The Sheffield amateur Charles Clegg (later Sir Charles Clegg, President of the Football Association), who played alongside him in the first England-Scotland international, remarked in later years that none of the southern amateurs in the side would speak to him.
The Sheffield non-professional Charles Clegg (later Sir Charles Clegg, President of the Football Association), who played alongside him in the first England-Scotland international match, stated later that none of the southern amateurs on the team spoke to him.