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Monday,
18 March 1901
Home International Championship 1900-01
(18th) Match
England
6 Wales 0
[1-0]
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St. James' Park, Strawberry
Place, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
Kick-off (GMT):
'at 4 o'clock'; 'five minutes later
before the match began';
Attendance: 'amounted
to about 8,000'; 'fully 10,000
spectators'; 'about 11,000 present'; 'over 11,000';
Receipts:
'given
as £640'; (a
record for a non-Scotland fixture) |
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England's first visit to St.
James' Park, and to Northumberland. |
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Billy Beats kicked off |
Charlie Morris won the toss |
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[0-0] Walter Bennett or Steve
Bloomer 'fast drive
hit the post'
[1-0] Steve Bloomer
38 maybe 35
'Needham started an attack which
gave an opening to Bloomer, who put in a...fast high shot'; 'Corbett
raced up the wing and centred to Bloomer, who put the ball nicely
just below the crossbar'.
[1-0]
Walter Bennett 'hit the face of the bar' |
<100th competitive first half goal scored
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attendance, despite the fat the entrance was 1s." |
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"On resuming at five o'clock..." |
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[2-0] Ernest
Needham penalty kick 51
'No
difficulty'; 'easily beat the custodian'; 'very steady with the kick
and sent in low down and right out of reach of Roose'. (Foster
fouled)
[2-0] Walter Bennett shot, 'Roose
fisted out from behind the line'
[3-0] Steve Bloomer
60
'Needham free-kick, from which
Corbett passed to Bloomer';
'forced it through'; 'from a pass by Beats'.
[4-0] Steve Bloomer
80
HATTRICK
'a pretty oblique shot
in off the far post, from a Bennett cross'.
[5-0] Tip Foster
82
'fast shot close on goal';
'ran past two or three opponents'; 'about 15 yards from Roose he
sent in a hot shot which struck the underside of the crossbar and
glided into the net'.
[6-0] Steve Bloomer
85
'following a Morris mistake, racing on';
'a blunder by Morris.'; Morris tried to clear but missed his kick'. |
<200th competitive goal scored & 100th competitive second
half goal scored |
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flg.jpg)  "BRILLIANT
VICTORY OF THE ENGLISHMEN"
Shields Daily News |
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 Officials |
England |
Team Records |
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Referee
Thomas Robertson
37
(1 December 1863), Torrance, Stirlingshire, Scotland FA
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Linesmen |
Percy
Alexander Timbs
35 (13 June 1865), St. Giles, London |
J. Thomas
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
1st |
Colours |
White jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers |
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Captain |
Ernest Needham |
Selection |
The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
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only match, W 1 - D 0 - L 0 - F 6 - A 0. |
P 41st of 195, W 32 - D 5 - L 4 - F 163 - A
39. |
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team chosen after the previous match in
Southampton, on Saturday, 9 March 1901. |
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England
Lineup |
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eight changes to the previous match
(Oakley, Needham and Foster
remain) |
league position (9th March) |
ave FL pos:
11th⁸ |
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30 |
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Kingsley,
Matthew |
26
56 days |
30 September 1874 |
G |
Newcastle United FC
(FL1 8th) |
1 |
0ᵍᵃ |
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262 |
the first United player to
represent England |
only app
1901 |
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Crabtree, James W. |
29
85 days |
23 December 1871 |
RB |
Aston Villa FC
(FL1 7th) |
13 |
0 |
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Oakley, William J. |
27
325 days |
27 April 1873 |
LB |
Corinthians FC |
15 |
0 |
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263 |
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Wilkes,
Albert |
25
193 days |
6 September 1875 |
RH |
Aston Villa FC
(FL1 7th) |
1 |
0 |
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the thirteenth
Villan to represent England |
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264 |
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Bannister, William |
22
187 days |
12 September 1878 |
CH |
Burnley FC
(FL2 3rd) |
1 |
0 |
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the fourth Burnley player to
represent England |
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Needham, Ernest |
28
56 days |
21 January 1873 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC
(FL1 11th) |
14 |
3
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first
successful penalty kick (second overall) |
oldest penalty taker
(so far) |
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29 April 1874 |
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265 |
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Bennett,
Walter |
26
323 days |
OR |
Sheffield United FC
(FL1 11th) |
1 |
0 |
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the eleventh United player to represent
England |
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Bloomer, Stephen |
27
57 days |
20 January 1874 |
IR |
Derby County FC
(FL1 12th) |
13 |
24 |
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the 49th brace,
twentieth hattrick,
sixth four-goals |
mst gls |
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266 |
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Beats, William E. |
29
125 days |
13 November
1871 |
CF |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL1 15th) |
1 |
0 |
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the eleventh Wanderer to
represent England |
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Foster, Reginald E. |
22
336 days |
16 April 1878 |
IL |
Old Malvernians AFC &
Corinthians FC |
3 |
2 |
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267 |
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Corbett, Bertie O. |
25
307 days |
15 May 1875 |
OL |
Corinthians FC |
1 |
0 |
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the 62nd Corinthian player to represent
England |
only app
1901 |
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reserves: |
Charles Sagar (Bury
FC
(FL1 3rd)) |
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team changes: |
Stephen Smith
(Aston Villa FC
(FL1 7th)) withdrew from
the original line-up through injury, his place went to Corbett. Frank Forman
(Nottingham Forest FC
(FL1 2nd)) also dropped
out because of a back injury, during
his side's match against
West Bromwich Albion FC a week previous,
he was replaced with Bannister, who had received a telegram on 15
March, on his way to play for the Football League representative side. |
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team notes: |
"In all probability most players will take part
in the Inter-League match at Glasgow on Saturday, and will travel
direct to Newcastle."
