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Saturday, 4 April 1896
Home International Championship 1895-96 (13th) Match


Scotland 2 England 1 [2-0]
 












Football League Record

Season Record

Celtic Park, Janefield Street, Parkhead, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Kick-off (GMT): 'a few minutes before four o'clock'; 'at five minutes to four'.
Attendance: '51,346'; no fewer than 55,000'; '57,315' (a new-world record attendance).
Receipts: '£3244'; £3309';
England's second visit to Parkhead; thirteenth visit to Glasgow, to Lanarkshire and to Scotland
Jack Drummond won the toss Gilbert Smith kicked-off

[0-0] a Hyslop or Lambie shot grazed the bar 10
 

[1-0] William Lambie 25

'Raikes had fisted out a long shot from Lambie, the latter caught the ball on the rebound and scored a magnificent goal.'; 'low, lightning shot'
[2-0] Jack Bell 30
'Bell getting his foot to a splendid centre by John Lambie and beating Raikes with a beautiful shot low down in the corner.'
[2-0]
Crabtree stopped Blessington's shot on the line

[0-0] Jack Goodall shot skimmed the crossbar
  [2-0] Gilbert Smith's strong shot hits the post 46
[2-0] Jack Goodall scores - disallowed: offside c.60

[2-0] Jack Goodall heads in - disallowed: offside c.70
[2-0] Gilbert Smith's shot hits inside of post c.70
[2-1] Billy Bassett 81
'Lodge sent on a big kick, which Goodall took up, and passing to Bassett, the latter scored a fine goal.'
 
 

"ARTHUR'S SEAT FOR A GRAND STAND." The Scottish Referee

Officials       

Scotland Team Records England
Referee
Humphrey Jones
33 (7 December 1862), Wales,
schoolmaster at Blair Lodge, Polmont, Falkirk
"ENGLAND v. SCOTLAND 'GATE'.—The exact amount drawn at the Celtic Park, Glasgow, international match was £3309 17s 11d, of which £2440 14s 11d was gate money, and £869 3s stand money. There were 48,815 spectators who passed the turnstiles paying 1s for admission, and the complimentary tickets to officials, police, and press numbered about 3500. It is also said that about 5000 broke through the enclosure. This would bring the total attendance to 57,315".
The Edinburgh Evening News, Thursday, 25 April 1896 
The mass attendance was not without its problems, many scaled fences and obtained entry without ticket. The spectators stood right up to the touchline throughout and naturally handicapped the wing men.
Linesmen
Nicholas Lane Jackson
45 (1 November 1849)
West Hackney, London
(Corinthians FC & FA Hon. Secretary)
R.F. Harrison
Ayr, Scotland FA President
  

