England Match No. 53 - Ireland - 9 March 1895

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52 vs. Scotland 53 54 vs. Wales	Saturday, 9 March 1895 Home International Championship 1894-95 (12th) Match England 9 Ireland 0 [5-0]		Match Summary England Party Ireland Party Team Records
		Derbyshire County Cricket Ground, Nottingham Road, Derby, Derbyshire Attendance: 10,000; Receipts: £295; Kick-off after 3.30pm GMT
		England - Sam Torrans (own goal from a corner 3), Steve Bloomer (4, 58), Frank Becton (15, 'Bloomer sent in a shot, striking the crossbar and Becton sent in a beauty from the rebound' 60), Billy Bassett ('grand side shot' (one report states that H.Gordon, in clearing.put the ball through his own goal) 30 [It was Ireland's 200th goal conceded]), Rab Howell ('from a corner kick' 36), Jack Goodall ('sent in a weak shot, which Gordon let through' 65, 'Bassett struck the crossbar, Goodall finishing the goal' 87)
Results 1891-1900		England won the toss, Ireland kicked-off.

Match Summary

Officials	England	Type	Ireland
Referee - James H. Robertson Dundee, Scotland Football Association Linesmen - John James Bentley, 34 (June 1860), Chapeltown, Bolton Wanderers FC & unknown		Goal Attempts
		Attempts on Target
		Hit Bar/Post
		Corner Kicks Won
		Offside Calls Against
The 1894 International Football Association Board meeting: Registration issues Close season rules		Fouls Conceded
		Possession

England Team

Rank:	No official ranking system established; ELO rating 1st	Colours:		White jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers
Capt:	Bob Holmes, third captaincy	Selectors:		The seven-man FA International Selection Committee, on Wednesday, 20 February 1895 at 61 Chancery Lane, London. 22nd match, W 18 - D 3 - L 1 - F 95 - A 20.
England Lineup
	Sutcliffe, John W.	26	12 April 1868	G	Bolton Wanderers FC	2	0 GA
	Crabtree, James W.	23	23 December 1871	RB	Burnley FC	2	0
	Holmes, Robert	27	23 June 1867	LB	Preston North End FC	7	0
	Howell, Raby	27	12 October 1867	RH	Sheffield United FC	1	1
	Crawshaw, Thomas H.	22	28 December 1872	CH	Wednesday FC	1	0
	Turner, James	28	6 October 1866	LH	Stoke FC	2	0
	Bassett, William I.	26	27 January 1869	OR	West Bromwich Albion FC	12	4 or 5
	Becton, Francis	21	28 October 1873	IR	Preston North End FC	1	2
	Bloomer, Stephen	21	20 January 1874	CF	Derby County FC	1	2
	Goodall, John	31	19 June 1863	IL	Derby County FC	10	10 or 11
	Schofield, Joseph A.	24	1 January 1871	OL	Stoke FC	3	0
reserves:		reserves not known
team notes:		Both Aston Villa FC's Jack Devey and Jack Reynolds were replaced the day before this match took place, Frank Becton and Rab Howell were their replacements. Jamie Haydock (Blackburn Rovers FC) also withdrew from the original line-up at some point, his place going to Jack Goodall. Jack Reynolds had already played five times for the Irish team, scoring once (1890-91 (two appearances and one goal against England)). England's unbeaten run has now reached a record sixteen matches, since March 1890. Their 'Home' record is now seven victories in a row.

2-3-5		Sutcliffe - Crabtree, Holmes - Howell, Crawshaw, Turner - Bassett, Becton, Bloomer, Goodall, Schofield.
Averages:		Age	25.2	Appearances/Goals		3.8	1.0

Ireland Team

Rank:		No official ranking system established; ELO rating 6th	Colours:		Probably blue jerseys and white shorts
Capt:		Bob Milne	Selectors:		Team chosen by Committee, on Monday, 18 February 1895;
Ireland Lineup
		Gordon, Thomas	27	24 May 1867	G	Linfield FAC	2	14 GA
		Gordon, Hugh	21	17 May 1873	RB	Linfield FAC	1	0
		Torrans, Samuel	25	27 October 1869	LB	Linfield FAC	14	0
	the sixth own goal scored for England

		McKee, Hiram W.H.	17 174 days	16 September 1877	RH	Cliftonville FAC	1	0
		Milne, Robert G.	24	1 October 1870 born in Inverarity, Scotland	CH	Linfield FAC	4	0
		Burnette, John	23	13 October 1871	LH	Glentoran FC	4	0
		Morrison, Thomas	21	1 February 1874	OR	Glentoran FC	1	0
		Gaffikin, George J.	26	17 May 1868	IR	Linfield FAC	14	4
		Stanfield, Olphert M.	26	26 February 1869	CF	Distillery FC	23	9
		Sherrard, William	22	22 June 1872	IL	Cliftonville FAC	1	0
		Jordan, Thomas H.	22	16 November 1872	OL	Linfield FAC	1	0
reserves:			reserves not known
team notes:			Tommy and Hugh Gordon were brothers, as was Willie (1892). Olphie Stanfield extends his tally as Ireland's record appearance holder. He is already their record goalscorer.