St.
James' Park has been the home of Newcastle United FC for 21 years, and
as such, goalkeeper Matt Kingsley is playing on his home ground. |
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appearance notes: |
Bill Oakley is the
fifth player to make fifteen England appearances and Ernest Needham
becomes the seventh to have made fourteen. Eleven players have now
made thirteen appearances.
92 players have now played
for England more than twice.
Oakley is the
third player to make fifteen
appearances under the
guidance of the ISC...
Needham is the fifth to make fourteen. |
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team records: |
This is
England's 25th home victory in 36 attempts.
Steve Bloomer extends his tally as England's record goalscorer. |
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2-3-5 |
Kingsley -
Crabtree, Oakley -
Wilkes, Bannister, Needham -
Bennett, Bloomer, Beats, Foster, Corbett. |
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Averages: |
Age |
26 years 202
days |
Appearances/Goals |
5.8 |
2.1 |
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 Wales
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
5th |
Colours |
"...the green and white shirts were
seen tearing down the field." black shorts |
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Captain |
Charlie Morris |
Selection |
The Welsh Selection Committee |
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P 2 of 15, W 0 - D 1 - L 1 - F 1 - A 7. |
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Team
selection announced on
Saturday, 9 March 1901. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Roose, Leigh Richmond |
23
111 days |
27 November 1877 |
G |
London Welsh FC, England |
3 |
7ᵍᵃ |
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Meredith, Samuel |
28
194 days |
5 September 1872
in Trefonen,
England |
RB |
Chirk AAA FC |
3 |
0 |
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Morris, Charles Richard |
20
201 days |
29 August 1880
in Oswestry,
England |
LB |
Derby County FC, England |
5 |
0 |
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Parry, Maurice Pryce |
23
131 days |
7 November 1877
in Oswestry,
England |
RH |
Liverpool FC, England |
2 |
0 |
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Jones, William James |
24
38 days |
8 February 1875 |
CH |
Aberdare FC |
2 |
0 |
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Hughes, Edward |
25
25 days |
11 July 1875 |
LH |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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Pugh, David
Henry |
26
14 days |
4 March 1875 |
OR |
Lincoln City AFC, England |
7 |
2 |
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final app
1896-1901 |
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Meredith, William Henry |
26
231 days |
30 July 1874 |
IR |
Manchester City, England |
13 |
6 |
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Morgan-Owen, Morgan Maddox |
24
26 days |
20 February 1877 |
CF |
Rhyl FC & Corinthians FC, England |
8 |
2 |
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Parry, Thomas David |
21
44 days |
2 February 1880
in Oswestry, England |
IL |
Oswestry FC |
5 |
3 |
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Williams, Ephraim |
23
317 days |
13 September 1877 |
OL |
Druids FC |
2 |
0 |
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reserves: |
not known |
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team changes: |
Harry Pugh replaced
inside-right Nottingham Forest FC's Granville Morris, who was
injured during Forest's match against West Bromwich Albion FC a week
previous. Pugh replaced Billy Meredith's original position at
outside-right, pushing Meredith inside. |
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team notes: |
Sam and Billy Meredith, as well as Tom and Maurice Parry,
were brothers. Charlie Morris' brother, Bobby, is also a Welsh
international. |
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2-3-5 |
Roose -
S.Meredith, Morris
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M.Parry, Jones, Hughes -
Pugh,
W.Meredith,
Morgan-Owen,
T.Parry,
Williams. |
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Averages: |
Age |
24 years 162
days |
Appearances/Goals |
4.9 |
1.3 |
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Match Report
The Birmingham
Daily Gazette, Monday, 19
March 1901 |
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At
St. James's Park, Newcastle-on-Tyne, yesterday. The weather, after a
threatening morning, was fine, and there were about 11,000 spectators
present. The two previous days had been wet, and the ground was in a very
slippery state. Beats started against the wind for England, but Wales was
first dangerous. Oakley checked the move, and Bloomer was soon away
towards the other end, but Foster was the first to call upon Roose, who
saved cleverly. Wales occasionally got well up, but were always
dispossessed by Oakley or Crabtree at the crucial moment. Needham and
