(Match 15) 12th March 1881 (Friendly match)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 1-6 (0-1)
Referee: Francis Arthur Marindin (England)
Crowd: 8.500, Kennington Oval, London
Goals: 0-1 Smith (10), 0-2 Hill (53), 1-2 Bambridge (64), 1-3 Smith (69),
1-4 Ker (74), 1-5 Smith (79), 1-6 Ker (89)
ENGLAND:
John Purvis Hawtrey - Edgar Field, Claude William Wilson - Norman Coles Bailey (Cap),
John Hunter, George Henry Holden - Thurston Rostron, Reginald Heber Macauley, Clement
Mitchell, John Hargreaves, Edward Charles Bambridge.
SCOTLAND:
George Gillespie (2/Rangers) -
Andrew Watson (1/Queen's Park)
Thomas C. Vallance (6/Rangers) -
Charles Campbell (Captain) (8/Queen's Park)
David Davidson (4/Queen's Park)
David Hill (1/Rangers) -
William McGuire (1/Beith)
George Ker (2/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (2/Dumbarton)
Henry McNiel (9/Queen's Park)
John Smith (6/Edinburgh University)
Notes: This 6-1 victory was Scotland's biggest ever win in England.
(Match 16) 14th March 1881 (Friendly match)
WALES - SCOTLAND 1-5 (1-4)
Referee: Samuel Llewelyn Kenrick (Wales)
Crowd: 1.500, Acton Park, Wrexham
Goals: 1-0 Crosse (n/a), 1-1 Ker (7), 1-2 McNiel (9), 1-3 Bell (10) own goal, 1-4 Ker (44),
1-5 Morgan (52) own goal
WALES:
Robert McMillan - John Richard Morgan (Cap), John Roberts - William Williams, William Stafford
Bell, William Pierce Owen - Thomas Lewis, John Price, Knyvett Crosse, William Roberts, John
Vaughan.
SCOTLAND:
George Gillespie (3/Rangers) -
Andrew Watson (2/Queen's Park)
Thomas C. Vallance (7/Rangers) -
John Campbell McLeod McPherson (4/Vale of Leven)
David Davidson (Captain) (5/Queen's Park)
William McGuire (2/Beith) -
David Hill (2/Rangers)
George Ker (3/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (3/Dumbarton)
Henry McNiel (10/Queen's Park)
John Smith (7/Edinburgh University)
Notes: Referee Llewelyn Kenrick had played 5 times for Wales.
(Match 17) 11th March 1882 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 5-1 (2-1)
Referee: John Wallace (Scotland)
Crowd: 10.000, 1st Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Harrower (15), 1-1 Vaughton (35), 2-1 Ker (43), 3-1 McPherson (46), 4-1 Ker (70),
5-1 Kay (85)
SCOTLAND:
George Gillespie (4/Rangers) -
Andrew Watson (3/Queen's Park)
Andrew McIntyre (2/Vale of Leven) -
Charles Campbell (Captain) (9/Queen's Park)
Peter Miller (1/Dumbarton)
Malcolm James Eadie Fraser (2/Queen's Park) -
William Anderson (1/Queen's Park)
George Ker (4/Queen's Park)
William Harrower (1/Queen's Park)
John Leck Kay (2/Queen's Park)
Robert McPherson (1/Arthurlie)
ENGLAND:
Harry Albemarle Swepstone - Doctor Haydock Greenwood, Alfred Jones - Norman Coles Bailey (Cap),
John Hunter, Henry Alfred Cursham - Edward Hagarty Parry, Oliver Howard Vaughton, Arthur
Brown, William H. Mosforth, Edward Charles Bambridge.
