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40 vs. Scotland
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41 vs. Ireland
43 vs. Scotland |
Saturday,
7 March 1891
Home International Championship 1890-91
(8th)
Match*
One of two games played on the same day.
England 4 Wales 1
[4-0]
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Match
Summary
England Party
Wales Party
Team Records |
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Ashville Ground, Newcastle Road,
Monkwearmouth, Sunderland,
county Durham
Attendance: 15,000;
Kick-off: 3.35pm GMT;
Kicked-off five minutes after the Ireland match. |
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England - John Goodall ('returned
with a shot'
7),
Jack Southworth ('goalkeeper allowed to slip through his
hands' 30),
Edgar Chadwick ('headed through' 35), Alf Milward
('from a scrimmage in front of goal' 37)
Wales - Edmund Howell (81) |
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Results 1891-1900 |
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Wales won the toss, England
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
England |
Type |
Wa |
les |
Referee
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Thomas
R. Park
28/29 (1862), Scotland
Umpires -
John Charles Clegg, 39
(15 June 1850), Sheffield (Sheffield FA President) & unknown.
"Two special footballs were used
for the occasion, one, a "Star Champion," presented by Mr Henry Murton, and
the other by Mr J. R. Auld, captain of the Sunderland team, and were used in
the different halves of the game.".
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Goal Attempts |
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Attempts on Target |
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Hit Bar/Post |
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Offside Calls Against |
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The
1890 International Football Association Board meeting:
The penalty kick proposed and delayed for a year |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Possession |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
2nd |
Colours: |
"They wore
white flannels with a badge composed of
three lions and a crown." |
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Capt: |
John Goodall, first captaincy |
Selectors: |
The seven-man FA
International Selection Committee, on Thursday, 26 February 1891 at The
Clarendon Hotel, Derby, following
an inadequate trial game.
10th/11th match, W 9 - D 1 -
L 1 - F 50 - A
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England
Lineup |
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Wilkinson, Leonard R. |
22 |
15 October 1868 |
G |
Oxford University AFC &
Corinthians FC |
1 |
1
GA |
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Porteous, Thomas S. |
25 |
winter 1865 |
RB |
Sunderland AFC |
1 |
0 |
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Jackson, Elphinstone |
22 |
9 October 1868
in India |
LB |
Oxford University AFC &
Corinthians FC |
1 |
0 |
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Smith, Albert |
21 |
23 July 1869 |
RH |
Nottingham Forest FC |
1 |
0 |
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Holt, John |
25 |
10 April 1865 |
CH |
Everton FC |
2 |
0 |
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Shelton, Alfred |
24 |
12 September 1865 |
LH |
Notts County FC |
4 |
0 |
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Brann, George, retired
35th min.,
returned for second-half |
25 |
23 April 1865 |
OR |
Swifts FC &
Corinthians FC |
3 |
0 |
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Goodall,
John |
25 |
19 June 1863 |
IR |
Derby County FC |
5 |
3 or 4 |
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Southworth, John |
24 |
29 December 1866 |
CF |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
2 |
2 |
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Chadwick, Edgar W. |
21 |
14 June 1869 |
IL |
Everton FC |
1 |
1 |
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Milward, Alfred |
20 |
12 September
1870 |
OL |
Everton FC |
1 |
1 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
Wilkinson had replaced
Billy Moon (Old Westminsters
AFC)
in the goal. Smith took
the place of
John Barton (Blackburn Rovers FC) prior to the game.