Bannister fed the forwards nicely, and Corbett and Foster, on the English
left, were most conspicuous. Bennett and Bloomer were working well
together, and the latter tested Roose more than once. Still the Welshmen
played pluckily, Owen, the centre, feeding his wings well. The English
defence, however, was very strong, and during the first quarter of an hour
Kingsley was scarcely troubled. Morgan Owen on one occasion sent over to
Williams, who shot hard. Kingsley saved rather weakly, and Mereedith
banging in missed by inches. Kingsley made amends for this later on by
saving twice at full length. The first score came 38 minutes from the
start. Corbett raced up the wing and centred finely to Bloomer, who put
the ball nicely below the crossbar. Wales pressed after this, and Pugh had
a chance, but Oakley cleverly stopped the shot with his foot. Kingsley had
to save from a dangerous position just before the interval, Pugh being the
chief aggressor. Interval: England, 1 goal; Wales, 0.
Foster and Corbett were soon off towards Roose on resuming, and the
attack was kept up until, after six minutes, the second goal was notched
for England. It came through a penalty kick, owing to a foul against
Foster. Needham took the kick, and easily beat the custodian. Though Wales
played pluckily after this they were thoroughly outclassed, their
incursions being seldom and of brief duration. The third goal came from a
pass by Beats, Bloomer putting the finishing touches to the effort. He
soon added number four. Foster scored a beautiful fifth a minute and a
half later, and the brilliant Derby forward got the sixth from a pass by
Corbett.
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Match Report
The Times, Tuesday,
19 March 1901 |
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The second of the English
international contests under Association rules took place at Newcastle,
yesterday, and resulted in a victory for England, who defeated the
representatives of Wales by six goals to none. Inasmuch as Wales drew
with Scotland at Wrexham two or three weeks ago the success of the
English players yesterday was very gratifying, especially after the
severe reverse which the English League team sustained at Glasgow, for
included in the Scottish eleven which could not beat Wales were the
majority of the men who represented the Scottish League on Saturday. Had
yesterday's contest taken place under favourable conditions Englishmen
might be quite hopeful of the result of the match against Scotland at
the end of next week. The weather proved bright and cold, and the wind,
if fresh, blew across the field of play, but unfortunately there had
been a lot of rain during the few previous days, and a downpour
yesterday morning reduced the turf at St. James's Park to a deplorable
state. So muddy and soft was the ground that had the players failed to
combine at all effectively no one could have been surprised. As it
happened they rose to the occasion in the most spirited fashion, and the
8,000 or 10,000 people present saw some remarkably good football. No
doubt, with the ground slippery and the ball sodden, an element of luck
entered into much that happened, so that it would not be wise to attach
great importance to the result. Certainly England were the better side,
but the difference between the two elevens did not amount to anything
like half-a-dozen goals. For fully half an hour England failed to score,
and at the interval all that they could claim was a single goal, kicked
by Bloomer, after some clever work between Needham, Corbett, and
Foster...
Within five minutes of the
change of ends came England's second point, one of the Welshmen tripping
Foster within the 12 yards line and Needham making no mistake in taking
the penalty kick...
Another piece of foul play
outside the 12 yards line gave England a free kick. Needham took it,
turning the ball over to Foster, and, although the amateur's shot was
kept out, Bloomer got up and gave Roose no chance of saving...
...Before the finish, however,
came three goals in quick succession. The first of these Bennett helped
Bloomer to get, the latter's final shot hitting the inside of the
upright. A minute later Foster dribbled down and scored, and then a
miskick by Morris let in Bloomer. Once more the Derby County-man duly
seized the opportunity, and he put on a sixth goal for England.... |
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In Other News....
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It was on 18 March
1901 that an inquest was held into the deaths of four people in a house
fire, three days earlier, at Upper Norwood in London. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
England Football Factbook
Welsh Football Data Archive
Rothman's Yearbooks |
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The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
Ian Garland & Gareth M. Davies' Sons of Cambria |
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England
Football Online