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64 vs.
Scotland
65
66 vs. Wales |
Saturday,
18 February 1899
Home International Championship 1898-99
(16th)
Match
England 13 Ireland 2
[5-0]
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Roker Park Ground, Association Road,
Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, county Durham
Attendance:
13,000;
Receipts: £558 17s 6d; Kick-off:
3.05pm GMT |
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England - Frank
Forman ('Forman sent in a shot, rebounding off
Milne's foot' 15),
Fred
Forman ('long high kick in off the upright' 20,
'put the ball thro' after Lewis had already cleared one shot' 52), Charlie Athersmith
('kicked' 25), Gilbert Smith ('out of the scrimmage' 32, 59, 60, 63), Steve Bloomer ('kicked' 40,
89), Jimmy Settle
('splendid shot' 53, 55, 80)
England -
 Jimmy
Crabtree (missed penalty
46)
Ireland -
 Joe
McAllen (penalty 65), James Campbell ('with only Hillman before,
had no difficulty in scoring' 88) |
Match
Summary
England Squad
Ireland Squad
Team Records |
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Results 1891-1900 |
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England won the toss,
Ireland
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
England |
Type |
Ireland |
Referee
- Allen Hamilton
Queen's Park FC,
Scotland
Linesmen - J.
Howcroft, England and Thomas W. Gibson, Ireland
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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 1898 International Football Association
Board meeting: Domicile: no
action required
Descriptive title added to laws |
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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, seventh, eighth or ninth captaincy |
Selectors: |
The seven-man
FA
International Selection Committee, on
Monday, 1 February 1899, at The Crystal
Palace, London, following the trial match.
34th match, W 27 -
D 4 - L 3 - F 145 - A 31. |
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England
Lineup |
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Hillman, W. John |
28 |
30 November 1870 |
G |
Burnley FC |
1 |
2 GA |
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Bach, Philip |
26 |
summer 1872 |
RB |
Sunderland AFC |
1 |
0 |
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Williams,
William |
23 |
20 January 1876 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
5 |
0 |
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Forman, Frank |
23 |
23 May 1875 |
RH |
Nottingham Forest FC |
3 |
1 |
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Crabtree, James W. |
27 |
23 December 1871 |
CH |
Aston Villa FC |
7 |
0 |
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Needham, Ernest |
26 |
21 January 1873 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC |
8 |
1 |
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Athersmith
Harper, W.
Charles |
26 |
10 May
1872 |
OR |
Aston Villa FC |
8 |
3 |
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Bloomer, Stephen |
25 |
20 January 1874 |
IR |
Derby County FC |
9 |
17 |
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Smith, Gilbert O. |
26 |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Old
Carthusians AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
14 |
10 |
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Settle, James |
23 |
September 1875 |
IL |
Bury FC |
1 |
3 |
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Forman, Frederick R. |
25 |
8 November 1873 |
OL |
Nottingham Forest FC |
1 |
2 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
On 9 February, it was announced that
Charlie Athersmith would take the place of
Oxford University AFC's
Gilbert Vassall. The
Corinthian was needed to take the field as
Captain in Oxford's varsity match against
Cambridge University AFC.
Fred and Frank Forman were brothers. |
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2-3-5 |
Hillman -
Bach, Williams -
Fk. Forman,
Crabtree, Needham -
Athersmith, Bloomer, Smith, Settle, Fd.
Forman |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.2 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.3 |
2.2 |
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 Ireland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
6th |
Colours: |
Probably blue jerseys and white shorts |
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Capt: |
Joe McAllen |
Selectors: |
Team chosen by Committee; |
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Ireland
Lineup |
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Lewis, James |
24 |
4 September 1874 |
G |
Glentoran FC |
1 |
13
GA |
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Pyper, John S. |
21 |
9 January 1878 |
RB |
Cliftonville FAC |
4 |
1 |
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Torrans, Samuel |
29 |
27 October 1869 |
LB |
Linfield FAC |
23 |
0 |
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Ponsonby, John |
22 |
May 1876
born in Dumbarton,
Scotland |
RH |
Distillery FC |
9 |
0 |
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Milne, Robert G. |
28 |
1 October 1870
born in Inverarity,
Scotland |
CH |
Linfield FAC |
14 |
1 |
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Cochrane, Michael |
24/25 |
circa 1874/75 |
LH |
Distillery FC |
4 |
0 |
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Campbell, James |
23 |
5 September 1875 |
OR |
Cliftonville FAC |
7 |
1 |
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Mercer, John Thompson |
21 |
27 March 1877 |
IR |
Distillery FC |
4 |
0 |
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Waring, R. John |
nk |
not known |
CF |
Distillery FC |
1 |
0 |
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Wattie, John |
nk |
not known |
IL |
Distillery FC |
1 |
0 |
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McAllen, Joseph C. |
23 |
11 March 1874 |
OL |
Linfield FAC |
2 |
2 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
Jack Waring, Mick Cochrane and Jack Waring replaced Cliftonville's Jim
Pyper, Jack's brother, Glentoran's George McMaster and Distillery FC's John Peden in
the side. |
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2-3-5 |
Lewis -
Pyper, Torrans -
Ponsonby, Milne, Cochrane -
Campbell, Mercer, Waring, Wattie, McAllen. |
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Averages: |
Age |
23.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.4 |
0.3 |
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Match Report |
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Source Notes |
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Original Newspaper
Reports
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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