(Match 18) 25th March 1882 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - WALES 5-0 (1-0)
Referee: Donald Hamilton (Scotland)
Crowd: 5.000, 1st Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Kay (25), 2-0 Ker (50), 3-0 Fraser (60), 4-0 Fraser (70), 5-0 McAulay (88)
SCOTLAND:
Archibald Rowan (Captain) (2/Queen's Park) -
Andrew Hair Holm (1/Queen's Park)
James Duncan (2/Alexandria Athletic) -
Charles Campbell (10/Queen's Park)
Alexander Kennedy (5/Third Lanark)
Malcolm James Eadie Fraser (3/Queen's Park) -
David Hill (3/Rangers)
George Ker (5/Queen's Park)
James McAulay (1/Dumbarton)
John Leck Kay (3/Queen's Park)
James Tassie Richmond (3/Queen's Park)
WALES:
Henry Phoenix - John Richard Morgan (Cap), John Powell - Henry Valentine Edwards, William
Williams, John Roberts - William Pierce Owen, Walter Hugh Roberts, John Price, John Roberts,
John Vaughan.
(Match 19) 10th March 1883 (Friendly match)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 2-3 (2-2)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 7.000, Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Goals: 0-1 Smith (22), 1-1 Mitchell (24), 1-2 Smith (39), 2-2 Cobbold (43), 2-3 Fraser (86)
ENGLAND:
Harry Albemarle Swepstone - Percy John de Paravicini, Alfred Jones - Norman Coles Bailey (Cap),
Stuart Macrae, Oliver Whateley - Arthur William Cursham, Harry Chester Goodhart, Clement Mitchell,
Henry Alfred Cursham, William Nevill Cobbold.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (2/Dumbarton) -
Andrew Hair Holm (Captain) (2/Queen's Park)
Michael Paton (1/Dumbarton) -
Peter Miller (2/Dumbarton)
John Campbell McLeod McPherson (5/Vale of Leven)
Malcolm James Eadie Fraser (4/Queen's Park) -
William Anderson (2/Queen's Park)
Dr.John Smith (8/Queen's Park)
John Inglis (1/Rangers)
John Leck Kay (4/Queen's Park)
William Neilson McKinnon (1/Dumbarton)
(Match 20) 12th March 1883 (Friendly match)
WALES - SCOTLAND 0-3 (0-2)
Referee: Robert E. Lythgoe (England)
Crowd: 2.000, Acton Park, Wrexham
Goals: 0-1 Smith (35), 0-2 Fraser (38), 0-3 Anderson (60)
WALES:
Richard Thomas Gough - Frederick William Hughes, John Powell (Cap) - Edward Bowen, Henry
Valentine Edwards, John Jones - William Pierce Owen, Walter Hugh Roberts, John Price, William
Roberts, John Vaughan.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (3/Dumbarton) -
Andrew Hair Holm (Captain) (3/Queen's Park)
Walter Arnott (1/Queen's Park) -
Peter Miller (3/Dumbarton)
Dr.John Smith (9/Queen's Park)
John Campbell McLeod McPherson (6/Vale of Leven) -
Malcolm James Eadie Fraser (5/Queen's Park)
William Anderson (3/Queen's Park)
John Inglis (2/Rangers)
John Leck Kay (5/Queen's Park)
William Neilson McKinnon (2/Dumbarton)
(Match 21) 26th January 1884 (British Championship)
IRELAND - SCOTLAND 0-5 (0-2)
Referee: Thomas Hindle (England)
Crowd: 2.000, Ulster Ground (Ballynafeigh Park), Belfast
Goals: 0-1 Harrower (12), 0-2 Gossland (30), 0-3 Goudie (60), 0-4 Gossland (70),
0-5 Harrower (86)
IRELAND:
R.J.Hunter - M.Wilson, William Crone - John Hastings, Thomas Bryson Molyneux, A.H.Dill -
E.Arthur Spiller, John T.Gibb, William J.Morrow, Dr.John Robert Davison (Cap), Arthur W.
Gaussen.
