England Match No. 108 - Ireland - 11 February 1911

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108 previous matches 105 vs. Ireland 106 vs. Wales 107 vs. Scotland third test vs. South Africa next matches 109 vs. Wales 110 vs. Scotland 111 vs. Ireland	Saturday, 11 February 1911 Home International Championship 1910-11 (28th) Match England 2 Ireland 1 [1-0]		Match Summary England Party Ireland Party Team Records
	Baseball Ground, Shaftesbury Crescent, Derby, Derbyshire Kick-off (GMT): 3.00pm. Attendance: 20,000.
	England kicked-off.	Ireland won the toss
	[1-0] Albert Shepherd 20 steady aim and scored', [2-0] Bobby Evans 87 'Simpson shooting, the ball went across to Evans, whose shot Burnison barely stopped'	[2-1] Jim McAuley 88 'scored a great goal'

Match Summary

Officials	England		Ireland
Referee - David Phillips Scotland Linesmen - J.T. Ibbotson, Derby, and not known	The 1910 International Football Association Board meeting: New ball, Players' boots and amended Poaching rules.

England Team

Rank:	No official ranking system established; ELO rating 1st	Colours:		White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Capt:	Bob Crompton, twelfth captaincy	Selectors:		The seven-man FA International Selection Committee, on Monday, 30 January 1911, following the trial match at Stamford Bridge. 76th match, W 56 - D 13 - L 7 - F 267 - A 66.
England Lineup
	Williamson, Reginald G.	26	6 June 1884	G	Middlesbrough FC	2	2 GA
	Crompton, Robert	31	26 September 1879	RB	Blackburn Rovers FC	30	0
	Pennington, Jesse	27	23 August 1883	LB	West Bromwich Albion FC	14	0
	Warren, Benjamin	31	7 May 1879	RH	Chelsea FC	20	2
	Wedlock, William J.	30	28 October 1880	CH	Bristol City FC	20	1
	Sturgess, Albert	28	21 October 1882	LH	Sheffield United FC	1	0
	Simpson, John	25	25 December 1885	OR	Blackburn Rovers FC	1	0
	Fleming, Harold J.	23	30 April 1887	IR	Swindon Town FC	6	4
	Shepherd, Albert	25	10 December 1885	CF	Newcastle United FC	2	2
	Woodger, George	27	3 September 1883	IL	Oldham Athletic AFC	1	0
	Evans, Robert E.	25	19 October 1885	OL	Sheffield United FC	1	1
reserves:		Leyton FC's & Wolverhampton Wanderers FC's Rev. Kenneth Hunt and Bristol City FC's Ginger Owers.
team notes:		Bob Crompton extends his tally as England's record appearance holder. This is the oldest team England have fielded thus far. If the team selection had not been deferred for a week, Jock Simpson would have been selected as a Falkirk FC player. His transfer being completed on the evening of the 23rd January. Bob Evans is the sixtieth player to score on his England debut. Jim McAuley's goal, two minutes from time, ended England's hopes of keeping four Home clean sheets in a row. However, they did manage to go 444 minutes without conceding a Home goal.

2-3-5		Williamson - Crompton, Pennington - Warren, Wedlock, Sturgess - Simpson, Fleming, Shepherd, Woodger, Evans.
Averages:		Age	27.1	Appearances/Goals		8.9	0.7

Ireland Team

Rank:	No official ranking system established; ELO rating 22nd	Colours:		Royal blue jerseys and white shorts
Capt:	Billy Scott	Selectors:		Team chosen by Committee, on Monday, 30 January 1911 in Belfast, following their match against Wales;
Ireland Lineup
	Scott, William E.	28	17 May 1882	G	Everton FC, England	20	42 GA
	Burnison, Samuel	20	30 November 1890	RB	Bradford FC, England	5	0
	McCann, Patrick	29/30	1881	LB	Glentoran FC	4	0
	Harris, Valentine	26	23 June 1884	RH	Everton FC, England	14	0
	Connor, James	33	22 September 1877	CH	Belfast Celtic FAC	12	0
	Hampton, Henry V.	22/23	1888	LH	Bradford City FC, England	2	0
	Lacey, William	21	24 September 1889	OR	Everton FC, England	8	1
	Hannon, Denis J.	23	31 January 1888	IR	Bohemians FC	3	1
	McDonnell, John	nk	not known	CF	Bohemians FC	1	0
	McAuley, James L.	21	24 November 1889	IL	Huddersfield Town AFC, England	2	1
	Thompson, Francis W.	25	2 October 1885	OL	Bradford City FC, England	5	2
reserves:		reserves not known
team notes:		Rangers FC's Sandy Craig was the original choice left-back, his place going to Paddy McCann. Chelsea FC's English McConnell was replaced by Jimmy Connor.

2-3-5		Scott - Burnison, McCann - Harris, Connor, Hampton - Lacey, Hannon, McDonnell, McAuley, Thompson.
Averages:		Age	24.8-25.0	Appearances/Goals		7.4	0.4

Match Report

England beat Ireland at Derby on Saturday by two goals to one.

The feature of the match was the good display given by the Irishmen, who quite held their own up to the interval, and, although subjected to a good deal of pressure for some time after ends had been changed, they attacked strongly at intervals and the England goal was frequently in danger. In marked contrast to the purely individual work which in the past has so often characterized Irish forwards, the two wings combined well, although the line as a whole was not entirely satisfactory. The half-backs were not very strong, but the two backs played a thoroughly sound game.

