 On 4 March 1899 for the game against Wales, McAteer included four Irish players based in England.The change in policy produced dividends as Ireland won 1–0.Three weeks later, on 25 March one of these four players, Archie Goodall, aged 34 years and 279 days, became the oldest player to score at international level during the 19th century when he scored in a 1–9 defeat to Scotland.