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Match
Summary |
Officials |
England |
Team Records |
Wa |
les |
Referee
Thomas
Robertson
35 (9 December 1863), Baldernock, Stirlingshire, Scotland FA
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Linesmen |
Percy
Alexander Timbs
33
(13 June 1865), St. Giles, London |
not known |
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England
Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
1st |
Colours |
White jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers |
Captain |
Gilbert
Smith
eighth, ninth or tenth captaincy |
Selection
In charge: Charles J. Hughes |
The seven-man
FA
International Selection Committee, on
Monday, 27 February 1899, at 61 Chancery
Lane, London. |
P 8 of 13, W 6 - D 0 - L 2 - F 35 - A
8. |
P 35th of 195, W 28 - D 4 - L 3 - F 148 - A
33. |
England
Lineup |
|
two changes to the previous match
(Robinson & Thickitt>Hillman
& Back remain) |
league position (27th February) |
ave lge pos:
xth¹⁰ |
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Robinson, John W. |
28 |
22 April 1870 |
G |
Southampton FC |
6 |
5ᵍᵃ |
the first Southampton player to represent
England |
246 |
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Thickitt, Henry |
26 357 days |
28 March 1872 |
RB |
Sheffield United FC |
1 |
0 |
the seventh United player to represent
England |
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Williams,
William |
23 59 days |
20 January 1876 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
6 |
0 |
final app
1897-99 |
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Forman, Frank |
23 |
23 May 1875 |
RH |
Nottingham Forest FC |
4 |
1 |
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Crabtree, James W. |
27 |
23 December 1871 |
CH |
Aston Villa FC |
8 |
0 |
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Needham, Ernest |
26 |
21 January 1873 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC |
9 |
2 |
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Athersmith
Harper, W.
Charles |
26 |
10 May
1872 |
OR |
Aston Villa FC |
9 |
3 |
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Bloomer, Stephen |
25 |
20 January 1874 |
IR |
Derby County FC |
10 |
19 |
mst gls |
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Smith, Gilbert O. |
26 |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Old
Carthusians AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
15 |
10 |
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Settle, James |
23 |
September 1875 |
IL |
Bury FC |
2 |
3 |
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Forman, Frederick R. |
25 |
8 November 1873 |
OL |
Nottingham Forest FC |
2 |
3 |
reserves: |
not known |
team notes: |
Fred and Frank Forman are brothers. |
records: |
Jack Robinson is the third goalkeeper
to keep three clean sheets. The third time England have scored
seventeen goals in a season. |
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2-3-5 |
Robinson - Thickitt, Williams - Fk
Forman, Crabtree, Needham - Athersmith, Bloomer, Smith, Settle,
Fd Forman. |
Averages: |
Age |
25.3 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.5 |
3.4 |
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Wales
Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
6th |
Colours |
Probably blue and red halves shirts and white shorts |
Captain |
Smart Arridge |
Selection |
Team
selection chosen by Committee, following a series of trial matches. |
only, W 0 - D 0 - L 0 - F 0 - A 4. |
Wales
Lineup |
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Jones, Samuel |
28/29 |
1870 |
G |
Druids FC |
6 |
27ᵍᵃ |
final app
1893-99 |
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Blew, Horace Elford |
21 |
20
January 1878 |
RB |
Wrexham AFC |
3 |
0 |
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Arridge, Smart Atkinson |
26 |
21 June 1872 in Sunderland,
England |
LB |
New Brighton Tower FC, England |
8 |
0 |
final app
1892-99 |
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Richards, George |
24 |
winter 1874 |
RH |
Druids FC |
3 |
0 |
192 |
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Buckland, Thomas James |
28 |
summer 1870 |
CH |
Bangor FC |
1 |
0 |
only app
1899 |
193 |
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Harrison, William Clare |
26 |
10 April 1872
in Portsmouth, England |
LH |
Wrexham AFC |
1 |
0 |
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Vaughan, James |
30 |
summer 1868 |
OR |
Druids FC |
4 |
0 |
final app
1893-99 |
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Meredith, William Henry |
