History of Canadian Soccer - Canadian Tours Great Britain 1881

History of Canadian Soccer
1876-1940

by Colin Jose

OVERSEAS TOURS

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Canadian Tours Overseas
     Great Britain 1888
     Great Britain
        1891 /1892
     Australia 1924
     New Zealand 1927
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Overseas Tours by Canadian Teams:
Great Britain Tour, 1888

In the fall of 1888, a team made up of players from the Western Football Association of Ontario toured the British Isles with notable success. Many of the players who made this trip became very distinguished persons in later life. The year 1888 marked the beginning of England’s famous Football League, and the Canadian team played Notts County, Newton Heath (now Manchester United), Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion, who were members of that league. They also played such famous clubs as Glasgow Rangers, Queens Park, Ayr (not Ayr United in those days) and Hearts, plus a team made up of some of the best Scottish players, but not the actual Scottish national team. The Canadians made quite an impression on the British soccer scene at that time, and the English papers, in particular, are full of praise for the players. Seventeen of the 18 players who made the trip were born in Canada. The only one who was not was David Forsyth, who was brought to Canada from Scotland at the age of two.

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Sept. 29
Oct. 1
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County Antrim

Distillery
Clarence
YMCA
Glasgow Rangers
Queens Park
Ayr
Hearts

Scotland XI
Sunderland
Middlesbrough
Lincoln City
Sheffield
Notts County
Newton Heath
Blackburn Rovers
Swifts
Northampton County
Oxford University
Old Carthusians
Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion
Swifts

W 6–2

W 3–2
W 3–2
T 1–1
T 1–1
L 1–3
L 0–4
W 3–0

L 0–4
W 3–0
W 3–2
W 3–1
T 1–1
L 0–2
W 2–0
L 1–4
T 2–2
W 3–2
T 1–1
L 0–1
L 2–4
L 0–1
L 0–1

Kranz 2, Thomson 2, A. Gibson

Thomson
A. Gibson

Tom Gibson, A. Gibson, Thomson

Tom Gibson, Thomson 2
Tom Gibson, Thomson 2
o.g. Bowman, Thomson
Forsyth

Bowman, Webster
Tom Gibson
Webster, Bowman
Webster, Forsyth, Bingham
Kranz

Pirie, Thomson

Players who made the trip:

Harry Bewell, Harry P. Bingham, Walter W. Bowman, Solomon Brubacher, Dr. William Burnet, Alexander Noble Garrett, Alex Gibson, Tom Gibson, Dr. Edward Payson Gordon, Fred Killer, Charles (Carl) Kranz, Tom W. Murray, Dr Wilfred Pirt Mustard, Dr. Henry Hempton “Harry” Pirie, Dr. Walter Proudfoot Thomson, E.W. Webster, David Forsyth.

September 1, 1888, in Belfast, Northern Ireland
County Antrim 2 (Peden, Gibb)
Canadians 6 (Krantz 2, Thomson 2, A. Gibson)
County Antrim: Clugston – Browne, Wilson – Williamson, Christian, Baird –
Stanfield, Tarrans, Barry, Gibb, Peden.
Canadians: Garrett – Brubacher, Killer – Pirie, Tom Gibson, Bewell –
Bowman, Alex Gibson, Thomson, Kranz, Webster.

September 3, 1888, in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Distillery 2
Canadians 3
Canadians: Garrett – Brubacher, Killer – Murray, Tom Gibson, Mustard –
Bowman, Alex Gibson, Thomson, Forsyth, Kranz.

September 4, 1888, in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Clarence Athletic Association 2
Canadians 3
Canadians: Garrett – Pirie, Mustard – Murray, Gordon, Bewell – Forsyth,
Burnet, Kranz, Bingham, Webster.

September 5, 1888, in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Y.M.C.A. 1
Canadians 1
Canadians: Garrett – Brubacher, Killer – Pirie, Tom Gibson, Murray –
Forsyth, Bowman, Thomson, Bingham, Webster.

September 8, 1888, at Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow Rangers 1 (Hotson)
Canadians 1 (Thomson)
Rangers: McAllister – A. McFarlane, D. Gow – R. Hotson, J. McIntyre, J.
Muir – Thomas Wyllie, James Sloan, A.H. McKenzie, J. Gow, Eagleshaw.
Canadians: Garrett – Brubacher, Killer – Pirie, Tom Gibson, Gordon –
Bowman, Alex Gibson, Thomson, Webster, Krantz.

September 11, 1888, at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland
Queens Park 3 (?, Andrew, Berry)
Canadians 1 (Alex Gibson)
Queens Park: Gillespie – O’Neil, R. Smellie – McAra, Harvey, A. Srewart –
Hamilton, Berry, Andrew, Fraser, Eccles (Dykebar).
Canadians: Garrett – Brubacher, Killer – Pirie, Tom Gibson, Gordon –
Bowman, Alex Gibson, Thomson, Webster, Krantz.

September 13, 1888, in Ayr, Scotland
Ayr 4 (Ross, Alex Campbell, Cunningham, ?)
Canadians 0
Canadians: Garrett – Brubacher, Murray – Pirie, Tom Gibson, Mustard –
Bowman, Alex Gibson, Thomson, Forsyth, Bingham.

September 15, 1888, at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh, Scotland
Hearts 0
Canadians 3 (Thomson, Alex Gibson, Tom Gibson)
Hearts: Gibson – Adams, Roberts – Hill, Begbie, McPherson – Jenkinson,
Brackenridge, Sneddon, Wood, Reid.
Canadians: Garrett – Brubacher, Killer – Pirie, Krantz, Gordon – Alex
Gibson, Bowman, Tom Gibson, Thomson, Webster.

September 18, 1888
Scotland XI 4 (McCall 2, ?)
Canadians 0
Scots: Gillespie (Queens Park) – D. Gow (Rangers), Forbes (Vale of Leven)
– Stewart (Queens Park), Auld (Third Lanark), Muir (Rangers) – Hamilton
(Queens Park), Berry (Queens Park), J. Campbell (Renton), McCall
(Renton), McPherson (Cowlairs).
Canadians: Garrett – Brubacher, Killer – Pirie, Mustard, Gordon – Alex
Gibson, Bowman, Tom Gibson, Thomson, Webster.

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