 England
Football Online |
| |
Page Last Updated
14 November 2013 |
Éireann |
|
|
61 vs.
Scotland
62
63 vs. Wales |
Saturday,
5 March
1898
Home International Championship 1897-98
(15th)
Match
Ireland
2
England 3
[1-2]
|
.jpg) |
|
 |
Solitude Ground,
Cliftonville, Belfast
-
Attendance: 12,000
Kick-off
3.30pm GMT |
|
 |
Ireland - Jim Pyper ('after
an Oakley mis-kick' 15),
Joe
McAllen ('a magnificent shot' late)
England - Tom Morren (' a
fine oblique side-shot' 37),
Gilbert Smith ([England's 100th goal against Ireland] 40), Charlie Athersmith ('
a good dropping shot' 50)
The Sketch
and Morning Post both state that Charlie Richards scored
England's first goal, Athersmith the second and Morren the third.
The Dundee Courier states that Athersmith scored the first
two and Morren the third. |
Match
Summary
Ireland Squad
England Squad
Team Records |
|
Results 1891-1900 |
 |
England won the toss,
Ireland
kicked-off. |
|
|
|
|
Match
Summary |
| |
|
Officials |
Ireland |
Type |
England |
 Referee -
Thomas Robertson
33 (1 December
1864),
Torrance, Stirlingshire,
Scotland Football Association
Linesmen - not known |
|
Goal Attempts |
|
|
|
Attempts on Target |
|
|
|
Hit Bar/Post |
|
|
|
Corner Kicks Won |
|
|
|
Offside Calls Against |
|
|
|
Fouls Conceded |
|
|
|
Possession |
|
|
|
 Ireland
Team |
| |
|
Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
6th |
Colours: |
Blue jerseys and white shorts |
|
Capt: |
Bob Milne |
Selectors: |
Team chosen by Committee; |
|
Ireland
Lineup |
|
|
Scott, Thomas M. |
24 |
9 August 1873 |
G |
Cliftonville FC |
11 |
32
GA |
|
|
Gibson, William K. |
21 |
1 October 1876
born in Glasgow,
Scotland |
RB |
Cliftonville FC |
7 |
1 |
|
|
Torrans, Samuel |
28 |
27 October 1869 |
LB |
Linfield FC |
21 |
0 |
|
|
Anderson, William J.S. |
21 |
14 February 1877 |
RH |
Linfield FC |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Milne, Robert G. |
27 |
1 October 1870
born in Inverarity,
Scotland |
CH |
Linfield FC |
12 |
1 |
|
|
Cochrane, Michael |
23/24 |
circa 1874/75 |
LH |
Distillery FC |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Campbell, James |
22 |
5 September 1875 |
OR |
Cliftonville FC |
5 |
0 |
|
|
Mercer, John Thomas |
20 |
27 March 1877 |
IR |
Distillery FC |
2 |
0 |
 |
Pyper, James |
21 |
18 April 1876 |
CF |
Cliftonville FC |
4 |
2 |
|
|
Peden, John |
34 |
12 July 1863 |
IL |
Distillery FC |
21 |
7 |
|
|
McAllen, Joseph C. |
23 |
11 March 1874 |
OL |
Linfield FC |
1 |
1 |
|
reserves: |
reserves not known |
|
team notes: |
All newspaper reports before the match stating the Ireland team all
print that Campbell is a Distillery player. But James Campbell was a
Cliftonville player all his career. |
|
|
|
|
2-3-5 |
Scott -
Gibson, Torrans -
Anderson, Milne, Cochrane -
Mercer, Campbell, Pyper, Peden, McAllen |
|
Averages: |
Age |
24.0 |
Appearances/Goals |
8.0 |
0.9 |
|
|
|
|
flg.jpg) England
Team |
| |
|
Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
1st |
Colours: |
White jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers |
|
Capt: |
Gilbert
Smith, fifth, possibly sixth captaincy |
Selectors: |
The seven-man FA
International Selection Committee, following a trial match, on
Monday, 14 February 1898.
31st match, W 24 -
D 4 - L 3 - F 126 - A 28. |
|
England
Lineup |
|
|
Robinson, John W. |
27 |
22 April 1870 |
G |
New Brighton Tower FC |
3 |
4 GA |
|
|
Oakley, William J. |
24 |
27 April 1873 |
RB |
Oxford University FC & Corinthians FC |
8 |
0 |
|
|
Williams,
William |
22 |
20 January 1876 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Forman, Frank |
22 |
23 May 1875 |
RH |
Nottingham Forest FC |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Morren, Thomas |
27 |
27 March 1871 |
CH |
Sheffield United FC |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Turner, James A. |
31/32 |
1866 |
LH |
Derby County FC |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Athersmith
Harper, W.
Charles |
25 |
10 May
1872 |
OR |
Aston Villa FC |
5 |
2 |
|
|
Richards, Charles H. |
22 |
9 August 1875 |
IR |
Nottingham Forest FC |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Smith, Gilbert O. |
25 |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Oxford University FC, Old
Carthusians FC
& Corinthians FC |
11 |
5 |
|
|
Garfield, Benjamin |
25 |
4 April 1871 |
IL |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Wheldon, G. Frederick |
28 |
1 November 1869 |
OR |
Aston Villa FC |
2 |
3 |
|
reserves: |
reserves not known |
|
team notes: |
Frank Forman was injured and left the field, but returned after ten
minutes. |
|
|
|
|
2-3-5 |
Robinson -
Oakley, Williams -
Forman, Morren, Turner -
Athersmith, Richards, Smith, Garfield, Wheldon. |
|
Averages: |
Age |
25.3 |
Appearances/Goals |
3.5 |
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
Match Report |
|
|
Source Notes
|
Michael Cochrane's year of birth is
deliberated from his death, he was 37 years old when he died in April
1912, giving him a birth year of 1874/75. But there is no entry in the
Irish Civil Registration to specify a date. (possibly 20 October 1877).
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Original Newspaper
Reports
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
____________________
CG
|