5 - Saturday, 4th March 1876, 3:30pm

5 - 4th Mar 1876, 3:30pm

  • GoalBilly MacKinnon, 8'
  • GoalHenry McNeil, 11' ?
  • GoalThomas Highet, 35'
  • GKAlex McGeochAlexander McGeoch.
    Born 10th Mar 1854, Scotland.
  • FBJoseph TaylorJoseph Taylor.
    Born 16th Dec 1850, Dunoon.
    (c)
  • FBJohn HunterJohn Hunter.
    Date of birth unknown.
  • HBAlex McLintockAlexander McLintock.
    Born 1853, Alexandria.
  • HBSandy KennedyAlexander Kennedy.
    Date of birth unknown, Dalquhurn.
  • FHenry McNeilHenry McNeil.
    Born 1853, Scotland.
  • FBilly MacKinnonWilliam Muir MacKinnon.
    Born 18th Jan 1952, Glasgow.
  • FThomas HighetThomas Cochrane Highet.
    Born 1853, Ayr.
  • FWilliam MillerWilliam Miller.
    Date of birth unknown, Scotland.
  • FJohn FergusonJohn Ferguson.
    Born 1848, Scotland.
  • FJohn BairdJohn Campbell Baird.
    Born 27th Jul 1856, Scotland.
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  • GKArthur SavageCrystal Palace (A), Only Cap
    25 years, 4 months, 17 days
    Goalkeeper
  • FBFred GreenWanderers, Only Cap
    24 years, 8 months, 13 days
    Full Back
  • FBEdgar FieldClapham, 1st of 2 caps
    21 years, 7 months, 6 days
    Full Back
  • HBErnest BambridgeSwifts, Only Cap
    27 years, 9 months, 19 days
    Half Back
  • HBBeaumont JarrettCambridge Uni, 1st of 3 caps
    20 years, 7 months, 17 days
    Half Back
  • FHubert HeronWanderers, 4th of 5 caps
    24 years, 1 month, 5 days
    Forward
    (c)1st captaincy
  • FArthur CurshamNotts County, 1st of 6 caps
    22 years, 11 month, 21 day
    Forward
  • FFrank HeronWanderers, Only Cap
    22 years, 5 months, 24 days
    Forward
  • FCharles Eastlake SmithCrystal Palace (A), Only Cap
    25 years, 5 months, 0 days
    Forward
  • FWalter BuchananClapham, Only Cap
    20 years, 9 months, 3 days
    Forward
  • FWilliam Maynard1st Surrey Rifles, 2nd of 2 caps
    22 years, 11 month, 17 days
    Forward

England Starting Formation

    2-2-6

Notes

  • Match InfoThe first match which included a half time interval. Previously teams changed ends after each goal.
  • UmpiresUmpires were Francis Arthur Marindin (England) & J.C. Mackay (Scotland).
  • Player MilestoneArthur Savage's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneFred Green's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneEdgar Field's 1st Cap
  • Player MilestoneErnest Bambridge's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneBeaumont Jarrett's 1st Cap
  • Player MilestoneArthur Cursham's 1st Cap
  • Player MilestoneFrank Heron's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneCharles Eastlake Smith's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneWalter Buchanan's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneWilliam Maynard's Last Cap

Sources

  • Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser "International Football match at Glasgow", Monday 6th March 1876, page 8
  • Sheffield Daily Telegraph "Football. England v Scotland", Monday 6th March 1876, page 4
  • Sheffield and Rotherham Independent "The International Football Match", Monday 6th March 1876, page 4
  • Association Football in Victorian England by Philip Gibbons (Minerva Press 2001) page 46.
  • Manchester Guardian "Football - England v Scotland", Monday, 6th March 1876, page 7.
  • Glasgow Herald "International (Association) Football Match at Glasgow", Monday 6th March, page 5.

Managers

Referee

  • Scottish FlagScotland Wliiam C Mitchell

Attendance

  • 15,000

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • English FlagDown 1 place, losing -13 ranking points to 1990 points England - 2nd - 1
  • Scottish Flag Scotland - 1st