January 28, 1882
Match: International trial, at Kennington Oval, kick-off: 15:00.
South – North 3-1 (1-0).
Attendance: 1,500.
Referee: Major Marindin (Royal Engineers); umpires: Messrs. F.A. Kemp (Sheffield) and Charles William Alcock (the FA).
South (2-2-6): H.A. Swepstone (Pilgrims), Arthur Leopold Bambridge (Swifts), E.G. Colvin (Old Carthusians), Norman Coles Bailey (Captain, Old Westminsters), R.S. King (Oxford University), W.J. Anderson (Old Etonians), H.H. Barnet (Royal Engineers), W.R. Page (Old Carthusians), H.C. Goodhart (Cambridge University), Edward Charles Bambridge (Swifts), H. Lafone (Upton Park).
North (2-2-6): A Mallinson (Barnsley Wanderers), A.T. Dobson (Notts County), W.F. Beardsley (Sheffield), John Hunter (Sheffield Heeley), A. Jones (Walsall Swifts), W.J. Harrison (Redcar), S.W. Poulter (Birmingham), W. Yates (Walsall Swifts), R.A. Lunnon (Great Marlow), W. Mosforth (The Wednesday), E. Johnson (Saltley College).
The goals: 1-0 Lafone (20 min.), 1-1 Mosforth, 2-1 Bailey (75 min.), 3-1 Page (85 min.).
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