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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
1st |
Colours |
'the Englishmen wearing white'
jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers |
Captain |
Bob Holmes |
Selection |
The seven-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
P last of 3, W 2 - D 1 - L 0 - F 17 - A 2. |
P 22nd of 195, W 18 - D 3 - L 1 - F 95 - A
22. |
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team chosen at 61 Chancery Lane, London, on Wednesday, 20 February 1895. |
England
Lineup |
|
nine changes to the previous match
(Bassett & Goodall remain) |
league position (20th February) |
ave lge pos:
11th |
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Sutcliffe, John W. |
26 331 days |
12 April 1868 |
G |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL1 12th) |
2 |
0ᵍᵃ |
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Crabtree, James W. |
23 76 days |
23 December 1871 |
RB |
Burnley FC
(FL1 9th) |
2 |
0 |
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Holmes, Robert |
27 259 days |
23 June 1867 |
LB |
Preston North End FC
(FL1 5th) |
7 |
0 |
final app
1888-95 |
218 |
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Howell,
Rabbi |
27 148 days |
12 October 1867 |
RH |
Sheffield United FC
(FL1 7th) |
1 |
1 |
the fourth United player to represent
England |
219 |
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Crawshaw, Thomas H. |
22 71 days |
28 December 1872 |
CH |
Wednesday FC
(FL1 8th) |
1 |
0 |
the ninth Wednesday
player to represent England |
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Turner, James |
28 154 days |
6 October 1866 |
LH |
Stoke FC
(FL1 16th) |
2 |
0 |
the eighth Stoke player to represent
England |
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Bassett, William I. |
26 41 days |
27 January 1869 |
OR |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL1 13th) |
12 |
3 or
4 |
220 |
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Bloomer, Stephen |
21 48 days |
20 January 1874 |
IR |
Derby County FC
(FL1 15th) |
1 |
2 |
the 34th brace scored |
the fourth County player to represent
England |
|
Goodall,
John |
31 263 days |
19 June 1863 |
CF |
Derby County FC
(FL1 15th) |
10 |
10 or 11 |
the 36th brace scored |
221 |
|
Becton, Francis |
21 132 days |
28 October 1873 |
IL |
Preston North End FC
(FL1 5th) |
1 |
2 |
the 35th brace scored |
the sixth Northender to represent England |
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Schofield, Joseph A. |
24 67 days |
1 January 1871 |
OL |
Stoke FC
(FL1 16th) |
3 |
0 |
final app
1892-95 |
reserves: |
not known |
team changes: |
Both
Aston Villa FC's
(FL1 2nd)
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
(FL1 4th))
also withdrew
from the original line-up on the morning of the match because of illness, his place going to John Goodall. |
team notes: |
Jack Reynolds had already played five times for the Irish team,
scoring once (1890-91 (two appearances and one goal against England)).
For just the fourth time, the starting eleven are selected entirely
from Football League clubs. It is, however, the first time, that FL
clubs have provided the starting XI against the same country across
two seasons. As Derby County FC have been playing their home
matches at the County Cricket ground, also known as The Racecourse,
since 1884, then Bloomer and Goodall were playing on their home
ground. |
appearance notes: |
Billy Bassett
is the fifth player to have made twelve England appearances, whereas
John Goodall is the seventh player to have made ten. Bob Holmes is the
eighteenth player to make seven appearances.
