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Saturday,
7 April 1900
Home International Championship 1899-1900
(17th) Match
Scotland 4
England 1
[4-1]
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'Celtic Park was chosen ahead of Ibrox, by 20 votes to
3.' |
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Celtic Park, Janefield Street, Parkhead, Glasgow,
Lanarkshire
Kick-off (GMT):
'3.30
P.M.'
Attendance: 'before about
50,000'; 'fully 50,000 spectators'; 'fully 60,000'; 'numbering 60,000'; '65,000 people present'; 'nearly 70,000;
Receipts
'gross will amount to
about £4200'; '£4387 9s. 6d.'; |
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. |
"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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England's fourth visit to Parkhead; fifteenth visit to Glasgow, to Lanarkshire and to Scotland |
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Bob McColl
kicked-off |
Gilbert Smith won the toss |
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[1-0] Bob McColl
1 0:40-45
'45 seconds' 'from
a throw-in, the ball was turned over to McColl, who easily beat his
defenders and scored with a wonderful shot'; 'a hard low shot out of Robinson's reach.';
'[Wilson] made a bad mistake in letting in McColl.'
[1-0] a Johnnie Campbell long strike grazes the post
[2-0]
Jack Bell 6
'got the ball and dribbled it through.';
'Walker worked through, and Robinson running out, Bell dashed in,
and easily put the ball into the net.' ; 'Robinson ran out and
hesitated, gave Bell an opening.'
[2-0] a Jack Bell strike hits the post
[3-0] Bob McColl 30
'Smith and Campbell got
through to make an opening for McColl'; 'with a strong shot.'
[4-1] Bob McColl 44
HAT-TRICK
'a fine piece of combination by the forwards ended in a McColl goal.';
'receiving the ball from Bell.' |
'Oakley was damaged
[by a Robinson collision, that included Walker], and
the game was stopped for five minutes'; 'took him ten
minutes before he recovered sufficiently.' |
[3-1]
Steve Bloomer 35 'Athersmith's pass, Bloomer's
faultless shot'; 'Athersmith dribbled down and Drummond only
half clearing, Bloomer rushed up and scored. Rennie having no
chance.'; 'took the ball clean off his captain's toe'
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"After an interval of ten minutes the game was resumed." |
[4-1] a Bob McColl strike hits the post late on |
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ninth ever scoreless second half - twelfth ever scoreless half |
"the weather, if not very bright, was fine" |
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"A
BAD DAY FOR ENGLAND"
The Athletic News |
Officials |
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Team Records |
England |
Referee
James Torrans
34/35 (1865), Belfast,
Irish FA |
STATISTICS according to The Scottish Refereex
first half
0...corners...3
7...goal kicks...6
7...shies...8
2...free kicks...6 |
second half
7...corners...3
5...goal kicks...14
10...shies...14
1...free kicks...9 |
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Linesmen |
Percy
Alexander Timbs 34 (13 June 1865), St. Giles, London
(Middlesex FA) |
John H. McLaughlin
Scotland (SFA
President) |
"Considerable damage has
been done by a section of the crowd. Some 50 wooden supports
have been broken, and the iron railing has been badly
smashed." |
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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..."; "Selector Hay has secured permission from Lord
Rosebery to wear his colours on the Scotch team at Parkhead."; "the
Scotchmen, in their primrose and pink hoops." |
Captain |
Jacky Robertson |
Selection |
The Scottish Football Association
Selection Committee, of seven members
"took five minutes to pick..." |
P first of 5, W 1 - D 0 - L 0 F 4 - A 1. |
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team chosen at The Crystal Palace, London, on Saturday, 30 March 1900, following the inter-league match. |
Scotland
Lineup |
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Rennie, Henry George |
26 310 days |
1 June 1873 |
G |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
2 |
1ᵍᵃ |
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Smith, Nicol |
26 103 days |
25 December 1873 |
RB |
Rangers FC |
8 |
0 |
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Drummond, John |
29 359 days |
13 April 1870 |
LB |
Rangers FC |
9 |
0 |
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Gibson, Neil |
27 43 days |
23 February 1873 |
RH |
Rangers FC |
12 |
1 |
304 |
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Raisbeck, Alexander Galloway |
21 102 days |
26 December 1878 |
CH |
Liverpool FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Robertson, John Tait |
23 41 days |
25 February 1877 |
LH |
Rangers FC |
4 |
0 |
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Bell, John Watson |
31 183 days |
6 October 1868 |
OR |
The Celtic FC |
10 |
5 |
final app
1890-1900 |
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Walker, Robert |
