Match Report Daily News, Monday, 9 April 1894

A splendid game, an immense crowd, and an even score have to be recorded as the characteristics of the England and Scotland meeting—the great Association fixture of the season—at Glasgow on Saturday. That honours should be easy at the end of the hour and a half was not an inappropriate result where both sides had played so well, and in a contest in which the fluctuations of fortune were so many as to keep the interest of the spectators closely riveted on the play from the time of the start to the last moment. But Scotland were leading until near the close, and for Englishmen the visitors left the little matter of equalising the scores late enough to be pleasant. Next to the beautiful attack of the the Scottish, one of the things that impressed people most was the fine form of the English halves which this attack of Scotland found something of a stumbling block to their success. Indeed, the way in which Holt, Reynolds, and Needham got the ball away from the home forwards was wonderful. And the mere fact of their having so much to do shows in itself how strong was the Scottish combination. W. Lambie, whom Londoners will remember as having done so well for Queen's Park against the Corinthians at the Queen's Club not long ago, played a great game on the left wing; but the entire forwards worked well together. The Scotch halves did a lot of good work. Doyle and Sillar covered their goal-keeper well, and Haddow, of the Rangers, displayed no mean skill in this position But on the other side L. H. Gay by his splendid form—he had much more to do than Haddow—made himself one of the most talked of players of the afternoon. Some few of the stinging shots he rid himself of in a manner bordering on the miraculous. To him and the halves England owe a large debt of gratitude, for it was undoubtedly in those players that the secret of England's escape from defeat lay. Pelly and Clare did a lot of good sound work at full-back. Forward Bassett showed some of his old brilliancy in his dashes along the right wing, and Spikesley over on the other side also did well, and frequently there was plenty of fine play by the other men. Indeed the whole match teemed with good points and was well worthy the attention bestowed on it. The crowd was generally estimated at 40,000. It was certainly a wonderful attendance, and the great provision made was inadequate for the thousands broke into the enclosure, and in some places drew up to the verge of the goal line. The Press were rater hampered at their work by this break-in, and things were little better than they were at Richmond a year ago. Still, the dimensions of the crowd offered every excuse for the officials. The English team had undergone some change since its original selection, but perhaps the most serious loss was the absence of Southworth from centre and R. C. Gosling on the left. Their places were filled by G. O. Smith, of the Old Carthusians, and Chadwick, of Everton. Fine weather prevailed, and the ground was in good order. England started the ball with the wind in their faces. The Scottish forwards passed with great finish, and the game was only a few minutes old when Lambie, closing in from the left, had the ball passed to him, and with a magnificent shot scored the first goal for Scotland. Gay had already saved once, but this time the pace and angle at which the ball came were altogether too much for him. Of course this early success of the Scotts put their friends on good terms with themselves. But their victorious cries were soon silenced. The English halves had broken up several attacks by Scotland, and Pelly had put in a couple of long kicks when some long passing was witnessed among the visiting forwards. The ball came from the right side over to Spikesley, whose shot Haddow did not clear away, and Goodall got up and scored. Goal and goal was now the order of things, but England at once tried to get the lead, and the forwards, backed up by the halves, kept the Scottish defence busy. However, the home forwards were soon set going again, and Lambie and M'Pherson were cheered for some pretty work on the left wing. This led up to several very sharp attacks on the English goal, but Gay defended splendidly, and the interval was reached with the figures still level—one goal all. The Scottish began the second period in a way that augured bad times for the visitors. Lambie, M'Mahon, Blessington, and Gulliland all got within shooting distance of the goal, but the English backs hung on to their men with great tenacity, while Gay stopped the shots that were made. Afterwards the Englishmen thrice visited the other end, but the backs and Haddow cleared. Runs and shots by Bassett and Lambie for the respective sides were noted and duly applauded. Midway through the second half Scotland took the lead, M'Mahon scoring. The spectators were in a great state of enthusiasm, and as the time ebbed rapidly away the excitement was unbounded. ach goal had some narrow escapes, but at last Reynolds, the English half, beat Haddow, and the score was two all. The end was near, and nothing else coming, the match was drawn.              Match Report The Times, Monday, 9 April 1894 The last few years have seen the reduction in some degree of the preponderance of Scottish victories in the record of this match, played for the 23rd time at Glasgow on Saturday ; but in the latest contest the result, after Scotland had narrowly missed winning, was a tie. In every respect it was a brilliant game, and an immense crowd, over 40,000 in number, followed it with enthusiastic interest. All the preparations made on the Celtic ground for the reception of a big company were needed, and before the game began the crowd surged into the enclosure without, however, encroaching on the field of play... ...Their passing was very accurate, and scarcely had the play settled down before Lambie scored. Supported by the well-judged placing of Holt and Reynolds, the English forwards attacked vigorously, and only a short time had elapsed when Goodall equalized amid loud applause... The home forwards passed splendidly, and within 20 minutes of the finish, the second goal was obtained for them... When the last five minutes began the lead was still with Scotland ; but they were not to win the match, for the English right wings received a pass from Holt and made a close attack. During this the ball was kicked back to Reynolds, who shot it through and made the result a tie of two goals each, " Time " being called soon after the score. The teams were well-matched, and the excellence of the contest seemed thoroughly appreciated by the company. Any advantage possessed by Scotland's forwards was balanced by the fine play of the English half-backs, especially Reynolds and Holt.

