XIXth CENTURY (Part 6) - THE MOST CAPPED PLAYERS

• Nov 21, 2021
• History Statistics

Picture :  Vivian Woodward was the first to break the Record of Olphert Stanfield in 1909 !

Most capped players of XIX Century

In this part we publish the ranking of players with most games played for national teams in XIX Century. 
The world record in this category at the end of 1900 belonged to Olphert Stanfield, an Irish footballer who has earned 30 caps playing mainly on right-inside position. 
His world record was surpassed by England's Vivian Woodward in 1909. The first Irishman who beat Stanfield was legendary goalkeeper Elisha Scott who won his 31st cap in 1936.
Besides that, Stanfield who played for only one club (Distillery) throughout his career still remains the most capped Distillery player of all time.

	Player	Country	Games	Years
1	Olphert Stanfield	Ireland	30	1887-1897
2	William Lewis	Wales	27	1885-1898
3	John Peden	Ireland	24	1887-1899
	Samuel Torrans	Ireland	24	1889-1899
5	James Trainer	Wales	20	1887-1899
6	Norman Coles Bailey	England	19	1878-1887
	Gilbert Oswald Smith	England	19	1893-1900
8	Edgar Charles Bambridge	England	18	1879-1887
9	William Owens	Wales	16	1884-1893
	William Isaiah Bassett	England	16	1888-1896
11	John Powell	Wales	15	1878-1888
	John Graffikin	Ireland	15	1890-1895
	Robert Milne	Ireland	15	1894-1899
	John Leonard Jones	Wales	15	1895-1900
15	Humphrey Jones	Wales	14	1885-1891
	Walter Arnott	Scotland	14	1883-1893
	John Clugston	Ireland	14	1888-1893
	John Goodall	England	14	1888-1898
	Dai Jones	Wales	14	1888-1900
20	Charles Campbell	Scotland	13	1874-1886
	Percy Melmoth Walters	England	13	1885-1890
	Tinsley Lindley	England	13	1886-1891
	Charles Parry	Wales	13	1891-1898
	Thomas Scott	Ireland	13	1894-1900
	William John Oakley	England	13	1895-1900