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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
Scotland |
Type |
England |
Referee -
James Torrans
Ireland
Linesmen -
not known
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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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Lord Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, the former Prime Minister
(1894-95), was an attendee, with his two sons, Albert Edward Harry Meyer and
Neil James. In his honour, Scotland wore primrose yellow and
pink, Rosebery´s racing colours.
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"ACCIDENTS AT THE INTERNATIONAL
In the surging crowd at Celtic Park, Glasgow,
previous to the start of the international football match, Robert Ferguson,
a clerk, residing at 10 Elder Park, Govan, had his leg broken, and Kenneth
Miller, 64 Fernie Street, Maryhill, received a severe lacerated wound on the
thigh. Both were removed to the Infirmary. Several police received
cuts from stones thrown by spectators." |
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Scotland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
2nd |
Colours: |
"Celtic Park furnished a great display of Lord Rosebery's racing
colours, which the Scottish eleven also wore as a mark of their appreciation
of his visit..." |
Capt: |
John Robertson |
Selectors: |
The Scottish Football Association
Selection Committee, of seven members, chosen, following the
inter-league match, on Saturday, 30 March 1900. |
Scotland
Lineup |
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Rennie, Henry G. |
26 |
1 June 1873 |
G |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
2 |
1
GA |
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Smith, Nicol |
26 |
25 December 1873 |
RB |
Rangers FC |
8 |
0 |
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Drummond, John |
29 |
13 April 1870 |
LB |
Rangers FC |
9 |
0 |
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Gibson, Neil |
27 |
23 February 1873 |
RH |
Rangers FC |
12 |
1 |
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Raisbeck, Alexander G. |
21 |
26 December 1878 |
CH |
Liverpool FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Robertson, John T. |
23 |
25 February 1877 |
LH |
Rangers FC |
4 |
0 |
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Bell, John |
30 |
6 October 1869 |
OR |
The Celtic FC |
10 |
5 |
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Walker, Robert |
21 |
10 January 1879 |
IR |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
2 |
0 |
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McColl, Robert S. |
23 |
13 April 1876 |
CF |
Queen's Park FC |
9 |
13 |
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Campbell, John |
28/29 |
1871 |
IL |
The Celtic FC |
6 |
1 |
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Smith, Alexander |
23 |
7 November 1876 |
OL |
Rangers FC |
4 |
3 |
reserves: |
reserves not known |
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2-3-5 |
Rennie - N.Smith, Drummond - Gibson,
Raisbeck, Robertson - Bell, Walker, McColl, Campbell, A.Smith. |
Averages: |
Age |
25.2 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.1 |
1.7 |
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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
1st |
Colours: |
"...with
the Englishmen in white." |
Capt: |
Gilbert
Smith, twelfth, 13th or 14th captaincy |
Selectors: |
The seven-man
FA
International Selection Committee, on Saturday, 30 March 1900, following the inter-league match
at The Crystal Palace. 39th match, W 30 -
D 5 - L 4 - F 155 - A 37. |
England
Lineup |
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Robinson, John W. |
28 |
22 April 1870 |
G |
Southampton FC |
10 |
11
GA |
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Oakley, William J. |
26 |
27 April 1873 |
RB |
Corinthians FC |
13 |
0 |
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Crabtree, James W. |
28 |
23 December 1871 |
LB |
Aston Villa FC |
12 |
0 |
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Johnson, W. Harrison |
24 |
4 January 1876 |
RH |
Sheffield United FC |
3 |
0 |
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Chadwick, Arthur |
24 |
26 August 1875 |
CH |
Southampton FC |
2 |
0 |
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Needham, Ernest |
27 |
21 January 1873 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC |
12 |
2 |
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Athersmith
Harper, W.
Charles |
27 |
10 May
1872 |
OR |
Aston Villa FC |
12 |
3 |
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Bloomer, Stephen |
26 |
20 January 1874 |
IR |
Derby County FC |
12 |
20 |
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Smith, Gilbert O. |
27 |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Old
Carthusians AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
19 |
11 |
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Wilson, Geoffrey P. |
22 |
21 February 1878 |
IL |
Corinthians FC |
2 |
1 |
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Plant, John J. |
29 |
23 March 1871 |
OL |
Bury FC |
1 |
0 |
reserves: |
reserves not known |
team notes: |
After about ten minutes play, with England already two goals down,
Oakley and Robinson collided, with the Corinthian being worse off.