Although England won, the form shown generally was not good. The great hopes entertained of the right wing were far from being realized, and the forwards on the whole showed little combination. The wing half-backs, too, were repeatedly beaten by the opposing forwards, and the kicking and tackling of the backs were poor... - The Times - Monday 13th February, 1911

Football League

Football League Division One
11 February 1911

Team P Pts

Manchester United 26 36

Aston Villa 24 34

Everton 26 32

Sunderland 26 32

Newcastle United 27 31

Sheffield United 26 30

Bradford City 25 28

Middlesbrough 25 26

Preston North End 27 25

Blackburn Rovers 25 24

Nottingham Forest 28 24

Oldham Athletic 23 23

Notts County 25 23

Liverpool 26 22

Manchester City 26 21

The Wednesday 25 21

Bristol City 26 21

Bury 26 20

Tottenham Hotspur 25 19

Woolwich Arsenal 23 18

Division One matches played on 11 February 1911:

ASTON VILLA 3-1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Henshall, Hampton, Walters (Derrick)
18,400 (Villa Park, Birmingham)

BURY 0-0 EVERTON
6,206 (Gigg Lane, Bury)

Everton were without Harris, Lacey and Scott, who were playing for Ireland against England at Derby.

LIVERPOOL 3-0 THE WEDNESDAY
Parkinson 3
12,000 (Anfield, Liverpool)

MANCHESTER UNITED 3-1 BRISTOL CITY
Picken, West, Homer (Sweet)
14,000 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

Bristol City were without Billy Wedlock, who was playing against Ireland at Derby.

MIDDLESBROUGH 1-2 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Carr (Jones 2)
12,000 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

Middlesbrough were without Tim Williamson, who was in goal against Ireland at Derby, whilst Oldham were without George Woodger, who was making his only international appearance, against Ireland.

NOTTS COUNTY 2-2 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Cantrell 2 (Randall, Stewart)
10,000 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)

Newcastle were without Albert Shepherd, who scored the opening goal against Ireland at Derby.

PRESTON NORTH END 2-0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
McLean, Danson
10,000 (Deepdale, Preston)

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2-2 MANCHESTER CITY
Kitchen, Peake (J.Smith, Ross)
8,000 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

Sheffield United were without Evans, who scored, what turned out to be, the winner, and Sturgess, both of whom were making their international debut against Ireland at Derby.

SUNDERLAND 2-2 BLACKBURN ROVERS
Holley pen., Coleman (Bradshaw pen., Davies)
12,000 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

Blackburn were without Crompton, who was captain against Ireland at Derby, and Simpson, who was making his international debut against Ireland.

WOOLWICH ARSENAL 0-0 BRADFORD CITY
10,000 (Manor Ground, London)

Bradford City were without Hampton and Thompson, who were playing for Ireland against England at Derby.

Manchester United stayed top, but they were helped by an early injury to Bristol City striker, Ginger Owers, who was originally named as an England reserve against Ireland.

Football League Division Two
11 February 1911

Team P Pts

Bolton Wanderers 26 34

Chelsea 24 33

Derby County 26 33

Blackpool 25 31

West Bromwich Albion 25 31

Burnley 26 31

Clapton Orient 24 29

Hull City 25 29

Wolverhampton Wanderers 25 28

Glossop 25 25

Leicester Fosse 24 24

Bradford 25 23

Fulham 23 23

Leeds City 25 21

Huddersfield Town 25 19

Birmingham 24 18

Gainsborough Trinity 25 17

Barnsley 24 16

Stockport County 25 16

Lincoln City 25 15

Division Two matches played on 11 February 1911:

BARNSLEY 2-2 LINCOLN CITY
Tufnell, Rutter (Barrell, Yule)
4,000 (Oakwell, Barnsley)

BRADFORD 1-1 BOLTON WANDERERS
Little (Smith)
8,000 (Park Avenue, Bradford)

Bradford were without Sam Burnison, who was playing for Ireland against England at Derby.

BURNLEY 1-0 FULHAM
Newton
10,000 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

CHELSEA 1-0 CLAPTON ORIENT
Hilsdon
41,000 (Stamford Bridge, London)

Chelsea were without Ben Warren, who was playing against Ireland at Derby.

GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 1-1 HULL CITY
Lowe (Smith)
3,000 (Blundell Park, Cleethorpes)

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0-3 DERBY COUNTY
(Bloomer, Bentley 2)
8,000 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

Huddersfield were without Jim McAuley, who scored Ireland's goal against England at Derby.

LEEDS CITY 3-1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
McLeod, Mulholland, Enright (Wright)
10,700 (Elland Road, Leeds)

West Brom were without Jesse Pennington, who was playing against Ireland at Derby.

LEICESTER FOSSE 1-1 GLOSSOP
Watkin (Wilson)
7,000 (Filbert Street, Leicester)

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 0-3 BLACKPOOL
(Clennell 2, Morley)
9,000 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

In-form Derby won their seventh game in a row in all competitions, but only won three of their last twelve league games and dropped to sixth.

IN OTHER NEWS...

Oxford beat Cambridge 3-2 in the annual varsity match at Queen's Club, West Kensington.
Ireland beat England 3-0 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin in the Five Nations rugby championship.
It was on 11 February 1911 that 36-year-old Dr Alan Fielding of Ottery St Mary in Devon was found dead in a Charing Cross hotel bedroom alongside a letter to the coroner explaining that he had poisoned himself with cyanide and asked for the inquest to be short and not to cross-examine his widow. There was also a letter to the hotel proprietor apologising for the adverse publicity that his death would bring upon the hotel. The only reason given was stress through overwork, though he was also suffering from inflammation of the lungs and the onset of influenza.

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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