S C O T L A N D - Internationals 1888

(Match 33)  10th March 1888  (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES  5-1  (1-1)
Referee:   John Charles Clegg (England)
Crowd:     8.000, Easter Road Park, Edinburgh
Goals:     1-0 	William Paul 			 6' 
	   2-0 	Neil Munro 			30' 
	   3-0 	Alexander Latta 		33' 
	   3-1 	John Doughty 
	   4-1 	William Groves 			65'
           5-1 	Alexander Latta 		75'
SCOTLAND:
James Wilson                    (1/Vale of Leven) -
Andrew Hannah                   (1/Renton)
Robert Smellie (Captain)        (2/Queen's Park) -
James Johnston                  (1/Abercorn)
James McCrorie Gourlay          (2/Cambuslang)
James McLaren                   (1/Hibernian) -
Alexander Latta                 (1/Dumbarton Athletic)
William Groves                  (1/Hibernian)
William Paul                    (1/Partick Thistle)
John McPherson                  (1/Kilmarnock)
Neil Munro                      (1/Abercorn)

WALES:
James Trainer - David Jones, John Powell (Captain) - Thomas Burke, Joseph Davies, 
Robert Roberts - William Ernest Pryce-Jones, Job Wilding, John Doughty, George Owen, 
Roger Doughty.
                        


(Match 34)  17th March 1888  (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND  0-5  (0-4)
Referee:   John Sinclair (Ireland)
Crowd:     10.000, 1st Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals:     0-1 	Tinsley Lindley 		32' 
	   0-2 	Dennis Hodgetts 		34' 
	   0-3 	Frederick Dewhurst 		40' 
	   0-4 	John Goodall 			43'
           0-5 	Frederick Dewhurst 		49'
SCOTLAND:
John Lindsay                    (1/Renton) -
Walter Arnott                   (9/Queen's Park)
Donald Robertson Gow (Captain)  (1/Rangers) -
James Kelly                     (1/Renton)
Leitch Keir                     (5/Dumbarton)
Robert Robinson Kelso           (6/Renton) -
Alexander Hamilton              (4/Queen's Park)
William Hall Berry              (1/Queen's Park)
William Sellar                  (5/Battlefield)
James McCall                    (4/Renton)
John Alexander Lambie           (3/Queen's Park)

ENGLAND:
William Robert Moon - Robert Henry Howarth, Percy Melmoth Walters - Henry Allen, 
George Haworth, Cecil Henry Holden-White - George Woodhall, John Goodall, 
Dr.Tinsley Lindley (Captain), Dennis Hodgetts, Frederick Dewhurst.
        
NOTES:  
	This was the first defeat suffered by Scotland since 5th April 1879.
        It is also the first Scotland defeat at Home.
                        


(Match 35)  24th March 1888  (British Championship)
IRELAND - SCOTLAND  2-10  (2-7)
Referee:   Robert Parlane (Scotland)
Crowd:     5.000, Solitude Ground, Belfast
Goals:     0-1 	George Dewar 			 5' 
	   0-2 	William Alexander Dickson 	 8
	   0-3 	Thomas Breckenridge 		15'
	   1-3 	William Dalton
	   2-3 	William Dalton
           2-4	Ralph Allan Aitken
	   2-5 	William Alexander Dickson 	33' 
	   2-6 	William Alexander Dickson 	40'
	   2-7 	William Alexander Dickson 	45'
	   2-8 	Neil McCallum 			53'
	   2-9 	Robert Wilson (own goal)
	   2-10 Allan Stewart
IRELAND:
Ralph Lawther - Robert Wilson, Frederick Browne - James Forsythe, Archibald Rosbotham,
Thomas Bryson Molyneux - William Dalton, Olphert M. Stanfield, John Barry, John Lemon,
William Turner.

SCOTLAND:
John McLeod                     (1/Dumbarton) -
Duncan Stewart (Captain)        (1/Dumbarton)
Archibald McCall                (1/Renton) -
Allan Stewart                   (1/Queen's Park)
George Dewar                    (1/Dumbarton)
Andrew Jackson                  (2/Cambuslang) -
Neil McCallum                   (1/Renton)
John Robertson Gow              (2/Rangers)
William Alexander Dickson       (1/Dundee Strathmore)
Thomas Breckenridge             (1/Heart of Midlothian)
Ralph Allan Aitken              (2/Dumbarton)