Cuthbert Ottaway as official as the "Scotch" players were drawn solely from those then domiciled in England). England dominated the match, played before a crowd of around 4,000 at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, but were unable to break down an obdurate Scottish defence, a failing probably attributable to the "rampant individualism" indulged by Ottaway's forwards in this early and formative period of the Association game. The game ended in a 0–0 draw. Ottaway did not play in the return fixture, arranged in London for 8 March 1873, but again captained his country in the third England-Scotland international, played once again
Russian Empire national football team Russian Empire national football team The Russian Empire national football team was the association football team representing the Russian Empire from 1910 to 1914. The Russian Empire played its first unofficial international in October 1910 against Bohemia national team, a 5-4 win. The All-Russian Football Union was founded in January 1912 and it was admitted to FIFA in the same year. The first official international for Russian Empire was the second round match against Finland national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. The development of league football in Russia was stopped by the outbreak of First World War