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National football teams

  • England earned its 3rd consecutive victory
  • Steve Bloomer set the European goal scoring record (15 goals)
  • Scotland vs England Head to Head: Scotland football team's 8th loss in 27 matches

Scotland vs England international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 2 April 1898, 15:30 (UTC+0:00)
National teams, score:
Scotland
1-3
England
Competition:
British Championship 1898
Referee:
Tom Robertson, Glasgow /
Scotland
Attendance, venue:
40 000, Celtic Park, Parkhead, Glasgow
Goals:
0-1 (3') Fred Wheldon, 0-2 (23') Steve Bloomer, 1-2 (48') Jimmy Millar, 1-3 (72') Steve Bloomer
Scotland football team line-up in match Nr.65
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Kenneth Anderson  
3
22
Queens Park FC, Glasgow
Jock Drummond  
8
27
Rangers FC, Glasgow
Daniel Doyle  
8
33
Celtic FC, Glasgow
Neilly Gibson  
7
25
Rangers FC, Glasgow
James Cowan  Captain 
3
29
Aston Villa FC, Aston
John Robertson  
1
21
Everton FC, Liverpool
Jack Bell  
5
29
Everton FC, Liverpool
John Campbell  
4
25
Celtic FC, Glasgow
William Maxwell  
1
22
Stoke FC, Stoke-upon-Trent
Jimmy Millar  
3
27
Rangers FC, Glasgow
Alec Smith  
1
22
Rangers FC, Glasgow
England football team line-up in match Nr.64
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Jack Robinson  
5
27
New Brighton Tower FC, New Brighton
Bill Oakley  
10
24
Corinthians FC, London
Bill Williams  
4
22
West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich
Frank Forman  
2
22
Nottingham Forest FC, Nottingham
Charlie Wreford-Brown  
4
31
Old Carthusians FC, Godalming
Ernest Needham  
7
25
Sheffield United FC, Sheffield
Charlie Athersmith  
7
25
Aston Villa FC, Aston
Steve Bloomer  
8
24
Derby County FC, Derby
Gilbert Smith  Captain 
13
25
Old Carthusians FC, Godalming
Fred Wheldon  
4
28
Aston Villa FC, Aston
Fred Spiksley  
7
28
The Wednesday FC, Sheffield
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Scotland
11
4.000
26.094
6
1
0
0
England
11
6.455
26.059
9
3
0
0
Historical data sources
Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper (London), №2889, 03 Apr 1898; Newspapers.com
The Observer (London), №5576, 03 Apr 1898; Newspapers.com
The Glasgow Herald (Glasgow), №80, 04 Apr 1898; Google Newspapers
Aberdeen Journal (Aberdeen), №13475, 04 Apr 1898; Newspapers.com
The Dundee Courier and Argus (Dundee), №13968, 04 Apr 1898; Newspapers.com
Comments
Scotland vs England post-match head-to-head
WP
59.3
P
27
W
13
D
6
L
8
GF
63
GA
56
GF/P
2.333
GA/P
2.074
Av attendance
16 705
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Scotland national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1898
Ireland vs Scotland 0-3
Belfast, Saturday 26 March 1898
Next match:
British Championship 1899
Wales vs Scotland 0-6
Wrexham, Saturday 18 March 1899
Scotland football matches
England national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1898
Wales vs England 0-3
Wrexham, Monday 28 March 1898
Next match:
British Championship 1899
England vs Ireland 13-2
Sunderland, Saturday 18 February 1899
England football matches
Top Scotland goal scorers
1. George Ker (1880 - 1882) - 10 goals
2. John Smith (1879 - 1884) - 9 goals
3. Harry McNeil (1875 - 1881) - 6 goals
4. Joe Lindsay (1880 - 1885) - 6 goals
5. John McPherson (1890 - 1897) - 6 goals
... Jimmy Millar (1897 - 1898) - 2 goals
(correct as of April 2, 1898)
Scotland goal scorers
Top England goal scorers
1. Steve Bloomer (1895 - 1898) - 15 goals
2. Tinsley Lindley (1886 - 1891) - 14 goals
3. John Goodall (1888 - 1896) - 12 goals
... Fred Wheldon (1897 - 1898) - 6 goals
... Gilbert Smith (1893 - 1898) - 6 goals
(correct as of April 2, 1898)
England goal scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 02 Apr 1898
Celtic Park, Parkhead, Glasgow
Scotland 1-3 England
Goals: Wheldon 3, Bloomer 23, Millar 48, Bloomer 72

Scotland: Anderson, Drummond, Doyle, Gibson, Cowan (c), Robertson, Bell, Campbell, Maxwell, Millar, Smith. Managed by selection committee.

England: Robinson, Oakley, Williams, Forman, Wreford-Brown, Needham, Athersmith, Bloomer, Smith (c), Wheldon, Spiksley. Managed by selection committee.

Att: 40 000,
Ref: Robertson (Scotland)

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