Scotland Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 2nd
Colours 'clad in blue shirts and white knickers'
Captain Jock Drummond
(16; Bill Lambie 9)
Selection
Trainer: John Taylor (Rangers FC)
following the Scots vs. Anglo-Scots trial match, The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members,
P 2nd of 4, W 2 - D 0 - L 0 - F 5 - A 2. President/Chairman: R.F. Harrison team chosen in Glasgow, on Monday evening, 30 March 1896.
Scotland Lineup
 (Selection Committee voting results)          
  Doig, John Edward
 (18; Anderson 9)
29
158 days
29 October 1866 G Arbroath FC & Sunderland AFC, England 3 2ᵍᵃ
266 Brandon, William Thomas
 (unanimous)
28
184 days
3 October 1867 RB St. Mirren FC & Blackburn Rovers FC, England 1 0
only app 1896
  Drummond, John
 (21; McLintock 2)
25
357 days
13 April 1870 LB Rangers FC 6 0
  Gibson, Neil
 (19; Boyle 7, Hogg 11, Kelly 4)
23
41 days
23 February 1873 RH Rangers FC 4 0
267   Cowan, James
 (14; Kelly 13)
27
170 days
17 October 1868 CH Vale of Leven FC & Aston Villa FC, England 1 0
  Hogg, George
 (15; Boyle 11)
26
124 days
2 December 1869 LH Heart of Midlothian FC 2 0
final app 1896
Bell, John Watson, injured 75th min.
 (17; Madden 6)
27
181 days
6 October 1868 OR Dumbarton FC & Everton FC, England 3 2
  Blessington, James
 (unanimous)
22
36 days
28 February 1874 IR The Celtic FC 4 0
final app 1894-96
268   Hyslop, Thomas
 (10; McColl 9; Miller 6) (14; McColl 11)
24
228 days
20 August 1871 CF 2nd Scots Guards & Stoke FC, England 1 0
born as Bryce Thomas Scouller
Lambie, William Allan
 (19; Walker 7) - The only Amateur.
23
85 days
10 January 1873 IL Queen's Park FC 7 5
  King, Alexander
 (14; Cameron 10)
24
291 days
18 June 1871 OL Heart of Midlothian FC 2 0
reserves: Kenny Anderson (Queen's Park FC), Duncan McLean (St. Bernard's FC), Tom McLintock (Maryhill FC & Burnley FC, England), Dickie Boyle (Everton FC), Jim Kelly & John Madden (The Celtic FC), Davie Baird (Heart of Midlothian FC), Robert McColl (both Queen's Park FC), John Cameron (Queen's Park FC & Everton FC, England), Johnnie Walker (Heart of Midlothian FC).
team notes: The Scottish Referee gave details of the voting procedure by the Scottish Selection Committee, details outlined above.
The 'second clubs' as stated by Midlothian Journal.
This season marks a shift in policy in the Selection process. The Committee allowing themselves to chose non-home based players for the first time. As a consequence, five Anglo-Scots were chosen.
 
2-3-5 Doig -
Brandon, Drummond -
Gibson, Cowan, Hogg -
Bell, Blessington, Hyslop, Lambie, King
Averages: Age 25 years 268 days Appearances/Goals 3.1 0.5

 

England Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st
Colours 'wearing white shirts and blue knickers'
Captain Gilbert Smith Selection following a trial match, The five-man FA International Selection Committee .
  P 1 of 13, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 1 - A 2. P 27th of 195, W 21 - D 4 - L 2 - F 111 - A 26.
first certainly, possibly second, maybe even third team chosen at 61 Chancery Lane, London on Wednesday, 25 March 1896,
England Lineup
  three changes to the previous match (Kinsey, Bloomer & Sandilands out) league position (25th March) ave lge pos: 8th
  Raikes, George B. 22
21 days
14 March 1873 G Oxford University AFC & Corinthians FC 4 4ᵍᵃ
final app 1895-96
  Lodge, L. Vaughan 23
105 days
21 December 1872 RB Cambridge University AFC & Corinthians FC 5 0
final app 1894-96
  Oakley, William J. 22
343 days
27 April 1873 LB Oxford University AFC & Corinthians FC 4 0
  Henfrey, Arthur G. 28
107 days
19 December 1867 RH Corinthians FC 5 2
final app 1891-96
  Crawshaw, Thomas H. 23
98 days
28 December 1872 CH Wednesday FC (FL1 8th) 4 0
  Crabtree, James W. 24
103 days
23 December 1871 LH Aston Villa FC (FL1 TOP) 6 0
Bassett, William I. 27
68 days
27 January 1869 OR West Bromwich Albion FC (FL1 BOTTOM) 16 5 or 6
final app 1888-96
  Goodall, John 32
290 days
19 June 1863 IR Derby County FC (FL1 2nd) 13 11 or 12
  Smith, Gilbert O. 23
131 days
25 November 1872 CF Oxford University AFC, Old Carthusians AFC & Corinthians FC 7 4
  Wood, Harry 27
283 days
26 June 1868 IL Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (FL1 15th) 3 1
final app 1890-96
228   Burnup, Cuthbert James 20
135 days
21 November 1875 OL Cambridge University AFC, Old Malvernians AFC & Corinthians FC 1 0
the 57th Corinthian to represent England only app 1896
reserves: not known
team changes: An injury to Derby County FC's (FL1 2nd) Steve Bloomer in a FA Cup semi-final tie against and Wolverhampton Wanderers prevented him from taking his place in the starting line-up. On Wednesday, 1 April, it was reported that Goodall would move to inside-right and and a new replacement, Wood, will occupy inside-left.
Elsewhere, Sheffield United FC's Ernest Needham (FL1 12th) also withdrew on Thursday, 2 April, after his arrival in Glasgow, in what was described as an indisposition, he could not leave his bed on the morning of the match, so Jimmy Crabtree moved back to left-half, Oakley moved across and Lodge came in as replacement.
Incidentally, Lodge had only been telegraphed the day before after Jimmy Crabtree had not yet turned up in Glasgow.
appearance notes: Billy Bassett is the third player to have made sixteen England appearances, whereas John Goodall is the sixth player to have made thirteen. Gilbert Smith is the nineteenth player to have made seven England appearances and Jimmy Crabtree is the 29th player to have now made five.
52 players have now made four England appearances and Harry Wood is 78th player to have made three appearances.
Bassett is the first player to make sixteen appearances under the guidance of the ISC, whereas Goodall is the second player to make thirteen.
records: This defeat put an end to England's unbeaten twenty-match run, which had run for over six years. They were also protecting an unbeaten away record, which had went on for 18 matches.
Billy Bassett continues being the most experienced player to score an England goal.
 
