Scotland v England, 27 March 1886

Score1-1
RefereeAlexander Hunter
CompetitionBritish Home Championship
Venue2nd Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance11,000

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Some sources incorrectly state this match was played on 31 March 1886 (i.e. after the Wales' match on 29 March 1886).

1 Scotland

1 England

Goals:

George Somerville 84 G

Goals:

Tinsley Lindley 35 G

Starting lineup:

Ralph A Aitken
Walter Arnott (captain)
Charles Campbell
Woodville Gray
Alexander Hamilton
Joe Lindsay
Dr John Macdonald
James McAulay
Michael Paton
William Sellar
George Somerville

Starting lineup:

Herbert Arthur Goalkeeper
Ralph Tyndall Squire Full Back
Arthur Walters Full Back
Percy Melmoth Walters Full Back
Jimmy Forrest Left Half
Norman Bailey Half Back (captain)
Charlie Bambridge Outside Left
George Brann Outside Left
Nevill Cobbold Forward
Tinsley Lindley Forward
Ben Spilsbury Inside forward

Comments:

A team of Probables and Improbables were chosen by the SFA on 9 March 1886. A first eleven was then chosen to play England on 23 March, the remaining eleven were to play Wales.

Comments:

The Scottish FA insisted that James Henry Forrest wore a different-coloured shirt to the rest of the England team. The Scots were still dominated by the gentlemen-amateurs of Queens' Park FC who objected to playing against a professional. Forrest was receiving £1 a week from Blackburn Rovers. His club also had to agree not to pay him his wages this week. There is no record of what Forrest wore in this match but he probably wore his club shirt.

1 Scotland

Goals:

George Somerville 84 G

Starting lineup:

Ralph A Aitken
Walter Arnott (captain)
Charles Campbell
Woodville Gray
Alexander Hamilton
Joe Lindsay
Dr John Macdonald
James McAulay
Michael Paton
William Sellar
George Somerville

Comments:

A team of Probables and Improbables were chosen by the SFA on 9 March 1886. A first eleven was then chosen to play England on 23 March, the remaining eleven were to play Wales.

1 England

Goals:

Tinsley Lindley 35 G

Starting lineup:

Herbert Arthur Goalkeeper
Ralph Tyndall Squire Full Back
Arthur Walters Full Back
Percy Melmoth Walters Full Back
Jimmy Forrest Left Half
Norman Bailey Half Back (captain)
Charlie Bambridge Outside Left
George Brann Outside Left
Nevill Cobbold Forward
Tinsley Lindley Forward
Ben Spilsbury Inside forward

Comments:

The Scottish FA insisted that James Henry Forrest wore a different-coloured shirt to the rest of the England team. The Scots were still dominated by the gentlemen-amateurs of Queens' Park FC who objected to playing against a professional. Forrest was receiving £1 a week from Blackburn Rovers. His club also had to agree not to pay him his wages this week. There is no record of what Forrest wore in this match but he probably wore his club shirt.