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213 vs. Wales |
Saturday,
23 October 1937
Home International Championship 1937-38
(50th) Match
Ireland 1
England 5
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Match
Summary
Ireland Party
England Party |
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Windsor Park,
Donegall Avenue, Belfast, county Antrim
Attendance:
36,000;
Kick-off:
tbc GMT |
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England -
George Mills
(allowed to go on from an offside position to score 10, a
well-placed low drive from a Crayston pass 20, rebound after Goulden's
shot had hit the post
55), Willie Hall (close-range shot from a Brook pass 58), Eric Brook
(from a pass by Mills 75).
Ireland - Alex Stevenson (89).
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Results 1930-39 |
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? won the toss, ?
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
Ireland |
Type |
England |
Referee -
Willie Webb
Scotland
Linesmen - not known
The international match fee for each player is now £8.
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Goal Attempts |
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Attempts on Target |
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Hit Bar/Post |
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Offside Calls Against |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Possession |
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 Ireland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
34th to 35th |
Colours: |
Green jerseys with white white winged collars, white shorts. |
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Capt: |
x |
Selectors: |
Team Selection by Committee, on Monday, 18 October 1937; |
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Ireland
Lineup |
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Breen, Thomas |
25 |
15 June 1912 |
G |
Manchester United FC, England |
6 |
20
GA |
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2 |
Hayes, William E. |
21 |
7 November 1915 |
RB |
Huddersfield Town AFC, England |
1 |
0 |
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3 |
Cook, William |
28 |
20 January 1909 |
LB |
Everton FC, England |
10 |
0 |
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4 |
Mitchell, William |
26 |
22 November 1910 |
RH |
Chelsea FC, England |
14 |
0 |
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5 |
Jones, John |
30 |
3 April 1907 |
CH |
Glenavon FC |
23 |
0 |
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6 |
Browne, Robert J. |
25 |
9 February 1912 |
LH |
Leeds United AFC, England |
3 |
0 |
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7 |
Kernaghan, Norman |
20 |
29 July 1917 |
OR |
Belfast Celtic FC |
3 |
2 |
8 |
Stevenson, Alexander E. |
25 |
9 August 1912 |
IR |
Everton FC, England |
10 |
4 |
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9 |
Martin, David K. |
23 |
1 February 1914 |
CF |
Nottingham Forest FC, England |
8 |
3 |
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10 |
Doherty, Peter D. |
24 |
5 June 1913 |
IL |
Manchester City FC, England |
7 |
0 |
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11 |
Madden, Owen |
20 |
5 December 1916 |
OL |
Norwich City FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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2-3-5 |
Breen -
Hayes, Cook -
Mitchell, Jones, Browne -
Kernaghan, Stevenson, Martin, Doherty, Madden |
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Averages: |
Age |
24.3 |
Appearances/Goals |
7.8 |
0.7 |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
5th to 4th |
Colours: |
The 1935 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, navy blue shorts, black socks topped with
two white hoops |
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Capt: |
Sam Barkas, first captaincy,
replacing Alf Young |
Selectors:
In charge:
W.C. Cuff |
The
fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, following the trial match, on
Wednesday, 13 October 1937.
179th match, W 114 - D 30 - L 35 - F 537 - A 203. |
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England
Lineup |
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Woodley, Victor R. |
27 |
26 February 1910 |
G |
Chelsea FC |
5 |
4 GA |
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Sproston, Bert |
22 |
22 June 1915 |
RB |
Leeds United AFC |
2 |
0 |
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3 |
Barkas, Samuel |
27 |
29 December 1909 |
LB |
Manchester City FC |
3 |
0 |
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4 |
Crayston, W. John |
27 |
9 October 1910 |
RH |
Arsenal FC |
6 |
0 |
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5 |
Cullis, Stanley |
20 |
25 October
1916 |
CH |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
1 |
0 |
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6 |
Copping, Wilfred |
30 |
17 August 1907 |
LH |
Arsenal FC |
14 |
0 |
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7 |
Geldard, Albert |
23 |
11 April 1914 |
OR |
Everton FC |
4 |
0 |
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8 |
Hall, G. William |
25 |
12 March 1912 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
2 |
1 |
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Mills, George R. |
28 |
29 December 1908 |
CF |
Chelsea FC |
1 |
3 |
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10 |
Goulden, Leonard A. |
25 |
9 July 1912 |
IL |
West Ham United FC |
3 |
1 |
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11 |
Brook, Eric F. |
29 |
27 November 1907 |
OL |
Manchester City FC |
17 |
10 |
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reserves: |
Bill Scott (Brentford FC) and originally Stan Cullis
(Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), replaced by Leicester City FC's
Septimus Smith |
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team notes: |
Reserve Stan Cullis earned his debut after original centre-half and
captain, Huddersfield Town AFC's
Alf Young, dropped out because of an ankle injury. Sam Barkas was
appointed as the replacement captain on 22 October.
George Mills is
the first player to score a hat-trick on his debut since
Jimmy Settle did so in February 1899. |
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2-3-5 |
Woodley -
Sproston, Barkas -
Crayston, Young, Copping -
Geldard, Hall, Mills, Goulden, Brook. |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.3 |
0.9 |
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Match Report
England were generally expected to beat Ireland in the opening match of
the international tournament at Windsor Park, Belfast, on Saturday, and
they did so by five goals to one. Ireland were outclassed in every
department of the game, and at no time looked like challenging England's
supremacy...
Mills nearly scored in the opening minutes with a shot that Breen saved
magnificently, but he was luckier when in the 10th minute he was allowed
to go on from what seemed an off-side position to score for England.
Crayston then gave a good pass to Mills who, passing Jones, shot a
second goal with a well-placed drive...
...However, a third goal to England soon came, Mills scoring after
Goulden had hit the upright with a hard drive. A fourth goal followed
quickly. Mills passed to Goulden, the ball went from him to Copping, and
then to Brook, who returned it for Hall to beat Breen from close
range...
...But he could not prevent England adding a fifth goal, scored by Brook
from a pass by Mills. Just before the end Stevenson scored for Ireland. - The Times -
Monday 25th October, 1937
PLAYERS TO BE NUMBERED AT BELFAST
INTERNATIONAL |
The Council of the English Football Association, at
their meeting in London yesterday [4 October 1937], embarked upon a
new departure when they agreed that teams in the Ireland v. England
international match at Belfast on October 23 should be numbered.
Mr R. Graham, secretary of the S.F.A., when asked last night regarding
the Scottish position on the numbering of international players,
expressed the opinion that the S.F.A. would not consider the matter
unless they were approached by some of the other national bodies.
The decision to number
the England team suggests a change of policy.
The
"Mail" understands that it is almost certain that all England teams in
future will be numbered providing their opponents agree.
Mr W. Pickford, in an exclusive interview after the Council meeting,
said:- "This is the first time an England international team has been
numbered and I personally am in favour of the numbering of players in
all matches. Of course, I cannot speak for the Council, but I am sure
that many of the members see eye to eye with me. In a 70,000 crowd, I
am certain that there are hundreds of people who like the guidance of
numbers in helping to identify players." - 5 October 1937
Although Stanley Rous, in May of this
year, stated that the touring members of the England Party would be
numbered, we believe the final sentence of the Ireland match report
sums up the anomaly.... "For the first time in international
matches between home countries the teams of both sides were
numbered." - 24 October 1937
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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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