Match Summary

Wales Team

England Team

England and Wales had a hard match at Wrexham on Saturday, which resulted in a draw, each side scoring three goals.

In view of the fact that England included six new representatives and that Wales could not complete their eleven until late on Friday night after many disappointments, the play was almost certain to fall short of the standard generally associated with international matches. The run of the game generally bore out this expectation.

Conditions were practically ideal, for the turf of the old racecourse was in splendid order. The game was remarkable for the dash and the untiring energy that the Welshmen put into all their play. Taken as individuals they were, perhaps, slightly inferior to their opponents, but their greater quickness in going for the ball neutralized their individual shortcomings to a great extent...

Almost the first good piece of play by the English forwards produced a goal, Dean moving smartly to gather a pass and, when still in his stride, shooting hard and low into the net well wide of Lewis. A trip just outside the penalty area robbed Page of a chance to increase this lead and in another minute Wales equalized, Davies heading through from a long and wild-looking centre by Williams. This opportunism on the part of the Welsh centre forward was eclipsed by a beautiful goal scored by Walker, the Aston Villa inside left. He received a low pass from Dean and kicked the ball through far beyond the reach of Lewis's left hand...

Then came the penalty goal kicked by Davies, nine minutes before the interval...

...when Walker was off the field, just after the beginning of the second half, Wales put on great pressure which brought a goal well shot by W. Lewis--one of the last men introduced into the side. It was only for a very few minutes that Wales held the lead, Dean again succeeding with a grand low shot...

The game attracted the largest crowd that has ever attended a match at Wrexham, and the 16,000 people present  paid gate money amounting to £1,790. - The Times - Monday 14th February, 1927

Football League Division One 12 February 1927
Team	P	Pts
Newcastle United	28	37
Huddersfield Town	28	36
Burnley	28	35
Sunderland	29	35
Leicester City	29	33
Liverpool	28	31
West Ham United	27	30
Bolton Wanderers	27	29
Aston Villa	29	29
Manchester United	28	29
Arsenal	28	29
Blackburn Rovers	28	29
Sheffield United	28	28
Tottenham Hotspur	28	27
The Wednesday	28	25
Birmingham	27	25
Bury	27	24
Derby County	27	23
Cardiff City	27	23
Leeds United	27	21
Everton	29	18
West Bromwich Albion	27	16

 

Division One matches played on 12 February 1927:

ARSENAL 1-0 LEEDS UNITED
Buchan
25,961 (Highbury, London)

Arsenal were without John and Lewis (making his international debut), who were playing for Wales against England at Wrexham, whilst Leeds were without Willis Edwards, who was playing against Wales.

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2-1 LEICESTER CITY
Harper 2 (Lochhead pen.)
17,802 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)

Blackburn were without Arthur Rigby, who was a reserve against Wales at Wrexham.

BOLTON WANDERERS 0-2 ASTON VILLA
(York 2)
17,745 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

Bolton were without Nuttall, who was a reserve against Wales at Wrexham, and Seddon, who was playing against Wales, whilst Villa were without Billy Walker, who scored against Wales.

BURY 3-1 BIRMINGHAM
Robbie, Massie 2 (Islip)
11,851 (Gigg Lane, Bury)

DERBY COUNTY 4-1 BURNLEY
Bedford 3, Gill (Devine)
14,065 (Baseball Ground, Derby)

Burnley were without Page and Waterfield (making his only international appearance), who were making their international debuts against Wales at Wrexham.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 4-3 THE WEDNESDAY
Kelly 3, Jackson (Anstiss pen., Wilkinson 2)
22,329 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

Huddersfield were without George Brown, who was playing against Wales at Wrexham, whilst Wednesday were without Brown, who was in goal against Wales, and Williams, who was playing for Wales.

LIVERPOOL 1-0 EVERTON
Chambers
52,840 (Anfield, Liverpool)

Everton were without Dean, who scored twice on his international debut, against Wales at Wrexham, and Griffiths, who was making his international debut for Wales.

