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===Wales===
For the match against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] at [[Stoke-on-Trent]] two weeks later, the selectors chose a team consisting entirely of professional players, of which four were making their début. In goal they selected [[John Willie Sutcliffe]] of [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], for the first of his 5 appearances; Sutcliffe had previously made an appearance for the [[England national rugby union team|English rugby union side]]. [[Jimmy Turner (English footballer)|Jimmy Turner]] ([[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]) and [[Jimmy Whitehead]] ([[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]) made their débuts at left half and inside right respectively. The fourth débutante was [[Fred Spiksley]] of [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|The Wednesday]] who made the first of seven England appearances at outside left, from where he scored seven goals during his England career, including a hat-trick on his debut.<ref>{{cite web |title=England players: Fred Spiksley |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioSpiksleyF.html |website=englandfootballonline |accessdate=12 July 2018 |date=20 March 2017}}</ref>
Once again, England were comfortable victors, with further goals from [[Billy Bassett]], [[John Goodall]] and [[Jack Reynolds (1869-1917)|Jack Reynolds]] as England easily defeated the Welsh 6–0.<ref>{{cite web |title=England 6 Wales 0 (13 March 1893) |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1892-93/M0048Wal1893.html |website=englandfootballonline |accessdate=12 July 2018 |date=14 May 2018}}</ref>
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