Wales national football team results 1876–99

Wales national football team results 1876–99

Home stadium	Various
Matches played	63
Wins	11
Draws	8
Losses	44
Goals scored	106 (1.68 per match)
Average goals/game	1.68
Goals against	209
Top goalscorer	Billy Meredith (13 goals)
Biggest home win	11 – 0 vs  Ireland (3 Mar 1888)
Biggest away win	2 – 8 vs  Ireland (11 Apr 1885)
Highest scoring	11 – 0 vs  Ireland (3 Mar 1888)
Home colours
1900–1914 →

This article lists the results for the Wales national football team from their first match against Scotland in 1876 through to 1899.

1876–79

1876

Friendly 25 Mar 1876	Scotland	4–0	Wales	Hamilton Crescent, Partick, Glasgow
15:00	John Ferguson  40' James Lang  48' Billy MacKinnon  53' Henry McNeil  ?'	Report		Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Robert W. Gardner (Scotland)

1877

Friendly 5 Mar 1877	Wales	0–2	Scotland	Acton Park, Wrexham
15:00		Report	?' Charles Campbell  ?' (o.g.) Powell or William Evans[a]	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: William Dick (Scotland)

1878

Friendly 23 Mar 1878	Scotland	9–0	Wales	Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00	Peter Campbell  ?', ?' Jerry Weir  ?', ?' John Ferguson  ?', ?' John Baird  ?' James Watson  ?' James Lang  ?'	Report		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Robert W. Gardner (Scotland)

1879

Friendly 18 Jan 1879[b]	England	2–1	Wales	Kennington Oval, London
15:00	Herbert Whitfeld  8' Thomas Sorby  20'	Report	47' William Davies	Attendance: 200 Referee: Richard Sagar, (England)

Friendly 7 Apr 1879	Wales	0–3	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
15:00		Report	?', ?' John Smith  ?' Peter Campbell	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J.W.A. Cooper (Wales

1880s

1880

Friendly 15 Mar 1880	Wales	2–3	England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	W. Roberts  81' J. Roberts  89'		50' Brindle  64', 78' Sparks	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Robert Lythgoe, (England)

Friendly 27 Mar 1880	Scotland	5–1	Wales	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	David Davidson  ?' William Beveridge  ?' Joseph Lindsay  ?' J. McAdam  ?' John Campbell  ?'		?' William Roberts	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexander Stuart, (Scotland)

1881

Friendly 26 Feb 1881	England	0–1	Wales	Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn
			54' Vaughan	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Richard Sagar, (England)

Friendly 14 Mar 1881	Wales	1–5	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Knyvett Crosse  5'		7' (44) George Ker  9' Henry McNeil  10' (o.g.) William Bell  52' (o.g.) John Morgan	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Llewelyn Kenrick, (Wales)

1882

Friendly 25 Feb 1882	Wales	7–1	Ireland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Price  ?', ?', ?', ?' Owen ?', ?' Morgan  ?'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Robert E Lythgoe, (England)

Friendly 13 Mar 1882	Wales	5–3	England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Owen  ??', ??' Morgan  ??' Jones  ??' (o.g.) Vaughan  89'		25' Mosforth  30' Parry  48' Cursham	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Morgan T Roberts (England)

Friendly 25 Mar 1882	Scotland	5–0	Wales	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	Malcolm Fraser  ??', ??' John Kay  ??' George Ker  ??' James McAulay  ??'			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Donald Hamilton, (Scotland)

1883

Friendly 3 Feb 1883	England	5–0	Wales	Kennington Oval, London
	Malcolm Fraser  ?', ?' John Kay  ?' George Ker  ?' James McAulay  ?'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Donald Hamilton, (Scotland)

Friendly 12 Mar 1883	Wales	0–3	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
			?' John Smith  ?' Malcolm Fraser  ?' William Anderson	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Donald Hamilton, (Scotland)

Friendly 17 Mar 1883	Ireland	1–1	Wales	Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast
			?' Walter Roberts	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: John K McDowell, (Scotland)