2-3-5 Raikes -
Lodge, Oakley -
Henfrey, Crawshaw, Crabtree -
Bassett, Goodall, Smith, Wood, Burnup
Averages: Age 25 years 53 days Appearances/Goals 6.2 2.2
England teams v. Scotland:
1895: Sutcliffe Crabtree Lodge Reynolds Holt Needham Bassett Bloomer Goodall Gosling S.Smith
1896: Raikes Lodge Oakley Henfrey Crawshaw Crabtree Goodall G.Smith Wood Burnup
 
       Match Report The Belfast News-letter, Monday, 6 April 1896

The English team, wearing white shirts and blue knickers, appeared on the ground at ten minutes to four, and were received with the playing of the 'British Grenadiers' by the pipers and loud cheering from the spectators. When the eleven had been photographed they took to the field, and the Scottish players, clad in blue shirts and white knickers, emerged from the pavilion, to receive an equally enthusiastic reception from the crowd, while the pipers players 'The Campbells are coming.'
   Scotland won the toss, and decided to defend the pavilion goal, thus taking advantage of a fair breeze which was blowing up the field. Smith kicked off, and Scotland instantly commenced to press, but a foul against Hyslop favoured the Englishmen, and they soon got into close quarters with Doig. Brandon, however, relieved, and Gibson and Cowan forced England once more on the defensive. Lodge returned, but the attack was maintained by the Scots, and a fine piece of play on the part of Lambie and King ended in the ball going behind. A corner for Scotland was taken by Bell, but Oakley sent well out. The Scottish right wing were once more conspicuous for neat and clever work, and a shot from Hyslop looked dangerous but that Lodge headed well away. Scotland still kept pressing, and from a neat pass from Lambie Hyslop drove in a scorcher, which just crossed the posts and went behind. Burnup now got away, but was pulled up by Brandon, and the Scottish forwards made a renewed effort to open the scoring, testing Raikes severely on a couple of occasions. Bell sent in a fine shot, which Oakley frustrated, and a moment Later Lambie, supplied by Cowan, fired a beauty, which just grazed the upright and rolled down the net behind. The English right wing got away, and Smith tried a slow shot, which Doig had no difficulty in negotiating. The representatives of the Thistle were in rare form, and played with great fire and go. King took advantage of an opening to shoot, and once more the ball went flying over the bar. The Englishmen made one or two sallies into their opponents' quarters, but they met such stout resistance on the part of Drummond and Brandon that they never got a chance. A corner to Scotland was taken by Lambie, but Smith cleared. Gibson passed a beauty to Hyslop, which Oakley spoilt. Goodall made a capital run, which looked as though it would prove effective, but, getting offside, he lost his opportunity. At length the gigantic efforts of the Scotsmen were rewarded with the success they more than deserved. Following up a pass from the left wing. Lambie shot straight for goal, but Raikes fisted out. Before the English custodian had time to recover himself Lambie had drawn first blood for Scotland by a low, lightning shot, which from a short distance bounded right into the net. This initial success of the Scotch team provoked unbounded enthusiasm on the part of their thousands of supporters, who could only give vent to their feelings by cheering themselves hoarse and frantically waving their hats or handkerchiefs. The home team, brilliant as had been their previous performance, now excelled themselves, and walked into the White Shirts with a dash that was simply irresistible. Brandon, from midfield, sent a well-directed high shot, which Raikes had to stretch on tip-toe to save. The right wing of the Scotch team worked with a will, and having obtained possession, thanks to Gibson, they transferred neatly to Hyslop, who sent a scorcher over the bar. A good pass in front of goal from King to Bell enabled the latter to fire in a brilliant shot, that completely defied Raikes, and gave Scotland their second goal. The enthusiastic scene of a few minutes before was renewed, and the supporters of the Scotchmen now loudly expressed themselves confident of victory—not without justification either. Scotland continued to force matters, until Burnup stole away and centred almost in front of goal. Drummond was all there, and effected a speedy clearance. A rapid advance movement on the part of the homesters' front rank led to an exciting bit of play before Raikes, but lodge relived speedily. At this stage, Bassett, about midfield, came into contact with Hogg, and was thrown violently to the ground, but he recovered in a few minutes. The Scotch left wing again came into prominence, and King tried for goal, but was wide. Goodall led an expedition in Doig's direction, but was offside, and afterwards Lambie and King got