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Monday,
26 March 1900
Home International Championship 1899-1900
(17th) Match
Wales
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England 1
[0-1]
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rescheduled from 19 February 1900 |
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Cardiff Arms Park,
Westgate Street, Temperance Town, Cardiff,
Glamorgan
Kick-off (GMT):
4.00pm
Attendance: 20,000;
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England's second visit to the Arms Park, to Cardiff, and to
Glamorgan; their tenth visit to Wales |
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Wales
kicked-off |
Gilbert Smith won the toss |
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England's 250th goal scored> |
[0-1] Geoff Wilson
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'from
a throw-in, Wilson cleverly hooked the ball into goal' |
[1-1] Billy Meredith 55
'racing
down the wing, eluding Oakley and Spencer, and shooting close in,
beating Robinson' |
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flg.jpg)  "MATCH
SUMMARY"
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 Officials |
Wal |
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Team Records |
England |
Referee
Thomas
Robertson
36 (9 December 1863), Baldernock, Stirlingshire, Scotland FA
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Linesmen |
Percy
Alexander Timbs
34 (13 June 1865), St. Giles, London |
Richard
Thomas Gough
40 (April 1859),
Oswestry,
Welsh FA. |
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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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Captain |
Di Jones |
Selection |
Team
selection chosen by Committee, following a series of trial matches,
on Thursday, 15 March 1900. |
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P 3 of 3, W 1 - D 1 - L 1 - F 4 - A 6. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Griffiths, Frederick John |
26 |
13 September 1873 |
G |
Blackpool FC, England |
2 |
6ᵍᵃ |
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final app
1900 |
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Jones, David |
33
x days |
11 February 1867 |
RB |
Manchester City FC, England |
14 |
0 |
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final app
1888-1900 |
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Morris, Charles Richard |
19 |
29 August 1880
in Oswestry, England |
LB |
Chirk AAA FC |
3 |
0 |
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Brookes, Samuel James |
20 |
26 October 1879 |
RH |
Llandudno FC |
2 |
0 |
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final app
1900 |
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Morris, Robert Allen |
25 |
February 1875
in Oswestry, England |
CH |
Chirk AAA FC |
2 |
0 |
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Harrison, William Clare |
27 |
10 April 1872
in Portsmouth, England |
LH |
Wrexham AFC |
4 |
0 |
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Meredith, William Henry |
25 |
30 July 1874 |
OR |
Manchester City FC, England |
12 |
6 |
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Davies, Joseph |
30
2xdays |
27 June 1869
in St. Martin's, England |
IR |
Reading FC, England |
11 |
0 |
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final app
1889-1900 |
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203 |
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Morgan-Owen, Hugh |
18 |
13 January 1882 |
CF |
Oxford University AFC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Watkins, Alfred Ernest |
19 |
26 June 1878 |
IL |
Aston Villa FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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Parry, Thomas David |
20 |
2 February 1880
in Oswestry, England |
OL |
Oswestry United FC |
3 |
2 |
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reserves: |
not known |
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team notes: |
Hugh 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 are brothers, born on the English side of
the Welsh border.
Hugh Morgan-Owen's brother, Morgan, also played
for Wales against England in 1898. |
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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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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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Captain |
Gilbert
Smith
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Selection |
The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
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P 11 of 13, W 8 - D 1 - L 2 - F 40 - A
10. |
P 38th of 195, W 30 - D 5 - L 3 - F 153 - A
35. |
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eleventh, twelfth or
13th captaincy |
team chosen at The
Albion Hotel in Manchester on Monday, 19 March 1900. |
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England
Lineup |
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six changes to the previous match
(Robinson, Oakley, Crabtree,
Johnson & Smith remain) |
league position (19th March) |
ave lge pos:
2nd⁵ |
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Robinson, John W. |
28 |
22 April 1870 |
G |
Southampton FC |
9 |
7ᵍᵃ |
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most gk apps
1900 |
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Spencer, Howard |
24 |
23 August 1875 |
RB |
Aston Villa FC
(FL1 TOP) |
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
(FL1 TOP) |
11 |
0 |
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252 |
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Chadwick, Arthur |
24
212 days |
26 August 1875 |
CH |
Southampton FC |
1 |
0 |
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the third Southampton player to represent
England |
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Johnson, W. Harrison |
24 |
22 November 1875 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC
(FL1 2nd) |
2 |
0 |
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Athersmith
Harper, W.
Charles |
27 |
10 May
1872 |
OR |
Aston Villa FC
(FL1 TOP) |
11 |
3 |
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253 |
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Foster, Reginald E. |
21
344 days |
16 April 1878 |
IR |
Oxford
University AFC,
Old Malvernians AFC &
Corinthians FC |
1 |
0 |
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the 59th/sixtieth Corinthian to represent
England |
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Smith, Gilbert O. |
27 |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Old
Carthusians AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
18 |
10 |
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254 |
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Wilson, Geoffrey P. |
22
33 days |
21 February 1878 |
IL |
Corinthians FC |
1 |
1 |
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the 59th/sixtieth Corinthian to represent
England |
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255 |
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Spouncer, W. Alfred |
22
268 days |
1 July 1877 |
OL |
Nottingham Forest FC
(FL1 5th) |
1 |
0 |
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the thirteenth Forester to represent
England |
only app
1900 |
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reserves: |
not known |
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team notes: |
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2-3-5 |
Robinson -
Spencer, Oakley -
Crabtree, Chadwick, Johnson
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Athersmith, Foster, Smith, Wilson, Spouncer |
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Averages: |
Age |
24.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.4 |
1.2 |
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Match Report
to come, Tuesday,
27 March 1900 |
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Match Report
The Times, Tuesday,
27 March 1900 |
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. |
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In Other News....
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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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Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England |
Domestic
Football Results (26 March 1900) |
The Football
League Division One:
Sheffield United 3 Newcastle United 1
Bramall Lane,
Sheffield (3,500)
Brawn, Bennett (2)
~ A.Gardner |
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United were without Harry Johnson, but did start with Willie
Foulke and Tom Morren |
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Sheffield United kept the pressure up on the defending League Champions, despite being without five regulars. |
Stoke 1 Sunderland 2
Victoria Ground, Stoke (1,000)
Kennedy
~ Leslie (2) |
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The Football
League Division Two:
Chesterfield Town 2 Luton Town 0
Recreation
Ground, Chesterfield
(500)
Bell, Arnold |
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Chesterfield climbed up to a respectable seventh in their first ever Football League season. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
England Football Factbook
Welsh Football Data Archive
Everton FC
Heritage Society |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com |
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