21 87 days |
10 January 1879 |
IR |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
2 |
0 |
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McColl, Robert Smyth |
23 359 days |
13 April 1876 |
CF |
Queen's Park FC |
9 |
14 |
fourth hat-trick against England first since 1883 |
mst gls |
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Campbell, John |
27 231 days |
19 August 1872 |
IL |
The Celtic FC |
6 |
2 |
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Smith, Alexander |
24 151 days |
7 November 1875 |
OL |
Rangers FC |
4 |
1 |
reserves: |
Goalkeeper:- Ted Doig (Sunderland AFC, England); Full-back:-Battles; Half-back:-
Alex Christie (Queen's Park FC);
Right:-Wilson; Left:-Sandy McMahon; |
records: |
Scotland record their third successive victory. Bob McColl's
hattrick is his third for his country. It is
also Scotland's fourteenth hattrick. |
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2-3-5 |
Rennie - N.Smith, Drummond - Gibson,
Raisbeck, Robertson - Bell, Walker, McColl, Campbell, A.Smith. |
Averages: |
Age |
25 years 278
days |
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." |
Captain |
Gilbert
Smith |
Selection
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The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee
"...took ninety minutes to chose";
"about three quarters of an hour was taken up" |
P 12 of 13, W 8 - D 1 - L 3 - F 41 - A
14. |
P 39th of 195, W 30 - D 5 - L 4 - F 154 - A
39. |
twelfth, 13th or 14th captaincy |
team chosen
at The Crystal
Palace, London, on Saturday, 30 March 1900, following the inter-league match. |
England
Lineup |
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three changes to the previous match
(Spencer, Foster & Spouncer
out) |
league position (30th March) |
ave FL pos:
4th⁶ |
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Robinson, John W. |
28 350 days |
22 April 1870 |
G |
Southampton FC
(SL1 3rd) |
10 |
11ᵍᵃ |
most gk apps
1900 |
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Oakley, William J. |
26 345 days |
27 April 1873 |
RB |
Corinthians FC |
13 |
0 |
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Crabtree, James W. |
28 105 days |
23 December 1871 |
LB |
Aston Villa FC
(FL1 TOP) |
12 |
0 |
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Johnson, W. Harrison |
24 136 days |
22 November 1875 |
RH |
Sheffield United FC
(FL1 2nd) |
3 |
0 |
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Chadwick, Arthur |
24 224 days |
26 August 1875 |
CH |
Southampton FC
(SL1 3rd) |
2 |
0 |
final app
1900 |
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Needham, Ernest |
27 76 days |
21 January 1873 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC
(FL1 2nd) |
12 |
2 |
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Athersmith
Harper, W.
Charles |
27
332 days |
10 May
1872 |
OR |
Aston Villa FC
(FL1 TOP) |
12 |
3 |
final app
1892-1900 |
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Bloomer, Stephen |
26 77 days |
20 January 1874 |
IR |
Derby County FC
(FL1 8th) |
12 |
20 |
mst gls |
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Smith, Gilbert O. |
27 133 days |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Old
Carthusians AFC
&
Corinthians FC |
19 |
10 |
=mst aps |
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Wilson, Geoffrey P. |
22
45 days |
21 February 1878 |
IL |
Corinthians FC |
2 |
1 |
final app
1900 |
256 |
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Plant, John |
29
15 days |
23 March 1871 |
OL |
Bury FC
(FL1 7th) |
1 |
0 |
the third Bury player to represent
England |
only app
1900 |
reserves: |
"accompanying the team as reserves were Spencer and Hedley".
Howard Spencer (Aston Villa FC
(FL1 TOP))
and
George Hedley (Sheffield United FC
(FL1 2nd)). |
team notes: |
In the build up to the second goal, Oakley and Robinson collided, with
the Corinthian coming worse off.
"Oakley was found to have sustained a rather severe concussion of the
brain. There can be little doubt that he ought to have retired, for he
remained quite dazed, and in the evening was forbidden by the doctor
to travel back to England that night." - Monday, 9 April
1900, Daily Telegraph The Scottish Referee
suggested that
'the game was [young] enough to have permitted
Spencer to have filled the vacancy.' Nearly allowing the
first ever England substitute. He was attended to on the pitch by
'Dr. Stirling and Dr. Martin.' |
appearance notes: |
Gilbert Smith is the second player to have made nineteen
England appearances, whereas Bill Oakley is the eighth to make
thirteen and twelve players have now made twelve-or-more appearances. Jack Robinson, the most-appearanced
goalkeeper, is the fifteenth player to have made ten. It does mean,
that for the first time, England play with seven players who have made
at least ten appearances. Harry Johnson is the 91st player to have
now made three appearances for England and 142 players have now played
for England more than once.
Smith is the first player to make nineteen
appearances under the
guidance of the ISC..
