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Monday, 26 March 1900
Home International Championship 1899-1900 (17th) Match


Wales
1 England 1 [0-1]
 
rescheduled from 19 February 1900

Cardiff Arms Park, Westgate Street, Temperance Town, Cardiff, Glamorgan
Kick-off (GMT): 4.00pm
Attendance: 20,000;
 
Wales kicked-off Gilbert Smith won the toss

England's 250th goal scored> [0-1] Geoff Wilson 4
'from a throw-in, Wilson cleverly hooked the ball into goal'
Football League Record
[1-1] Billy Meredith 55
 'racing down the wing, eluding Oakley and Spencer, and shooting close in, beating Robinson'
 
 
 

"MATCH SUMMARY" - Newspaper

Officials       

Wal es Team Records England
Referee
Thomas Robertson
36 (9 December 1863), Baldernock, Stirlingshire, Scotland FA
P 8th of 20 - W 6 - D 1 - L 1 - F 28 - A 7. played against England in 1890
 
Linesmen
Percy Alexander Timbs
34 (13 June 1865), St. Giles, London
Richard Thomas Gough
40 (April 1859), Oswestry, Welsh FA.
  

Wales Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th
Colours Green and white halved shirts and white shorts.
Captain Di Jones Selection Team selection chosen by Committee, following a series of trial matches, on Thursday, 15 March 1900.
P 3 of 3, W 1 - D 1 - L 1 - F 4 - A 6.
Wales Lineup
  Griffiths, Frederick John 26 13 September 1873 G Blackpool FC, England 2 6ᵍᵃ
final app 1900
  Jones, David 33
x days
11 February 1867 RB Manchester City FC, England 14 0
final app 1888-1900
Morris, Charles Richard 19 29 August 1880
in Oswestry, England
LB Chirk AAA FC 3 0
  Brookes, Samuel James 20 26 October 1879 RH Llandudno FC 2 0
final app 1900
  Morris, Robert Allen 25 February 1875
in Oswestry, England
CH Chirk AAA FC 2 0
  Harrison, William Clare 27 10 April 1872
in Portsmouth, England
LH Wrexham AFC 4 0
Meredith, William Henry 25 30 July 1874 OR Manchester City FC, England 12 6
  Davies, Joseph 30
2xdays
27 June 1869
in St. Martin's, England
IR Reading FC, England 11 0
final app 1889-1900
203   Morgan-Owen, Hugh 18 13 January 1882 CF Oxford University AFC, England 1 0
  Watkins, Alfred Ernest 19 26 June 1878 IL Aston Villa FC, England 4 0
  Parry, Thomas David 20 2 February 1880
in Oswestry, England
OL Oswestry United FC 3 2
reserves: not known
team notes: Hugh Morgan-Owen replaced Nottingham Forest's Grenville Morris as centre-forward, in the days leading up to the match. Forest had refused Morris permission to play, whereas they had allowed clubmate Alf Spouncer to play for England.
Charlie and Bobby Morris are brothers, born on the English side of the Welsh border.
Hugh Morgan-Owen's brother, Morgan, also played for Wales against England in 1898.
 
2-3-5 Griffiths -
Jones,
C.Morris -
Brooks,
R.Morris, Harrison -
Meredith, Davies, Morgan-Owen, Parry, Watkins
Averages: Age 24.4-6 Appearances/Goals 5.7 0.8

 

England Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st
Colours White jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers
Captain Gilbert Smith
eleventh, twelfth or 13th captaincy
Selection The seven-man FA International Selection Committee, on Monday, 19 March 1900, at The Albion Hotel in Manchester.
P 11 of 13, W 8 - D 1 - L 2 - F 40 - A 10. P 38th of 195, W 30 - D 5 - L 3 - F 153 - A 35.
England Lineup
  six changes to the previous match (Robinson, Oakley, Crabtree, Johnson & Smith remain) league position (19th March) ave lge pos: xth
  Robinson, John W. 28 22 April 1870 G Southampton FC 9 7ᵍᵃ
most gk apps 1900
  Spencer, Howard 24 23 August 1875 RB Aston Villa FC 3 0
  Oakley, William J. 26 27 April 1873 LB Corinthians FC 12 0
  Crabtree, James W. 28 23 December 1871 RH Aston Villa FC 11 0
252   Chadwick, Arthur 24
212 days
26 August 1875 CH Southampton FC 1 0
the third Southampton player to represent England
  Johnson, W. Harrison 24 4 January 1876 LH Sheffield United FC 2 0
  Athersmith Harper, W. Charles 27 10 May 1872 OR Aston Villa FC 11 3
253   Foster, Reginald E. 21
344 days
16 April 1878 IR Oxford University AFC, Old Malvernians AFC & Corinthians FC 1 0
the 59th/sixtieth Corinthian to represent England
  Smith, Gilbert O. 27 25 November 1872 CF Old Carthusians AFC & Corinthians FC 18 11
254 Wilson, Geoffrey P. 22
33 days
21 February 1878 IL Corinthians FC 1 1
the 59th/sixtieth Corinthian to represent England
255   Spouncer, W. Alfred 22
268 days
1 July 1877 OL Nottingham Forest FC 1 0
the thirteenth Forester to represent England only app 1900
reserves: not known
team notes:
 
2-3-5 Robinson -
Spencer, Oakley -
Crabtree, Chadwick, Johnson -
Athersmith, Foster, Smith, Wilson, Spouncer
Averages: Age 24.8 Appearances/Goals 6.4 1.3

 

    Match Report
The Welshmen played very resolute football at Cardiff yesterday in their annual match with England, and they had the satisfaction of drawing the game with their formidable antagonists. They could claim nothing like the neatness which characterized the work of G. O. Smith, G. P. Wilson, R. E. Foster, and Athersmith, but they made up in determination and dash for any shortcomings in their forward play, and from start to finish defended very stoutly. To some extent they were lucky to escape defeat, for their goal had a number of narrow escapes, and as they had a point scored against them in less than five minutes after the kick-off they did extremely well to equalize. England's score was gained by Wilson, who, getting the ball from a throw in, put it into the net with a clever side kick... ...Within ten minutes, however, Morgan Owen passed out to Meredith, who raced away, and after beating both Oakley and Spencer, equalized for Wales with a shot which Robinson had no chance of stopping... Although rather wintry with snow showers and sunshine alternating, the weather was not unfavourable, and about 6,000 people assembled at Cardiff-arms-park to witness the match. - The Times - Tuesday 27th March, 1900

Source Notes

Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports 
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
Everton FC Heritage Society

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