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Since 1890 to 1891, William Dalton held Ireland's record for international goals
Scored his first international goal in his debut match on 24 Mar 1888

Football player William Dalton

William Boyd Dalton

William Dalton

Born on 16 March 1870, Castlereagh
Died on 19 May 1946 (aged 76)

National team appearances of William Dalton

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Ireland	1888 - 1894	11				4		0.364
Total:		11				4		0.364

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Belfast YMCA, Belfast	24 Mar 1888	1				1		1.000
Linfield FC, Belfast	08 Feb 1890 - 31 Mar 1894	10				3		0.300

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Goals

Goals/ Caps

British Championship (BC)

0.364

Total:

0.364

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
24 Mar 1888	Scotland	debut; first goal	18 years 8 days
8 Feb 1890	Wales	record for goal scoring (held up to 7 Feb 1891)	19 years 10 months 23 days
31 Mar 1894	Scotland	last appearance	24 years 15 days

Record of William Dalton's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Wales	3		2	1	1			1.500	4	0.750
Scotland	1		1	1				1.000	5	0.200
(+) other teams									2
Total:	4		3	2	1	0	0	1.333	11	0.364

Record of national team matches played by William Dalton

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Ireland national football team	11	1	2	8	20	37	18.2

William Dalton's international caps

as player of Belfast YMCA, Belfast:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 18 years 8 days

24 Mar 1888 15:30 (+0:25)

Belfast, Oldpark Avenue

2-10

Ireland vs Scotland

British Championship 1888

1х

as player of Linfield FC, Belfast:

08 Feb 1890

Shrewsbury, Old Racecourse

5-2

Wales vs Ireland

British Championship 1890

2х

29 Mar 1890 15:30 (+0:25)

Belfast, Ulster Football Club Ground, Ballynafeigh

1-4

Ireland vs Scotland

British Championship 1890

07 Feb 1891 15:15 (+0:25)

Belfast, Ulsterville

7-2

Ireland vs Wales

British Championship 1891

1х

28 Mar 1891 16:00

Glasgow, 1st Celtic Park, Parkhead

2-1

Scotland vs Ireland

British Championship 1891

27 Feb 1892 15:30

Bangor, Penrhyn Park

1-1

Wales vs Ireland

British Championship 1892

05 Mar 1892 15:30 (+0:25)

Belfast, Solitude (Cliftonville Ground)

0-2

Ireland vs England

British Championship 1892

19 Mar 1892 15:30 (+0:25)

Belfast, Solitude (Cliftonville Ground)

2-3

Ireland vs Scotland

British Championship 1892

24 Feb 1894 15:00

Swansea, St. Helen's Rugby Ground

4-1

Wales vs Ireland

British Championship 1894

03 Mar 1894 15:30 (+0:25)

Belfast, Solitude (Cliftonville Ground)

2-2

Ireland vs England

British Championship 1894

31 Mar 1894 15:30 (+0:25)

Belfast, Solitude (Cliftonville Ground)

1-2

Ireland vs Scotland

British Championship 1894

Comments

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William Dalton's most often teammates

Sam Torrans (1890 - 1894) - 10 games
Olphie Stanfield (1888 - 1894) - 10 games
George Gaffikin (1890 - 1894) - 10 games
Robert Stewart (1890 - 1894) - 8 games
Nathaniel McKeown (1892 - 1894) - 5 games
John Clugston (1890 - 1892) - 5 games
Jack Peden (1890 - 1892) - 5 games

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