away and passed to Hyslop, who, heading backwards, sent the ball over the posts. Operations were transferred to Scottish territory, but only for a brief period, and Blessington retaliated by calling upon Raikes to defend his charge. Goodall and Bassett made several most praiseworthy attempts to open England's score, but could never get beyond Drummond and Brandon, who played in grand style. Cowan and Bell put in a nice run, and the latter had hard lines in not getting a goal for his trouble. The Scotch forwards kept on the ball, and the finishing touch to a nice piece of combination was spoilt by Lodge in time. Cowan brought the ball down the field again and passed to King, when Crabtree interfered. Play slackened off somewhat a few minutes before half-time. King had the ball in splendid position for shooting when the whistle announced half-time.
  Scotland were loudly cheered when they returned to the field after the interval. The wind had been increasing in the meantime, and the Scotsmen had to face a strong breeze. England started off at a furious rate, and were evidently bent, if possible, upon equalising, if not winning the match. Goodall passed to Smith, who tried for goal, and Doig saved at the expense of a corner, which was fruitless. Scotland did not remain long on the defensive, spite of the wind, and Oakley and Lodge had some difficulty in coping with the onslaught which was made upon the English goal. Goodall and Bassett made away at a great rate, and twice matters looked critical, but Drummond relieved each time in marvellous fashion. Not to be daunted, Goodall, the moment he got the chance, was away again, and this time he sent straight into the net, but the point was disallowed on the ground of off-side. The Scotch left wing in turn became aggressive, and it required the exertion of all Lodge's powers to avert a third goal. Once Lambie got in good position, and Crabtree rescued by conceding a corner. From the corner kick a warm shot was fired in upon Raikes, but he proved quite sufficient for it, and nothing resulted. Bell, after a goo run up the field, mad a capital attempt for goal, but the ball struck the post and went behind. England now entered the game with a vengeance, and Smith and his right wing adopted tactics that must have proved successful on more than one occasion but for the stern resistance which was offered by the Scotch defence and the marvellous feats of Doig in goal. Goodall was again pulled up for off-side when very dangerous. Doig had to deal with a warm shot from Bassett, but we was equal to the occasion, and elicited loud cheers from the crowd by his brilliant save. A few minutes later he was called upon by Wood to perform a similar feat, with a like result. Scotland once more made an incursion into the visitors' quarters, and Lambie should have scored a certain goal but for the wonderful efforts of Lodge, who showed much the same splendid form that he did in the English international at Cliftonville recently. Eventually a scrimmage took place in front of the English goal, from which a shot was sent in to Raikes, who fisted out in time. Hyslop and Blessington swooped down upon the enemy, but were non-plussed by Lodge. Lambie gave an extremely good centre to Hyslop, but Bassett spoiled. Burnup, from a long distance, sent a high shot across the field, and the ball went over the bar. Hyslop let go a capital opportunity for scoring which was afforded him by his right wing. Bassett and Goodall organised a wild rush on the Scottish goal, which looked ominous, but Doig pluckily ran out, and seizing the ball in his hands threw it across the field. Burnup discharged a fast shot, which was going straight between the posts when Doig jumped at it and fisted out. Drummond and Cowan brought relief to the Scotsmen for a time, and Lambie and King indulged in some pretty passing. Lodge had, however, been watching the two like a cat a mouse, and at last pounced upon them and destroyed their scheme. A kick for goal by Bell resulted in the ball going over the bar. Blessington gave Bell a good pass, which was well ball, and, with Goodall and Bassett, brought it well down the field, when the latter with a well-aimed but not too powerful, shot, scored England's first goal.
   A plea of off-side was raised, but the referee disallowed it. Thus encouraged, England played more vigorously than ever, because they had ample time in hands to make at least a draw, if that were possible. The forwards put in some magnificent work, and time after time Doig had to save, which he did in right admirable fashion. A foul against Crabtree enabled Scotland to get away, and King had a trial for goal, but was inaccurate in shooting. England was waging a fierce battle, against which Drummond and Brandon were contending with valiance, when full time arrived to the intense delight of the Scotch spectators..

