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77 vs. Ireland
78
79 vs. Scotland |
Monday,
2 March 1903
Home International Championship 1902-03
(20th) Match
England 2 Wales 1
[1-0]
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Fratton Park, Frogmore Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire Attendance:
5,000;
receipts £246; Kick-off
'afternoon'. |
Match
Summary
England Party
Wales Party Team Records |
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England - Joe Bache ('a
clever close-range shot from a Davis centre' 12), Vivian
Woodward ('Evans saved splendidly from Bache, it fell to
Davis who put in another drive, which was saved. Davis got the ball
again and centred it, Bache and Woodward both rushed at it, Woodward
chested into the back of the net' 78) Wales - Mart Watkins
('from a fine square
pass from the right wing, an oblique drive' 54) |
Results 1901-14 |
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Wales won the toss, England
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
England |
Type |
Wa |
les |
Referee -
Thomas Robertson
39 (1 December
1863),
Torrance, Stirlingshire, Scotland Football Association
Linesmen - Mr. A Davis
& not known
"The ground was in a shocking condition , and at one time, the
officials held the opinion that it would be impossible to play, but there
was a big gate, and it would have been very disappointing to the enthusiasts
if the match had not gone on."
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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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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
1st |
Colours: |
White
collared jerseys and navy blue shorts |
Capt: |
Bob Crompton, first captaincy |
Selectors: |
The seven-man
FA
International Selection Committee, on Saturday, 14 February 1903, in
Wolverhampton following
the Ireland match.
47th match, W 35 - D 8 - L 4 - F 175 - A 42. |
England
Lineup |
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Sutcliffe, John W. |
34 324 days |
12 April 1868 |
G |
Millwall Athletic FC |
5 |
3
GA |
last 1860's-born player |
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Crompton, Robert |
23 157days |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
4 |
0 |
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Molyneux, George |
27 |
24 July 1875 |
LB |
Southampton FC |
3 |
0 |
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Johnson, W. Harrison |
27 |
22 November 1875 |
RH |
Sheffield United FC |
5 |
0 |
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Forman, Frank |
27 |
23 May 1875 |
CH |
Nottingham Forest FC |
9 |
1 |
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Houlker,
Albert E. |
30 |
27 April 1872 |
LH |
Portsmouth FC |
2 |
0 |
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Davis, Harry |
23 114 days |
8 November 1879 |
OR |
The Wednesday FC |
2 |
1 |
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Garraty, William |
24 |
6 October 1878 |
IR |
Aston Villa FC |
1 |
0 |
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Woodward, Vivian J. |
23 272 days |
3 June 1879 |
CF |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
2 |
3 |
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Bache, Joseph W. |
23 22 days |
8 February 1880 |
IL |
Aston Villa FC |
1 |
1 |
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Corbett, Reginald |
23 262 days |
13 June 1879 |
OL |
Old Malvernians AFC &
Corinthians FC |
1 |
0 |
reserves: |
Everton FC's
Walter Abbott and
Portsmouth FC's
Daniel Cunliffe. Cunliffe was replaced by
Notts County FC's
Percy Humphreys. |
team notes: |
As announced on 28 February, Bache replaced
Everton FC's
Jimmy Settle who was injured in the Irish match, he was also
unable to take his place in his team's cup match with Manchester
United FC. Humphreys also replaced Cunliffe as a reserve. The team
were staying at Esplanade Hotel in Southend-on-Sea. |
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2-3-5 |
Sutcliffe - Crompton, Molyneux - Johnson, Forman,
Houlker - David, Garraty, Woodward, Settle, Corbett |
Averages: |
Age |
25.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
3.2 |
0.4 |
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Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
9th |
Colours: |
"We are asked to publish, for the information of Welsh football enthusiasts
who may be at Fratton Park on Monday, that the colours of the
representatives of "Gallant Little Wales" will be green and white
shirts and black knickers. All Welsh supporters are asked to sport
green and white." |
Capt: |
Charlie Morris |
Selectors: |
Team
