13 Internationals were played in the 1870s, with England, Scotland and Wales taking part. There was no international competition as such, all the matches being designated friendlies.
The matches:
30.11.72
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Scotland
|
0
|
0
|
England
|
Hamilton Crescent, Partick
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08.03.73
|
England
|
4
|
2
|
Scotland
|
Kennington Oval
|
07.03.74
|
Scotland
|
2
|
1
|
England
|
Hamilton Crescent , Partick
|
06.03.75
|
England
|
2
|
2
|
Scotland
|
Kennington Oval
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04.03.76
|
Scotland
|
3
|
0
|
England
|
Hamilton Crescent ,
Partick
|
25.03.76
|
Scotland
|
4
|
0
|
Wales
|
Hamilton Crescent ,
Partick
|
03.03.77
|
England
|
1
|
3
|
Scotland
|
Kennington Oval
|
05.03.77
|
Wales
|
0
|
2
|
Scotland
|
The Racecourse, Wrexham
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02.03.78
|
Scotland
|
7
|
2
|
England
|
Hampden Park #1
|
23.03.78
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Scotland
|
9
|
0
|
Wales
|
Hampden Park #1
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18.01.79
|
England
|
2
|
1
|
Wales
|
Kennington Oval
|
05.04.79
|
England
|
5
|
4
|
Scotland
|
Kennington Oval
|
07.04.79
|
Wales
|
0
|
3
|
Scotland
|
The Racecourse, Wrexham
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P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
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%
|
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Scotland
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12
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
41
|
15
|
66
|
England
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
17
|
24
|
33
|
Wales
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
21
|
0
|
153 players were capped: 69 by England , 48 by Scotland and 37 by Wales - if you notice the figures don't add up? That's because John Hawley Edwards was capped by both Wales and England.
At the end of the decade Billy MacKinnon (Queen's Park & Scotland) was the most capped international (9 appearances). He also shared the honour of being the top goalscorer in international football (5 goals) with his countrymen Harry McNeil and John Ferguson.
Here, then is a list of the men who played international football in the 1870s:
At the end of the decade Billy MacKinnon (Queen's Park & Scotland) was the most capped international (9 appearances). He also shared the honour of being the top goalscorer in international football (5 goals) with his countrymen Harry McNeil and John Ferguson.
Here, then is a list of the men who played international football in the 1870s:
Scotland
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1
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Robert Gardner
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Granville/Queens Park/
Clydesdale
|
2
|
Joseph Taylor
|
Queens Park
|
3
|
William Ker
|
Granville/Queens Park
|
4
|
James Thomson
|
Granville/Queens Park