   

       Match Report The Times, Monday, 6 April 1896
The victory of Scotland by two goals to one on Saturday at Glasgow has occurred in a season when the English football public held high hopes of a reduction in the lead of wins established by Scotland in the 25 years of the match. But England on Saturday were beaten on their merits, and the secret of their loss was to be found in the important position of half-back. Here England were weak, and the Scottish in the same line were fast and strong. The half is the first line of defence and a second line of attack, so it will be easily understood that when the Scottish forwards were often unchecked, and the English forwards waited in vain for the ball to be sent up, England's chances of success were much prejudiced. These things were most palpable in the first period, but subsequently the Englishmen mended their ways and had more of the game than the Scots. Forward the Scottish executed a lot of sound work, in which their quickness in kicking was a characteristic, and, as already stated, the home halves not only broke up the English combination but placed the ball well for the forwards... Scotland's forwards again broke away, and Lambie on the left gave Raikes a swift shot which the latter failed to clear, and Lambie, closing up, got Scotland's first goal rather less than half an hour from the start. Some fine kicking by the Scottish backs kept the play generally up in the visitors' quarters, and pretty passing soon yielded a goal by King... ...However, Doig was at last beaten by Bassett, to whom Goodall had passed... This was Scotland's 12th victory to England's seven. Six matches have been drawn. The goal aggregate is : --Scotland 60 ; England 52.
      
       In Other News....
It was on 4 April 1896 that Whitechapel, scene of the Jack the Ripper murders, eight years earlier, was once again witness to a horrific double murder. A wealthy retired 75-year-old, John Levy and his 37-year-old housekeeper, Annie Gale were both butchered by William Seaman, who had a history of violent crimes. Seaman claimed that Levy had tried to avoid paying him the £70 that he was owed from a deal relating to stolen goods and ransacked the house after murdering the couple, but a neighbour arrived and called the police before Seaman could escape. He climbed up onto the roof and then jumped about forty feet into a crowd of people that had gathered on the street. The police arrested him and he was hanged for the crimes, two months later, after willingly accepting his fate.
  
