Match Summary

Wales Team

England Team

ENGLAND OUTPLAY WALES

In the first International match of the season at Cardiff on Saturday the holders of the Championship, Wales, were well beaten by England, who scored four goals without reply. This convincing margin in no way conveyed a false idea of England's superiority, Wales, although playing up gallantly, being outplayed...

Bowden put up a nice pass to Tilson, whose shot gave John no chance...

Then just after half an hour's play came England's second goal. Britton put in a long kick towards goal, John dropped the ball, and Brook was up to kick it into the net. Hibbs had a nasty experience when a hard shot from Evans hit him in the face, but then he had the good luck to see Evans blunder with a penalty. The Welsh outside-left shot hard enough, but the ball went just the wrong side of the post...

Bowden passed up to Matthews, who found an opening very cleverly and his shot completely beat John...

...five minutes from the end a pass by Westwood produced an opening for Tilson to get his second goal...

Notwithstanding the wet weather there were 51,000 people present. - The Times - Monday 1st October, 1934

Football League Division One 29 September 1934
Team	P	Pts
Manchester City	8	13
Sunderland	8	12
Arsenal	8	11
Preston North End	8	11
Stoke City	8	10
Everton	8	10
Derby County	8	9
Aston Villa	8	9
Portsmouth	8	9
Grimsby Town	8	8
Sheffield Wednesday	8	8
Liverpool	8	8
Birmingham	8	8
West Bromwich Albion	8	7
Leeds United	8	7
Leicester City	8	6
Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	6
Tottenham Hotspur	8	6
Blackburn Rovers	8	6
Middlesbrough	8	5
Chelsea	8	4
Huddersfield Town	8	3

 

Division One matches played on 29 September 1934:

ARSENAL 5-1 BIRMINGHAM
Drake 3, 20, 43, 82, Bastin 19 (White 10)
47,868 (Highbury, London)

Arsenal were without Bowden (making his international debut) and Hapgood, who were playing against Wales in Cardiff, as was Birmingham's Harry Hibbs, who kept a clean sheet in goal.

ASTON VILLA 4-2 PRESTON NORTH END
Astley 25, 46, 81, Waring 87 (Beresford 43, Maxwell 49)
28,781 (Villa Park, Birmingham)

 Villa were without Tom Gardner, who was a reserve against Wales in Cardiff, whilst Preston were without Roy John, who was in goal for Wales, but never made a league appearance for Preston and had not played in the league for 16 months.

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0-1 STOKE CITY
(Davies 26)
10,386 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)

Stoke were without Stan Matthews, who scored on his international debut against Wales in Cardiff.

CHELSEA 2-0 GRIMSBY TOWN
Horton 43, 75
25,373 (Stamford Bridge, London)

George Tweedy saved a late penalty to prevent Jack Horton from completing his hat-trick.

DERBY COUNTY 2-1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Stockill 36, 67 (Hunt 41)
15,459 (Baseball Ground, Derby)

Reg Stockill was also denied a hat-trick when he missed a penalty. Derby were without Barker (making his international debut) and Cooper (the captain), who were playing against Wales in Cardiff, whilst Tottenham were without Evans and O'Callaghan, who were playing for Wales.

LEEDS UNITED 2-0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
Duggan 14, 64
12,298 (Elland Road, Leeds)

Just before Leeds took the lead, Huddersfield's Roy Goodall shot wide from a penalty.

LEICESTER CITY 0-2 SUNDERLAND
(Gurney 10, Davis 67)
16,002 (Filbert Street, Leicester)

Leicester were without Jones and Mills, who were playing for Wales against England in Cardiff.

LIVERPOOL 3-2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Hanson 5, English 16, Hodgson 38 (Sandford 25, 74)
20,888 (Anfield, Liverpool)

West Brom were without Jimmy Murphy, who was playing for Wales against England in Cardiff.

MIDDLESBROUGH 1-2 MANCHESTER CITY
Yorston 81 (Herd 26, Fletcher 55)
9,377 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

Middlesbrough were without Tom Griffiths, who was playing for Wales against England in Cardiff, whilst City were without Bray (making his international debut), Brook (who scored) and Tilson (who scored twice), who were playing against Wales.

