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56 vs. Ireland
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58 vs. Scotland |
Monday,
16 March 1896
Home International Championship 1895-96
(13th)
Match
Wales 1
England 9
[0-5]
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Match
Summary
Wales Squad
England Squad
Team Records |
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Cardiff Arms Park,
Westgate Street, Temperance Town, Cardiff, Glamorgan
Attendance: 10,000;
Kick-off 4.00pm
GMT |
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England -
Gilbert Smith ('got
possession from a scrimmage and with a low swift shot' 15, 'kicking another
low, swift shot' 43), Steve Bloomer ('taking
the ball on the rebound' 25, 'Sandiland's dashed away and a beautiful centre
for Bloomer' 40, 'with a perfect daisy-cutter' 60, 'finished with a
successful shot' 83, 'kicked the ninth' 89),
Billy Bassett
('scored after a determined attack, through Jones' legs' 33), Jack Goodall
('with a swift shot' 80);
Wales - Tom Chapman
('from a Parry free-kick, back-heeled the ball into the
net' 65) |
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Results 1891-1900 |
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England won the toss, Wales
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
Wa |
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Type |
England |
Referee -
Thomas Robertson
31 (1 December
1864)
Torrance, Stirlingshire, Scotland Football
Association
Linesmen - George Stuart Sherrington, 35 (20 August 1861 in Islington), Suffolk Football
Association, England & Thomas Edward Edwards,
Wales
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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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 Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th |
Colours: |
"..the Welshmen playing in blue and red shirts" |
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Capt: |
Charlie Parry |
Selectors: |
Team
selection chosen by Committee, following a series of trial matches. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Jones, Samuel |
25/26 |
1870 |
G |
Wrexham AFC & Burton Swifts FC, England |
5 |
23 GA |
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Parry, Charles F. |
26 |
early 1870 |
RB |
Newtown FC |
8 |
1 |
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Arridge, Smart |
23 |
21 June 1872
born
in Sunderland |
LB |
Bangor FC & Everton FC, England |
5 |
0 |
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Rogers, Joseph P. |
27/28 |
1868 |
RH |
Wrexham AFC |
2 |
0 |
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Chapman, Thomas |
25 |
early 1871 |
CH |
Newtown FC & Manchester City FC, England |
6 |
2 |
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Jones, John L. |
29/30 |
early 1866 |
LH |
Ruddlan FC & Sheffield United FC, England |
5 |
0 |
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Meredith, William H. |
21 |
30 July 1874 |
OR |
Chirk AAA FC & Manchester City FC, England |
4 |
2 |
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Davies, Joseph |
29 |
summer 1866 |
IR |
Chirk AAA FC & Manchester City FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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Morris, A.
Grenville |
18 |
13 April 1877 |
CF |
Aberystwyth FC |
2 |
1 |
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Lewis,
William |
31/32 |
1864 |
IL |
Bangor FC & Chester FC, England |
23 |
8 |
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Morris, Hugh |
22/23 |
early 1872 |
OL |
Chirk AAA FC & Manchester City FC, England |
2 |
2 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
Smart
Arridge was a very late replacement for David Jones (Bolton Wanderers
FC). Jones was unable to take his place after not recovering from a
back injury sustained a week earlier in a league match. |
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2-3-5 |
S.Jones -
Parry, Arridge
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Rogers, Chapman, J.Jones -
Meredith, Davies, A.G.Morris, Lewis,
H.Morris. |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.1-5 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.0 |
1.4 |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
1st |
Colours: |
"...and the Englishmen in white." |
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Capt: |
not known, but possibly Gilbert Smith |
Selectors: |
The seven-man FA
International Selection Committee, on
Saturday evening, 7 March 1896 in Cliftonville, Belfast, following the
Ireland match.
26th match, W 21 - D 4 - L 1 - F
110 - A 22. |
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England
Lineup |
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Raikes, George B. |
22 |
14 March 1873 |
G |
Oxford University AFC &
Corinthians FC |
3 |
2 GA |
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Crabtree, James W. |
24 |
23 December 1871 |
RB |
Aston Villa FC |
5 |
0 |
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Oakley, William J. |
22 |
27 April 1873 |
LB |
Oxford University AFC &
Corinthians FC |
3 |
0 |
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Henfrey, Arthur G. |
28 |
19 December 1867 |
RH |
Corinthians FC |
4 |
2 |
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Crawshaw, Thomas H. |
23 |
28 December 1872 |
CH |
Wednesday FC |
3 |
0 |
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Kinsey, George |
29 |
20 June 1866 |
LH |
Derby County FC |
4 |
0 |
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Bassett, William I. |
27 |
27 January 1869 |
OR |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
15 |
5 or
6 |
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Bloomer, Stephen |
22 |
20 January 1874 |
IR |
Derby County FC |
4 |
9 |
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Smith, Gilbert O. |
23 |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Oxford University AFC,
Old Carthusians AFC &
Corinthians FC |
6 |
4 |
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Goodall,
John |
32 |
19 June 1863 |
IL |
Derby County FC |
12 |
11 or 12 |
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Sandilands, Rupert R. |
27 |
7 August 1868 |
OL |
Old Westminsters AFC &
Corinthians FC |
5 |
3 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
'Just before the match commenced it was an open question whether
Crawshaw would play, as he had received a wire from home conveying the
sad news of the death of his youngest child.' -
Wrexham Advertiser, 21 March 1896.
Jack Goodall becomes England's oldest
goalscorer, aged 32 years and 271 days. |
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2-3-5 |
Raikes -
Crabtree, Oakley -
Henfrey, Crawshaw, Kinsey -
Bassett, Bloomer, Smith, Goodall, Sandilands. |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.4 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.8 |
2.4 |
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Match Report |
The Welsh eleven were completely
outclassed at Cardiff yesterday, and England beat them by nine goals to
one. This is the severest defeat Wales have experienced in the 18 years
of the match ; but the heavy score in no way exaggerated the greater
merits of the Englishmen. The forwards were a splendid lot, and combined
brilliantly, and were well-supported by the judicious manner in which
the halves placed the ball for them...
At an early period of the game
the better football of the Englishmen made itself felt, and after G. O.
Smith had opened the scoring, the visitors began to build up a heavy
record. Bassett, Goodall, and G. O. Smith were brilliant in their game
near goal, and were mostly responsible for the increase of the English
score to five goals to none before half time. England had to face the
wind in the second period, but their skill always prevailed ; and they
obtained four more goals to one by Wales, so that in the end England won
by none goals to one.
This was England's 14th win to
two by Wales, while two matches have been drawn. The goal aggregate is
64 to 18. - The
Times - Tuesday 17th March, 1896
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Source Notes |
The venue of Cardiff Arms Park was
chosen when the Welsh Selection Committee chose their team to face Ireland
on Wednseday, 19 February 1896.
Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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