In Other News.... It was on 7 April 1894 that the United States Senate expressed concern that the Behring Sea Arbitration Bill read in the House of Commons, four days earlier, included a clause allowing fifty or sixty Canadian ships currently at sea, to continue killing seals in the open water, without punishment. The Act that followed banned the killing of seals in a sixty-mile zone around the Pribilof Islands, off the coast of Alaska, but was, ultimately, ineffective, due to the seals moving beyond the regulated area.    Domestic Football Results (7 April 1894)                                                Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England The Football League Division One:       Bolton Wanderers 0 West Bromwich Albion 3    Pikes Lane, Bolton (3,000) Geddes, Bostock (2) Wanderers started with John Sutcliffe and Davie Weir Albion were without Billy Bassett, but did have Joe Reader and Charlie Perry in their line-up   Burnley 3 Aston Villa 6    Turf Moor, Burnley (6,000) Turnbull, Buchanan, Place ~ Groves (2), Hodgetts (2), Devey (2) Villa were without Jack Reynolds, but did have Charlie Athersmith, Jack Devey and Dennis Hodgetts   Darwen 0 Sunderland 3    Barley Bank, Darwen (5,000) Gillespie, Hyslop (2)    Everton 6 Stoke 2    Goodison Park, Liverpool (10,000) McMillan, Latta (2), Hartley, Geary (2) ~ Schofield (2) Everton were without Johnny Holt and Edgar Chadwick, but did have Bob Howarth, Fred Geary and Alf Milward starting Stoke were without Tommy Clare, but did have Bill Rowley and Joe Schofield   Nottingham Forest 2 Newton Heath 0    Town Ground, Nottingham (5,000) Brodie (2)   Preston North End 3 Sheffield United 0    Deepdale, Preston (4,000) Beckton (2), Drummond Preston started with Bob Holmes United were without Needham Division One Table Team P ₧ Aston Villa 29 42 Sunderland 29 38 Derby County 29 34 Burnley 29 32 Nottingham Forest 29 32 Blackburn Rovers 29 32 West Bromwich Albion 30 32 Everton 29 31 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 31 Sheffield United 30 31 Stoke 29 29 Wednesday 30 26 Bolton Wanderers 28 22 Preston North End 29 21 Darwen 29 19 Newton Heath 29 14 Aston Villa clinched their first League Championship in style, by giving their hosts a lesson in ruthless finishing power.            The Football League Division Two:       Ardwick 1 Crewe Alexandra 2    Hyde Road, Ardwick (2,500) Spittle ~ J.Woolfe, Sandham   Burslem Port Vale 2 Liverpool 2    Athletic Ground, Stoke (5,009) Dean, Wood ~ McVean, McQueen   Burton Swifts 0 Grimsby Town 3    Peel Croft, Burton (2,000) Jones, Riddich, Rose   Lincoln City 0 Walsall Town Swifts 2    John O'Gaunt's, Lincoln (1,500) McWhinnie, Lofthouse The Swifts started with Joe Lofthouse   Northwich Victoria 2 Middlesbrough Ironopolis 1    Drill Field, Northwich (1,000) Bailey (2) ~ Coulthard   Small Heath 3 Notts County 0    Coventry Road, Birmingham (6,000) Hands (2), Walton Small Heath started with Chris Charsley County started with George Toone, Alf Shelton and Harry Daft started       Division Two Table Team P ₧ Liverpool 27 48 Small Heath 28 42 Notts County 28 39 Newcastle United 27 35 Grimsby Town 27 31 Burslem Port Vale 27 30 Burton Swifts 27 29 Woolwich Arsenal 27 28 Lincoln City 28 28 Walsall Town Swifts 27 21 Middlesbrough Ironopolis 27 20 Ardwick 27 18 Crewe Alexandra 27 17 Rotherham Town 26 13 Northwich Victoria 28 9 Crewe's victory at Ardwick (playing their last home game before becoming Manchester City) meant that the final re-election place would go to the last match and it was the Alex that managed to rise out of the danger zone, ahead of their rivals, who lost their last game at Walsall, the following week.              Source Notes

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