|
5
|
James Smith
|
Queens Park/ South
Norwood
|
6
|
Billy MacKinnon
|
Queens Park
|
7
|
Jerry Weir
|
Queens Park
|
8
|
Robert Leckie
|
Queens Park
|
9
|
David Wotherspoon
|
Queens Park
|
10
|
Robert Smith
|
Queens Park/ South
Norwood
|
11
|
Alexander Rhind
|
Queens Park
|
12
|
Henry Renny-Tailyour
|
Royal Engineers
|
13
|
Lord Arthur Kinnaird
|
Wanderers
|
14
|
John Blackburn
|
Royal Engineers
|
15
|
William Gibb
|
Clydesdale
|
16
|
John Hunter
|
Third Lanarkshire RV
|
17
|
Charles Campbell
|
Queen’s Park
|
18
|
John Ferguson
|
Vale of Leven
|
19
|
Harry McNeil
|
Queen’s Park
|
20
|
Angus MacKinnon
|
Queen’s Park
|
21
|
Frederick Anderson
|
Clydesdale
|
22
|
Alexander McLintock
|
Vale of Leven
|
23
|
Alexander Kennedy
|
Glasgow Eastern
|
24
|
Thomas C.Highet
|
Queen’s Park
|
25
|
Peter Andrews
|
Glasgow Eastern
|
26
|
John McPherson
|
Clydesdale
|
27
|
Alexander McGeoch
|
Dumbreck
|
28
|
William Miller
|
Third Lanark RV
|
29
|
John Baird
|
Vale of Leven
|
30
|
Robert Neill
|
Queen’s Park
|
31
|
Jimmy Lang
|
Clydesdale / Third Lanark RV
|
32
|
Moses McNiel
|
Glasgow Rangers
|
33
|
Thomas Vallance
|
Glasgow Rangers
|
34
|
James Phillips
|
Queen’s Park
|
35
|
James Richmond
|
Queen’s Park
|
36
|
John McGregor
|
Vale of Leven
|
37
|
John McDougall
|
Vale of Leven
|
38
|
John Smith
|
Mauchline
|
39
|
Andrew McIntyre
|
Vale of Leven
|
40
|
Robert Parlane
|
Vale of Leven
|
41
|
James Duncan
|
Alexandra Athletic
|
42
|
David Davidson
|
Queen’s Park
|
43
|
James Watson
|
Glasgow Rangers
|
44
|
Peter Campbell
|
Glasgow Rangers
|
45
|
William Somers
|
Queen’s Park
|
46
|
John McPherson
|
Vale of Leven
|
47
|
William Beveridge
|
Glasgow University
|
48
|
Robert Paton
|
Vale of Leven
|
|
England
|
||
|
1
|
Robert
Barker
|
Herts Rangers
|
|
2
|
Ernest
Harwood Greenhalgh
|
Notts County
|
|
3
|
Reginald
Courtenay Welch
|
Harrow Chequers/ Wanderers
|
|
4
|
Frederick
Chappell
|
Oxford University
|
|
5
|
William
Maynard
|
1st Surrey Rifles
|
|
6
|
John
Brockbank
|
Cambridge University
|
|
7
|
Charlie
Clegg
|
The Wednesday
|
|
8
|
Arnold
Kirke Smith
|
Oxford University
|
|
9
|
Cuthbert Ottaway
|
Oxford University
|
|
10
|
Charles
Chenery
|
Crystal Palace
|
|
11
|
Charles Morice
|
Barnes
|
|
12
|
Alexander
Morten
|
Crystal Palace
|
|
13
|
Leonard Howell
|
Wanderers
|
|
14
|
Alfred
Goodwyn
|
Royal Engineers
|
|
15
|
Robert
Vidal
|
Oxford University
|
|
16
|
Pelham
George von Donop
|
Royal Engineers
|
|
17
|
William
Clegg
|
The Wednesday
|
|
18
|
Alexander
Bonsor
|
Wanderers
|
|
19
|
William
Kenyon-Slaney
|
Wanderers
|
|
20
|
Hubert
Heron
|
Wanderers
|
|
21
|
Robert Ogilvie
|
Clapham Rovers
|
|
22
|
Alfred Stratford
|
Wanderers
|
|
23
|
Francis Birley
|
Oxford University/ Wanderers
|
|
24
|
Charles Wollaston
|
Wanderers
|
|
25
|
John Hawley Edwards
|
Shropshire Wanderers
|
|
26
|
Robert Kingsford
|
Wanderers
|
|
27
|
John Owen
|
Sheffield FC
|
|
28
|
William Carr
|
Owlerton
|
|
29
|
Edward
Haygarth
|
Swifts
|
|
30
|
Herbert Rawson
|
Royal Engineers
|
|
31
|
Charles Alcock