SCOTLAND:
John Inglis (1/Kilmarnock Athletic) -
John Forbes (1/Vale of Leven)
Walter Arnott (Captain) (2/Queen's Park) -
John Graham (1/Annbank)
William Fulton (1/Abercorn)
Robert Brown (1/Dumbarton) -
Samuel Thomson (1/Lugar Boswell)
James Gossland (1/Rangers)
John Wilson Goudie (1/Abercorn)
William Harrower (2/Queen's Park)
J. McAulay (1/Arthurlie)
Notes: Robert Brown was known as "The Sparrow" as he was a small but fast player.
(Match 22) 15th March 1884 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 1-0 (1-0)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 10.000, Cathkin Park, Glasgow
Goal: 1-0 Smith (7)
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (4/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (3/Queen's Park)
John Forbes (2/Vale of Leven) -
Charles Campbell (Captain) (11/Queen's Park)
John Campbell McLeod McPherson (7/Vale of Leven)
William Anderson (4/Queen's Park) -
Francis Watson Shaw (1/Pollockshields Athletic)
Dr.John Smith (10/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (4/Dumbarton)
Robert Main Christie (1/Queen's Park)
William Neilson McKinnon (3/Dumbarton)
ENGLAND:
William Crispin Rose - Joseph Beverley, Alfred Thomas Carrick Dobson - Stuart Macrae, Norman
Coles Bailey (Cap), Charles Plumpton Wilson - George Henry Holden, Oliver Howard Vaughton,
William Bromley-Davenport, Edward Charles Bambridge, William Gunn.
(Match 23) 29th March 1884 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 4-1 (1-1)
Referee: R.M. Sloane (England)
Crowd: 5.000, Cathkin Park, Glasgow
Goals: 0-1 R.Roberts (n/a), 1-1 Lindsay (22), 2-1 Shaw (49), 3-1 Kay (65), 4-1 Kay (87)
SCOTLAND:
Thomas Turner (1/Arthurlie) -
Michael Paton (Captain) (2/Dumbarton)
John Forbes (3/Vale of Leven) -
Alexander Kennedy (6/Third Lanark)
James McIntyre (1/Rangers)
Robert Brown (2/Dumbarton) -
Francis Watson Shaw (2/Pollockshields Athletic)
Samuel Thomson (2/Lugar Boswell)
Joseph Lindsay (5/Dumbarton)
John Leck Kay (6/Queen's Park)
William Neilson McKinnon (4/Dumbarton)
WALES:
Elias Owen - Robert Roberts, Charles Conde - Frederick William Hughes, Thomas Burke, John
Jones - William Pierce Owen (Cap), Walter Hugh Roberts, Edward Gough Shaw, John Arthur
Eyton-Jones, Robert Albert Jones.
Notes: Scotland won the very first British Home Championship.
(Match 24) 14th March 1885 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - IRELAND 8-2 (4-0)
Referee: William Pierce Dix (England)
Crowd: 6.000, 1st Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Lamont (10), 2-0 Turner (12), 3-0 Calderwood (15), 4-0 Marshall (35),
5-0 Higgins (51), 6-0 Barbour (53), 7-0 Higgins (60), 8-0 Higgins (70),
8-1 Gibb (n/a), 8-2 Gibb (n/a)
SCOTLAND:
William Chalmers (1/Rangers) -
Hugh McHardy (1/Rangers)
James B. Niven (1/Moffat) -
Robert Robinson Kelso (1/Renton)
John Campbell McLeod McPherson (Captain) (8/Vale of Leven)
Alexander Barbour (1/Renton) -
John Marshall (1/Third Lanark)
William Turner (1/Pollockshields Athletic)
Alexander F. Higgins (1/Kilmarnock)
Robert Calderwood (1/Cartvale)
W. Lamont (1/Pilgrims)
IRELAND:
Anthony W.Henderson - George Hewison, R.Johnston - Robert Muir, William John Houston, William
L'Estrange Eames - T.McLean, Joseph Sherrard, John T.Gibb, George McGee, A.H.Dill.
