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National football teams

Record for most Wales caps: Billy Lewis's 25th appearance
Wales vs Scotland H2H: 3rd draw in 22 matches

Wales vs Scotland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:

Saturday, 20 March 1897, 15:30 (UTC+0:00)

National teams, score:

Wales

2-2

Scotland

Competition:

British Championship 1897

Referee:

Tom Armitt, Leek /

England

Attendance, venue:

5 000, The Racecourse, Wrexham

Goals:

0-1 (11') John Ritchie (pen.), 1-1 ( Minute of goal is uknown. If you have this data, please add it as a comment at the bottom of the page.

.) Morgan Morgan-Owen, 1-2 (60') Johnny Walker, 2-2 ( Minute of goal is uknown. If you have this data, please add it as a comment at the bottom of the page.

.) Harry Pugh

Wales football team line-up in match Nr.56

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Scotland football team line-up in match Nr.60

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Age

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Match stats

National team

Players

Average caps

Average age

Clubs

Goals

Cautions

Expulsions

Wales

nan

Scotland

nan

Historical data sources

Evening Express (Cardiff), №3050, 20 Mar 1897; The National Library of Wales

The Dundee Courier and Argus (Dundee), №13644, 22 Mar 1897; Newspapers.com

North British Daily Mail (Glasgow), №15635, 22 Mar 1897; Newspapers.com

Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald (Caernarfon), №3335, 26 Mar 1897; The National Library of Wales

Herald of Wales (Swansea), №3248, 27 Mar 1897; The National Library of Wales

The Montgomery County Times (Welshpool), №790, 27 Mar 1897; The National Library of Wales

Comments

Wales vs Scotland post-match head-to-head

6.8

GF/P

0.727

GA/P

4.318

Av attendance

5 241

WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average

Wales national team matches

Previous match:

British Championship 1897

Ireland vs Wales 4-3

Belfast, Saturday 6 March 1897

Next match:

British Championship 1897

England vs Wales 4-0

Sheffield, Monday 29 March 1897

Wales matches

Scotland national team matches

Previous match:

British Championship 1896

Scotland vs England 2-1

Glasgow, Saturday 4 April 1896

Next match:

British Championship 1897

Scotland vs Ireland 5-1

Govan, Saturday 27 March 1897

Scotland matches

Top Wales goal scorers

1. Billy Lewis (1886 - 1896) - 8 goals
2. William Owen (1882 - 1884) - 6 goals
3. Jack Doughty (1888) - 6 goals
... Harry Pugh (1896 - 1897) - 2 goals
... Morgan Morgan-Owen (1897) - 1 goal

(correct as of March 20, 1897)

Wales goal scorers

Top Scotland goal scorers

1. George Ker (1880 - 1882) - 10 goals
2. John Smith (1879 - 1884) - 10 goals
3. Harry McNeil (1875 - 1881) - 6 goals
4. Joe Lindsay (1880 - 1885) - 6 goals
... Johnny Walker (1895 - 1897) - 3 goals
... John Ritchie (1897) - 1 goal

(correct as of March 20, 1897)

Scotland goal scorers

Brief match report

Sat. 20 Mar 1897
The Racecourse, Wrexham
Wales 2-2 Scotland
Goals: 11 (11m), , 60,

Att: 5 000,
Ref: Armitt (England)