Joe Schofield is the 67th player to have made three appearances and
now 122
players have
played for England more than once. Bassett is the first player
to make twelve appearances under the guidance of the ISC, whereas Goodall is the second player to make
ten and Holmes is the sixth to
make seven. |
records: |
England's unbeaten run has now reached a record sixteen matches, since
March 1890. Their 'Home' record is now seven victories in a row. |
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2-3-5 |
Sutcliffe - Crabtree, Holmes - Howell, Crawshaw, Turner
- Bassett, Bloomer, Goodall, Becton, Schofield. |
Averages: |
Age |
25
years 178 days |
Appearances/Goals |
3.8 |
1.0 |
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|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
6th |
Colours |
'and the Irish blue shirts' and white shorts |
Captain |
Bob Milne |
Selection |
Ireland Selection Committee |
P 1 of 5, D 0 - L 1 - F 0 - A 9. |
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team chosen on Monday, 18 February 1895 |
Ireland
Lineup |
|
Gordon, Thomas |
27 289 days |
24 May 1867 |
G |
Linfield FAC |
2 |
14ᵍᵃ |
|
the seventh own goal scored for England |
final app
1894-95 |
|
109 |
|
Gordon, Hugh |
21 296 days |
17 May 1873 |
RB |
Linfield FAC |
1 |
0 |
|
Torrans, Samuel |
26 33 days |
4 February 1869 |
LB |
Linfield FAC |
14 |
0 |
|
the sixth own goal scored for England |
|
|
110 |
|
McKee, Hiram Walton Harvey |
17 174 days |
16 September 1877 |
RH |
Cliftonville FAC |
1 |
0 |
|
Milne, Robert George |
24 159 days |
1 October 1870 in Inverarity,
Scotland |
CH |
Linfield FAC |
4 |
0 |
|
Burnette, John |
23 234 days |
18 July 1871 |
LH |
Glentoran FC |
4 |
0 |
111 |
|
Morrison, Thomas |
21 36 days |
1 February 1874 |
OR |
Glentoran FC |
1 |
0 |
|
Gaffikin, George John |
26 296 days |
17 May 1868 |
IR |
Linfield FAC |
14 |
4 |
|
Stanfield, Olphert Martin |
26 55 days |
26 February 1869 |
CF |
Distillery FC |
23 |
9 |
mst apps |
mst gls |
112 |
|
Sherrard, William |
22 260 days |
22 June 1872 |
IL |
Cliftonville FAC |
1 |
0 |
113 |
|
Jordan, Thomas Henry |
22 113 days |
16 November 1872 |
OL |
Linfield FAC |
1 |
0 |
reserves: |
not known |
team notes: |
Tommy and Hugh Gordon are brothers, as
is Willie, who featured in 1892. Willie 'Beg' Sherrard would die on 9 October 1895,
after taking ill with influenza. |
|
2-3-5 |
T.Gordon - H.Gordon, Torrans - McKie,
Burnette, Milne - Morrison, Gaffikin, Stanfield, Sherrard, Jordan |
Averages: |
Age |
23
years 239 days |
Appearances/Goals |
6.0 |
1.2 |
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Match Report
Birmingham Daily Gazette, Monday, 11 March
1895 |
The team which met Ireland at Derby can hardly be called
the strongest eleven which could be put in the field, but in some respects
it could scarcely be improved upon, and certainly it was quite powerful
enough to cope with the men who were sent to represent the Emerald Isle.
At almost the last moment Devey, of the Aston Villa, and Reynolds of the
same team, were said to be unfit to play, and Howell, of Sheffield
[United], and Becton, of Preston North End, were called upon to take their
places. On Saturday morning news was received that Haydock, of the
Blackburn Rovers, had been taken ill, and at the last moment John Goodall
was called upon to fill the position of centre forward, and Bloomer
partnered Bassett. Before the match commenced rain fell in torrents, but
this did not prevent a large crowd assembling on the ground. If only the
weather had been fine the gate would have been a splendid one; as it was
there must have been about 10,000 people present. The rain fell heavily
all the afternoon, but the spectators stuck to their posts. There was not
a great lot to gain by winning the toss, which Holmes did. The English
forwards opened in good style, but the halves opposed to them were not
very strong, though Burnett did exceedingly well. Pretty combination by
the Englishmen took them straight to the Irish goal, where a corner was
gained, and the ball was sent into the net. This early success brought
forth loud applause, but two minutes later, from a nice centre by Bassett,
Bloomer scored a second point, though T. Gordon might have saved had the
ball not been so slippery. Ireland played up much better after this, but
their right wing was rather weak, and did not give much help to Stanfield
and Sherrard, who were working well. Crabtree and Holmes, however, were
not to be beaten, and the attacks of the visitors were always repulsed.
Morrison went down the line, but the final shot was weak, and Sutcliffe
easily dealt with it. Bassett and Bloomer were doing grand work, but the
next danger came from a centre by Schofield. This was cleared, but Bassett
centring in fine style dropped the ball at the feet of Becton, who placed
a third goal to the credit of the Englishmen. The home men still kept up
the pressure, and every time the Irishmen broke away they were pulled up
by Holmes and Crabtree, and Sutcliffe played the part of a spectator.