(Match 25) 21st March 1885 (British Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 1-1 (0-1)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 8.000, Kennington Oval, London
Goals: 0-1 Lindsay (20), 1-1 Bambridge (57)
ENGLAND:
William John Herbert Arthur - Arthur Melmoth Walters, Percy Melmoth Walters - Andrews Amos,
Norman Coles Bailey (Cap), James Henry Forrest - Joseph Morris Lofthouse, Thomas Danks, James
Brown, William Nevill Cobbold, Edward Charles Bambridge.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (5/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (4/Queen's Park)
Michael Paton (3/Dumbarton) -
Charles Campbell (Captain) (12/Queen's Park)
John James Gow (1/Queen's Park)
William Anderson (5/Queen's Park) -
Alexander Hamilton (1/Queen's Park)
William Sellar (1/Battlefield)
Joseph Lindsay (6/Dumbarton)
David Steel Allan (1/Queen's Park)
Robert Calderwood (2/Cartvale)
(Match 26) 23rd March 1885 (British Championship)
WALES - SCOTLAND 1-8 (0-3)
Referee: R.M. Sloane (England)
Crowd: 4.000, Acton Park, Wrexham
Goals: 0-1 Calderwood (8), 0-2 Anderson (20), 0-3 Allan (30), 1-3 R.A.Jones (n/a), 1-4 Lindsay (56),
1-5 Anderson (76), 1-6 Calderwood (80), 1-7 Lindsay (84), 1-8 Lindsay (88)
WALES:
Dr.Robert Herbert Mills-Roberts - George Thomas, Seth Powell - Thomas Burke, William Tanant
Foulkes, Humphrey Jones (Cap) - James William Lloyd, Job Wilding, Harold Hibbott, George
Farmer, Robert Albert Jones.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (6/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (5/Queen's Park)
Michael Paton (Captain) (4/Dumbarton) -
Robert Robinson Kelso (2/Renton)
Leitch Keir (1/Renton)
Alexander Hamilton (2/Queen's Park) -
William Anderson (6/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (7/Dumbarton)
Robert Calderwood (3/Cartvale)
Robert Brown (1/Dumbarton)
David Steel Allan (2/Queen's Park)
Notes: Robert Brown was known as "The Plumber" on account of his occupation.
Scotland won the British Home Championship for the 2nd time.
(Match 27) 20th March 1886 (British Championship)
IRELAND - SCOTLAND 2-7 (2-5)
Referee: Wolstenholme (Ireland)
Crowd: 3.000, Ulster Ground (Ballynafeigh Park), Belfast
Goals: 0-1 Heggie (15), 0-2 Heggie (18), 1-2 Condy (n/a), 1-3 Heggie (25), 1-4 Lambie (35),
1-5 Dunbar (40), 2-5 Johnston (44), 2-6 Heggie (60), 2-7 Gourlay (75)
IRELAND:
Shaw Gillespie - James Watson, William Crone - Thomas Bryson Molyneux, W.Devine, John Hastings
(Cap) - John McClatchey, Samuel Johnston, John T.Gibb, J.Condy, William Turner.
SCOTLAND:
James Connor (1/Airdrieonians) -
Andrew Thomson (1/Arthurlie)
William McLeod (1/Queen's Park) -
John Cameron (1/Rangers)
Leitch Keir (2/Dumbarton)
Robert Fleming (1/Greenock Morton) -
John Alexander Lambie (Captain) (1/Queen's Park)
Charles Winton Heggie (1/Rangers)
William Turner (2/Pollockshields Athletic)
James McCrorie Gourlay (1/Cambuslang)
Michael Dunbar (1/Cartvale)
Notes: John Lambie is the Youngest player to play for Scotland - at 17 years & 92 days.
