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68 vs. Ireland
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70 vs. Scotland |
Monday,
26 March 1900
rescheduled from 19 February 1900
Home International Championship 1899-1900
(17th) Match
Wales 1
England 1
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Match
Summary
Wales Party
England Party
Team Records |
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Cardiff Arms Park,
Westgate Street, Temperance Town, Cardiff,
Glamorgan
Attendance: 20,000;
Kick-off
4.00pm GMT |
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England - Geoff Wilson
('from
a throw-in, Wilson cleverly hooked the ball into goal'
[England's 250th goal scored]
4)
Wales - Billy Meredith ('racing
down the wing, eluding Oakley and Spencer, and shooting close in,
beating Robinson' 55) |
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Results 1891-1900 |
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England won the toss, Wales
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
Wa |
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Type |
England |
Referee -
Thomas Robertson
35
(1 December
1864),
Torrance, Stirlingshire, Scotland Football Association
Linesmen - Percy
Alexander Timbs, 34
(13 June 1865), St. Giles,
London,
England & Richard
Thomas Gough, 40 (April 1859),
Oswestry,
Welsh FA.
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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: |
Green and white halved shirts and white shorts. |
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Capt: |
Di Jones |
Selectors: |
Team
selection chosen by Committee, following a series of trial matches, on
Thursday, 15 March 1900. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Griffiths, Frederick J. |
26 |
13 September 1873 |
G |
Blackpool FC, England |
2 |
6
GA |
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Jones, David |
32/33 |
1867 |
RB |
Manchester City FC, England |
14 |
0 |
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Morris, Charles R. |
19 |
29 August 1880
Born in Oswestry,
Shropshire |
LB |
Chirk AAA FC |
3 |
0 |
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Brookes, Samuel J. |
22 |
winter 1877 |
RH |
Llandudno FC |
2 |
0 |
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Morris, Robert |
24/25 |
early 1875
Born in Oswestry, Shropshire |
CH |
Chirk AAA FC |
2 |
0 |
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Harrison, William C. |
26 |
summer 1872
Born
in Portsmouth |
LH |
Wrexham AFC |
4 |
0 |
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Meredith, William H. |
25 |
30 July 1874 |
OR |
Manchester City FC, England |
12 |
6 |
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Davies, Joseph |
33 |
summer 1866 |
IR |
Reading FC, England |
11 |
0 |
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Morgan-Owen, Morgan M. |
23 |
20 February 1877 |
CF |
Oxford University AFC, England |
6 |
2 |
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Watkins, Alfred E. |
19 |
26 June 1878 |
IL |
Aston Villa FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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Parry, Thomas D. |
19/20 |
early 1880
Born in Oswestry, Shropshire |
OL |
Oswestry United FC |
3 |
2 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
Morgan Morgan-Owen replaced Nottingham Forest's Grenville Morris as
centre-forward, in the days leading up to the match. Forest had
refused Morris permission to play, whereas they had allowed clubmate
Alf Spouncer to play for England.
Charlie and Bobby Morris were brothers, born on the English side of
the Welsh border. |
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2-3-5 |
Griffiths -
Jones, C.Morris -
Brooks,
R.Morris, Harrison -
Meredith, Davies, Morgan-Owen,
Parry, Watkins |
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Averages: |
Age |
24.4-6 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.7 |
0.8 |
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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, eleventh, twelfth or 13th captaincy |
Selectors: |
The seven-man
FA
International Selection Committee, on
Monday, 19 March 1900, at The Albion
Hotel in Manchester.
38th match, W 30 -
D 5 - L 3 - F 154 - A 33. |
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England
Lineup |
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Robinson, John W. |
28 |
22 April 1870 |
G |
Southampton FC |
9 |
7
GA |
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Spencer, Howard |
24 |
23 August 1875 |
RB |
Aston Villa FC |
3 |
0 |
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Oakley, William J. |
26 |
27 April 1873 |
LB |
Corinthians FC |
12 |
0 |
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Crabtree, James W. |
28 |
23 December 1871 |
RH |
Aston Villa FC |
11 |
0 |
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Chadwick, Arthur |
24 |
26 August 1875 |
CH |
Southampton FC |
1 |
0 |
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Johnson, W. Harrison |
24 |
4 January 1876 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC |
2 |
0 |
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Athersmith
Harper, W.