|
Wanderers
|
|
32
|
William Rawson
|
Oxford University
|
|
33
|
Richard Geaves
|
Clapham Rovers
|
|
34
|
Arthur Savage
|
Crystal Palace
|
|
35
|
Fred Green
|
Wanderers
|
|
36
|
Edgar Field
|
Clapham Rovers
|
|
37
|
Ernest Bambridge
|
Swifts
|
|
38
|
Beaumont Jarrett
|
Cambridge University
|
|
39
|
Arthur Cursham
|
Notts County
|
|
40
|
Frank Heron
|
Wanderers
|
|
41
|
Charles Eastlake Smith
|
Crystal Palace
|
|
42
|
Walter Buchanan
|
Clapham Rovers
|
|
43
|
Monty
Betts
|
Old Harrovians
|
|
44
|
William
Lindsay
|
Wanderers
|
|
45
|
Lindsay
Bury
|
Cambridge University/Old
Etonians
|
|
46
|
Alfred
Lyttelton
|
Cambridge University
|
|
47
|
Cecil
Wingfield-Stratford
|
Royal Engineers
|
|
48
|
John
Bain
|
Oxford University
|
|
49
|
Billy
Mosforth
|
The Wednesday/ Sheffield Albion
|
|
50
|
Conrad
Warner
|
Upton Park
|
|
51
|
Edward
Lyttelton
|
Cambridge University
|
|
52
|
Jack
Hunter
|
Sheffield Heeley
|
|
53
|
Norman
Bailey
|
Clapham Rovers
|
|
54
|
Percy
Fairclough
|
Old Foresters
|
|
55
|
Henry
Wace
|
Wanderers
|
|
56
|
John Wylie
|
Wanderers
|
|
57
|
Rupert Anderson
|
Old Etonians
|
|
58
|
Claude William Wilson
|
Oxford University
|
|
59
|
Edward Parry
|
Old Carthusians
|
|
60
|
Thomas Heathcote Sorby
|
Thursday Wanderers
|
|
61
|
Herbert Whitfield
|
Old Etonians
|
|
62
|
Reg
Birkett
|
Clapham Rovers
|
|
63
|
Harold
Morse
|
Notts County
|
|
64
|
Edward
Christian
|
Old Etonians
|
|
65
|
James
Prinsep
|
Clapham Rovers
|
|
66
|
Arnold
Hills
|
Old Harrovians
|
|
67
|
Arthur
Goodyer
|
Nottingham Forest
|
|
68
|
Francis
Sparks
|
Herts Rangers
|
|
69
|
Charlie
Bambridge
|
Swifts
|
Wales
|
||
1
|
David Thompson
|
Druids/Shropshire Wanderers
|
2
|
William Addams Williams Evans
|
Oxford
University
|
3
|
Llewelyn Kenrick
|
Druids/Shropshire
Wanderers Oswestry
|
4
|
Edwin A Cross
|
Wrexham
|
5
|
William Williams
|
Druids
|
6
|
Dr Daniel Grey
|
Druids
|
7
|
William H Davies
|
Oswestry
|
8
|
George F Thomson
|
Druids
|
9
|
John Hawley Edwards
|
Shrewsbury
|
10
|
Jack Jones
|
Druids
|
11
|
Alfred Davies
|
Wrexham
|
12
|
Thomas B Burnett
|
Ruabon
|
13
|
John R Morgan
|
Cambridge
University /Swansea
|
14
|
John Price
|
Wrexham
|
15
|
Alexander F Jones
|
Oxford University
|
16
|
John Hughes
|
Cambridge
University /Aberystwyth Town
|
17
|
Edward Phennah
|
Wrexham
|
18
|
George G Higham
|
Oswestry
|
19
|
Jack Powell
|
Druids
|
20
|
Harry Edwards
|
Wrexham
|
21
|
George Savin
|
Oswestry
|
22
|
James Davies
|
Wrexham
|
23
|
Thomas J Britten
|
Parkgrove
Glasgow
|
24
|
Charles Edwards
|
Wrexham
|
25
|
George Glascodine
|
Wrexham
|
26
|
Thomas Owen
|
Oswestry
|
27
|
W William Shone
|
Oswestry
|
28
|
Denis Heywood
|
Oswestry
|
29
|
William Digby Owen
|
Oswestry
|
30
|
William Roberts
|
Llangollen
|
31
|
John Davies
|
Wrexham
|
32
|
Knyvett Crosse
|
Druids
|
33
|
William Williams
|
Oswestry
|
34
|
James W Lloyd
|
Wrexham
|
35
|
George Woosnam
|
Newtown White Stars
|
36
|
John Roberts
|
Corwen
|
37
|
Jack Vaughan
|
Oswestry
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