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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
England |
Type |
Wa |
les |
Referee -
Thomas Robertson
32
(1 December
1864),
Torrance, Stirlingshire,
Scotland Football Association
Linesmen -
George Stuart Sherrington, 36
(20 August 1861 in Islington), Suffolk Football
Association,
England
& unknown
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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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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
1st |
Colours: |
White jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers |
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Capt: |
Gilbert
Smith, third, fourth or fifth captaincy |
Selectors:
In Charge: Mr Haigh |
The seven-man FA
International Selection Committee, on Monday, 15 March 1897, at Queen's
Club, Kensington, following the trial match.
29th match, W 23 -
D 4 - L 2 - F 122 - A 24. |
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England
Lineup |
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Foulke, William H. |
22 |
12 April 1874 |
G |
Sheffield United FC |
1 |
0
GA |
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Oakley, William J. |
23 |
27 April 1873 |
RB |
Corinthians FC |
6 |
0 |
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Spencer, Howard |
21 |
23 August 1875 |
LB |
Aston Villa FC |
1 |
0 |
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Reynolds, John |
28 |
21 February 1869 |
RH |
Aston Villa FC |
7 |
2 |
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Crawshaw, Thomas H. |
24 |
28 December 1872 |
CH |
Wednesday FC |
6 |
0 |
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Needham, Ernest |
24 |
21 January 1873 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC |
4 |
1 |
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Athersmith
Harper, W.
Charles |
24 |
10 May
1872 |
OR |
Aston Villa FC |
3 |
1 |
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Bloomer, Stephen |
23 |
20 January 1874 |
IR |
Derby County FC |
6 |
12 |
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Smith, Gilbert O.
injured off 45th min |
24 |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Old
Carthusians AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
9 |
4 |
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Becton, Francis |
21 |
28 October 1873 |
IL |
Liverpool FC |
2 |
2 |
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Milward, Arthur |
26 |
12 September
1870 |
OL |
Everton FC |
3 |
3 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
Jimmy Crabtree (Aston Villa FC) was replaced by Jack Reynolds at
right-half and
Cunliffe Gosling (Old Etonians AFC &
Corinthians FC)
was replaced by Francis Becton at inside-left.
Gilbert Smith was
hit in the face by the ball in the first half, and did not return for
the second half.
Jack Reynolds had already played five times for
the Irish team, scoring once (1890-91 (two appearances and one goal
against England))
England's unbeaten
'Home' run is now extended to a record eleven matches, they have also
gone 295 minutes without conceding a goal at Home, a new record. So is
three Home clean sheets in a row. |
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2-3-5 |
Foulkes -
Oakley, Spencer -
Crabtree. Crawshaw, Needham
-
Athersmith, Bloomer, Smith, Becton, Milward. |
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Averages: |
Age |
23.6 |
Appearances/Goals |
4.4 |
1.9 |
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 Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th |
Colours: |
White and red halved shirts, black shorts, black socks |
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Capt: |
James Trainer |
Selectors: |
Team
selection chosen by Committee, following a series of trial matches. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Trainer, James |
34 |
7 January 1863 |
G |
Preston North End FC, England |
16 |
56 GA |
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Matthias, John S. |
19 |
summer 1878 |
RB |
Shrewsbury Town FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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Edwards, James A. |
22 |
summer 1875 |
LB |
Oswestry United FC |
3 |
0 |
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Chapman, Thomas |
26 |
early 1871 |
RH |
Grimsby Town FC, England |
7 |
2 |
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Mates, John |
27 |
winter 1875 |
CH |
Chirk AAA FC |
3 |
0 |
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Jones, John L. |
30/31 |
early 1866 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC, England |
9 |
0 |
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Meredith, William H. |
22 |
30 July 1874 |
OR |
Manchester City FC, England |
7 |
4 |
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Davies, Joseph |
30 |
summer 1866 |
IR |
Millwall Athletic FC, England |
5 |
0 |
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Morris, A.
Grenville |
19 |
13 April 1877 |
CF |
Swindon Town FC, England |
4 |
1 |
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Morris, Hugh |
23/24 |
early 1872 |
IL |
Grimsby Town FC, England |
3 |
2 |
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Lewis, William |
32/33 |
1864 |
OL |
Manchester City FC, England |
26 |
8 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
James Edwards was called up to replace Smart Arridge, and John Mates
replaced Caesar Jenkyns. |
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2-3-5 |
Trainer -
Matthias, Edwards -
Chapman, Mates, Jones -
Meredith, Davies, G.Morris, H.Morris,
Lewis |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.8-26.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
7.8 |
1.5 |
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Match Report |
On the Bramall-lane ground,
Sheffield, yesterday, England beat Wales by four goals to none, a
victory that was completely merited as the game went, although the
football never reached any wonderful degree of excellence. England was
represented by a very fine side, both individually and collectively the
superior of anything Wales could produce, and perhaps it was the
knowledge of the fact that the last thing probable was a loss to them
that made the Englishmen adopt something like a leisurely method of
play. Without exerting themselves, therefore, the home side pursued an
easy course to victory...
The English score was divided
between the two periods of the game. Needham and Bloomer scored before
the interval, and Milward obtained the two other goals...
There were some four or five
thousand spectators, and the conditions for the football were fairly
favourable. -
The Times - Tuesday 30th March, 1897
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Football League |
Football League Division Two
29 March 1897 |
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Team |
P
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Pts |
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Notts County |
27 |
41 |
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Newton Heath |
27 |
35 |
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Grimsby Town |
28 |
34 |
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Newcastle United |
26 |
31 |
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Small
Heath |
26 |
30 |
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Manchester City |
26 |
28 |
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Gainsborough Trinity |
25 |
27 |
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Leicester Fosse |
25 |
27 |
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Darwen |
26 |
26 |
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Blackpool |
25 |
26 |
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Woolwich Arsenal |
24 |
24 |
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Walsall |
25 |
20 |
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Burton Swifts |
25 |
19 |
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Loughborough |
26 |
18 |
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Burton
Wanderers |
25 |
17 |
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Lincoln City |
24 |
7 |
Division Two
matches played on 29 March 1897:
BURTON
WANDERERS 3-1 BLACKPOOL
King, Handley, Arkesden (Martin)
3,000 (Derby Turn, Burton)
WOOLWICH ARSENAL 2-3 SMALL HEATH
Haywood, McAvoy (Hodgetts 2, Hare)
3,000 (Manor Ground, London)
Small
Heath won seven of their last eight games, but still finished two points
short of the test matches and failed to win promotion straight back to
the First Division.
IN OTHER NEWS...
It was on 28 March
1897 that Josef 'Sepp' Herberger was born in Mannheim and went on to
become the coach and mastermind behind West Germany's sensational 1954
World Cup win. Hungary were odds-on favourites, and unbeaten for over
four years, including a crushing 8-3 victory against West Germany, two
weeks earlier. Herberger had deliberately fielded a weaker team,
however, and when Hungary surged into a two-goal lead in the first eight
minutes of the final, they did not expect such an incisive response from
their opponents, who ran out 3-2 winners.
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 Source Notes |
Welsh Football Data Archive
HistoricalKits.co.uk/international/Wales
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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