Although he resumed play, he did so with an injury. Gilbert Smith
equals Norman Bailey's record tally of England appearances, in this, the most
experienced and oldest England team thus far.
Steve Bloomer extends his tally as
England's record goalscorer. |
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2-3-5 |
Robinson - Oakley, Crabtree - Johnson, Chadwick, Needham
- Athersmith, Bloomer, Smith, Wilson, Plant |
Averages: |
Age |
26.2 |
Appearances/Goals |
8.9 |
3.3 |
England teams
v. Scotland: |
1899: |
Robinson |
Thickitt |
Crabtree |
F.Forman |
Howell |
Needham |
Athersmith |
Bloomer |
Smith |
Settle |
F.R.Forman |
1900: |
Robinson |
Oakley |
Crabtree |
Johnson |
Chadwick |
Needham |
Athersmith |
Bloomer |
Smith |
Wilson |
Plant |
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Match Report |
For the first time for 17 years
Scotland gained, at Celtic Park, Glasgow, on Saturday, a really decisive
victory over England in the big international match of the Association
season. Within this period the Scotchmen have been able to claim several
successes, but the margin in their favour had never until Saturday
exceeded a single goal. In the 29th game, however, the Scottish players
exhibited superiority at all points, except in the matter of
goalkeeping, and won in the end by four goals to one. An immense crowd,
estimated at between 60,000 and 65,000 people, assembled to witness the
struggle, which, except for a slight breeze blowing across the ground,
took place under most favourable conditions. Amongst those present was
Lord Rosebery, an old patron of the Scottish Football Association, and
as a compliment to him the pavilion was adorned with his racing colours,
while the Scottish players abandoned the customary dark blue for the
primrose and pink. His lordship on arriving at the ground met with an
enthusiastic reception from the spectators, and at the finish--when
Scotland had won so triumphantly--had to yield to the demand for a
speech...
In less than a minute after the
kick off a centre by A. Smith was smartly seized upon by McColl, who
with a hard right foot kick sent the ball between the posts at a
tremendous pace, Robinson being quite unable to get near it. This first
score by Scotland was followed five minutes later by another goal from
Bell, but in the second instance the work which led up to a point being
recorded against England was unfortunately associated with a somewhat
serious accident to Oakley. Walker dribbled down cleverly, and, the
English back looking in danger of being beaten, Robinson rushed out to
clear. In a kind of scrimmage which ensued both Robinson and Oakley
fell, and Bell, being at hand, had no one to prevent him from putting
the ball between the posts. Oakley did not rise, and it first it was
feared he had sustained an injury which would prevent him from taking
further part in the game. Matters were not quite so bad as that, for in
a few minutes he resumed, but he was obviously quite dazed, and in the
evening the doctor, finding him suffering from slight concussion of the
brain, forbade him travelling back to England that night...
...within half an hour he was
beaten for the third time. This goal was the result primarily of some
neat work between A. Smith and Campbell, but the chief credit belonged
to McColl, whose shot--a stinging one sent in from some considerable
distance--whizzed past Robinson at a pace which no one could have
stopped. A minute or two later came England's one success, Athersmith
running down and, getting rather the better of Drummond and Bloomer,
putting the ball between the posts...
...within a minute or two of
half-time Bell came away, and, easily eluding Oakley, sent in a fine
centre to McColl, who neatly kicked through, out of Robinson's reach...
Of the 29 matches now played
between the two countries, Scotland have won 14, England nine, and six
have been drawn.
- The Times - Monday 9th
April, 1900
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Football League |
Football League Division One
7 April 1900 |
Team |
P
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Pts |
Aston Villa |
32 |
47 |
Sheffield
United |
30 |
44 |
Sunderland |
30 |
35 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
29 |
35 |
Derby County |
30 |
32 |
Nottingham Forest |
28 |
31 |
Newcastle
United |
29 |
30 |
Bury |
28 |
30 |
Stoke |
30 |
28 |
Manchester
City |
28 |
27 |
Notts County |
30 |
26 |
Everton |
30 |
26 |
West Bromwich Albion |
30 |
26 |
Liverpool |
30 |
25 |
Blackburn Rovers |
28 |
25 |
Burnley |
30 |
25 |
Preston North End |
29 |
22 |
Glossop |
29 |
16 |
Division One
matches played on
7 April 1900:
ASTON VILLA
3-1 PRESTON NORTH END
Garraty 2, Templeton (Henderson)
18,000 (Villa Park,
Birmingham)
Villa
were without Athersmith and Crabtree, who were playing for England
in Glasgow.