(Match 28) 27th March 1886 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 1-1 (0-1)
Referee: Alexander Hunter (Wales)
Crowd: 11.000, 1st Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 0-1 Lindley (35), 1-1 Sommerville (80)
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (7/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (Captain) (6/Queen's Park)
Michael Paton (5/Dumbarton) -
Charles Campbell (13/Queen's Park)
John McDonald (1/Edinburgh University)
Alexander Hamilton (3/Queen's Park) -
William Sellar (2/Battlefield)
George Sommerville (1/Queen's Park)
Joseph Lindsay (8/Dumbarton)
Woodville Gray (1/Pollockshields Athletic)
Ralph Allan Aitken (1/Dumbarton)
ENGLAND:
William John Herbert Arthur - Arthur Melmoth Walter, Percy Melmoth Walters - Norman Coles
Bailey (Cap), Ralph Tyndall Squire, James Henry Forrest - Benjamin Ward Spilsbury, George
Brann, Dr.Tinsley Lindley, William Nevill Cobbold, Edward Charles Bambridge.
(Match 29) 10th April 1886 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 4-1 (2-0)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 5.500, 1st Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 McCormick (30), 2-0 McCall (47), 3-0 Allan (53), 3-1 Vaughan (n/a), 4-1 Harrower (56)
SCOTLAND:
George Gillespie (5/Queen's Park) -
James Lundie (1/Hibernian)
William Semple (Captain) (1/Cambuslang) -
Robert Robinson Kelso (3/Renton)
Andrew Jackson (1/Cambuslang)
John Marshall (2/Third Lanark) -
Robert McCormick (1/Abercorn)
James McGhee (1/Hibernian)
William Harrower (3/Queen's Park)
David Steel Allan (3/Queen's Park)
James McCall (1/Renton)
WALES:
Albert Malcolm Hersee - Dr.Alfred Owen Davies, Frederick Robert Jones - John Owen Vaughan,
William Strafford Bell, Humphrey Jones (Cap) - Richard Parry Williams, William Roberts,
John Doughty, Herbert Sissons, William Lewis.
Notes: Scotland & England shared the British Home Championship with 5 points.
(Match 30) 19th February 1887 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - IRELAND 4-1 (2-1)
Referee: Alexander Hunter (Wales)
Crowd: 1.000, 1st Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Watt (5), 1-1 Browne (n/a), 2-1 Jenkinson (43), 3-1 Johnstone (55), 4-1 Lowe (75)
SCOTLAND:
John Edward Doig (1/Arbroath) -
Andrew Whitelaw (1/Vale of Leven)
Robert Smellie (1/Queen's Park) -
John Weir (1/Third Lanark)
Thomas McMillan (1/Dumbarton)
James Hutton (1/St Bernard's) -
Thomas James Jenkinson (1/Heart of Midlothian)
John Alexander Lambie (Captain) (2/Queen's Park)
William Wilson Watt (1/Queen's Park)
James Lowe (1/St Bernard's)
William Johnstone (1/Third Lanark)
IRELAND:
Shaw Gillespie - W.Fox, John Watson - T.Moore, Archibald Rosbotham, Robert A.Baxter - John
Reid, Olphert M.Stanfield, Frederick Browne, John Peden, John T.Gibb (Cap).
Notes: Scotland were so confident of winning this match that they included 10 debutants.
(Match 31) 19th March 1887 (British Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 2-3 (1-1)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 12.000, Leamington Road, Blackburn
Goals: 0-1 McCall (30), 1-1 Lindley (32), 1-2 Keir (68), 2-2 Dewhurst (69), 2-3 Allan (70)
ENGLAND:
Robert John Roberts - Percy Melmoth Walters, Arthur Melmoth Walters - Norman Coles Bailey
(Cap), George Haworth, James Henry Forrest - Edward Charles Bambridge, William Nevill Cobbold,
Joseph Morris Lofthouse, Frederick Dewhurst, Dr.Tinsley Lindley.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (Captain) (8/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (7/Queen's Park)
John Forbes (4/Vale of Leven) -
Robert Robinson Kelso (4/Renton)
John Robertson Auld (1/Third Lanark)
Leitch Keir (3/Dumbarton) -
John Marshall (3/Third Lanark)
William Robertson (1/Dumbarton)
William Sellar (3/Battlefield)
James McCall (2/Renton)
James Allan (1/Queen's Park)
(Match 32) 21st March 1887 (British Championship)
WALES - SCOTLAND 0-2 (0-1)
Referee: A.B. Hall (England)
Crowd: 2.000, Acton Park, Wrexham
Goals: 0-1 Robertson (40), 0-2 Allan (80)
WALES:
James Trainer - Dr.Alfred Owen Davies, John Powell (Cap) - Robert Roberts, James Morris,
Thomas Burke - John Bonamy Challen, Richard Owen Jones, William Ernest Pryce-Jones, William
Lewis, John Doughty.
