Wales v England 0-3 (International: March 28, 1898)


March 28, 1898
International: British Championship at The Racecourse Ground (Wrexham).
Wales – England 0-3 (0-1).
Attendance: 4,000.
Referee: Mr. Thomas Robertson (Scottish FA); linesmen: Messrs: T.H. Edwards and Timbs.
Wales (2-3-5): Jimmy Trainer (Captain, Preston North End), Charlie Parry (Newtown), Smart Arridge (New Brighton Tower), John Taylor (Wrexham), Caesar Jenkyns (Walsall), Jack Jones (Tottenham Hotspur), Billy Meredith (Manchester City), Tom Bartley (Glossop North End), Morgan Morgan-Owen (Corinthians), Alf Watkins (Leicester Fosse), Edwin James (Chirk).
England (2-3-5): Jack Robinson (New Brighton Tower), William John Oakley (Corinthians), Billy Williams (West Bromwich), Tom Booth (Blackburn Rovers), Tom Perry (West Bromwich), Ernest Needham (Sheffield United), Charles Athersmith (Aston Villa), John Goodall (Derby County), Gilbert Oswald Smith (Captain, Old Carthusians), Fred Wheldon (Aston Villa), Fred Spiksley (The Wednesday).
The goals: 0-1 Wheldon (9 min.), 0-2 Wheldon (75 min.), 0-3 Smith (88 min.).

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Jack Robinson, New Brighton Tower (Sporting Life: April 21, 1900).

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