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Ibrox
Disaster
76 vs.
Scotland
77
78 vs. Wales |
Saturday,
14 February 1903
originally scheduled for 14 March
1903
Home International Championship 1902-03
(20th) Match
England 4 Ireland 0
[1-0]
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Molineux, Waterloo Road North, St.Peter's, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Attendance:
24,240;
receipts £597
(entrance fee a sixpenny); Kick-off
tbc |
Match
Summary
England Party
Ireland Party
Team Records |
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England
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Vivian Woodward ('with
a neat shot from the left foot after receiving from Lockett' 19,
'from a scrimmage' 52),
Jack Sharp ('added a third after Scott had cleared from Woodward'
63), Harry Davis ('scored' 83). |
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Results 1901-14 |
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England won the toss,
Ireland
kicked-off.
Match delayed temporarily after twenty minutes after a
dog ran onto the field. |
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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
England |
Type |
Ireland |
Referee -
William Nunnerley
Wales
Linesmen - not known and
Joseph McBride, Ireland
The FA changed the date of this match to 14 February at the same FA meeting
that decided the England team to meet Scotland on Monday, 24 March 1902.
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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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The 1902 International Football Association Board meeting:
New pitch with new laws.
Dutch FA request an International Body. |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Possession |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
1st |
Colours: |
White
collared jerseys and navy blue shorts |
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Capt: |
Howard Spencer, first captaincy |
Selectors: |
The seven-man
FA
International Selection Committee, on Monday, 26 January 1903, following
the North vs. South trial match at Tottenham.
46th match, W 34 - D 8 - L 4 - F 173 - A 41. |
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England
Lineup |
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Baddeley,
Thomas |
28 |
2 November 1874 |
G |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
1 |
0 GA |
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Spencer, Howard |
27 |
23 August 1875 |
RB |
Aston Villa FC |
4 |
0 |
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Molyneux, George |
27 |
24 July 1875 |
LB |
Southampton FC |
2 |
0 |
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Johnson, W. Harrison |
27 |
4 January 1876 |
RH |
Sheffield United FC |
4 |
0 |
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Holford, Thomas |
24 |
22 February 1878 |
CH |
Stoke FC |
1 |
0 |
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Hadley, Harry |
25 |
26 October 1877 |
LH |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
1 |
0 |
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Davis, Harry |
23 |
8 November 1879 |
OR |
The Wednesday FC |
1 |
1 |
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Sharp, John |
24 |
15 February 1878 |
IR |
Everton FC |
1 |
1 |
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Woodward, Vivian J. |
23 |
3 June 1879 |
CF |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
1 |
2 |
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Settle, James |
27 |
September 1875 |
IL |
Everton FC |
6 |
6 |
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Lockett, Arthur |
25 |
11 March 1877 |
OL |
Stoke FC |
1 |
0 |
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reserves: |
Kelly Houlker (Portsmouth FC) was a late reserve, called up the
day before. |
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team notes: |
Aston Villa FC's
Billy Garraty withdrew from
the original line-up, his place went to Jack Sharp.
Jack Sharp became the
fiftieth player to score on his England debut. |
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2-3-5 |
Baddeley -
Spencer, Molyneux -
Johnson, Holford, Hadley
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Davis, Sharp, Woodward, Settle, Lockett, |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.4 |
Appearances/Goals |
2.1 |
0.5 |
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 Ireland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
10th |
Colours: |
Green jerseys and white shorts
According to the match
card |
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Capt: |
Archie Goodall |
Selectors: |
Team chosen by Committee, on Saturday, 17
January 1903 in Dublin; |
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Ireland
Lineup |
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Scott, William E. |
20 |
17 May 1882 |
G |
Linfield FAC |
1 |
4
GA |
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McCracken, William R. |
20 |
29 January 1883 |
RB |
Distillery FC |
4 |
0 |
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McMillan, T. George |
nk |
not known |
LB |
Distillery FC |
1 |
0 |
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Darling, John |
25 |
30 October 1877 |
RH |
Linfield FAC |
8 |
0 |
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Milne, Robert G. |
32 |
1 October 1870
born in Inverarity,
Scotland |
CH |
Linfield FAC |
21 |
2 |
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Goodall, Archibald L. |
38 |
19 June 1864 |
LH |
Derby County FC, England |
7 |
1 |
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Campbell, James C. |
27 |
5 September 1875 |
OR |
Cliftonville FAC |
13 |
1 |
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Maxwell, James |
nk |
not known |
IR |
Linfield FAC |
2 |
0 |
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Sheridan, James |
20 |
15 May 1882 |
CF |
Everton FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Sloan, Howard A. |
20 |
25 August 1882 |
IL |
Bohemians |
1 |
0 |
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Kirwan, John H. |
25 |
9 February 1878 |
OL |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
Woolwich Arsenal's Tommy Shanks was in the original named line-up, his place
going to Sloan. |
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2-3-5 |
Scott -
McCracken, McMillan -
Darling, Milne, Goodall -
Campbell, Maxwell, Sheridan, Sloan, Kirwan. |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.2 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.7 |
0.4 |
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Match Report |
 For
the first few minutes of their match with England at Wolverhampton, on
Saturday, the Irishmen played so well that it looked as if the
Englishmen might experience some difficulty in winning ; but when once
they had settled down very little doubt could be felt about the result,
and in the end England won by four goals to none...
...nearly twenty minutes elapsed
before England scored, but then Woodward made amends, passing smartly
out to Lockett, getting up to take that player's centre and putting the
ball between the posts with a skilful left-foot kick...
...Woodward soon scored a
second goal for England, Sharp put on a third, getting on the ball as
Scott fisted it out from Woodward, and a few minutes before the finish
Davis cleverly kicked a fourth...
The match took place under
favourable conditions, the Wolverhampton ground being well protected
from the wind, and a company of nearly 17,000 people assembled to
witness the play.
- The Times - Monday 16th
February, 1903
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Source Notes
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Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Original Newspaper
Reports
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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