S C O T L A N D - Internationals 1889



(Match 36)  9th March 1889  (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - IRELAND  7-0  (4-0)
Referee:   William H. Stacey (England)
Crowd:     6.000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Goals:     1-0 	Francis Watt 			 7' 
	   2-0 	Francis Watt 			10'
	   3-0 	David George Black 		25'
	   4-0 	William Groves 			32'
	   5-0 	William Groves
	   6-0 	William Groves
	   7-0 	Thomas McInnes
SCOTLAND:
John Edward Doig                (2/Arbroath) -
James Adams                     (1/Heart of Midlothian)
Thomas Michael McKeown          (1/Celtic) -
Thomas Robertson                (1/Queen's Park)
David Calderhead                (1/Queen of the South Wanderers)
John Buchanan                   (1/Cambuslang) -
Francis Watt                    (1/Kilbirnie)
Thomas McInnes                  (1/Cowlairs)
William Groves                  (2/Celtic)
R. Boyd                         (1/Mossend Swifts)
David George Black              (1/Hurlford)

IRELAND:
John Clugston - John McVicker, Robert Crone - John Thompson, James Christian, 
William Crone - Samuel Torrans, Olphert M. Stanfield, John T.Gibb (Captain), 
James M.Wilton, John Peden.
                        

(Match 37) 13th April 1889 (British Championship) ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 2-3 (2-0) Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland) Crowd: 10.000, Kennington Oval, London Goals: 1-0 William Isaiah Bassett 15' 2-0 David Weir 17' 2-1 Neil Munro 55' 2-2 James Oswald 82' 2-3 James McLaren 90' ENGLAND: William Robert Moon - Arthur Melmoth Walters, Percy Melmoth Walters (Captain) - Henry Edward Denison Hammond, Henry Allen, James Henry Forrest - William Isaiah Bassett, John Goodall, John Brant Brodie, David Weir, Dr.Tinsley Lindley. SCOTLAND: James Wilson (2/Vale of Leven) - Robert Smellie (Captain) (3/Queen's Park) Walter Arnott (10/Queen's Park) - James Kelly (2/Celtic) George Dewar (2/Dumbarton) James McLaren (2/Celtic) - James Oswald (1/Third Lanark) William Hall Berry (2/Queen's Park) Alexander Latta (2/Dumbarton Athletic) John McPherson (2/Cowlairs) Neil Munro (2/Abercorn)
(Match 38) 15th April 1889 (British Championship) WALES - SCOTLAND 0-0 Referee: John Sinclair (Ireland) Crowd: 6.000, The Racecourse, Wrexham WALES: Allen Pugh (Samuel Gladstone Gillam 30) - Dr.Alfred Owen Davies (Captain), David Jones - Robert Roberts, Joseph Davies, Humphrey Jones - Joseph Davies, William Owen, John Doughty, George Owen, William Lewis. SCOTLAND: John McLeod (2/Dumbarton) - Andrew Thomson (Captain) (1/Third Lanark) James Rae (1/Third Lanark) - Allan Stewart (2/Queen's Park) Alexander Lochhead (1/Third Lanark) John Robertson Auld (3/Third Lanark) - Francis Watt (2/Kilbirnie) Henry Campbell (1/Renton) William Paul (2/Partick Thistle) William Johnstone (2/Third Lanark) James Hannah (1/Third Lanark) NOTES: Scotland won the British Home Championship for the 4th time outright - plus one shared with England. The Welsh Substitution was the first in the history of International Football.