selection chosen by Committee, on
Monday, 16 February 1903. |
Wales
Lineup |
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Evans, Robert O. |
21 |
August 1881 |
G |
Wrexham AFC |
2 |
5 GA |
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Blew, Horace Elford |
25 |
20
January 1878 |
RB |
Wrexham AFC |
6 |
0 |
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Morris, Charles Richard |
22 |
29 August 1880 in Oswestry,
England |
LB |
Derby County FC, England |
9 |
0 |
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Parry, Maurice P. |
25 |
7 November 1877 |
RH |
Liverpool FC, England |
7 |
0 |
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Morris, Robert Allan |
28 |
February 1875
in Oswestry, England |
CH |
Shrewsbury Town FC, England |
5 |
0 |
final app
1900-03 |
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Davies, Thomas |
30/31 |
1872 |
LH |
Druids FC |
1 |
0 |
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Meredith, William Henry |
28 |
30 July 1874 |
OR |
Manchester City FC, England |
17 |
6 |
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Watkins, W. Martin |
22 |
summer 1880 |
IR |
Stoke FC, England |
2 |
1 |
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Green, A. William |
21 |
5 December 1881 |
CF |
Notts County FC, England |
2 |
0 |
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Atherton, Robert |
26 |
29 July 1876 |
IL |
Hibernian FC, Scotland |
3 |
0 |
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Morris, A.
Grenville |
25 |
13 April 1877 |
OL |
Nottingham Forest FC, England |
8 |
1 |
reserves: |
reserves not known |
team notes: |
Stoke FC's Leigh Roose was the original chosen goalkeeper, but after
straining his knee in a match the week previous, his place went to Bob
Evans. Tottenham Hotspur FC's Edward Hughes was also named for the
second year running, and again, he was replaced, this time by Tom
Davies. Charlie and Bobby Morris are brothers, born on the English side of
the Welsh border. |
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2-3-5 |
Evans - Blew, C.Morris - Parry,
R.Morris, Davies - Meredith, Watkins, Green,
Atherton, G.Morris. |
Averages: |
Age |
24.7-9 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.5 |
0.6 |
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Match Report |
England
beat Wales at Portsmouth, yesterday, by two goals to one, but the
victory was due rather to the turn of the luck than to any superiority
of the Englishmen. As a combined team the Welshmen were undoubtedly
better than their opponents. Although having to act chiefly on the
defensive during the first half, England scored the only goal. Good play
by Davis led up to the point, but had not Blew just touched the ball,
Bache, whose shot beat Evans, would have been off-side. The winning
point had not quite the same element of chance about it, but the ball
was only rushed through from a scrimmage. Davis, after having a shot
fisted out, centred nicely, and Corbett headed in, while from the
ensuing scramble Woodward scored. The Welshmen's goal was the result of
very different play. Davies, the left half-back, passed up the field to
Atherton, who made an opening for A. G. Morris, and the outside man,
outpacing Crompton, centred beautifully across the goal ; Watkins rushed
up and sent in a hard low shot, which Sutcliffe had no chance of
stopping...Heavy rain
had left the Fratton Park ground very soft, and it was a matter for
regret that such a keen, hard game could not have been fought out under
more favourable conditions. No rain fell during the afternoon, but the
bad weather had already done much to spoil the football by making the
ground so treacherous.
- The Times - Tuesday 3rd
March, 1903
IN OTHER NEWS...
It was on 2 March 1903
that an extraordinary case of sheep worrying was reported from Banbury
in Oxfordshire. Two dogs caused a flock of 200 sheep to take refuge in a
stream huddled together, but this disrupted the water flow and caused 55
of them to die from either drowning, or suffocation from the wet fleeces
of other sheep.
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Source Notes |
Bobby
Atherton, the Welsh inside-left, later went on to captain Middlesbrough
FC. He was lost at sea on 19 October 1917. But there seems to be no
trace of him after leaving Chelsea FC in 1906. The 1911 Census
Return states that the Bethesda-born player was in fact the Hotel Manager
of the Market Hotel in Hartlepool (left). The same place that
English outside-left
Alf Priest would also manage and later die in.
Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60 Ancestry.com
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