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Match Report
Birmingham Daily Post, Monday,
27 February 1893 |
The first international match of the season was
played at Perry Barr between elevens representing England and Ireland. The
English team was by no means the strongest that could have been selected,
for it was composed entirely of amateurs, but it proved far and away too
good for the Irishmen, who were defeated in a hollow fashion by 6 goals to
1. The start promised a more exciting game, inasmuch as during the first
ten minutes each side scored, and the goals were obtained within two
minutes of each other. Gilliat first put the ball through for England, and
then Gaffikin equalised. The Irish success was due to some very pretty
play between the scorer and Small, and the shot that took affect was a
grand one. During the few minutes that followed play was very even; and
the Irishmen, cheered by the crowd, who were about ten thousand strong,
gave a clever exhibition, but could not improve their position. It was not
for long, however, that they held their own; for the superior weight of
the Englishmen on the heavy ground gradually gave them command, and the
fight for the most part was waged in the Irishmen's territory. A capital
shot from Gilliat was somewhat luckily stopped by Clugson, off whose foot
the ball rebounded over the bar. The corner was of no advantage. Now
Cotterell forced his way between his opponents, and had the Irish goal at
his mercy; but his shot was not well judged, and Clugston prevented it
taking effect. The goal kick afforded little relief to the Irish defence,
which was soon as hard pressed as ever, and at length the ball shot in by
Gilliat struck one of the uprights and glanced into the net. Cheered by
the crowd the visitors dashed close in to the English goal, and Spencer
centred the ball across the front, but Small just failed to reach it. The
Englishmen were soon pressing again, and Gilliat once more shot the ball
into the net. These reverses fairly put the Irishmen on their mettle, and
they strove their hardest to score. Peden did some excellent work on the
left, and at length, from one of his centres, the ball was rushed through.
Unfortunately, however, the whistle had previously been blown for a foul
against A. Smith. From this point up to the interval the Englishmen fairly
outplayed their opponents, and G. O. Smith scored again, so that when the
teams changed positions the Englishmen led by 4 goals to 1. There was
little hope for the Irishmen now. In the first half, kicking downhill,
with the sun behind them, they had proved inferior to thei opponents, and
it was scarcely to be expected that they could regain their lost ground.
The commencement was marked by three grand runs by Topham, but his centres
went out. On a fourth occasion he tried to score unaided, but Clugson, who
had kept goal remarkably well, punched the ball out. After G. O. Smith had
struck the crossbar the scene of the game was changed, and Charsley, whose
share in the match was a small one, ran out and kicked away. Another
attack was formulated by the Englishmen,
and after Clugson had saved splendidly from Gilliat, he was easily
beaten by Winckworth, and the score was 5 to 1. During the next five
minutes the Irish eleven showed a marked improvement in their play, and
Charsley had to save four times in quick succession. He demonstrated his
ability between the sticks to everyone's satisfaction. Now came the run of
the match. Getting the ball from a scrimmage about thirty yards out of his
own goal Sandilands dashed away at a rare pace. He dodged all his
opponents, and amidst great cheering banged the ball into the net for the
sixth time. After this there was only one team in it, but no further scoring
took place, and England thus won by 6 goals to 1.
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Match Report
The Times, Monday,
27 February 1893 |
Over 8,000 people visited Perry Barr, Handsworth, on Saturday, to witness the first of the international
matches under Association rules played this season. Since the
institution of the contest at Belfast in 1882 England have always been
successful, and the present encounter did not disturb their record.
Ireland, who won the toss, at first played down the hill...
...Then Gilliatt got in
possession and finished up a fine run by kicking a goal for England. The
Irish forwards played up in a dauntless manner, and Small passed very
judiciously to Gaffikin, who shot the ball between the posts. Each side
scored with a goal within ten minutes of the start...
Several determined inroads were
made by the English forwards, and Gilliatt, taking a fine kick, the ball
glanced through off one of the posts. This success was quickly
supplemented by a third goal gained by the same player. The home side
continued to get the better of the game, and a fourth point was secured
by G. O. Smith...
Winckworth, with an
exceptionally brilliant shot, gained the fifth goal for England...
Sandilands then cleverly kicked
another goal for the home side... |
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In Other News....
