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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
Wa |
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Type |
England |
Referee -
Thomas Robertson
33
(1 December
1864),
Torrance, Stirlingshire, Scotland Football Association
Linesmen - Percy
Alexander Timbs, 32 (13 June 1865), St. Giles, London,
England
& Thomas Edward
Edwards, Wales
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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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Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 5th |
Colours: |
Probably blue and red halves shirts and white shorts |
Capt: |
Caeser Jenkyns |
Selectors: |
Team
selection chosen by Committee, following a series of trial matches. |
Wales
Lineup |
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Trainer, James |
35 |
7 January 1863 |
G |
Preston North End FC, England |
18 |
64 GA |
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Parry, Charles F. |
28 |
early 1870 |
RB |
Newtown FC |
13 |
0 |
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Arridge, Smart |
25 |
21 June 1872 born
in Sunderland |
LB |
New Brighton Tower FC, England |
7 |
0 |
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Taylor, John |
23 |
summer 1874 |
RH |
Wrexham AFC |
1 |
0 |
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Jenkyns, Caeser A.L. |
31 |
24 August 1866 |
CH |
Walsall FC, England |
8 |
1 |
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Jones, John L. |
31/32 |
early 1866 |
LH |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
12 |
0 |
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Meredith, William H. |
23 |
30 July 1874 |
OR |
Manchester City FC, England |
9 |
4 |
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Bartley, Thomas |
23 |
summer 1874 |
IR |
Glossop North End FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Morgan-Owen, Morgan M. |
21 |
20 February 1877 |
CF |
Oxford University AFC & Corinthians FC, England |
4 |
2 |
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Watkins, Alfred E. |
19 |
26 June 1878 |
IL |
Leicester Fosse FC, England |
2 |
0 |
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James, Edwin |
28 |
spring 1869 |
OL |
Chirk AAA FC |
7 |
1 |
reserves: |
reserves not known |
team notes: |
The advertised team a week before this match had Swindon Town FC's
Grenville Morris at outside-left. At some point through the following
week, his place went to Edwin James, as Morris was unable to make the
journey. |
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2-3-5 |
Trainer - Parry, Arridge - Taylor, Jenkyns, Jones -
Meredith, Bartley, Morgan-Owen, Watkins, Morris |
Averages: |
Age |
26.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
7.5 |
0.7 |
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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
1st |
Colours: |
White jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers |
Capt: |
Gilbert
Smith, sixth, possibly seventh captaincy |
Selectors: |
The seven-man FA
International Selection Committee, on
Saturday, 19 March 1898 at The Crystal
Palace, London, following the Sheriff of London Charity Shield match. 32nd match, W 25 -
D 4 - L 3 - F 129 - A 28. |
England
Lineup |
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Robinson, John W. |
27 |
22 April 1870 |
G |
New Brighton Tower FC |
4 |
4
GA |
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Oakley, William J. |
24 |
27 April 1873 |
RB |
Corinthians FC |
9 |
0 |
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Williams,
William |
22 |
20 January 1876 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
3 |
0 |
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Perry, Thomas H. |
26 |
August 1871 |
RH |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
1 |
0 |
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Booth, Thomas E. |
23 |
25 April 1874 |
CH |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
1 |
0 |
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Needham, Ernest |
25 |
21 January 1873 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC |
6 |
1 |
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Athersmith
Harper, W.
Charles |
25 |
10 May
1872 |
OR |
Aston Villa FC |
6 |
2 |
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Goodall,
John |
34 |
19 June 1863 |
IR |
Derby County FC |
14 |
11 or 12 |
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Smith, Gilbert
O. |
25 |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Old
Carthusians AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
12 |
6 |
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Wheldon, G. Frederick |
28 |
1 November 1869 |
IL |
Aston Villa FC |
3 |
5 |
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Spiksley, Frederick |
28 |
25 January 1870 |
OL |
Wednesday FC |
6 |
7 |
reserves: |
reserves not known |
team notes: |
Fred Wheldon's goal appears to be the first ever scored direct from a
free-kick by England. |
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2-3-5 |
Robinson - Oakley, Williams - Perry, Booth, Needham -
Athersmith, Goodall, Smith, Wheldon, Spiksley |
Averages: |
Age |
26.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.9 |
2.6-2.7 |
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Match Report |
Yesterday, at Wrexham, England
defeated Wales decisively by three goals to none. The result hardly
represents the difference between the teams, and probably on a more
suitable ground the Englishmen's superiority would have been much more
manifest. At all points of the game they were much the stronger. The
Association game does not yet seem to arouse much enthusiasm in Wales,
and the crowd of about 5,000 people included a good proportion of
visitors from the neighbouring English counties. As far as concerned
England the game was primarily of importance as the final trial before
their match with Scotland next Saturday, and the performance of the
Englishmen gave such satisfaction that only three changes have been
deemed necessary, and these in places where yesterday's side obviously
needed strengthening...
...Wheldon scoring the only
goal when play had been in progress about ten minutes...
...to within 15 minutes of time
England had failed to increase their lead, but then Wheldon shot a
second goal, and just before the close G. O. Smith headed a third.
- The Times -
Tuesday 29th March, 1898
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Football League |
Football League Division Two
28 March 1898 |
Team |
P
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Pts |
Burnley |
27 |
45 |
Newcastle
United |
26 |
40 |
Manchester
City |
25 |
33 |
Woolwich Arsenal |
26 |
32 |
Luton Town |
26 |
28 |
Gainsborough Trinity |
24 |
28 |
Newton Heath |
24 |
27 |
Small
Heath |
24 |
27 |
Leicester
Fosse |
25 |
25 |
Walsall |
27 |
24 |
Grimsby Town |
26 |
23 |
Burton Swifts |
25 |
17 |
Blackpool |
24 |
16 |
Lincoln City |
27 |
16 |
Darwen |
26 |
14 |
Loughborough |
24 |
11 |
Division Two match played on
28 March 1898:
BURNLEY 9-3 LOUGHBOROUGH
Ross 5, Morrison, Toman, Taylor, Ferguson (Roulston, Pegg
2)
400 (Turf Moor, Burnley)
Burnley swept aside their struggling opponents with a club record
scoreline that still stands today. This clinched their place in the test
matches, where they were to win promotion in controversial circumstances
by engineering a goalless draw at Stoke which also ensured that the home
side would escape relegation. As it transpired, however, both divisions
were extended at the end of the season and all four teams in the test
matches were placed in the First Division. Meanwhile, Loughborough were
re-elected after finishing bottom.
IN OTHER NEWS...
It was on 27 March 1898 that
the SS Greenland arrived back at St John's in Newfoundland having lost
48 lives on the annual seal-hunting expedition. 154 men were left
stranded on the ice in a storm when the ship became icebound. Six men
survived for two nights before they were rescued. The severe frostbite
meant that some of the survivors needed amputations, but it took the
ship another four days to get home. It almost sank in another storm on
its return. Only 25 bodies were recovered.
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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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