We should try to cover this season as well, when the England vs Scotland internationals started, and the Kennington Oval became the central venue for football in London. Charles Alcock secures the use of the Surrey County Cricket ground at Kennington Oval, London for his club, the Wanderers for this season. The Football Association now has access to a large enclosed venue capable of accommodating thousands of paying spectators. Clubs jump at the opportunity of using the new venue and soon it hosts games every week. Clapham Rovers (2 wins) has a positive record against Wanderers this season. Wanderers shares matches with Crystal Palace and once beats Royal Engineers. Sheffield teams were probably very strong, but did not play against teams from London. The main matches of the season: Clapham Rovers-Wanderers 1-0, 25.9.1869, Clapham Common goals: best players: This is the first match of the newly formed Clapham Rovers. Wanderers – West Kent 0-2, 9.10.1869, The Oval goals: Nepean (2) best players: The first football match at the Oval. Wanderers – Old Etonians 0-2, 23.10.1869, The Oval goals: Kinnaird, ? best players: Wanderers – Royal Engineers 2-1, 10.11.1869, The Oval goals: A. Baker (2) best players: Wanderers-Crystal Palace 1-0, 5.1.1870, Crystal Palace goals: best players: Wanderers-Crystal Palace 0-2, 9.2.1870, The Oval goals: best players: Clapham Rovers-Wanderers 2-0, 5.3.1870, Clapham Common goals: best players: Played on the same day as the first England vs Scotland international. ENG-SCO 1-1 (Alcock International) 5.3.1870, The Oval, Attendance: 500-600 goals: 0-1 Crawford 75, 1-1 Baker 89 best players: Baker, Freeth, Lubbock / Gladstone, Kinnaird, Lindsay, Muir-Mackenzie http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1869-70/UM001Sco1870.html At the end of January The Field announces ‘A match between the leading representatives of the Scotch and English sections at the Oval on Saturday the 19th February next, under the auspices of the Association.’ There are instructions for players to communicate with Charles Alcock or Robert Graham for English players, and to James Kirkpatrick or Arthur Kinnaird for the ‘Scotch’. These team selectors are all FA committee members, with Alcock about to take over from Graham as the Association’s secretary; Kirkpatrick and Kinnaird, although born in Canada and London respectively, came from Scottish families and were among the game’s leading players.
Additional information in blue type: We should try to cover this season as well, when the England vs Scotland internationals started, and the Kennington Oval became the central venue for football in London. Charles Alcock secures the use of the Surrey County Cricket ground at Kennington Oval, London for his club, the Wanderers for this season. The Football Association now has access to a large enclosed venue capable of accommodating thousands of paying spectators. Clubs jump at the opportunity of using the new venue and soon it hosts games every week. Clapham Rovers (2 wins) has a positive record against Wanderers this season. Wanderers shares matches with Crystal Palace and once beats Royal Engineers. Sheffield teams were probably very strong, but did not play against teams from London. The main matches of the season: Queen's Park v Hamilton Gymnasium 2-0, 14.8.69, Queen's Park Recreation Ground Clapham Rovers-Wanderers 1-0, 25.9.1869, Clapham Common goals: best players: This is the first match of the newly formed Clapham Rovers. Clapham Rovers-Wanderers 0-0, 2.10,1869, Clapham Common Best Player: E Lubbock for Wanderers Wanderers – West Kent 0-2, 9.10.1869, The Oval goals: Nepean (2) best players: Alcock, Baker, Freeth / Nepean, Miller, Farmer The first football match at the Oval. Wanderers – Old Etonians 0-2, 23.10.1869, The Oval goals: Kinnaird, Gurney best players: Nepean / Kinnaird Wanderers – Royal Engineers 2-1, 10.11.1869, The Oval goals: A. Baker (2) / Johnston best players: Baker, Cotton, Norman, Hogg, Lubbock / Johnston, Dorward, Halkett Barnes – Royal Engineers 0-0, 4.12.69. Barnes. Best Players: Barker, Addison / Coryton, Butler, Collins Crystal Palace v West Kent 1-1, 4.12.69. Crystal Palace Goals: Kinnaird / Kingsford Best Players: F Miller, Kinnaird, J Beattie / C Farquhar, WF Abell, A Lloyd Wanderers v Hampstead Heathens 2-0, 4.12.69, The Oval Goals: Alcock, Nichols Sheffield v Newark 5-1, 4.12.69. Newhall Goals: J Whelan 3, Willey 2 / Cafferata Sheffield v Nottingham 1-0, 