1884

1884 British Champ. 9 Feb 1884	Wales	6–0	Ireland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	William Pierce Owen  ?', ?' Edward Shaw  ?', ?' Arthur Eyton-Jones  ?' Robert Albert Jones  ?'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: R M Sloane (England)

1884 British Champ. 17 Mar 1884	Wales	0–4	England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
			?', ?' William Bromley-Davenport  ?' Billy Gunn  ?' Norman Bailey	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Sidney Broadfoot (Scotland)

1884 British Champ. 29 Mar 1884	Scotland	4–1	Wales	Cathkin Park, Glasgow
	John Kay  ?', ?' Francis Shaw  ?' Joseph Lindsay  ?'		?' Robert Roberts	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: R M Sloane (England)

1885

1885 British Champ. 14 Mar 1885	England	1–1	Wales	Leamington Road, Blackburn
	Clement Mitchell  ?'		?' Job Wilding	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Alexander Stuart (Scotland)

1885 British Champ. 23 Mar 1885	Wales	1–8	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
15:00	Robert Albert Jones  ?'		8', 80' Robert Calderwood  20', 76' William Anderson  30' David Allan  56', 84', 88' Joseph Lindsay	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: R M Sloane (England)

1885 British Champ. 11 Apr 1885	Ireland	2–8	Wales	Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast
	Alex Dill  ?' T.B. Molyneux  ?'		?', ?', ?' Herbert Sisson  ?', ?' John Roach  ?' William Owen  ?' Tom Burke  ?' Humphrey Jones	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: John K McDowell (Scotland)

1886

1886 British Champ. 27 Feb 1886	Wales	5–0	Ireland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Bill Roberts  ?' Job Wilding  ?' Richard Hersee ?' Thomas Bryan  ?' Herbert Sisson  ?'			Attendance: 700 Referee: Richard P. Gregson (England)

1886 British Champ. 29 Mar 1886	Wales	1–3	England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	William Lewis  ?'		?' George Brann  ?' Fred Dewhurst  ?' Andrew Amos	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stewart Lawrie (Scotland)

1886 British Champ. 10 Apr 1886	Scotland	4–1	Wales	Cathkin Park, Glasgow
	Bob McCormick  ?' James McCall  ?' David Allan  ?' William Harrower  ?'		?' John Owen Vaughan	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)

1887

1887 British Champ. 28 Feb 1887	England	4–0	Wales	Kennington Oval, London
	Lindley  ?', ?' Cobbold  ?'  ?' (o.g.)			Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Thomas Devlin (Scotland)

1887 British Champ. 12 Mar 1887	Ireland	4–1	Wales	Oldpark Avenue, Belfast
	Stanfield  ?' Browne  ?' Peden  ?' Sherrard  ?'		?' Sabine	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: James E McKillop (Scotland)

1887 British Champ. 21 Mar 1887	Wales	0–2	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
			?' Allan  ?' Robertson	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A B Hall (England)

1888

1888 British Champ. 4 Feb 1888	England	5–1	Wales	Nantwich Road, Crewe
	Fred Dewhurst  ?', ?' George Woodhall  ?' Tinsley Lindley  ?' Johnny Goodall ?'		?' Jack Doughty	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)

1888 British Champ. 3 Mar 1888	Wales	11–0	Ireland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Jack Doughty  ?', ?', ?', ?' Roger Doughty  ?', ?' Gwynne Howell  ?', ?' Job Wilding  ?', ?' William Pryce-Jones  ?'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Thomas Hindle (England)

1888 British Champ. 10 Mar 1888	Scotland	5–1	Wales	Hibernian Park, Edinburgh
	Alexander Latta  ?', ?' William Paul  ?' Neil Munro  ?' William Groves  ?'		?' Jack Doughty	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: J C Clegg (England)

1889

1899 British Champ. 28 Feb 1889	England	4–1	Wales	Victoria Ground, Stoke
	Johnny Goodall  ?' Fred Dewhurst  ?' Jack Southworth  ?' Billy Bassett  ?'		?' William Owen	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: John Campbell (Scotland)

1899 British Champ. 15 Apr 1889	Wales	0–0	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
				Attendance: 6,000 Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland)

