The German visitors met an English professional team yesterday at Manchester, and were defeated by 10 goals to nil. The only alterations in the English team were the substitution of Leake and Wooldridge for Needham and Wright, while the visitors were as chosen. Dull but fine weather prevailed, and there was a thousand spectators. From the start the visitors were obviously outclassed, although they played very pluckily, the backs and goalkeeper in particular doing excellent work.   The home forwards went in for a deal of gallery work, and many chances were missed. After ten minutes' play the ball was scrimmaged past Luedecke, but the point was disallowed for obstruction. Two minutes later a fine goal was scored by Calvey, and shortly after Woolridge scored a second. Langer put in a splendid shot for the visitors, and George had to save for the first time. The visitors created great surprise by their plucky and stubborn play, and Heck was very prominent among the forwards. Woolridge scored a third goal for England with a shot which gave Luedecke no chance. The latter kept goal splendidly afterwards, but Bloomer scored again.   Four to five thousand were present on resuming. Bloomer scored from Wharton's centre, and Woolridge added a couple from crosses by Whittaker. Still Luedecke made some brilliant saves, and the German defence had decidedly good points. Friedl in particular doing splendid work. In the closing stages the visitors made several praiseworthy breakaways, but the home defence was too good. Wharton scored an eighth goal. Bloomer a ninth, and Calver made the score into double figures.   In the two matches played Germany have lost 22 goals to nothing. In the evening the F.A. entertained the visitors at the Queen's Hotel.

Match Report The Manchester Guardian, Thursday, 26 September 1901

The German football team visited Manchester yesterday. On the ground of the City Club at Hyde Road they met an eleven of English professional players, and they were beaten by ten goals to none. There is nothing to be said in mitigation of their failure. It correctly represents the wide difference in the attainments of the eleven German players and those of the eleven chosen as representative of the paid players of the English Football Association. At Tottenham the Germans were handicapped, it was said, by slippery ground. Yesterday at Hyde Road the surface was so dry that the top dressing rose like dust disturbed by sliding boots. Dry though it was, the Germans never made an attempt to prove their reported liking for a fast game. As a matter of fact they took thing rather leisurely, and if theirs is to be taken as representative German football one may safely conclude that abroad they have yet to learn what, in another connection, is here called "the rigour of the game." Yesterday it appeared to be such an easy matter for the Englishmen to play tricks with their rivals...Calvey and Smith each scored one goal and Woolridge two goals before the interval. Bloomer and Woolridge each scored twice after the interval, and Wharton and Calvey each once.