16.12.69, Newhall Goal: J Whelan Best Players: J Whelan, Lockwood, Willey / Baillon (gk), Harwood Greenhalgh Sheffield v Lincoln 2-0, 18.12.69 Goals: J Whelan, FJ Whelan Wanderers-Crystal Palace 1-0, 5.1.1870, Crystal Palace goals: Sherborne best players: Crake, Hogg, Stephenson / CE Smith, A Lloyd Wanderers-Crystal Palace 0-2, 9.2.1870, The Oval goals: og, Luscombe best players: Kinnaird, Currie, Nash, Tebbut / Luscombe, Body, Morten, Parr Clapham Rovers-Wanderers 2-0, 5.3.1870, Clapham Common goals: best players: Played on the same day as the first England vs Scotland international. ENG-SCO 1-1 (Alcock International) 5.3.1870, The Oval, Attendance: 500-600 goals: 0-1 Crawford 75, 1-1 Baker 89 best players: Baker, Freeth, Lubbock / Gladstone, Kinnaird, Lindsay, Muir-Mackenzie http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1869-70/UM001Sco1870.html At the end of January The Field announces ‘A match between the leading representatives of the Scotch and English sections at the Oval on Saturday the 19th February next, under the auspices of the Association.’ There are instructions for players to communicate with Charles Alcock or Robert Graham for English players, and to James Kirkpatrick or Arthur Kinnaird for the ‘Scotch’. These team selectors are all FA committee members, with Alcock about to take over from Graham as the Association’s secretary; Kirkpatrick and Kinnaird, although born in Canada and London respectively, came from Scottish families and were among the game’s leading players. Queen's Park v Aidrie 4-0, 23.6.70, Queen's Park Recreation Ground Goals: Carson, W Wotherspoon, Broadfoot, James Smith Queen's Park v Drummond 1-0 (plus 1 touchdown for QP), 19.7.70, Queen's Park Recreation Ground Goal: D Wotherspoon. (Plus touchdown by Robert Smith). Newspaper sources: Bell's Life, London Evening Standard, Morning Advertiser, Morning Post, The Sportsman, Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Sheffield Indpendent, Glasgow Herald. Sources are from the British Newspaper Archive, managed by the British Library Board.
23 Man Shortlist Alcock, Charles ENG (Wanderers) Baker, Alfred ENG (Wanderers/No Names) Bowen, Edward ENG (Wanderers) Crake, William ENG (Barnes/Wanderers) Crawford, Robert SCO (Harrow School) Freeth, Evelyn ENG (Civil Service/Wanderers) Gladstone, William SCO (Old Etonians) Greenhalgh, Harwood ENG (Notts County) Hogg, Quentin SCO (Wanderers) Hooman, Thomas ENG (Old Carthusians/Wanderers) Huggins, C ENG (Wanderers) Kinnaird, Arthur SCO (Wanderers/Old Etonians) Kirkpatrick, James SCO (Wanderers/Civil Service) Lindsay, William ENG (Old Wykehamists) Lubbock, Edgar ENG (Wanderers/West Kent) Miller, F ENG (West Kent) Morten, Alexander ENG (Crystal Palace) Muir Mackenzie, Kenneth SCO (Old Carthusians) Nepean, Charles ENG (Oxford University/Wanderers) Stephenson, Charles ENG (Wanderers/Westminster School) Vidal, Walpole ENG (Wanderers/Westminster School) Whelan, J ENG (Sheffield FC) Willey, T ENG (Sheffield FC) Top3 1. Kinnaird, Arthur SCO (Wanderers/Old Etonians) 2. Baker, Alfred ENG (Wanderers/No Names) 3. Alcock, Charles ENG (Wanderers)
Possible best XI 1869-70 (2-1-7): Kirkpatrick - Lubbock, Freeth - Greenhalgh - Vidal, Alcock, Baker, Kinnaird, J Whelan, Nepean, Hooman.
Final results for the season. 23 Man Shortlist Alcock, Charles ENG (Wanderers) Baker, Alfred ENG (Wanderers/No Names) Bowen, Edward ENG (Wanderers) Crake, William ENG (Barnes/Wanderers) Crawford, Robert SCO (Harrow School) Freeth, Evelyn ENG (Civil Service/Wanderers) Gladstone, William SCO (Old Etonians) Greenhalgh, Harwood ENG (Notts County) Hogg, Quentin SCO (Wanderers) Hooman, Thomas ENG (Old Carthusians/Wanderers) Huggins, C ENG (Wanderers) Kinnaird, Arthur SCO (Wanderers/Old Etonians) Kirkpatrick, James SCO (Wanderers/Civil Service) Lindsay, William ENG (Old Wykehamists) Lubbock, Edgar ENG (Wanderers/West Kent) Miller, F ENG (West Kent) Morten, Alexander ENG (Crystal Palace) Muir Mackenzie, Kenneth SCO (Old Carthusians) Nepean, Charles ENG (Oxford University/Wanderers) Stephenson, Charles ENG (Wanderers/Westminster School) Vidal, Walpole ENG (Wanderers/Westminster School) Whelan, J ENG (Sheffield FC) Willey, T ENG (Sheffield FC) Top3 1. Kinnaird, Arthur SCO (Wanderers/Old Etonians) 2. Baker, Alfred ENG (Wanderers/No Names) 3. Alcock, Charles ENG (Wanderers) Team of the Season (2-1-7): Kirkpatrick - Lubbock, Freeth - Greenhalgh - Vidal, Alcock, Baker, Kinnaird, J Whelan, Nepean, Hooman.