1899 British Champ. 27 Apr 1889	Ireland	1–3	Wales	Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast
	John Lemon  ?'		?', ?', ?' Richard Jarrett	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Thomas R Park (Scotland)

1890s

1890

1890 British Champ. 8 Feb 1890	Wales	5–2	Ireland	Old Racecourse Ground, Shrewsbury
	William Owen  ?' Dick Wilcock  ?' David Lewis  ?' William Pryce-Jones  ?', ?'		?', ?' William Dalton	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: James E McKillop (Scotland)

1890 British Champ. 15 Mar 1890	Wales	1–3	England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	William Lewis  ?'		?', ?' Edmund Currey  ?' Tinsley Lindley	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: James E McKillop (Scotland)

1890 British Champ. 22 Mar 1890	Scotland	5–0	Wales	Underwood Park, Paisley
	William Paul  ?', ?', ?', ?' Lalty Wilson  ?'			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Finlay (Ireland)

1891

1891 British Champ. 7 Feb 1891	Ireland	7–2	Wales	Ulsterville, Belfast
	William Dalton  ?', ?', ?' Olphie Stanfield  ?', ?' George Gaffkin  ?', ?'		?' Albert Davies  ?' Jack Bowdler	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Robert F Harrison (Scotland)

1891 British Champ. 7 Mar 1891	England	4–1	Wales	Newcastle Road, Sunderland
	Johnny Goodall  ?' Jack Southworth  ?' Edgar Chadwick  ?' Alf Milward  ?'		?' Ned Howell	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Thomas R Park (Scotland)

1891 British Champ. 21 Mar 1891	Wales	3–4	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Jack Bowdler  ?', ?' William Owen  ?'		?', ?' R. Boyd  ?' James Logan  ?' Robert Buchanan	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Charles Crump (England)

1892

1892 British Champ. 27 Feb 1892	Wales	1–1	Ireland	Penrhyn Park, Bangor
	Benjamin Lewis  ?'		?' Olphie Stanfield	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Campbell (Scotland)

1892 British Champ. 5 Mar 1892	Wales	0–2	England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
			?' Arthur Henfrey  ?' Rupert Sandilands	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: James H Robertson (Scotland)

1892 British Champ. 26 Mar 1892	Scotland	6–1	Wales	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
	James Hamilton  ?', ?' John McPherson  ?', ?' William Thomson  ?' David Baird  ?'		?' Benjamin Lewis	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: John Reid (Ireland)

1893

1893 British Champ. 13 Mar 1893	England	6–0	Wales	Victoria Ground, Stoke
	Fred Spiksley  ?', ?' Billy Bassett  ?' Johnny Goodall  ?' Jack Reynolds  ?' Joe Schofield  ?'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: James Campbell (Scotland)

1893 British Champ. 18 Mar 1893	Wales	0–8	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
			Jake Madden  ?', ?', ?', ?' John Barker  ?', ?', ?' William Lambie  ?'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: William H Stacey (England)

1893 British Champ. 8 Apr 1893	Ireland	4–3	Wales	Cliftonville Ground, Belfast
	John Peden  ?', ?', ?' J. M. Wilton  ?'		?', ?' George Owen  ?' William Owen	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: James Campbell (Scotland)

1894

1894 British Champ. 24 Feb 1894	Wales	4–1	Ireland	St Helens Rugby Ground, Swansea
	William Lewis  ?', ?' Edwin James  ?', ?'		?' Olphie Stanfield	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: James Campbell (Scotland)

1894 British Champ. 12 Mar 1894	Wales	1–5	England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Jack Bowdler  ?'		?', ?', ?' John Veitch  ?' Robert Gosling  ?' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Thomas R Park (Scotland)

1894 British Champ. 24 Mar 1894	Scotland	5–2	Wales	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
	Davidson Berry  ?' John Barker  ?' Thomas Chambers  ?' David Alexander  ?' John Johnstone  ?'		?', ?' Hugh Morris	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Joseph McBride (Ireland)

1895

1895 British Champ. 16 Mar 1895	Ireland	2–2	Wales	Solitude Ground, Belfast
	George Gaukrodger  ?' James Sherrard  ?'		?', ?' Harry Trainer	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: William H Jope (England)