Oakley is the fourth to make thirteen. |
goalscoring records: |
Steve Bloomer is the first England player to have scored three goals
at Celtic Park, and is responsible for all of England's previous three
goals at the venue. |
"The English team arrived [at The Central Hotel] in two detachments,
the Northern and Midland representatives foregathering at Preston, whilst
the Southerners were in our rear, about ten minutes behind. At Preston were
Messrs. M'Gregor and Campbell, of Birmingham, Mr. R. P. Gregson (Lancashire
Association), and Mr. C. J. Hughes (Cheshire F.A.). Tom Watson, of
Liverpool, and Albert Duckworth, connected with a club known to fame as
Bury." - Athletic News |
"About 130 guests sat down to tea in the Bath Hotel after the match
on the invitation of the S.F.A." - Daily Record |
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2-3-5 |
Robinson - Oakley, Crabtree - Johnson, Chadwick, Needham
- Athersmith, Bloomer, Smith, Wilson, Plant
many reports differ on which width of
the field the full-backs were occupying |
Averages: |
Age |
26 years 266
days |
Appearances/Goals |
8.9 |
3.2 |
oldest starting XI so far |
most experienced starting XI
so far |
England teams
v. Scotland: |
1899: |
Robinson |
Thickitt |
Crabtree |
F.Forman |
Howell |
Needham |
Athersmith |
Bloomer |
Smith |
Settle |
FR.Forman |
1900: |
Oakley |
Johnson |
Chadwick |
Wilson |
Plant |
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Match Report
Sporting Life, Monday, 9
April 1900 |
With bated breathe the mighty concourse hung on the movements of the
silent players dotted about on the green surface of the arena, ready, like
hounds on a leash, for the order to get loose.
The Scots had been led on by Captain Robertson, and Corinthian Smith
showed the way to England. The English captain guessed the coin, and as
the sun was behind some clouds and a light breeze blowing, he took the
ball with him and faced the direction Old Sol was standing in. The
judgment proved good, for in the second moiety Scotland found the sun's
rays very strong in their eyes.
But let us to this game, which opened so suddenly with success. M'Coll
gave the ball its initial impetus, and it went over to Campbell. Across to
Smith on the extreme left and down the touch line deer hound like the
Ranger darted. He dashed far on to the corner flag, and with a perfect
screw he sent the ball like a cannon ball into the goal mouth. Here M'Coll
was up, and catching the ball as it dropped, banged the sphere into the
net. The remarkable start took even the onlookers aghast. The yell which
had signalised the opening was still lingering in the air, and when it had
been fully realised what had happened, the tremendous multitude gave vent
to the enthusiasm pent up within them. And what a sight it was! This
gathering, equal in men to Lord Roberts' whole army within a few acres,
cheering and cheering with joy. No thought of Boer war or ambuscade
disaster in any mind just then. Not even Lord Rosebery's, we trow.
Stolidly the Saxons returned to the centre line. Bloomer from Smith's pass
dashed off, but his pass was spoiled, and Robertson picking up the ball
popped it over to Campbell. Moving like one man, the Scottish forwards
fairly ran round the opposition. The English halves could not master the
situation, they could not hold their men at all. M'Coll, Campbell, and
Smith played with effect, and in a minute or two Bell landed a second
point. The play which led up to the scoring was unfortunate to England. To
be accurate in details let it be said Smith had shot the ball high over.
As it was dropping Robinson saw it would come about ten yards from him,
and he observed Bell coming tearing in from the wing. The Southampton
goalkeeper therefore rushed out, and intended to punt it away. Oakley
unfortunately made for it too, and collided with the custodian just as the
ball was above them. Oakley fell stunned, Robinson missed through the
concussion, and the Scotsman caught it. Oakley was hurt, and for five
minutes lay on the ground. He was carried behind the goal, and it took him
ten minutes before he recovered sufficiently to play. Resuming, the
Englishmen set to work resolutely. They found the Scotch halves too much,
and in act Raisbeck was so completely checkmating Smith that the
combination of the Southern front rank was broken up, while Robertson was
successfully accounting for the efforts of Bloomer and Athersmith. The
other wing was worthless. When they got the ball, they kicked it to a
Scot. The play was open, but not interesting for a lengthy time. After
about half an hour the Scots took operations completely into hand. They
were always dangerous, and Robinson was never off the ball; that is to
say, he was constantly clearing well-timed messages. Such pressure was
bound to have its effect, and M'Coll ast last got in a beauty, which no
goal-keeper could save. This was the third, and perfectly astounded the
crowd. The Englishmen looked a bit limp after this, but they did not throw
up the sponge. They rapidly settled into their stride, and Johnstone sent
in an awkward one from long range. Rennie was ready, but not long
afterwards Bloomer shot with unerring accuracy. It was a typical shot,
just like what the Derby wonder always brings off. It was now nearing
half-time. The effort of the Englishmen died away, and the Scotsmen
plucked up again. They made a determined onslaught, and on the eve of the
sounding of the whistle M'Coll made no mistake. This was the fourth—the
third off M'Coll's own foot—and with the lead of four goals to one the
Thistle crossed over. During the first half of the game
there had been several breaks in people scrambling over the iron-spiked
palings in hundreds, but during the interval they attacked on two flanks,
and a couple of thousand or more got into the cycling track. They were,
however, orderly, and sat down on the cement in rows, and there was no
trouble to those behind at all. It was a winning lead the Scotsman held,
and the way they set off in the opening moments of the second half
betokened further disaster to the English. Shots were rained in, but
Robinson was in remarkable form, and got them at all corners. At one time
he plunged from one corner of the goal to the other, and laying straight
on the ground his full length he caught the ball. Two Scots were on him,
but he rolled himself up and got the object of contention away. This was a
miraculous save. Just picture it up if you can. He did this sort of thing
every odd minute. The English halves were broken. They could do nothing to
stem the tide, and as the Saxon forwards could not raise a gallop, the
whole burden was cast on the last line of defence. Nobly did they do their
work, and time and again they baffled the Scots of their merited reward.