SCOTLAND:
James McAulay (Captain) (9/Dumbarton) -
Walter Arnott (8/Queen's Park)
John Forbes (5/Vale of Leven) -
Robert Robinson Kelso (5/Renton)
John Robertson Auld (2/Third Lanark)
Leitch Keir (4/Dumbarton) -
John Marshall (4/Third Lanark)
William Robertson (2/Dumbarton)
William Sellar (4/Battlefield)
James McCall (3/Renton)
James Allan (2/Queen's Park)
Notes: Scotland won the British Home Championship for the 3rd time outright - plus one
shared with England.
(Match 33) 10th March 1888 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 5-1 (1-1)
Referee: John Charles Clegg (England)
Crowd: 8.000, Easter Road Park, Edinburgh
Goals: 1-0 Paul (6), 2-0 Munro (30), 3-0 Latta (33), 3-1 Doughty (n/a), 4-1 Groves (65),
5-1 Latta (75)
SCOTLAND:
James Wilson (1/Vale of Leven) -
Andrew Hannah (1/Renton)
Robert Smellie (Captain) (2/Queen's Park) -
James Johnston (1/Abercorn)
James McCrorie Gourlay (2/Cambuslang)
James McLaren (1/Hibernian) -
Alexander Latta (1/Dumbarton Athletic)
William Groves (1/Hibernian)
William Paul (1/Partick Thistle)
John McPherson (1/Kilmarnock)
Neil Munro (1/Abercorn)
WALES:
James Trainer - David Jones, John Powell (Cap) - Thomas Burke, Joseph Davies, Robert Roberts -
William Ernest Pryce-Jones, Job Wilding, John Doughty, George Owen, Roger Doughty.
(Match 34) 17th March 1888 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 0-5 (0-4)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 10.000, 1st Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 0-1 Lindley (32), 0-2 Hodgetts (34), 0-3 Dewhurst (40), 0-4 Goodall (43),
0-5 Dewhurst (49)
SCOTLAND:
John Lindsay (1/Renton) -
Walter Arnott (9/Queen's Park)
Donald Robertson Gow (Captain) (1/Rangers) -
James Kelly (1/Renton)
Leitch Keir (5/Dumbarton)
Robert Robinson Kelso (6/Renton) -
Alexander Hamilton (4/Queen's Park)
William Hall Berry (1/Queen's Park)
William Sellar (5/Battlefield)
James McCall (4/Renton)
John Alexander Lambie (3/Queen's Park)
ENGLAND:
William Robert Moon - Robert Henry Howarth, Percy Melmoth Walters - Henry Allen, George
Haworth, Cecil Henry Holden-White - George Woodhall, John Goodall, Dr.Tinsley Lindley (Cap),
Dennis Hodgetts, Frederick Dewhurst.
Notes: This was the first defeat suffered by Scotland since 5th April 1879.
It is also the first Scotland defeat at Home.
