The first-ever International Football match was played on a Cricket stadium
The first-ever International Football match was played on a Cricket stadium
In 1872, the first ever international football match was played between England and Scotland which finished in a 0-0 draw. The match was attended by 4000 spectators.
The match was played in Hamilton Crescent in Partick, Scotland which is a cricket ground and was opened in 1862.
The teams for the Endland and Scotland football teams were as follows:
Scotland:
Robert Gardner (c) - GK
Robert Barker - GK
Ernest Greenhalgh - BK
Reginald de Courtenay Welch - HB
Frederick Chappell - FW
William Maynard - FW
John Brockbank - FW
Charles Clegg - FW
Arnold Kirke Smith - FW
Cuthbert Ottaway (c) - FW
Charles Chenery - FW
Charles Morice - FW
England:
William Ker - BK
Joseph Taylor - BK
James J. Thomson - HB
James Smith - HB
Robert Smith - FW
Robert Leckie - FW
Alex Rhind - FW
Billy MacKinnon - FW
Jerry Weir - FW
David Wotherspoon - FW
- GK = Goalkeeper
- BK = Back
- HB = Half-back
- FW = Forward