PORTSMOUTH 2-1 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Weddle 5, Nichol 82 (Dewar 4)
17,358 (Fratton Park, Portsmouth)

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 4-2 EVERTON
Beattie 29, 77, Hartill 39, Crook 55 (Hollingworth o.g. 17, Leyfield 38)
15,169 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

Wolves were without Phillips and Richards, who were playing for Wales against England in Cardiff, whilst Everton were without Britton, who was making his international debut against Wales, and Cunliffe, who was a reserve against Wales.

Manchester City continued their impressive form, even without three of their international men, and picking up two injuries during the game, but they could not maintain their leadership of the first division for much longer.

Football League Division Two 29 September 1934
Team	P	Pts
Bolton Wanderers	8	14
Brentford	8	12
Burnley	8	11
Port Vale	8	11
Blackpool	8	10
Barnsley	8	9
Nottingham Forest	7	8
Manchester United	8	8
Sheffield United	8	8
Fulham	8	8
West Ham United	8	8
Bury	8	8
Swansea Town	8	7
Bradford	7	7
Bradford City	8	7
Newcastle United	8	6
Norwich City	8	6
Southampton	8	6
Oldham Athletic	8	6
Hull City	8	5
Plymouth Argyle	8	5
Notts County	8	4

 

Division Two matches played on 29 September 1934:

BARNSLEY 4-0 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Smith, Ashton 2, Spence
5,600 (Oakwell, Barnsley)

BLACKPOOL 1-0 BRADFORD
Oram
15,354 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)

BRADFORD CITY 1-1 SOUTHAMPTON
Mitchell (Wheeler)
5,432 (Valley Parade, Bradford)

BURY 2-0 FULHAM
Amos, Anderson
5,902 (Gigg Lane, Bury)

HULL CITY 2-1 BRENTFORD
Jordan 2 (Fletcher)
7,764 (Anlaby Road, Hull)

MANCHESTER UNITED 3-1 SWANSEA TOWN
Cape 2, 1 pen., Mutch (Bussey)
14,865 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

Swansea were without Sid Lawrence, who was playing for Wales against England in Cardiff.

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2-0 NORWICH CITY
Lang, Ramsay o.g.
20,067 (St James' Park, Newcastle)

NOTTS COUNTY 3-5 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
McGrath, Higgins, Lewis (Graham, Dent, Peacock, McKinlay 2)
15,254 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)

PORT VALE 3-1 BURNLEY
Friar 2, Nolan (Downes)
7,311 (Recreation Ground, Stoke)

SHEFFIELD UNITED 6-2 BOLTON WANDERERS
Barclay 2, Barton, Atkinson o.g., Boyd, Finney o.g. (Cameron, MIlsom)
12,788 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

Bolton were without Ray Westwood, who was making his international debut against Wales in Cardiff.

WEST HAM UNITED 2-1 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Barrett, Mills (Melaniphy)
20,484 (Upton Park, London)

Bolton's world came crashing down after they had won their first seven matches with the loss of only two goals, but a week later, they put eight past Barnsley and order was restored.

Division Three on 29 September 1934:

There were 30,028 at the Valley, a crowd only beaten by Arsenal and the international, as Charlton Athletic went top of the southern section by a point from Coventry City and Millwall (whom they beat 3-1). Chester put six goals past Wrexham and stayed top of the northern section on goal average from the unbeaten Tranmere Rovers.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 28 September 1934 that eleven people died after a train crash at Winwick Junction, near Warrington, in Lancashire. The junction was a very busy one, with four connecting lines, and the signalman assumed that a local train had already passed through, when it was actually waiting to be switched to a branch line. An express train from Euston smashed into the rear of the local train at a speed of about fifty miles per hour. The installation of an electronic track circuit would ensure that a collision of this type could not happen again.

Source Notes

"On Wednesday [26 September 1934], the Welsh FA Secretary, Mr. T. Robbins, asked his English counterparts to release Willie Hall, the Tottenham Hotspur player, from his duties as an England traveling reserve so that Tottenham would allow Evans to play at outside-left for Wales. Tottenham had previously promised to release Evans if Hall was available for their League match. Early yesterday, there was a hurried consultation between English officials and members of the International Selection Committee, and it was decided to release Hall and call upon Billy Furness, Leeds United, to act as reserve. Leeds, however, have several inside-forwards injured, and their request that Furness should not be taken was granted. Jimmy Cunliffe, the Everton inside-right, was then chosen as England's reserve."

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