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-1 CARDIFF CITY
Hanson (Ferguson)
26,213 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

United were without Jones and Thomas (making his only international appearance), who were playing for Wales against England at Wrexham, as were Cardiff's Davies (who scored twice) and Keenor, who was captain.

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Tunstall, Shankly (Seymour)
31,633 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

Sheffield United were without George Green, who was playing against Wales at Wrexham.

SUNDERLAND 2-3 WEST HAM UNITED
Halliday 2 (Earle, Watson, Yews)
17,088 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 5-0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Davies 2, Carter 2, Short
15,998 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

Newcastle's second successive defeat, following six successive victories, ominously allowed Huddersfield, chasing a record fourth title in a row, to move to within a point of the leaders.

Football League Division Two 12 February 1927
Team	P	Pts
Middlesbrough	27	39
Nottingham Forest	27	37
Manchester City	28	35
Portsmouth	27	35
Preston North End	26	35
Hull City	27	33
Chelsea	26	33
Swansea Town	27	32
Southampton	27	30
Oldham Athletic	28	30
Blackpool	28	27
Port Vale	27	27
Reading	26	25
South Shields	25	23
Barnsley	26	23
Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	21
Notts County	28	21
Fulham	27	21
Darlington	27	18
Grimsby Town	27	17
Clapton Orient	26	17
Bradford City	28	13

 

Division Two matches played on 12 February 1927:

BLACKPOOL 2-0 PORTSMOUTH
Fishwick, Tremelling
8,465 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)

BRADFORD CITY 0-1 PRESTON NORTH END
(Roberts)
12,694 (Valley Parade, Bradford)

CLAPTON ORIENT 2-1 NOTTS COUNTY
Corkindale, Dixon (Davis)
10,846 (Millfields Road, London)

FULHAM 1-2 CHELSEA
Pape (Wilson, Turnbull)
31,501 (Craven Cottage, London)

GRIMSBY TOWN 2-5 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Pugsley pen., Robson (Wellock 4, Barnes)
11,313 (Blundell Park, Cleethorpes)

MIDDLESBROUGH 2-0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Camsell pen., Birrell
26,794 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

Middlesbrough were without Billy Pease, who was making his only international appearance, against Wales at Wrexham.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 3-1 BARNSLEY
Barratt pen., Stocks, Burton (Brook)
11,298 (City Ground, Nottingham)

PORT VALE 0-0 HULL CITY
10,654 (Old Recreation Ground, Stoke)

READING 4-2 DARLINGTON
McDonald, Johnstone 2, Richardson (Henderson 2)
8,575 (Elm Park, Reading)

Reading were without Dai Evans, who was making his international debut for Wales against England at Wrexham.

SOUTHAMPTON 6-2 SOUTH SHIELDS
Rawlings 2, Taylor, Rowley 2, Henderson (Oxberry, Stevenson)
7,412 (The Dell, Southampton)

SWANSEA TOWN 1-3 MANCHESTER CITY
Thompson (Johnson 2, Hicks)
20,345 (Vetch Field, Swansea)

City goalkeeper, Bert Gray saved a penalty from Swansea's Sammy Langford. Swansea were without Lewis, who scored on his international debut for Wales against England at Wrexham, and Nicholas, who was also playing for Wales.

Although Manchester City had now won five games in a row, neither of the two clubs above them had lost in the league since November.

Division Three on 12 February 1927:

Stoke City led the northern section by four points from Halifax Town, who had played a game less. Bristol City led the southern section by a point from Swindon Town, who had played two games more.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 12 February 1927 that there was mayhem in the English Channel in exceptionally dense fog and ten shipping vessels were involved in collisions, resulting in three sinking. Miraculously, there were no fatalities. Three days later, with the fog still as dense as ever, all shipping in the channel was suspended until it cleared, a day later.

Source Notes

*Some sources state that David Rees Williams was born in Merthyr Tydfil in January 1900. However, there is no registration for that period, there is for March 1899 and then June and September 1901.

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