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Match
Summary |
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Officials
[umpires and referees are of equal relevance] |
The North |
Type |
The South |
Referee
- unknown
Umpires
- unknown
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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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The North Team |
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Capt: |
probably
Jack Hunter
(captained England the following week) |
Colours: |
not known |
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Coach: |
None |
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The North
Lineup |
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Sorby, Albert Ernest |
21 |
summer 1859 |
G |
Sheffield FC |
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Buttery, Thomas |
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FB |
Sheffield Exchange FC |
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Gibson, Thomas |
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FB |
Blackburn Olympic FC |
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Fletcher, Thomas H. |
23 |
summer 1857 |
HB |
Sheffield Pyebank FC |
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Marsden, Frank Herbert |
21 |
summer 1859 |
HB |
Sheffield FC |
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Hunter, John |
28 |
summer 1852 |
HB |
Sheffield Heeley FC |
3 |
0 |
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Rostron, Thurston |
17 |
21 April 1863 |
F |
Darwen FC |
0 |
0 |
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Marshall, Thomas |
22 |
12 September 1858 |
F |
Darwen FC |
1 |
0 |
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Brown, James |
18 |
31 July 1862 |
CF |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
0 |
0 |
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M'Laughton |
no M'Laughton in any registration |
F |
Notts County FC |
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Mosforth, William |
22/23 |
early 1858 |
OL |
Sheffield Albion FC |
6 |
2 |
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formation not known |
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The South Team |
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Capt: |
not known |
Colours: |
not known |
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Coach: |
None |
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The South
Lineup |
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Swepstone, Harry A. |
22 |
early 1859 |
G |
Pilgrims FC |
1 |
0 |
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Kennedy, A.G. |
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LB |
Old Malvernians |
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Wilson, Claude W. |
22 |
12 May 1858 |
RB |
Oxford University |
0 |
0 |
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Bambridge, Arthur L. |
19 |
16 June 1861 |
HB |
Swifts FC |
1 |
0 |
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Topham, Edwin Henry |
22 |
summer 1858 |
HB |
Cambridge University |
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Cunliffe, W.F. |
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F |
Oxford University |
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Heygate, Reginald T. |
22/23 |
spring 1858 |
F |
Oxford University |
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Barnard, James J. |
25 |
winter 1855 |
F |
Upton Park FC |
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Barnett, Herbert R. |
18/19 |
spring 1862 |
F |
Upton Park FC |
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Keyser, Leonard B. |
24 |
1857 |
F |
Swifts FC |
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Bambridge, E. Charles |
22 |
30 July 1858 |
F |
Swifts FC |
2 |
4 |
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formation not known |
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Match Report |
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A
numerous company witnessed this match; the second this season between
the above teams, played at Bramall-lane, on Saturday afternoon, under
Association rules. The game ended in a victory for the South by two
goals to one. - The Times - Monday
21st
March, 1881
Note -
No details have been found for another North v. South fixture played in
the 1880-81 season, though the newspaper may have been referring to the
rugby fixture between the two, played on December 20th, 1880. Both games
were considered to be football, distinguished by either Association or
Rugby Union rules.
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 Source Notes
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All additional names and date of
births are taken from census and registration details.
Albert Ernest Sorby was the only A.E.
Sorby who was born around that time. As for T.H. Fletcher, the
Sheffield born defender can be one of two, either Thomas Henry, born in
the winter of 1857, or a possible Thomas Howard, born in September 1863,
making him seventeen. Not unlikely, but we have gone with the
former. Frank Herbert Marsden is the only F.H. born in the Sheffield
area in the correct time period.
Again, the only E.H. Topham born in
the correct era was Edwin Henry. The only L. Keyser was a 24
year-old Leonard B. in Buckinghamshire.
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