(Match 35) 24th March 1888 (British Championship)
IRELAND - SCOTLAND 2-10 (2-7)
Referee: Robert Parlane (Scotland)
Crowd: 5.000, Solitude Ground, Belfast
Goals: 0-1 Dewar (5), 0-2 Dickson (8), 0-3 Breckenridge (15), 1-3 Dalton (n/a), 2-3 Dalton (n/a),
2-4 Aitken (30), 2-5 Dickson (33), 2-6 Dickson (40), 2-7 Dickson (45), 2-8 McCallum (53),
2-9 Wilson (77) own goal, 2-10 A.Stewart (83)
IRELAND:
Ralph Lawther - Robert Wilson, Frederick Browne - James Forsythe, Archibald Rosbotham,
Thomas Bryson Molyneux - William Dalton, Olphert M. Stanfield, John Barry, John Lemon,
William Turner.
SCOTLAND:
John McLeod (1/Dumbarton) -
Duncan Stewart (Captain) (1/Dumbarton)
Archibald McCall (1/Renton) -
Allan Stewart (1/Queen's Park)
George Dewar (1/Dumbarton)
Andrew Jackson (2/Cambuslang) -
Neil McCallum (1/Renton)
John Robertson Gow (2/Rangers)
William Alexander Dickson (1/Dundee Strathmore)
Thomas Breckenridge (1/Heart of Midlothian)
Ralph Allan Aitken (2/Dumbarton)
(Match 36) 9th March 1889 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - IRELAND 7-0 (4-0)
Referee: William H. Stacey (England)
Crowd: 6.000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Watt (7), 2-0 Watt (10), 3-0 Black (25), 4-0 Groves (32), 5-0 Groves (50),
6-0 Groves (70), 7-0 McInnes (88)
SCOTLAND:
John Edward Doig (2/Arbroath) -
James Adams (1/Heart of Midlothian)
Thomas Michael McKeown (1/Celtic) -
Thomas Robertson (Captain) (1/Queen's Park)
David Calderhead (1/Queen of the South Wanderers)
John Buchanan (1/Cambuslang) -
Francis Watt (1/Kilbirnie)
Thomas McInnes (1/Cowlairs)
William Groves (2/Celtic)
Robert Boyd (1/Mossend Swifts)
David George Black (1/Hurlford)
IRELAND:
John Clugston - John McVicker, Robert Crone - John Thompson, James Christian, William Crone -
Samuel Torrans, Olphert M. Stanfield, John T.Gibb (Cap), James M.Wilton, John Peden.
(Match 37) 13th April 1889 (British Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 2-3 (2-0)
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 10.000, Kennington Oval, London
Goals: 1-0 Bassett (15), 2-0 Weir (17), 2-1 Munro (55), 2-2 Oswald (82), 2-3 McLaren (90)
ENGLAND:
William Robert Moon - Arthur Melmoth Walters, Percy Melmoth Walters (Cap) - Henry Edward
Denison Hammond, Henry Allen, James Henry Forrest - William Isaiah Bassett, John Goodall,
John Brant Brodie, David Weir, Dr.Tinsley Lindley.
SCOTLAND:
James Wilson (2/Vale of Leven) -
Robert Smellie (Captain) (3/Queen's Park)
Walter Arnott (10/Queen's Park) -
James Kelly (2/Celtic)
George Dewar (2/Dumbarton)
James McLaren (2/Celtic) -
James Oswald (1/Third Lanark)
William Hall Berry (2/Queen's Park)
Alexander Latta (2/Dumbarton Athletic)
John McPherson (2/Cowlairs)
Neil Munro (2/Abercorn)
(Match 38) 15th April 1889 (British Championship)
WALES - SCOTLAND 0-0
Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd: 6.000, The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
WALES:
Allen Pugh (Samuel Gladstone Gillam 30) - Dr.Alfred Owen Davies (Cap), David Jones - Robert
Roberts, Joseph Davies, Humphrey Jones - Joseph Davies, William Owen, John Doughty, George
Owen, William Lewis.
SCOTLAND:
John McLeod (2/Dumbarton) -
Andrew Thomson (Captain) (1/Third Lanark)
James Rae (1/Third Lanark) -
Allan Stewart (2/Queen's Park)
Alexander Lochhead (1/Third Lanark)
John Robertson Auld (3/Third Lanark) -
Francis Watt (2/Kilbirnie)
Henry Campbell (1/Renton)
William Paul (2/Partick Thistle)
William Johnstone (2/Third Lanark)
James Hannah (1/Third Lanark)
Notes: Scotland won the British Home Championship for the 4th time outright - plus
one shared with England.
