The Sixty Minute International Match

Played at The Oval, 18.01.79.
England 2 Wales 1

England		Wales
Rupert Anderson	Old Etonians	George Glascodine	Wrexham
Lindsay Bury	Cambridge University	Llewelyn Kenrick	Oswestry
Claud Wilson	Oxford University	G.G Higham	Oswestry
Norman Bailey	Clapham Rovers	William Williams	Druids
W.E Clegg	Sheffield Albion	Thomas Owen	Oswestry
Edward Parry	Old Carthusians	William Henry Davies	Oswestry
Heathcote Sorby	Thursday Wanderers	William Shone	Oswestry
Arthur Cursham	Notts County	Dennis Heywood	Druids
Henry Wace	Wanderers	John Price	Wrexham
Herbert Whitfield	Old Etonians	Digby Owen	Oswestry
Billy Mosforth	Sheffield Albion	William Roberts	Llangollen

After playing Scotland 3 times (3 defeats and 15 unanswered goals), Wales were offered a match against England at The Oval in January 1879.
The weather was appalling but Wales , after so much anticipation, were particularly keen for the game to go ahead, There were no more than 300 spectators present (maybe as few as 85).
A thick layer of snow covered the ground and it was agreed to play a truncated match of 30 minutes each way.

This gave rise to 3 players having England careers that lasted just one hour despite not being injured or substituted. Neither of England's debutant scorers (Whitfield and Sorby) was selected again, and it is worth noting that 19 year old Rupert Anderson was a forward who went in goal when Remnant FC's Rev. W. Blackmore  failed  to turn up (on the only occasion he was selected for England).
Contrary to some speculative sources Thomas Owen of Oswestry was almost certainly not the father of the poet Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen's father was born in Nantwich (England) on 31st  May 1862.