Match No. 12 - Saturday, 26th February 1881, 3:00pm
- GK
- John HawtreyOld Etonians, 1st of 2 caps
30 years, 7 months, 7 days
Goalkeeper
- RB
- Alf HarveyWednesbury Strollers, Only Cap
24 years, 7 months, 21 day
Right Back
- HB
- Jack HunterSheffield Heeley, 4th of 7 caps
29 years, 6 months, 13 days
Half Back (c)1st captaincy
- HB
- Fred HargreavesBlackburn, 2nd of 3 caps
22 years, 6 months, 10 days
Half Back
- OR
- Thomas MarshallDarwen, 2nd of 2 caps
22 years, 5 months, 14 days
Outside Right
- CF
- Jimmy BrownBlackburn, 1st of 5 caps
18 years, 6 months, 26 days
Centre Forward
- CF
- George TaitBirmingham Excelsior, Only Cap
21 years, 3 months, 25 days
Centre Forward
- IL
- John HargreavesBlackburn, 1st of 2 caps
20 years, 2 months, 13 days
Inside Left
- OL
- Billy MosforthSheffield Wed, 7th of 9 caps
22 years, 1 month, 24 days
Outside Left
"...Vaughan succeeded in bringing down the English standard twelve minutes after play." Jack Vaughan, 57'
- GK
- Robert McMillanRobert McMillan.
Born 1857, England.
- RB
- John MorganJohn Richard Morgan.
Born 1855, Pengwern.
(c)
- LB
- Llewelyn KenrickSamuel Llewelyn Kenrick.
Date of birth unknown, Ruabon.
- HB
- William WilliamsWilliam Williams.
Born 1856, Ruabon.
- HB
- William BellWilliam Bell.
Born 1859, England.
- HB
- William OwenWilliam Pierce Owen.
Born 20th Nov 1860, Wales.
- OR
- Thomas LewisThomas Lewis.
Date of birth unknown.
- IR
- Knyvett CrosseKnyvett Crosse.
Born 1855, Shropshire, England.
- CF
- John PriceJohn Henry Price.
Born 1854, Wrexham.
- IL
- Uriah GoodwinUriah Goodwin.
Born 1859, Llanfrog.
- OL
- Jack VaughanJohn Vaughan.
Born 1856, Wales.
Notes
- Disallowed Goal"Finally, a corner kick was awarded to the English captain, and Marshall, in the scrimmage which ensued, headed the ball through the Welsh posts. A claim of Marshall being off-side was set up and allowed by the referee."
- Player MilestoneJohn Hawtrey's 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneAlf Harvey's Only Cap
- Player MilestoneArthur Bambridge's 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneThomas Marshall's Last Cap
- Player MilestoneThurston Rostron's 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneJimmy Brown's 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneGeorge Tait's Only Cap
- Player MilestoneJohn Hargreaves' 1st Cap
Sources
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Nottingham Evening Post "England v Wales", Monday, 28th February 1881, page 4.
- Leeds Mercury "England v Wales", Monday 28th February 1881, page 3.
Referee
Richard Sagar Bastard
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, losing -19 ranking points to 1948 points England - 2nd
Wales - 3rd