Wales v England 1-5 (International: February 4, 1888)


February 4, 1888
International: British Championship, at Nantwich Road Ground (Crewe).
Wales – England 1-5 (1-1).
Attendance: 5,000.
Referee: Mr. John Sinclair (Ireland).
Wales (2-3-5): Robert Mills-Roberts (Preston North End), Alfred Davies (Captain, Swifts FC), Jack Powell (Newton Heath), Robert Roberts (Bolton Wanderers), Peter Griffiths (Chirk), Joe Davies (Newton Heath), William Pryce-Jones (Cambridge University), John Challen (Corinthians), Jack Doughty (Newton Heath), Billy Lewis (Bangor), William Owen (Chirk).
England (2-3-5): William Robert Moon (Old Westminsters), Bob Howarth (Preston North End), Charles Mason (Wolves), Francis Etheridge Saunders (Swifts), Harry Allen (Wolves), Cecil Holden-White (Corinthians), Spry Woodhall (West Bromwich), John Goodall (Preston North End), Tinsley Lindley (Captain, Cambridge University), Fred Dewhurst (Preston North End), Dennis Hodgetts (Aston Villa).
The goals: 0-1 Dewhurst (15 min.), 1-1 Doughty (17 min.), 1-2 Dewhurst (65 min.), 1-3 Woodhall (70 min.), 1-4 Lindley (75 min.), 1-5 Goodall (88 min.).

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William Robert Moon (Denbigshire Free Press: October 26, 1895).

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John Goodall, Preston North End (Lloyd’s Weekly News: April 2, 1893):

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Tinsley Lindley, England captain and Cambridge University.

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