Domestic Football Results (4 April 1896)                                               Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
The Football League Division One:      
Bolton Wanderers 2 West Bromwich Albion 1
   Burnden Park, Bolton (7,000)
Cassidy, Jack ~ Banks
Wanderers started with Jack Sutcliffe
Albion were without Billy Bassett, but did start with Joe Reader
 
Burnley 2 Derby County 2
   Turf Moor, Burnley (6,000)
Nicol, Place jr ~ Paul, nk
(a free-kick)
County were without Jack Goodall
 
Nottingham Forest 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
   Town Ground, Nottingham (4,000)
McInnes, Carnelly, Smellie ~ Scott OG, Fleming
Wanderers were without Harry Wood, but did have Dick Baugh
 
Preston North End 1 Bury 1
   Deepdale, Preston (7,000)
Smith ~ Barr
North End started with Bob Holmes
  
Stoke 3 Blackburn Rovers 0
   Victoria Ground, Stoke (6,000)
Johnson, W.Maxwell (2)
Stoke were without Tommy Hyslop, but did have Tommy Clare, Jimmy Turner and Joe Schofield starting
Rovers were without Tom Brandon, but did start with Jimmy Whitehead and Harry Chippendale
  
Wednesday 3 Small Heath 0
   Olive Ground, Sheffield (6,000)
Davis, Bell, Spiksley
Wednesday were without Tom Crashaw, but did start with Fred Spiksley


Division One Table
Team P
Aston Villa 29 43
Derby County 28 38
Everton 27 36
Sunderland 29 35
Bolton Wanderers 27 34
Stoke 29 30
Blackburn Rovers 26 28
Preston North End 29 28
Wednesday 27 27
Bury 27 25
Burnley 29 25
Sheffield United 28 24
Nottingham Forest 29 23
Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 17
Small Heath 27 17
West Bromwich Albion 28 16
Although they recovered from being two goals down, Derby's draw at Burnley stretched their run without a win to four games and meant that Aston Villa were League Champions for the second time in three years.
     
   
   
The Football League Division Two:
Burton Wanderers 4 Lincoln City 1
  
Derby Turn, Burton (2,000)
Garfield (3), AJ Capes ~ Frettingham
  
Grimsby Town 1 Woolwich Arsenal 1
   Abbey Park, Grimsby (5,000)
Higgins ~ Boyd
 
Leicester Fosse 1 Manchester City 2
   Filbert Street, Leicester (5,000)
McArthur ~ Meredith, Robson
 
Newcastle United 5 Burton Swifts 0
   St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne (7,000)
Stott, Wardrope (2), Thompson (2)
 
Newton Heath 2 Loughborough 0
   Bank Street, Manchester (6,000)
Smith, Donaldson
 
Notts County 6 Crewe Alexandra 0
   Trent Bridge, Nottingham (1,000)
Chadburn, Bull (2), McCallum, Kiddier, Shelton
County started Alf Shelton
 
Although Manchester City could still mathematically catch Liverpool, they would have to beat Notts County by 63 goals in their last match to clinch the title on goal average. This would mean equalling their goals tally of the other 29 games in just one match! Of more concern, was Burton Wanderers pipping them to the second test match place, but Burton were to lose at home to Notts County, just two days later, and City won 2-0, two days after that, but only Liverpool were to gain promotion.

Division Two Table
Team P
Liverpool 30 46
Manchester City 29 44
Burton Wanderers 29 42
Grimsby Town 28 38
Newcastle United 27 34
Newton Heath 28 31
Leicester Fosse 27 30
Woolwich Arsenal 28 30
Darwen 28 26
Notts County 28 24
Burton Swifts 29 24
Lincoln City 28 18
Rotherham Town 29 17
Loughborough 26 16
Burslem Port Vale 25 15
Crewe Alexandra 29 13
   
   
       Source Notes
TheFA
Scottish FA
Richard Keir's Scotland - The Complete International Record
Scottish Sport History
London Hearts
Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
James Corbett's England Expects

England Football Factbook
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