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Monday, 13 March 1922
Home International Championship 1921-22 (34th) Match

England 1 Wales 0 [1-0]
 

Match Summary
England Party

Wales Party

Anfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire
Attendance: 35,000;
Kick-off: tbc GMT

England - Bob Kelly (from a free-kick, Woosnam played to ball to Kelly, who shot into the corner of the goal 3)
Results 1919-30

Wales won the toss, England kicked-off.

 

Match Summary

Officials

England

Type

Wales

Referee - John G. Forshaw
Birkenhead, England

Linesmen - not known

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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 9th
Colours: The 1903 uniform - White collared jerseys and dark club shorts
Capt: Max Woosnam, only captaincy Selectors: The fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, following the trial matches, on Monday, 6 March 1922.
95th match, W 65 - D 18 - L 12 - F 303 - A 87.
England Lineup
  Davison, J. Edward 34 2 September 1887 G The Wednesday FC 1 0 GA
  Clay, Thomas 29 19 November 1892 RB Tottenham Hotspur FC 3 0
  Titmuss, Frederick 27 15 February 1895 LB Southampton FC 1 0
  Smith, Bert 30 6 March 1892 RH Tottenham Hotspur FC 2 0
  Woosnam, Maxwell 29 6 September 1892 CH Manchester City FC 1 0
  Bromilow, G. Thomas 27 7 October 1894 LH Liverpool FC 2 0
  Walden, Frederick I. 34 1 March 1888 OR Tottenham Hotspur FC 2 0
Kelly, Robert 28 16 November 1893 IR Burnley FC 5 4
  Rawlings, William E. 26 3 January 1896 CF Southampton FC 1 0
  Walker, William H. 24 29 October 1897 IL Aston Villa FC 3 1
  Smith, William H. 26 23 May 1895 OL Huddersfield Town AFC 1 0

reserves:

Tom Wilson (Huddersfield Town AFC) and Harry Chambers (Liverpool FC)

team notes:

Aston Villa FC's Frank Moss was the original chosen right-half, and the Dublin Fusiliers' Lt. Jackie Hegan was the original outside-left. Their places were taken by the two Smiths. Hegan was injured in the British Army's match against the French Army the previous Saturday.
 
2-3-5 Davison -
Clay, Titmuss -
B.Smith, Woosnam, Bromilow -
Walden, Kelly, Rawlings, Walker,
W.Smith.

Averages:

Age 28.6 Appearances/Goals 2.0 0.4

 

Wales Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 20th to 21st
Colours: Made by St. Margaret's - Red shirts with white laced-up collars, white shorts, red socks
Capt: Stan Davies Selectors: Team selection chosen by Committee.
Wales Lineup
  Peers, Edward J. 35 31 December 1886 G Port Vale FC, England 10 11 GA
  Russell, Moses R. 33 20 May 1888 RB Plymouth Argyle FC, England 10 0
  Evans, James H. 27 29 November 1894 LB Southend United FC, England 2 0
  Evans, Herbert P. 27 30 August 1894 RH Cardiff City FC 2 0
  Jones, Joseph T. 35 9 January 1887 CH Crystal Palace FC, England 14 0
  Matthias, Thomas J. 31 7 November 1890 LH Wrexham AFC 10 0
  Hole, William J. 24 1 November 1897 OR Swansea Town FC 2 1
  Davies, Stanley C. 23 24 April 1898 IR West Bromwich Albion FC, England 8 5
  Davies, Leonard S. 22 28 April 1899 CF Cardiff City FC 2 1
  Richards, Richard W. 32 14 February 1890 IL Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England 5 1
  Vizard, Edward T. 32 7 June 1889 OL Bolton Wanderers FC, England 14 0

reserves:

reserves not known

team notes:

Ivor Jones was the original outside-right, he was poorly and his place went to Bill Hole.
 
2-3-5 Peers -
Russell,
J.Evans -
H.Evans, J.Jones, Matthias -
Hole, S.Davies, L.Davies, Richards, Vizard.

Averages:

Age 29.2 Appearances/Goals 7.2 0.7

 

    Match Report

England beat Wales, at Liverpool, yesterday, by one goal to none. There were 35,000 spectators.

The winning goal was scored soon after the start of the match, which, although it was played on a dry, firm turf, never reached a high standard...

Kelly scored the one goal of the match less than three minutes from the start ; the ball was put neatly to him by Max Woosnam from a free kick, and Kelly shot just inside one of the posts...

During the last half hour, England not only had most of the play, as they had had all through, but they found their form as individuals and combined in some brisk, clever football which made them worthy of the first victory gained by their country over Wales since 1914. - The Times - Tuesday 14th March, 1922

    Football League

Football League Division Two
13 March 1922
Team P Pts
Nottingham Forest 32 43
Stoke 32 42
West Ham United 31 40
Barnsley 32 39
Fulham 32 38
Hull City 32 38
Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 33
Leeds United 32 33
Leicester City 32 33
South Shields 31 32
Notts County 30 31
Clapton Orient 32 31
The Wednesday 32 31
Bury 31 30
Derby County 32 30
Rotherham County 32 30
Crystal Palace 32 27
Port Vale 32 26
Bristol City 32 24
Bradford 31 23
Coventry City 32 22
Blackpool 32 22

 

Division Two match played on 13 March 1922:

THE WEDNESDAY 3-2 COVENTRY CITY
Binney 3
(Stevens 2)
6,000 (Hillsborough, Sheffield)

Chas Binney's hat-trick condemned Coventry to another defeat, but they would, once again, escape relegation. The Wednesday were without Teddy Davison, who kept a clean sheet on his only international appearance, against Wales at Liverpool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Division Three match played on 13 March 1922:

WIGAN BOROUGH 1-2 CHESTERFIELD
Broster (Clarke, Williams)
5
,000 (Springfield Park, Wigan)

Both clubs were struggling in the northern section which was led by Stockport County by three points from Darlington, who had two games in hand.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 13 March 1922 that Hay-on-Wye solicitor, Herbert Armstrong's writ for alleged contempt of court against the Daily Express newspaper prior to his murder trial, for depicting him with a "harassed face and despondent attitudes" in order to prejudice the trial against him, was dismissed. Armstrong was subsequently hanged for the murder of his wife by arsenic poisoning, having also been accused of attempting to poison his business rival.

Source Notes

Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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