1895 British Champ. 18 Mar 1895	England	1–1	Wales	Queen's Club, London
	Rupert Sandilands  ?'		?' William Lewis	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Thomas R Park (Scotland)

1895 British Champ. 23 Mar 1895	Wales	2–2	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	William Lewis  ?' Thomas Chapman  ?'		?' Thomas Chapman  ?' John Divers	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: William H Jope (England)

1896

1896 British Champ. 29 Feb 1896	Wales	6–1	Ireland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	William Lewis  ?', ?' Billy Meredith  ?', ?' David Pugh  ?' Grenville Morris  ?'		?' A. Turner	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: James Cooper (England)

1896 British Champ. 16 Mar 1896	Wales	1–9	England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Thomas Chapman  ?'		?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Steve Bloomer  ?', ?' Gilbert Smith  ?' Billy Bassett  ?' Johnny Goodall	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thomas Robertson (Scotland)

1896 British Champ. 21 Mar 1896	Scotland	4–0	Wales	Carolina Port, Dundee
	Robert Neil  ?', ?' Alexander Keillor  ?' Daniel Paton  ?'			Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Joseph McBride (Ireland)

1897

1897 British Champ. 6 Mar 1897	Ireland	4–3	Wales	Solitude Ground, Belfast
	James Barron  ?' Olphie Stanfield  ?' James Pyer  ?' John Peden  ?'		?', ?' Billy Meredith  ?' Caesar Jenkyns	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thomas Robertson (Scotland)

1897 British Champ. 20 Mar 1897	Wales	2–2	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Morgan Morgan-Owen  ?' David Pugh  ?'		?' (pen.) Steve Bloomer  ?' John Walker	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Thomas Armitt (England)

1897 British Champ. 29 Mar 1897	England	4–0	Wales	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
	Alf Milward  ?', ?' Ernest Needham  ?' Steve Bloomer  ?'			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Thomas Robertson (Scotland)

1898

1898 British Champ. 19 Feb 1898	Wales	0–1	Ireland	The Oval, Llandudno
			?' John Peden	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Thomas Robertson (Scotland)

1898 British Champ. 19 Mar 1898	Scotland	5–2	Wales	Fir Park, Motherwell
	James Gillespie  12', 20', 60' James McKie  30', 40'		?' Thomas Thomas  ?' Morgan Morgan-Owen	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: William H Stacey (England)

1898 British Champ. 28 Mar 1898	Wales	0–3	England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
			?', ?' Fred Wheldon  ?' Gilbert Smith	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Thomas Robertson (Scotland)

1899

1899 British Champ. 4 Mar 1899	Ireland	1–0	Wales	Grosvenor Park, Belfast
	J. Meldon  ?'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: E Sutcliffe (England)

1899 British Champ. 18 Mar 1899	Wales	0–6	Scotland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
			?', ?', ?' Bob McColl  ?', ?' John Campbell  ?' Henry Marshall	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: E Sutcliffe (England)

1899 British Champ. 20 Mar 1899	England	4–0	Wales	Ashton Gate, Bristol
	Steve Bloomer  ?', ?' Fred Forman  ?' Ernest Needham  ?'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thomas Robertson (Scotland)

Head to head records

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	%W	%D	%L
England	21	2	2	17	18	75	9.52	9.52	80.95
Ireland	18	9	3	6	70	28	50	16.67	33.33
Scotland	24	0	3	21	18	106	0	12.5	87.5
Totals	63	11	8	44	106	209	17.46	12.7	69.84

P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Notes

1. ^a Referee William Dick was the Secretary of the Scottish Football Association. The second Scottish goal is credited to Powell (own goal) in some sources, but there was no Powell in the Welsh team.^[1]
2. ^b This match was played in atrocious weather conditions with the team captains agreeing to play only 30 minutes in each half.^[2]

See also

• Scotland v Wales (1876)
• British Home Championship

References

Bibliography

• Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4. 

Notes

External links

• RSSSF: Wales – International Results
• Welsh Football Data Archive – Welsh International Matches
• RSSSF: Scotland – International Results
• Scottish FA: National Team Archive

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