Charles |
27 |
10 May
1872 |
OR |
Aston Villa FC |
11 |
3 |
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Foster, Reginald E. |
21 |
16 April 1878 |
IR |
Oxford
University AFC,
Old Malvernians AFC &
Corinthians FC |
1 |
0 |
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Smith, Gilbert O. |
27 |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Old
Carthusians AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
18 |
11 |
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Wilson, Geoffrey P. |
22 |
21 February 1878 |
IL |
Corinthians FC |
1 |
1 |
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Spouncer, W. Alfred |
22 |
1 July 1877 |
OL |
Nottingham Forest FC |
1 |
0 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
Jack Robinson extends his record of most appearances by a goalkeeper. |
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2-3-5 |
Robinson -
Spencer, Oakley -
Johnson, Chadwick, Crabtree
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Athersmith, Foster, Smith, Wilson, Spouncer |
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Averages: |
Age |
24.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.4 |
1.3 |
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Match Report |
The Welshmen played very resolute
football at Cardiff yesterday in their annual match with England, and
they had the satisfaction of drawing the game with their formidable
antagonists. They could claim nothing like the neatness which
characterized the work of G. O. Smith, G. P. Wilson, R. E. Foster, and
Athersmith, but they made up in determination and dash for any
shortcomings in their forward play, and from start to finish defended
very stoutly. To some extent they were lucky to escape defeat, for their
goal had a number of narrow escapes, and as they had a point scored
against them in less than five minutes after the kick-off they did
extremely well to equalize. England's score was gained by Wilson, who,
getting the ball from a throw in, put it into the net with a clever side
kick...
...Within ten minutes, however,
Morgan Owen passed out to Meredith, who raced away, and after beating
both Oakley and Spencer, equalized for Wales with a shot which Robinson
had no chance of stopping...
Although rather wintry with
snow showers and sunshine alternating, the weather was not unfavourable,
and about 6,000 people assembled at Cardiff-arms-park to witness the
match. - The
Times - Tuesday 27th March, 1900
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Football League |
Football League Division One
26 March 1900 |
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Team |
P
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Pts |
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Aston Villa |
30 |
43 |
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Sheffield
United |
28 |
42 |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers |
27 |
35 |
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Sunderland |
28 |
33 |
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Nottingham Forest |
26 |
29 |
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Newcastle
United |
27 |
28 |
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Bury |
26 |
28 |
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Derby County |
27 |
27 |
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Stoke |
28 |
26 |
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Everton |
28 |
25 |
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Notts County |
28 |
24 |
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Manchester
City |
26 |
23 |
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Liverpool |
28 |
23 |
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West Bromwich Albion |
27 |
23 |
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Burnley |
28 |
23 |
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Blackburn Rovers |
25 |
22 |
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Preston North End |
26 |
20 |
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Glossop North End |
27 |
16 |
Division One
matches played on 26
March 1900:
SHEFFIELD UNITED
3-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Brawn, Bennett 2 (A.Gardner)
3,500 (Bramall Lane,
Sheffield)
Sheffield United were without Harry Johnson, who was playing for England
at Cardiff.
STOKE 1-2 SUNDERLAND
Kennedy (Leslie 2)
1,000 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)
Sheffield United kept the pressure up on the
defending League Champions, despite being without five regulars.
Football League Division Two
26 March 1900 |
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Team |
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Pts |
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The Wednesday |
27 |
41 |
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Bolton Wanderers |
26 |
38 |
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Small
Heath |
28 |
38 |
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Leicester
Fosse |
26 |
37 |
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Newton Heath |
27 |
35 |
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Grimsby Town |
26 |
31 |
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Chesterfield Town |
27 |
31 |
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Woolwich Arsenal |
27 |
30 |
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Lincoln City |
26 |
29 |
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Burslem Port Vale |
29 |
28 |
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Walsall |
26 |
26 |
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New Brighton Tower |
27 |
24 |
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Middlesbrough |
29 |
21 |
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Barnsley |
26 |
18 |
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Luton Town |
28 |
17 |
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Gainsborough Trinity |
26 |
17 |
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Burton Swifts |
27 |
17 |
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Loughborough |
26 |
6 |
Division Two match played on
26 March 1900:
CHESTERFIELD TOWN 2-0 LUTON TOWN
Tannahill 2, Munday
500 (Recreation Ground, Chesterfield)
Chesterfield climbed up to a respectable seventh in their first ever
Football League season.
IN OTHER NEWS...
It was on 26 March
1900 that a bill was issued to reduce the hours of 'young persons and
women' in textile factories on Saturdays. It was an amendment to the
Factory and Workshop Act to prevent them having to work beyond 12:30
p.m.
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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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