Edgar Chadwick is the thirtieth player to score on his England debut. |
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2-3-5 |
Wilkinson -
Porteous, Jackson -
Smith, Holt,
Shelton -
Brann, Goodall, Southworth, Chadwick, Milward
notes: While Brann was retired injured,
Goodall controlled the right without hindrance. Southworth had also
been injured during the second half, during which time he swapped
positions with Milward. |
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Averages: |
Age |
23.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
2.0 |
0.3 |
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 Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th |
Colours: |
"They were dressed in a shade of red and blue." |
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Capt: |
Humphrey Jones |
Selectors: |
Team
selection chosen by Committee, following a series of trial matches. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Turner, Richard E. |
25 |
early 1866 |
G |
Wrexham AFC |
2 |
11
GA |
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Evans, Walter G. |
23 |
summer 1867 |
RB |
Builth FC & Aston Villa FC, England |
2 |
0 |
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Powell, Seth |
28 |
summer
1862 |
LB |
Summerhill FC & West Bromwich Albion FC,
England |
4 |
0 |
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Hughes, William |
25/26 |
1865 |
RH |
Caernarfon Athletic FC & Bootle FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Jones, Humphrey |
25 |
7 December 1862 |
CH |
Bangor FC & Queen's Park FC, Scotland |
13 |
1 |
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Parry, Charles F. |
21 |
early 1870 |
LH |
Llansilin FC & Everton FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Davies, Joseph E. |
26 |
12 July 1864 |
OR |
Chirk AAA FC & Ardwick FC,
England |
4 |
0 |
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Owen, William |
28/29 |
1862 |
IR |
Chirk AAA FC |
11 |
3 |
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Turner, William H. |
23 |
summer 1867 |
CF |
Wrexham AFC |
4 |
0 |
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Howell, E. Gwynne |
23 |
summer 1867 |
IL |
Builth FC |
3 |
3 |
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Lewis, William |
26/27 |
1864 |
OL |
Bangor FC & Crewe Alexandra FC, England |
11 |
2 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
Gwynne
Howell and Billy Hughes replaced John Bowdler and Alf Davies.
Dick
and Bill Turner were brothers.
This is the most experienced team to
face England, and possibly the oldest, thus far. |
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2-3-5 |
R.Turner -
Evans, Powell -
Hughes, Jones, Parry -
Davies, Owen, W.Turner, Howell, Lewis |
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Averages: |
Age |
24.8-25.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.1 |
0.8 |
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Match Report |
 Wales
made a good fight against their powerful opponents at Sunderland on
Saturday. There was an immense company of spectators at the
Newcastle-road ground. The English side worked well together, and
their combination proved too much for the visitors' defence. From a
middle by Chadwick the first goal was placed to the credit of
England by Goodall. The Welshmen were severely pressed, and a fast
shot by Southworth beat their goal-keeper a second time. Brann, who
had been playing very well, had to retire owing to a slight injury,
but he subsequently resumed his place on the right wing for a little
while. During his absence the Englishmen doubled their advantage and
crossed over four goals ahead...
Within a few minutes of the
expiration of time Wales managed to score, and the ultimate result
was a victory for England by four goals to one.
- The Times - Monday 9th
March, 1891
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Football League |
Football League
Table
7 March 1891 |
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Team |
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Pts |
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Everton |
21 |
29 |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers |
21 |
26 |
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Preston North End |
20 |
25 |
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Blackburn Rovers |
19 |
24 |
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Notts County |
21 |
24 |
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Sunderland |
20 |
19* |
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Bolton Wanderers |
19 |
19 |
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Burnley |
20 |
19 |
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Derby County |
21 |
15 |
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Aston Villa |
19 |
14 |
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Accrington |
20 |
14 |
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West Bromwich Albion |
19 |
10 |
League matches played on
7
March 1891:
BLACKBURN ROVERS 0-2 BOLTON WANDERERS
7,000 (Ewood
Park, Blackburn)
Blackburn were without Jack Southworth, who scored for England against
Wales at Sunderland.
BURNLEY 6-2 PRESTON NORTH END
Nicol 3, Marr 2, Hill (nk, N.Ross)
7,000 (Turf Moor, Burnley)
WEST BROMWICH ALBION 5-1 ACCRINGTON
Nicholls 2, Pearson 2,
Groves (Kirkham)
800 (Stoney Lane, West Bromwich)
West
Brom were without Billy Bassett, who scored for England against Ireland
at Wolverhampton. in which Bayliss and Perry also played, whilst Seth
Powell was playing for Wales against England at Sunderland.
* Sunderland were
deducted two points for fielding an unregistered player.
The shock defeats
for FA Cup holders, Blackburn and defending League Champions,
Preston meant that Everton were on the verge of their first title
success. This was confirmed a week later when Preston lost at
Sunderland to relinquish their prize after winning the first two
championships, though they did secure the runners-up place.
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IN OTHER NEWS...
Scotland won the rugby
union 'Triple Crown' for the first time when they defeated England, 9-3 at
Richmond. It was on 7 March 1891
that a dispute between two doctors on the streets of Wheeling in West
Virginia ended in 31-year-old Dr. George Garrison, the City Health Officer
shooting dead Dr, George Baird, thirty years his senior, who was also
carrying a gun. The pair had disagreed over alleged health violations and
they had clashed in public, six months earlier, with Dr. Garrison knocking
his former friend to the ground. Although he was found guilty of
second-degree murder, an appeal reduced his sentence and he returned to his
medical practice, less than two years later.
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Source Notes |
Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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