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47 vs. Ireland
Saturday, 5 March 1892
British International Championship 1891-92 (9th) Match
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One of two games played on the same day.
   
Ireland 0 England 2 [0-1]
 

Cliftonville Gardens, Cliftonville, Belfast, County Antrim
Kick-off (GMT): '3-30.'
Attendance:
'about 7,000 present'; about 8,000'; 'fully 8,000 present';
Receipts: £250.

England's first visit to Cliftonville, sixth visit to Belfast, and Ireland. All victorious.
The twentieth different venue to be used by England
.
Willie Gordon won the toss Jack Devey kicked-off
Jack Peden injury - ten men 30
The Times, The Guardian, The Sportsman, The Field and the Belfast Telegraph all credit Daft with scoring twice. Only the Athletic News credit John Devey with scoring England's first.

[1-0] Harry Daft header
44
 'Athersmith centred and Daft headed through'
Players lost since last match
Albert Aldridge (22 June 1891) 27
Tot Rostron (4 July) 28
 


[2-0]
Sam Torrans penalty saved
 (Underwood fouled Torrans)
[2-0] Harry Daft 47
 
'Athersmith sent a long pass to Daft, who put through a second goal'
  
[2-0] Harry Daft's terrific shot struck the roof of the net so hard that it rebound back into play: disallowed
Football League Record
 

        First ever penalty kick in an England match is saved

Match Summary

Officials        

Ireland

Team Records

England

Referee
Robert F. Harrison
Kilmarnock, Scotland FA
 
Linesmen
D.W. Foy
Irish Football Association
Charles James Hughes
38 (16 August 1853), Northwich
replaced Richard Gregson

Ireland Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 6th
Colours "...their opponents in dark blue, following a few minutes later."
"...blue-jerseyed Irishmen."
"The home representatives wore royal blue jerseys."
Captain Willie Gordon Selection Ireland Selection Committee
P 1 of 2, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 0 - A 2. team chosen on Tuesday, 1 March 1892
Ireland Lineup
  Clugston, William John 22
207 days
11 August 1869 G Cliftonville FAC 10 51ᵍᵃ
will be a linesman in the 1898 fixture
  Gordon, Robert William Willis 21
6 days
28 February 1871 RB Linfield FAC 3 0
  Stewart, Robert Kennedy 23
203 days
15 August 1868 LB Cliftonville FAC 5 0
  McKeown, Nathaniel 23
178 days
9 September 1868 RHB Linfield FAC 2 0
  Spencer, Samuel 23
239 days
10 July 1868 CHB Distillery FC 4 0
  Cunningham, William R. nk not known LHB Ulster FC 2 0
  Dalton, William Boyd 21
355 days
16 March 1870 OR Linfield FAC 7 4
  Gaffikin, George John 23
293 days
17 May 1868 IR Linfield FAC 6 1
  Stanfield, Olphert Martin 23
8 days
26 February 1869 CF

Distillery FC

16 7
most apps most gls
  Torrans, Samuel 22
30 days
4 February 1869 IL Linfield FAC 7 0
first (& missed) penalty kick against England
     
  Peden, John, injured off 30th min. 28
237 days
12 July 1863 OL

Linfield FAC

12 2
reserves: not known
team notes: Ireland played most of the match with just ten men, following Peden's injury, 'a small ligament had parted from a region in his ankle', he had collided with Jack Cox.
 
2-3-5 Clugston -
Gordon, Stewart -
McKeown, Spencer, Cunningham -
Dalton, Gaffikin, Stanfield, Torrans, Peden

Averages:

Age 23 years 175 years10 Appearances/Goals 6.7 1.3
most experienced team that England have faced so far

 

England Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 2nd to 1st
Colours "...the English were first to appear in white jerseys..."
"clad in white jerseys and dark pants."
Captain not known Selection following the trial game, The seven-man FA International Selection Committee
  (Messrs. Jackson, Clegg, Gregson, Hughes, Widdowson, Crump, Bentley and Gunning)
There is not a single contemporaneous record of England's captain for this match P 13 of 195, W 11 - D 1 - L 1 - F 54 - A 13.
teams chosen at the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham on Monday, 29 February 1892
England Lineup
  five changes to previous match league position (29th February) ave lge pos: 15th
  Rowley, William S. 26
176 days
11 September 1865 G Stoke FC (FL 13th) 2 1ᵍᵃ
first goalkeeper to face a penalty kick final app 1889-92
  Clare, Thomas 27
30 days
4 February 1865 RB Stoke FC (FL 13th) 2 0
  Underwood, Alfred 22
326 days
14 April 1869 LB Stoke FC (FL 13th) 2 0
final app 1891-92
185   Cox, John D. 24
136 days
21 October 1867 RHB Derby County FC (FL 11th) 1 0
the third County player to represent England only app 1892
  Holt, John 25
141 days
16 October 1866 CHB Everton FC (FL 7th) 4 0
186   Whitham, Michael 24
120 days
6 November 1867 LHB Sheffield United FC 1 0
the first United player to represent England only app 1892
187   Athersmith Harper, W. Charles 19
300 days
10 May 1872 OR Aston Villa FC (FL 4th) 1 0
the 6th/7th Villain to represent England
188   Pearson, John H. 24
40 days
25 January 1868 IR Crewe Alexandra FC 1 0
the only Alexandrian to represent England only app 1892
189 Devey, John H.G. 25
70 days
26 December 1866 CF Aston Villa FC (FL 4th) 1 0
the 6th/7th Villain to represent England
Daft, Harry B. 25
335 days
5 April 1866 IL Notts County FC (FL 5th) 5 3
the 28th brace scored final app 1889-92
  Hodgetts, H. Dennis 28
98 days
28 November 1863 OL Aston Villa FC (FL 4th) 4 1
reserves: not known; despite the announcement from The Queen's Hotel (left).
appearance notes: Harry Daft is 28th player to make five England appearances. 34 players have now appeared for England more than four times.
One hundred players have now played for England more than once.
Harry Daft is also the seventh player to make five appearances under the ISC.
records: England's first clean sheet on a Saturday since March 1888 (eleven matches). Which, incidentally, make the only two clean sheets under the guidance of the ISC.
The first time that England have won by scoring just two goals from the same player.
           
"The English team arrived yesterday [Friday] morning, and put up at the Hotel Shaftesbury, and afterwards drove to Bangor in one or Mr. Braithwaites well-appointed four-horse brakes."
 
2-3-5 Rowley -
Clare, Underwood -
Cox, Holt, Whitham -
Athersmith, Pearson, Devey, Daft, Hodgetts

Averages:

Age 24 years 327 days Appearances/Goals 2.2 0.2

 

       Match Report Dublin Daily Express, Monday, 7 March 1892

Ireland again sustained defeat to-day in the eleventh international contest with England, which took place on the Cliftonville grounds, Belfast. The weather was most favourable, the ground was in excellent condition, and the match throughout was a splendid exposition of Association football. The English team was a very fine combination, and was said authoritatively to be the best that has ever done battle against Ireland. The Irish team was an excellent one, and played well throughout the match. The Irish captain winning the toss, Devey kicked off for England. The visitors at once started to press, Holt sending in some hot shots. The Irish team now put in some good work, M'Keown showing up well. S Torrans gave a splendid centre to Stanfield who shot hard, Rowley just saving, and no more, the ball going into touch. Clugston was called upon several times to save some of Daft's splendid shots. Peden, Ireland's principal forward, when on the ball got an ugly kick from Cox on the leg. The play was suspended, the injured player being carried off the field. A medical examination showed that Peden's ankle had sustained a severe twist. The referee decided to give a foul for the offence, but that was poor compensation for the loss of a first-rate forward. Play was resumed by Dalton, who had run the entire length of the field. The play for a time was very vigorous on either side, several capital shots being saved by Clugston. Athersmith, however, sending well across the goal mouth, Daft headed through, scoring first for England. No further scoring took place till half-time, when England was leading by 1 goal to nil. The second half was in a large measure a repetition of the first. Gaffikin got away in midfield, and tackling Holt passed to Stanfield, who dribbled up the field, until knocked over by Whitten. The English right wing  raced down the field, and Athersmith cantering very swiftly across the goal mouth Daft caught the leather on the fly, and promptly scored the second goal for England. Clugston, whose play throughout was excellent, had to save several lightning shots by the English forwards. Holt got his leg injured by G Gaffikin, but no foul followed, as the injury was the result of an accident. No further scoring was made and the match ended in another victory for England.
       

