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  • Ireland suffered its 6th consecutive defeat
  • Ireland's 10th consecutive match without victory
  • Record for most Ireland caps: Alex Dill's 9th appearance
  • Herbert Sisson scored his 1st and Wales's 2nd international hat-trick
  • Ireland vs Wales H2H: Ireland national team's 3rd loss in 4 matches

Ireland vs Wales international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 11 April 1885, 15:30 (UTC-0:25)
National teams, score:
Ireland
2-8
Wales
Referee:
John McDowall, Glasgow /
Scotland
Attendance, venue:
Goals:
1-0 (23') Tom Molyneux, 2-0 (40') Alex Dill, 2-1 (50') William Owen, 2-2 (52') Herbert Sisson, 2-3 (55') John Roach, 2-4 (59') Herbert Sisson, 2-5 (60') Herbert Sisson, 2-6 (64') John Roach, 2-7 (69') Tom Burke, 2-8 (89') Humphrey Jones
Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.10
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
3
40
Ulster FC, Belfast
2
Oldpark FC, Belfast
3
21
Dublin University FC, Dublin
7
27
Cliftonville FC, Belfast
2
Oldpark FC, Belfast
7
Cliftonville FC, Belfast
1
20
Dublin Association FC, Dublin
1
25
Dublin Association FC, Dublin
5
Wellington Park FC, Belfast
3
Wellington Park FC, Belfast
9
21
Cliftonville FC, Belfast
Wales football team line-up in match Nr.21
Managed by -
Player
Caps
Age
Club
3
22
St Thomass Hospital, London
2
Bangor FC, Bangor
1
Barmouth FC, Barmouth
5
Wrexham Olympic FC, Wrexham
1
21
Rhyl FC, Rhyl
3
22
Bangor FC, Bangor
3
Wrexham Olympic FC, Wrexham
2
23
Chirk AAA FC, Chirk
3
19
Wrexham Olympic FC, Wrexham
1
22
Wrexham Olympic FC, Wrexham
1
Oswestry FC, Oswestry
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Ireland
11
3.909
6
2
0
0
Wales
11
2.273
7
8
0
0
Historical data sources
The Morning News (Belfast), №6184, 13 Apr 1885; Newspapers.com
South Wales Echo (Cardiff), №155, 13 Apr 1885; The National Library of Wales
Western Mail (Cardiff), №4965, 13 Apr 1885; Newspapers.com
The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast), №21783, 14 Apr 1885; Newspapers.com
The Wrexham Advertiser (Wrexham), №-, 18 Apr 1885; The National Library of Wales
Comments
Ireland vs Wales post-match head-to-head
WP
12.5
P
4
W
0
D
1
L
3
GF
4
GA
22
GF/P
1.000
GA/P
5.500
Av attendance
1 625
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Ireland national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1885
Scotland vs Ireland 8-2
Glasgow, Saturday 14 March 1885
Next match:
British Championship 1886
Wales vs Ireland 5-0
Wrexham, Saturday 27 February 1886
Wales national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1885
Wales vs Scotland 1-8
Wrexham, Monday 23 March 1885
Next match:
British Championship 1886
Wales vs Ireland 5-0
Wrexham, Saturday 27 February 1886
Top Ireland goal scorers
1. Johnny Gibb (1885) - 2 goals
... Tom Molyneux (1885) - 1 goal
... Alex Dill (1885) - 1 goal
(correct as of April 11, 1885)
Top Wales goal scorers
1. William Owen (1882 - 1884) - 6 goals
... Herbert Sisson (1885) - 3 goals
... John Roach (1885) - 2 goals
... William Roberts (1880) - 2 goals
... Edward Shaw (1884) - 2 goals
... Tom Burke (1885) - 1 goal
... Humphrey Jones (1885) - 1 goal
... William Owen (1885) - 1 goal
(correct as of April 11, 1885)
Brief match report
Sat. 11 Apr 1885
Ulster Football Club Ground, Ballynafeigh, Belfast
Ireland 2-8 Wales
Goals: Molyneux 23, Dill 40, Owen 50, Sisson 52, Roach 55, Sisson 59, Sisson 60, Roach 64, Burke 69, Jones 89

Ireland: Henderson, Johnston, Eames (c), Molyneux, Muir, McWha, Willoughby Hamilton, William Hamilton, Gibb, Magee, Dill. Managed by selection committee.

Wales: Mills-Roberts, Fred Jones, Alfred Davies, Burke, Vaughan, Humphrey Jones (c), Robert Davies, Owen, Wilding, Sisson, Roach.

Att: 1 500,
Ref: McDowall (Scotland)

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