BLACKBURN ROVERS 2-1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Dewhurst, Blackburn (Pheasant)
4,000 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)
BURY 1-0 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
McLuckie
4,152 (Gigg Lane, Bury)
Bury were without John Plant, who was making his
only England appearance, in Glasgow.
DERBY COUNTY 2-1 EVERTON
Stewart, Shanks (Sharp)
4,000 (Baseball Ground, Derby)
Derby were without Steve Bloomer, who scored for
England in Glasgow.
LIVERPOOL 0-1 BURNLEY
(Hartley)
10,000 (Anfield,
Liverpool)
Liverpool were without Alex Raisbeck, who was
making his Scotland debut against England in Glasgow.
MANCHESTER CITY
1-0 STOKE
F.Williams pen.
15,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)
NEWCASTLE UNITED 3-1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
D.Gardner, Peddie, McFarlane (Calvey)
16,000 (St. James' Park, Newcastle)
NOTTS COUNTY 3-1 SUNDERLAND
McConnachie, McMain 2 (Leslie)
6,000 (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)
SHEFFIELD UNITED
4-0 GLOSSOP
Brown 2, Bennett, Barnes
5,000 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)
Sheffield United were without Johnson and
Needham, who were playing for England in Glasgow.
Villa were closing in on retaining their title,
their fifth in seven years, though Sheffield United could still pip them
by winning their games in hand. The Blades only won one more game,
however, and then ran out of fixtures and were unable to catch the most
successful club of the Victorian era.
Football League Division Two
7 April 1900 |
Team |
P
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Pts |
The Wednesday |
29 |
45 |
Bolton Wanderers |
28 |
42 |
Small
Heath |
30 |
41 |
Leicester
Fosse |
28 |
39 |
Newton Heath |
29 |
37 |
Grimsby Town |
28 |
33 |
Chesterfield Town |
29 |
33 |
Woolwich Arsenal |
29 |
32 |
Burslem Port Vale |
31 |
32 |
Lincoln City |
28 |
30 |
Walsall |
28 |
28 |
New Brighton Tower |
29 |
26 |
Middlesbrough |
31 |
21 |
Barnsley |
28 |
20 |
Gainsborough Trinity |
28 |
19 |
Burton Swifts |
29 |
19 |
Luton Town |
30 |
17 |
Loughborough |
28 |
6 |
Division Two matches played on
7 April 1900:
BARNSLEY 1-1 SMALL HEATH
Jones (Leake)
2,000 (Oakwell, Barnsley)
BURSLEM PORT VALE 1-0 NEWTON HEATH
Boullemier
3,000 (Athletic Ground, Stoke)
CHESTERFIELD TOWN 3-1 GAINSBOROUGH
TRINITY
Gooing 2, Geary (Bamford)
1,000 (Recreation Ground, Chesterfield)
GRIMSBY TOWN 6-0 BURTON SWIFTS
Cockshutt, Jenkinson, Kirkland o.g., Richards 3
2,000 (Blundell Park, Cleethorpes)
LEICESTER FOSSE 2-0 LINCOLN CITY
Mercer, King
4,000 (Filbert Street, Leicester)
LUTON TOWN 0-1 THE WEDNESDAY
(Langley)
1,000 (Dunstable Road, Leicester)
MIDDLESBROUGH 0-3 BOLTON WANDERERS
(Morgan, Bell, Hanson)
8,000 (Linthorpe Road,
Middlesbrough)
WALSALL 1-0 LOUGHBOROUGH
Connor
2,000 (Hilary Street,
Walsall)
WOOLWICH ARSENAL 5-0 NEW BRIGHTON
TOWER
Main, Anderson pen., Gaudie 2, Logan
2,000 (Manor Ground, London)
A week later, Wednesday made it a happy Easter with two wins in two days
to secure their promotion straight back to the First Division. Bolton
would follow them, the following week.
IN OTHER NEWS...
It was on 7 April
1900 that Jean-Baptiste Sipido, a 15-year-old Belgian was charged with
the attempted assassination of Edward, Prince of Wales and heir apparent
to the British throne, by firing at him through the window of his
stationary train. The boy was blaming the Prince for the slaughter of
thousands of Boers in South Africa, but he was released following a
trial, because of his age.
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Source Notes |
England Football Factbook: Cris Freddi
Scottish Football Association Scotland - The Complete International
Record: Richard Keir
London Hearts
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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