Bassett and Bloomer put in some lovely runs, and at length the former sent
in a grand shot which resulted in a fourth goal to the Englishmen. A
minute later Howell sent in a beautiful shot, against which Gordon had no
chance, and the fifth goal was thus notched for the home team. Crawshaw
got hurt, but was soon at work again, and Bassett just sent over the bar
with a fine attempt. Then Bloomer missed, and half-time arrived with the
score:—England, 5; Ireland, 0. [After an
interval of 10 minutes play was resumed]
Notwithstanding
this good lead the Englishmen did not relax their efforts, but directly
after resuming the Irishmen did a great deal better. They obtained a
corner, but it was cleared, though by hard play on the part of Stanfield
they gained another corner. This also came to nothing, and then the
Englishmen once more started to attack. Crawshaw was winded, but he had chiefly himself to
blame, and from a corner Goodall shot out. Sutcliffe was called upon to
kick out from Sherrard, and gave a corner. After this the Englishmen again
had matters much their own way. The Irish goalkeeper did some very smart
work, keeping out several good shots, and Goodall missed a few nice
chances. A fine try by Bassett was successfully dealt with, and then
Goodall sent over from a grand centre by the Albion right-winger. Bloomer
scored the sixth goal, and then from Schofield Becton scored a seventh. A
long shot from Goodall was partly stopped by T. Gordon, but the ball was
so slippery the goalkeeper failed to hold it, and an eighth point was
gained. Then Bassett hit the crossbar after a fine run, and Goodall
meeting the ball as it rebounded into play he scored the ninth goal.
Towards the end the Irishmen did well, and had hard lines in not scoring,
Morrison and Sherrard doing some good work in the home goal.
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Match Report
The Times, Monday, 11 March 1895 |
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. |
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In Other News....
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. |
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Scotland defeated England, 6-3, at Richmond, to win the rugby union triple crown and their
third successive Calcutta Cup. |
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Domestic
Football Results (9 March 1895)
Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England |
The Football
League Division One:
Sheffield United 4 Sunderland 0
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
(8,000)
Docherty, Watson (2), Davies |
United were without Rabi Howell, but did start with Mick
Whitham and Ernest Needham |
Small Heath vs. Wednesday
Coventry Road, Birmingham
MATCH POSTPONED
- WATERLOGGED PITCH |
Wednesday would have been without Tom Crawshaw but
probably would have started with Fred Spiksley |
Stoke 1 West Bromwich Albion 2
Victoria Ground, Stoke
(3,000)
Hyslop~
Green, Hutchison
MATCH
ABANDONED AFTER 68 MINUTES
- WATERLOGGED PITCH |
Stoke were without Joe Schofield and Jimmy Turner, but did
have Tommy Clare starting. |
Albion were without Billy Bassett, however, Joe Reader and
Charlie Perry did start. |
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. |
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The Football
League Division Two:
Burton Wanderers 4 Burslem Port Vale 0
Derby Turn,
Burton
(1,000)
Rose
(2), Arthur Capes, Garfield |
Crewe Alexandra 2 Newcastle United 1
Alexandra
Recreation
Ground, Crewe
(2,000)
Barnett OG ~
Hedley |
Darwen 4 Rotherham Town 3
Barley
Bank, Darwen
(2,000)
Watson, Bailey, McKennie, McAvoy
~ nk, Coupar |
Rotherham had Tom Porteous in their starting line-up |
Grimsby Town 7 Burton Swifts 1
Abbey Park,
Grimsby
(2,000)
Eccleston, McCairns
(2), Rose, Frost, Fletcher (2)
~ Birch |
Manchester City 7 Notts County
1
Hyde Road, Ardwick
(7,000)
Rowan, Meredith, Finnerhan (2), McReddie, Sharples, Walker
(pen) ~ Bruce |
County started with George Toone and Alf Shelton |
Newton Heath 14 Walsall Town Swifts 0
Bank
Street, Manchester
(6,000)
Donaldson, Smith (6), Cassidy
(3), Peters, Clarke, nk |
Woolwich Arsenal 3 Leicester Fosse 3
Lyttelton
Ground, London
(3,000)
Mortimer, Sharpe, O'Brien
~ nk |
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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.
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