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Although most of the crowd at Ibrox
Park, Glasgow thought that they had seen Celtic retain the Scottish Cup
by defeating Queen's Park by a goal to nil, the game had actually been
downgraded to a friendly fixture due to the pitch being frozen. It was
replayed, two weeks later, and Queen's Park won 2-1, to record the last
of their ten victories in the competition. This was a strange
re-enactment of the previous year's final between the same teams, which
had also been declared void and replayed following persistent
encroachments of the pitch by spectators. |
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It was on 24 February 1893 that 44-year-old
Julia Force calmly shot dead both of her younger sisters in Atlanta and
then walked to the police station to confess her crimes. Her family were
well-known shoe manufacturers and testified to her insanity. She was
sent to the Georgia State Sanitarium for the rest of her life.
though she always
claimed that she had killed them simply because she had been neglected
by her family, who favoured her sisters in every respect. By all
accounts, she was perfectly sane and became a lifelong friend of the
matron of the sanitarium.
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Domestic
Football Results (25 February 1893)
Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England |
Football
Association Challenge Cup
3rd round
replay:
Preston North End 7 Middlesbrough Ironopolis 0
Deepdale, Preston
(7,000)
Russell
(2), J.Ross, Becton
(3), Cowan |
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Bob Holmes and scorer, Frank Becton started for Preston |
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Seven
days earlier, the sides had drawn 2-2 after extra time at the Paradise Ground, Middlesbrough.
Preston lost to Everton in the semi-finals, whilst Ironopolis
were admitted to the Football League, six months later, to replace
Accrington, who had resigned, but the Middlesbrough side only lasted a
season themselves, before the club was liquidated.
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The Football
League Division One:
Accrington 0 Everton 3
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington
(5,000)
Chadwick
(2), Kelso (pen) |
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Jimmy Whitehead started for Accrington |
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Johnny Holt, Fred Geary, Edgar Chadwick and Alf Milward
all started for Everton |
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Blackburn Rovers 3 Stoke 3
Ewood Park, Blackburn
(3,000)
Sawers
(2), Anderson
~
Schofield
(3) |
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Nat Walton, Jimmy Forrest and Jack Southworth started for Rovers |
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Bill Rowley, Tommy Clare, Alf Underwood and Joe Schofield all
started for Stoke |
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Bolton Wanderers 1 Burnley 0
Pike's Lane, Bolton
(5,000)
own goal |
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John Sutcliffe, Davie Weir and Jimmy Turner started for Bolton |
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Jimmy Crabtree started for Burnley |
Nottingham Forest 3 Notts County 1
Town Ground,
Nottingham
(15,000)
Pike, McInnes (2) ~
Bruce |
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Forest were without Albert Smith, but did have Harry Daft |
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George Toone and Alf Shelton started for County |
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Derby County 1
Molineux Ground, Wolverhampton
(5,000)
Wood, Butcher
~ Goodall |
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Wolves were without Robert Topham, but did have Dick Baugh, Harry
Allen, George Woodhall, George Kinsey and Harry Wood. |
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County started with Jack Robinson and John Goodall. |
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League newcomers,
Forest won the Nottingham derby for the first time, but Sunderland were still on course to retain their title.
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The Football
League Division Two:
Bootle 3 Burton Swifts 2
Hawthorne Road, Bootle
(3,000)
Brandon, Gallacher (2) ~
Emery, McLoughlin |
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Crewe Alexandra 2 Darwen 2
Alexandra
Recreation Ground, Crewe
(3,000)
Pickard
(2)
~
Entwistle,
own goal |
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Lincoln City 5 Northwich Victoria 1
John O'Gaunt's, Lincoln
(2,000)
nk, Richardson, Raby, Fleming, Smallman ~
nk |
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Small Heath 8 Grimsby Town 3
Coventry Road,
Birmingham
(3,000)
Hands (2), Hallam (2),
Wheldon, Walton (3) ~
nk |
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Heath were without their goalkeeper Chris
Charsley |
Unbeaten Small
Heath's resounding victory ensured that they would take part in the
test matches at the end of the season, though they failed to win
promotion after losing to Newton Heath, who finished bottom of the
First Division.
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Source Notes |
TheFA
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
England Football Factbook |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbook
Original Newspaper Reports
Rootschat/Ancestry.com |
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England
Football Online
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