The Welsh substitution was the first in the history of International Football.
(Match 39) 22nd March 1890 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 5-0 (3-0)
Referee: W. Finlay (Ireland)
Crowd: 7.500, Underwood Park, Paisley
Goals: 1-0 Wilson (20), 2-0 Paul (36), 3-0 Paul (43), 4-0 Paul (60), 5-0 Paul (70)
SCOTLAND:
George Gillespie (Captain) (6/Rangers) -
Andrew Whitelaw (2/Vale of Leven)
John Winning Murray (1/Vale of Leven) -
Matthew McQueen (1/Leith Athletic)
Andrew Brown (1/St Mirren)
Hugh Wilson (1/Newmilns) -
Francis Watt (3/Kilbirnie)
Robert Brown (1/Cambuslang)
William Paul (3/Partick Thistle)
James Dunlop (1/St Mirren)
Daniel Bruce (1/Vale of Leven)
WALES:
James Trainer - William P. Jones, Samuel Jones - Peter Griffiths, Humphrey Jones (Cap),
Robert Roberts - David Morral Lewis, Oswald Davies, William Owen, Richard Henry Jarrett,
William Haighton Turner.
Notes: In many record books Robert Brown is listed as J Brown but a search of SFA records
revealed his first name to be Robert.
Underwood Park was the home ground of Abercorn.
(Match 40) 29th March 1890 (British Championship)
IRELAND - SCOTLAND 1-4 (1-1)
Referee: William H. Stacey (England)
Crowd: 5.000, Ulster Ground (Ballynafeigh Park), Belfast
Goals: 0-1 Rankin (10), 1-1 Peden (n/a), 1-2 Wylie (50), 1-3 McPherson (70), 1-4 Rankin (80)
IRELAND:
John Clugston - Robert K.Stewart (Cap), Robert Crone - John Reid, Samuel Spencer, Samuel
Cooke - William Dalton, George Gaffikin, Olphert M.Stanfield, Samuel Torrans, John Peden.
SCOTLAND:
John McLeod (Captain) (3/Dumbarton) -
Richard Hunter (1/St Mirren)
James Rae (2/Third Lanark) -
John Russell (1/Cambuslang)
Isaac Begbie (1/Heart of Midlothian)
David Mitchell (1/Rangers) -
Thomas G. Wylie (1/Rangers)
Gilbert Rankin (1/Vale of Leven)
John McPherson (3/Cowlairs)
John Bell (1/Dumbarton)
David Baird (1/Heart of Midlothian)
(Match 41) 5th April 1890 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 1-1 (1-1)
Referee: John Reid (Ireland)
Crowd: 26.379, 2nd Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 0-1 Wood (17), 1-1 McPherson (37)
SCOTLAND:
James Wilson (3/Vale of Leven) -
Walter Arnott (11/Queen's Park)
Thomas Michael McKeown (2/Celtic) -
Thomas Robertson (2/Queen's Park)
James Kelly (3/Celtic)
James McLaren (Captain) (3/Celtic) -
William Groves (3/Celtic)
William Hall Berry (3/Queen's Park)
William Johnstone (3/Third Lanark)
John McPherson (4/Cowlairs)
James McCall (5/Renton)
ENGLAND:
William Robert Moon - Arthur Melmoth Walters, Percy Melmoth Walters (Cap) - George Haworth,
Henry Allen, Alfred Shelton - William Isaiah Bassett, Edmund Samuel Currey, Dr.Tinsley
Lindley, Harry Wood, Harry Butler Daft.
Notes: This was a world record attendance for a full International.
Scotland & England shared the British Home Championship for the 2nd time.
Updated by Gabriele Tossani
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