2-3-5			T.Gordon - H.Gordon, Torrans - McKie, Burnette, Milne - Morrison, Gaffikin, Stanfield, Sherrard, Jordan
Averages:			Age	23.1	Appearances/Goals		6.0	1.2

Match Report

The powerful professional team representative of England at Derby on Saturday gained a brilliant victory. Their football was well appreciated by a large crowd of people, which had assembled in spite of bad weather. Both forward and behind the superiority of the Englishmen was very marked. John Goodall, the international player, played particularly well, and was strongly supported by the wings. After a well-made corner the opening goal was kicked by Bloomer in the first few minutes ; the same player quickly added a second, and in less than a quarter of an hour a third came from Beckton. England still attacked strongly, and goals by Bassett and Howell enabled them to cross over with a lead of five. The character of the game did not subsequently vary, and a heavy score was run up. Goodall kicked two more goals and Beckton and Bloomer one each, the victory being with England by nine goals to none. - The Times - Monday 11th March, 1895
Ireland's William 'Beg' Sherrard would die on 9 October 1895, he took ill with influenza. He was only 23 years old. He would play in all three of Ireland's games in 1895, scoring their solitary goal in the Scotland defeat.

Football League

Football League Division One
9 March 1895

Team P Pts

Sunderland 26 39

Aston Villa 26 35

Everton 24 35

Sheffield United 28 30

Blackburn Rovers 26 28

Preston North End 26 28

Nottingham Forest 24 28

Burnley 23 26

The Wednesday 23 25

Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 22

Small Heath 25 20

Liverpool 25 19

West Bromwich Albion 25 19

Bolton Wanderers 25 18

Derby County 24 15

Stoke 24 13

Division One matches played on 9 March 1895:

SHEFFIELD UNITED 4-0 SUNDERLAND
Docherty, Watson 2, Davies
8,000 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

United were without Rab Howell, who scored for England against Ireland at Derby.

SMALL HEATH v. THE WEDNESDAY
MATCH POSTPONED - WATERLOGGED PITCH
(Coventry Road, Birmingham)

Wednesday would have been without Tommy Crawshaw, who was playing for England against Ireland at Derby.

STOKE 1-2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Hyslop (Green, Hutchison)
MATCH ABANDONED AFTER 70 MINUTES - WATERLOGGED PITCH
(victoria Ground, Stoke)

Stoke were without Schofield and Turner, who were playing for England against Ireland at Derby, as was West Brom's Billy Bassett, who scored.

Although Sunderland suffered their heaviest defeat of the season, and they lost the FA Cup semi-final to Aston Villa, the following week, they won all of their remaining league games to regain the Championship for the third time in four years.

Football League Division Two
9 March 1895

Team P Pts

Bury 24 41

Notts County 25 32

Darwen 23 31

Newton Heath 22 30

Grimsby Town 23 30

Leicester Fosse 24 27

Woolwich Arsenal 25 27

Burton Wanderers 23 25

Manchester City 23 24

Newcastle United 24 23

Burton Swifts 24 21

Rotherham Town 26 20

Lincoln City 23 16

Walsall Town Swifts 21 12

Burslem Port Vale 25 10

Crewe Alexandra 23 9

Division Two matches played on 9 March 1895:

BURTON WANDERERS 4-0 BURSLEM PORT VALE
Rose 2, Capes, Garfield
1,000 (Derby Turn, Burton)

CREWE ALEXANDRA 2-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Barnett, o.g. (Hedley)
2,000 (Alexandra Recreation Ground, Crewe)

DARWEN 4-3 ROTHERHAM TOWN
Watson, Bailey, McKennie, McAvoy (nk, Coupar)
2,000 (Barley Bank, Darwen)

GRIMSBY TOWN 7-1 BURTON SWIFTS
Eccleston, McCairns 2, Rose, Frost, Fletcher 2 (Birch)
2,000 (Abbey Park, Grimsby)

MANCHESTER CITY 7-1 NOTTS COUNTY
Rowan, Meredith, Finnerhan 2, McReddie, Sharples, Walker Pen. (Bruce)
7,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)

NEWTON HEATH 14-0 WALSALL TOWN SWIFTS
Donaldson, Smith 6, Cassidy 3, Peters, Clarkin, nk
(Bank Street, Manchester)

WOOLWICH ARSENAL 3-3 LEICESTER FOSSE
Mortimer, Sharpe, O'Brien (nk)
3,000 (Lyttelton Ground, London)

Notts County's hopes of catching Bury at the top of the Second Division were all but extinguished by a ruthless Manchester City, who included a twenty-year-old Welshman called Billy Meredith in their list of scorers. Incredibly, he played his last match for City in the FA Cup semi-final, 29 years later, before retiring at the age of 49! Newton Heath's incredible victory was declared void when Walsall's protest about the state of the pitch was upheld. They returned to Manchester, the following month, and promptly lost 9-0.

IN OTHER NEWS...

Scotland defeated England, 6-3, at Richmond, to win the rugby union triple crown and their third successive Calcutta Cup.
It was on 9 March 1895 that an inquest returned the verdict that 39-year-old, Frank Taylor, of Tooting had murdered his wife and six of his seven children by cutting their throats with a razor, two days earlier. He had then cut his own throat and died on the way to hospital. His eldest child, 15-year-old, Frank Junior, survived by fighting off his father's frenzied attack and then escaping from the house with blood pouring from a neck wound. Notes found in the house indicated that Frank Senior had been planning the murders for a few days after a period in which he had been struggling to find work to feed his family.

Source Notes

Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats/Alan Godden
Original Newspaper Reports
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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