Fooling the English halves became an amusement with the Scotch forwards,
and Chadwick and Needham were more on the ground than elsewhere. We were
sorry for Needham, because we remembered him of old. The interest in the
game died out long before the end. The English forwards were held up at
every turn, and to go into details would simply be a tireless repetition.
Any moment Scotland looked like scoring, but they could not outwit
Crabtree, Oakley, and the marvel, Robinson, and the game finished.
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Match Report
The Times, Monday,
9 April 1900 |
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. |
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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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Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England |
Domestic
Football Results (7 April 1900) |
The Football
League Division One:
Aston Villa 3 Preston North End 1
Lower Grounds, Aston
(18,000)
Garratty (2), Templeton
~ Henderson |
Villa were without Charlie Athersmith and Jimmy Crabtree, but did
start with Fred Wheldon, Steve Smith and Jack Devey |
Blackburn Rovers 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1
Ewood Park, Blackburn
(4,000)
Dewhurst, Blackburn ~ Pheasant |
Rovers started with Tom Booth |
Bury 1 West Bromwich Albion 0
Gigg Lane, Bury
(4,152) McLuckie |
Bury were without Jack Plant, but started with Charlie
Sagar |
Derby County 2 Everton 1
Baseball
Ground, Derby
(4,000)
Stewart,
Shanks ~ Sharp |
County were without Steve Bloomer |
Liverpool 0 Burnley 1
Anfield Road, Liverpool
(10,000) Hartley |
Liverpool were without Alex Raisbeck,
but started with Rabi Howell |
Burnley started with Jack Hillman |
Manchester City 1 Stoke 0
Hyde Road, Ardwick
(15,000)
F.Williams
(pen) |
Newcastle United 3 Nottingham Forest
1
St. James' Park, Newcastle opon Tyne
(16,000)
D.Gardner, Peddie, MacFarlane ~ Calvey |
Forest started with Fred Forman and Alf Spouncer |
Notts County 3 Sunderland 1
Trentbridge Cricket
Ground, Nottingham
(6,000)
McConnachie,
McMain
(2) ~ Leslie |
Sheffield United 4 Glossop 0
Bramall Lane,
Sheffield
(5,000)
Brown
(2), Bennett, Barnes |
United started with Willie Foulke and Tom Morren |
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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. |
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The Football
League Division Two:
Barnsley 1 Small Heath 1
Oakwell, Barnsley
(2,000)
Jones
~ Leake |
Wanderers started with Jack Sutcliffe |
Burslem Port Vale 1 Newton Heath 0
Athletic Ground, Stoke
(3,000)
Boullemier |
Chesterfield Town 3
Gainsborough Trinity 1 Recreation
Ground, Chesterfield
(1,000)
Gooing (2),
Geary
~ Bamford |
Grimsby Town 6 Burton Swifts 0
Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
(2,000)
Cockshutt, Jenkinson,
Kirkland OG,
Richards (3) |
Grimsby started with Charlie Richards |
Leicester Fosse 2 Lincoln City 0
Filbert Street, Leicester
(4,000)
Mercer, King |
Luton Town 0 The Wednesday 1
Dunstable Road, Luton
(1,000)
Langley |
Wednesday started with Tommy Crawshaw |
Middlesbrough 0 Bolton Wanderers 3
Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough
(8,000)
Morgan, Bell, Hanson |
Walsall 1 Loughborough 0
Hilary Street, Walsall
(2,000)
Connor |
Wednesday started with Tommy Crawshaw |
Woolwich Arsenal 5 New Brighton Tower 0
Manor Ground, Plumstead
(2,000)
Main, Anderson (pen), Gaudie (2),
Logan |
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A week later, The 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.
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Source Notes |
TheFA
Scottish FA England Football Factbook
Richard Keir's Scotland - The Complete International
Record
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Rothman's Yearbooks The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
London Hearts |
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