       Match Report The Times, Monday, 7 March 1892
Many thousand spectators visited the Cliftonville Ground, Belfast, to witness the 11th annual match between England and Ireland...
At length, a little before the first half of time had elapsed, Athersmith muddled the ball to Daft, who butted it between the posts, thus securing the first goal for the visitors...
...The English resumed their attacks, and Daft, who had the ball well passed to him, sent it under the cross-bar, thus registering the second goal...
 
       In Other News....
It was on 5 March 1892 that the inquest into the Cleckheaton Chimney Disaster of the previous week was resumed. A 150-foot Yorkshire flannel manufacturer's mill chimney which had been visibly deteriorating was undergoing repairs when it collapsed onto the workplace, killing 15 people. The verdict, three weeks later, was that it was an accident, but the owners should not have let the chimney get into such a terrible state.    England gained revenge for the previous year's Calcutta Cup defeat to beat Scotland 5-0 at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh and win the rugby union 'Triple Crown' without conceding a single point in the championship, a feat that has never been equalled
Domestic Football Results (5 March 1892)                                          Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Football Association Challenge Cup Semi-final replay: 
Nottingham Forest 1 West Bromwich Albion 1
   Molineux Ground, Wolverhampton (15,930)
Higgins
~ Bassett
Forest had Albert Smith and Tinsley Lindley in their line-up.
West Brom were without Seth Powell, but did include Joe Reader, Jack Reynolds, Charlie Perry, Billy Bassett, their goalscorer, and Jem Bayliss (making his final Albion appearance).
The tie was finally settled in a snowstorm, four days later, at Derby, with West Brom recording a comfortable 6-2 victory and they went on to win the trophy for the second time, making them exempt from having to seek re-election to the Football League after a poor season in that competition.
The Football League:       
Accrington 3 Sunderland 5
   Thorneyholme Road, Accrington (2,000)
Bowman, Irvine, nk
~
Scott (2), J.Hannah, McLellan OG, Millar
George Haworth started for Accrington
       
Blackburn Rovers 4 Aston Villa 3
   Ewood Park, Blackburn (2,000)
Dewar, Townley (2), Lofthouse
~ Campbell (3)
Herbie Arthur, Jimmy Forrest, Joe Lofthouse, Nat Walton and Billy Townley started for Rovers.
Villa were without Charlie Athersmith, Jack Devey and Dennis Hodgetts, and Walter Evans.
       
Burnley 1 Bolton Wanderers 2
   Turf Moor, Burnley (5,000)
Nicol
~ Cassidy, Bentley
John Sutcliffe and Jimmy Turner started for Bolton
       
Everton 1 Stoke 0
   Anfield Ground, Liverpool (7,000)
Chadwick
Everton were without Johnny Holt, but did have Bob Howarth, Alf Milward and Edgar Chadwick
Stoke were without Tommy Clare, Bill Rowley and Alf Underwood, as well as Joe Schofield.
       
Preston North End 3 Derby County 0
   Deepdale, Preston (5,000)
J.Ross, Becton, Taylor
Preston started with Bob Holmes
Derby were without Jack Cox, but did start with Jack Robinson and Jack Goodall.


Table
Team P
Preston North End 21 33
Bolton Wanderers 22 30
Sunderland 18 28
Aston Villa 21 24
Notts County 22 24
Everton 21 22
Burnley 21 21
Blackburn Rovers 22 21
Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 21
Accrington 19 14
Derby County 20 14
West Bromwich Albion 19 10
Stoke 21 11
Darwen 21 10

Although Preston recorded their twelfth successive victory and obviously had their sights on regaining the League Championship for the third time in four years, Sunderland won their ninth in a row and they would end Preston's run in the following week, before going on to win their first title at only the second attempt.
     
     
       Source Notes
TheFA
Jonny Dewart at Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Cris Freddi's England Football Factbook
Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbook
Original Newspaper Reports
Rootschat/Ancestry.com
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