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Players (31653)
Managers (1459)
Referees (3525)
Clubs (3556)
Venues (1808)
National football teams

  • England's 8th consecutive match without defeat
  • Ireland suffered its 10th consecutive defeat
  • Ireland's 14th consecutive match without victory
  • Tinsley Lindley scored his 1st and England's 6th international hat-trick
  • Olphie Stanfield is the latest born international footballer of Europe
  • England vs Ireland Head to Head: England national football team's 6th victory in 6 matches

England vs Ireland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 5 February 1887, 14:30 (UTC+0:00)
National teams, score:
England
7-0
Ireland
Competition:
British Championship 1887
Referee:
Alexander Hunter, Wrexham /
Wales
Attendance, venue:
6 000, Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Goals:
1-0 (2') Fred Dewhurst, 2-0 (25') Nevill Cobbold, 3-0 (27') Tinsley Lindley, 4-0 (43') Tinsley Lindley, 5-0 (49') Nevill Cobbold, 6-0 (52') Tinsley Lindley, 7-0 (87') Fred Dewhurst
England national football team line-up in match Nr.29
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Herby Arthur  
6
23
Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn
Bob Howarth  
1
21
Preston North End FC, Preston
Charlie Mason  
1
23
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton
George Haworth  
1
22
Accrington FC, Accrington
Teddy Brayshaw  
1
23
The Wednesday FC, Sheffield
Jimmy Forrest  
7
22
Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn
Jimmy Sayer  
1
24
Stoke FC, Stoke-upon-Trent
Fred Dewhurst  
3
23
Preston North End FC, Preston
Tinsley Lindley  
4
21
Cambridge University AFC, Cambridge
Nevill Cobbold  
7
24
Old Carthusians FC, Godalming
Charlie Bambridge  Captain 
16
28
Swifts FC, Slough
Ireland national football team line-up in match Nr.14
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Shaw Gillespie  
4
19
Hertford FC, Lisburn
Fred Browne  
1
22
Cliftonville FC, Belfast
William Fox  
1
20
Ulster FC, Belfast
Alex Rosbotham  
1
21
Cliftonville FC, Belfast
Billy Leslie  
1
20
Belfast YMCA, Belfast
Billy Crone  
8
23
Distillery FC, Lisburn
Jim Allen  
1
27
Limavady FC, Limavady
Johnny Gibb  Captain 
7
Wellington Park FC, Belfast
Olphie Stanfield  
1
17
Distillery FC, Lisburn
Jimmy Small  
1
19
Clarence FC, Belfast
Nat Brown  
1
19
Limavady FC, Limavady
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
England
11
4.364
23.551
9
7
0
0
Ireland
11
2.455
8
0
0
0
Historical data sources
The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast), №22345, 07 Feb 1887; Newspapers.com
The Manchester Guardian (Manchester), №12631, 07 Feb 1887; Newspapers.com
The Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham), №8927, 07 Feb 1887; Newspapers.com
Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool), №12193, 07 Feb 1887; Newspapers.com
The Times (London), №31989, 07 Feb 1887; Newspapers.com
Comments
England vs Ireland post-match head-to-head
WP
100.0
P
6
W
6
D
0
L
0
GF
45
GA
2
GF/P
7.500
GA/P
0.333
Av attendance
4 083
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:
British Championship 1886
Wales vs England 1-3
Wrexham, Monday 29 March 1886
Next match:
British Championship 1887
England vs Wales 4-0
Lambeth, Saturday 26 February 1887
England football results
Ireland national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1886
Ireland vs Scotland 2-7
Belfast, Saturday 20 March 1886
Next match:
British Championship 1887
Scotland vs Ireland 4-1
Glasgow, Saturday 19 February 1887
Ireland football results
Top England goal scorers
1. Charlie Bambridge (1879 - 1885) - 11 goals
2. Howard Vaughton (1882) - 6 goals
3. Nevill Cobbold (1883 - 1887) - 5 goals
4. Ben Spilsbury (1885 - 1886) - 5 goals
5. Clem Mitchell (1883 - 1885) - 5 goals
6. Harry Cursham (1882 - 1884) - 5 goals
7. Tinsley Lindley (1886 - 1887) - 5 goals
... Fred Dewhurst (1886 - 1887) - 4 goals
(correct as of February 5, 1887)
England scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 05 Feb 1887
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
England 7-0 Ireland
Goals: Dewhurst 2, Cobbold 25, Lindley 27, Lindley 43, Cobbold 49, Lindley 52, Dewhurst 87

England: Arthur, Howarth, Mason, Haworth, Brayshaw, Forrest, Sayer, Dewhurst, Lindley, Cobbold, Bambridge (c). Managed by selection committee.

Ireland: Gillespie, Browne, Fox, Rosbotham, Leslie, Crone, Allen, Gibb (c), Stanfield, Small, Brown. Managed by selection committee.

Att: 6 000,
Ref: Hunter (Wales)

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