the second official international football match, against Scotland on 8 March 1873 which England won 4–2. Vidal also played for Old Westminsters and Remnants football clubs and in representative matches for London and The South v The North. He was a member of the Football Association committee in 1872 and 1874. Other sports Vidal was an Oxford University rugby football Blue in 1873, and was a good oarsman. He also played county cricket for Devon and club cricket for North Devon. He was founder President of Oxford University Golf Club and in later life President of the Royal North Devon Golf Club (also known as Westward Ho!). Ecclesiastical career Vidal studied for the Church of England priesthood at Cuddesdon Theological College near Oxford, becoming ordained in 1877. He was Curate of St Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire 1877–1879; Vice-Principal of Ely Theological College 1879–1881; Curate of Holy Trinity, Ely, 1880–81; and ultimately Vicar of Abbotsham, his native parish, from 1881 until his death. Later in his life he was Rural Dean of Hartland in the area his parish stood, and shortly before his death, which followed major breakdown in health, was made Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral. He was buried in Abbotsham Churchyard. He was also very active in local public affairs in Devon, as chairman of Abbotsham Parish Council, member of Bideford Rural District Council, vice-chairman of Bideford Board of Guardians, member of Devon County Education Committee and a local Commissioner for Income Tax. Change of surname On 26 May 1892, Vidal changed his surname back to his family's original name of Sealy, renouncing the surname of Vidal, following the succession of his father to ownership of the Cornborough estate. Titles 1853–1877: Mr. Robert Walpole Sealy Vidal 1877–1892: Reverend Robert Walpole Sealy Vidal 1892–1914: Reverend Robert Walpole Sealy 1914: Reverend Prebendary Robert Walpole Sealy Honours Wanderers FA Cup winners: 1872 Oxford University FA Cup winners: 1874 FA Cup runners-up: 1873 References External links Biography on the Oxford University Association Football Club web site Profile on englandfootballonline 1853 births 1914 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Association football forwards England international footballers England v Scotland representative footballers (1870–1872) English footballers FA Cup Final players Faculty and staff of Ely Theological College People educated at Westminster School, London Sportspeople from Bideford Wanderers F.C. players