24 |
30 July 1874 |
IR |
Manchester City FC, England |
10 |
4 |
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Owen, Trevor Owen |
25 |
14 June 1873 |
CF |
Crewe Alexandra FC, England |
2 |
0 |
final app
1899 |
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Morris, Arrhur
Grenville |
21 |
13 April 1877 |
IL |
Nottingham Forest FC, England |
7 |
1 |
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Atherton, Robert |
22 |
29 July 1876 |
OL |
Hibernian FC, Scotland |
2 |
0 |
reserves: |
not known |
team notes: |
Neither Fred Kelly of Wrexham AFC, Tottenham Hotspur FC's John Jones
(injury), Wolverhampton Wanderers FC's John Mathais ('cried off!') or
Preston North End FC's James Trainer ('cried off!') were able to take
their places. The vacancies were filled respectively by James Vaughan,
Tom Buckland, Horace Blew and Sam Jones. |
records: |
Wales have now gone a record seven consecutive defeats, and eleven
matches without victory. |
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2-3-5 |
Jones - Blew, Arridge - Richards, Buckland, Harrison -
Vaughan, Meredith, Owen, Morris, Atherton. |
Averages: |
Age |
24.8/25 |
Appearances/Goals |
4.3 |
0.5 |
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Match Report |
The
English eleven easily beat Wales at Bristol yesterday by four goals to
none. It might have been 12 or more had not the Welsh Association found
in S. Jones, of the Druids, a keeper of such merit as to worthily fill
the position usually occupied by Trainer, of Preston North End. The
Welsh full backs, too, were very good. But for all this the match was
disappointing, and if the pick of England's footballers are not going to
strive their best against even moderate opponents, it would be well that
the Football Association should revert to the old policy of making their
matches with Ireland and Wales simply trials for the greater fixture
with Scotland. The object of the Association in going away from the old
r�gime
was simply to bring
combination into their side, for this can only properly be secured by an
acquaintance by the men with each other's football. It must have been
palpable to any one with only an elementary knowledge of the game that
yesterday the English team, knowing their superiority in skill in every
branch of the play, took periods for trifling with the Welshmen. Much of
their footwork, their passing and dribbling, was excellent to watch, but
their form as a whole was lacking in sting, and when Scotland come to be
met in three weeks' time at Birmingham the Englishmen will have to play
very differently if they wish to obtain success. While England were
playing so often leisurely yesterday the Welshmen were throwing great
energy and courage into a game that was almost hopeless for them before
the kick-off. In Association football class, as in most games, will
prevail...Needham and
Bloomer each got a goal late in the first half for England. The play
that led up to Needham's arose from a penalty kick against the Welsh
goalkeeper for running beyond the regulation distance when holding the
ball, and G. O. Smith, taking the kick, made an opening for Needham, who
lofted the ball, and it just dropped into the net. The second goal
Bloomer scored from practically a scrimmage, and immediately after Jones
had saved a long side shot by Athersmith, Fred Forman scored the third
goal. Then came a long spell of dulness, but eventually England again
renewed their energy, and Bloomer got the fourth goal...
The match was played on the
Bedminster ground, the choice of which led to some little complaint from
the county executive, who thought that the Association should have
handed over to them the whole arrangements for the game.
- The Times - Tuesday 21st
March, 1899
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Source Notes |
Bobby
Atherton, the Welsh outside-left, later went on to captain Middlesbrough
FC. He was lost at sea on 19 October 1917. But there seems to be no
trace of him after leaving Chelsea FC in 1906. The 1911 Census
Return states that the Bethesda-born player was in fact the Hotel Manager
of the Market Hotel in Hartlepool (left). The same place that
English outside-left
Fred Priest would also manage and later die in.
The ground of Bedminster FC was chosen at
the same committee meeting at 61 Chancery Lane that was used to choose
the English XI to face Ireland, on 1 February 1899.
Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60 Ancestry.com
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