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International football match Wales vs Scotland report

Date, kick-off time:	Saturday, 20 March 1897, 15:30 (UTC)
National teams, score:	Wales - Scotland 2:2
Competition:	British Championship 1897
Referee:	Thomas Armitt / England
Attendance, venue:	5 000, The Racecourse, Wrexham
Goals:	0:1 (11') John Ritchie (pen.), 1:1 (.) Morgan Morgan-Owen, 1:2 (60') Johnny Walker, 2:2 (.) Harry Pugh

Wales national football team line-up in match Nr.56

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Player	Caps	Club
James Trainer	15	Preston North End F.C., Preston
William Jones	1	Aberystwyth F.C., Aberystwyth
John Matthias	3	Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury
Sydney Darvell	2	Oxford University A.F.C., Oxford
Jack Mates	2	Chirk A.A.A. F.C., Chirk
Jack Jones	8	Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield
Billy Meredith	6	Manchester City F.C., Manchester
Harry Pugh	4	Wrexham A.F.C., Wrexham
Morgan Morgan-Owen	2	Oxford University A.F.C., Oxford
Jack Rea	8	Aberystwyth F.C., Aberystwyth
Billy Lewis	25	Chester F.C., Chester
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Scotland national football team line-up in match Nr.60

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Player	Caps	Club
John Patrick	1	St. Mirren F.C., Paisley
John Ritchie	1	Queens Park F.C., Glasgow
David Gardner	1	Third Lanark F.C., Glasgow
Bernard Breslin	1	Hibernian F.C., Edinburgh
David Russell	3	Celtic F.C., Glasgow
Alexander Keillor	6	Dundee F.C., Dundee
Jack Kennedy	1	Hibernian F.C., Edinburgh
Pat Murray	2	Hibernian F.C., Edinburgh
James Oswald	3	Rangers F.C., Glasgow
James McMillan	1	St. Bernards F.C., Edinburgh
Johnny Walker	2	Heart of Midlothian F.C., Edinburgh
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British Championship 1897 post-match standings

Pos.	National team	1	2	3	4	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points
1	England		6:0	-:-	-:-	1	1	0	0	6-0	2
2	Ireland	0:6		-:-	4:3	2	1	0	1	4-9	2
3	Scotland	-:-	-:-		2:2	1	0	1	0	2-2	1
4	Wales	-:-	3:4	2:2		2	0	1	1	5-6	1

Historical data sources

Evening Express (Cardiff), №3050, 20.03.1897; The National Library of Wales

The Dundee Courier and Argus (Dundee), №13644, 22.03.1897; Newspapers.com

Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald (Caernarfon), №3335, 26.03.1897; The National Library of Wales

The Montgomery County Times (Welshpool), №790, 27.03.1897; The National Library of Wales

Herald of Wales (Swansea), №3248, 27.03.1897; The National Library of Wales

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Wales vs Scotland post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
22	0	3	19	16 - 95	0.136
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1.	Belgium	3.8462
2.	Portugal ↑⁺²	3.7238
3.	France ↑⁺³	3.7218
4.	England ↓^-2	3.7137
5.	Spain ↓^-2	3.7127
6.	Italy ↓^-1	3.5857
7.	Switzerland	3.4842
8.	Netherlands ↑⁺¹	3.4711
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Brief match report

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Sat. 20 Mar 1897
The Racecourse, Wrexham
Wales 2-2 Scotland
Goals: Ritchie 11, Morgan-Owen, Walker 60, Pugh

Wales: Trainer (c), William Jones, Matthias, Darvell, Mates, Jack Jones, Meredith, Pugh, Morgan-Owen, Rea, Lewis. 

Scotland: Patrick, Ritchie (c), Gardner, Breslin, Russell, Keillor, Kennedy, Murray, Oswald, McMillan, Walker. Managed by selection committee.

Att: 5 000
Ref: Armitt (England)