotland’s William Muir MacKinnon)

 

Photo From: England, Player by Player, Author Graham Betts

(England player descriptions)

 

Photo From: IFFHS, England (1872-1940), Eire (1924-1940), EnglandAmateurs (1906-1940)

(FA Secretary Charles William Alcock)

 

Photo From: IFFHS, England (1872-1940), Eire (1924-1940), EnglandAmateurs (1906-1940)

(November 30, 1872, Scotland 0-England 0 and Sir John Charles Clegg)

 

Photo From: England v Scotland, Author Brian James, 1969

 

Photo From: England v Scotland, Author Brian James, 1969

 

Photo From: England v Scotland, Author Brian James, 1969

 

Photo From: England v Scotland, Author Brian James, 1969

(November 30, 1872, Scotland 0-England 0)

 

Photo From: Scotland, The Team, Author Andrew ward, 1987