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  • Wales suffered its 4th consecutive defeat
  • William Davies scored Wales's 1st international goal
  • Rupert Anderson is the latest born international footballer of England

England vs Wales international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 18 January 1879, 15:00 (UTC+0:00)
National teams, score:
England
2-1
Wales
match played 30 minutes per half
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Segar Bastard, London /
England
Attendance, venue:
85, Kennington Oval, Lambeth → London
Goals:
1-0 (8') Herbert Whitfeld, 2-0 (20') Thomas Sorby, 2-1 (47') William Davies
England national football team line-up in match Nr.8
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Rupert Anderson  
1
19
Old Etonians AFC, Eton
Lindsay Bury  
2
21
Cambridge University AFC, Cambridge
Claud Wilson  
1
20
Oxford University AFC, Oxford
Norman Bailey  
2
21
Clapham Rovers FC, London
William Clegg  
2
26
Sheffield Albion FC, Sheffield
Edward Parry  
1
23
Old Carthusians FC, Godalming
Thomas Sorby  
1
22
Thursday Wanderers FC, Sheffield
Henry Wace  
2
25
Wanderers FC, London
Arthur Cursham  Captain 
4
25
Notts County FC, Nottingham
Herbert Whitfeld  
1
20
Cambridge University AFC, Cambridge
Billy Mosforth  
3
21
The Wednesday FC, Sheffield
Wales national football team line-up in match Nr.4
Managed by -
Player
Caps
Age
Club
George Glasscodine  
1
22
Wrexham AFC, Wrexham
Samuel Kenrick  Captain 
3
31
Ruabon Druids FC, Ruabon
George Higham  
2
Oswestry FC, Oswestry
William Williams  
3
22
Ruabon Druids FC, Ruabon
Tom Owen  
1
16
Oswestry FC, Oswestry
William Davies  
3
Oswestry FC, Oswestry
Watkin Shone  
1
20
Oswestry FC, Oswestry
Dennis Heywood  
1
Oswestry FC, Oswestry
John Price  
3
Wrexham AFC, Wrexham
William Owen  
1
Oswestry FC, Oswestry
William Roberts  
1
Llangollen FC, Llangollen
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
England
11
1.818
22.624
10
2
0
0
Wales
11
1.818
4
1
0
0
Historical data sources
The Observer (London), №4574, 19 Jan 1879; Newspapers.com
South Wales Daily News (Cardiff), №2152, 20 Jan 1879; The National Library of Wales
The Morning Post (London), №33249, 20 Jan 1879; Newspapers.com
The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent (Sheffield), №7593, 20 Jan 1879; Newspapers.com
The Cambrian News (Bala), №950, 24 Jan 1879; The National Library of Wales
Wrexham Guardian (Wrexham), №487, 25 Jan 1879; The National Library of Wales
Comments

tommyrulez - posted on 20 July 2012 at 16:18:57

played for only 60 minutes, 30 minutes per half.
(...)

Chris T - posted on 7 October 2017 at 21:44:29

The reason for the match being reduced to 60 minutes was heavy snow. Both captains agreed to this. (link: )
England vs Wales post-match head-to-head
WP
100.0
P
1
W
1
D
0
L
0
GF
2
GA
1
GF/P
2.000
GA/P
1.000
Av attendance
85
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
England national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Scotland vs England 7-2
Glasgow, Saturday 2 March 1878
Next match:
Friendly International
England vs Scotland 5-4
Lambeth, Saturday 5 April 1879
England football results
Wales national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Scotland vs Wales 9-0
Glasgow, Saturday 23 March 1878
Next match:
Friendly International
Wales vs Scotland 0-3
Wrexham, Monday 7 April 1879
Wales football results
Top England goal scorers
1. William Kenyon-Slaney (1873) - 2 goals
... Herbert Whitfeld (1879) - 1 goal
... Thomas Sorby (1879) - 1 goal
(correct as of January 18, 1879)
England scorers
Top Wales goal scorers
... William Davies (1879) - 1 goal
(correct as of January 18, 1879)
Wales scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 18 Jan 1879
Kennington Oval, Lambeth → London
England 2-1 Wales
Goals: Whitfeld 8, Sorby 20, Davies 47

England: Anderson, Bury, Wilson, Bailey, Clegg, Parry, Sorby, Wace, Cursham (c), Whitfeld, Mosforth. Managed by selection committee.

Wales: Glasscodine, Kenrick (c), Higham, Williams, Tom Owen, Davies, Shone, Heywood, Price, William Owen, Roberts.

Att: 85,
Ref: Bastard (England)

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