England Match No. 22 - Wales - 17 March 1884 (original) (raw)
17 vs. Wales  Monday , 17 March 1884 British International Championship 1883-84 (1st) Match Wales 0 England 4 [0-1] <align="center">  </align="center"> The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, Denbighshire Kick-off (GMT): 'three minutes past three' Attendance: 'only 3,000 spectators present'; 'before nearly 4,000 spectators'; 'there were 6,000 spectators present'.  England's third visit to The Racecourse, to Wrexham, to Denbighshire and to Wales  Jack Powell won the toss either William Bromley-Davenport or Norman Bailey kicked-off  [0-1] William Bromley-Davenport 7 'neat shot from a _Bambridge_middle' [0-2] Norman Bailey 75 'quickly sent in' [0-3] William Bromley-Davenport 85'sent it thro' [0-4] Billy Gunn90 'sent the ball along the ground but Powell allowed it to pass him without an attempt to arrest its progress, and the goalkeeper adopting similar tactics, the leather rolled in between the posts' "The weather was lovely, and the ground in grand order" |
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<align="center">  Officials [umpires and referees are of equal relevance]</align="center"> Wales Team Records England Umpire s Charles William Alcock 41 (2 December 1842)Sunderland (FA secretary)(replaced Major Marindin) Samuel Llewelyn Kenrick36 (3 June 1847)Druids FC (Welsh FA secretary). played for England in 1875 played against England in 1879 & 1881 Referee Sydney Broadfoot 27 (24 January 1857), Leith (Scottish F.A. vice-President). |
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| Match Report Sporting Life, Tuesday, 18 March 1884 Journeying from Scotland, where they suffered defeat by one goal to nothing, England met Wales on Wrexham Racecourse yesterday (Monday), and defeated them, after a hard fought game, by four goals to nil. Macrae being unable to come South owing to business engagements, his place at half-back was taken by Forrest (Blackburn Rovers), and in the Welsh team the two Owens played on the right wing, and Vaughan and Jones on the left. The weather was lovely, and the ground in grand order, and some 4,000 spectators were present. Wales won the toss, and elected to defend the Crispin lane goal. The ball was started by Bromley-Davenport at three minutes past three, and in six minutes from the commencement the same player scored first goal for England. On the ball being restarted Albert Jones dribbled it up field, and centre to Eyton Jones, the latter heading it just over the bar. Bromley-Davenport and Bambridge were busy soon afterwards, but they were foiled by Powell, who played grandly throughout. After a nice piece of play by Gunn and Bambridge, Eyton Jones ran the ball down the field, and passed to W. P. Owen, who shot it into the goal, but the ball was got safely away. Some most exciting give-and-take play followed, but the score remained unchanged at half-time. After changing ends, and with the wind slightly in their favour, England pressed Wales desperately, but notwithstanding their exertions, the defence of Owen was too good to permit of any addition to the score, until from a foul in dangerous proximity England scored a second goal. Once more in motion the ball was taken up the left wing by Albert Jones and Vaughan, and Jones made a shot which just went over the bar. Three minutes afterwards Bromley-Davenport kicked the third goal for England, and a fourth was added by Gunn. The game thus ended in favour of England by four goals to nil. Match Report The Times, Tuesday, 18 March 1884 |
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| This international contest was played under Association rules yesterday on Wrexham Racecourse, before nearly 4,000 spectators. Wales won the toss, and decided to have the wind in their favour during the early portion of the game. Bromley-Davenport set the ball in motion for the visitors and after about five minutes' play, he scored a goal for them... Positions having been exchanged, England played with renewed vigour and secured three additional goals... |
| In Other News.... It was on 17 March 1884 that the Prime Minister, William Gladstone was unable to attend the House of Commons as he was suffering from laryngitis. |
| Source Notes |
| TheFA Cris Freddi: Football Historian Welsh Football Data Archive NickGibbs' England: The Football Facts Ian Garland & Gareth M. Davies' Sons of Cambria FreeBMD.org.uk Rothmans Yearbooks Original newspaper reportsJohn Treleven |
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