Match Summary

England Team

Ireland Team

For the first time since the institution of association matches between England and Ireland the Irishmen on Saturday succeeded in escaping defeat in England, the match at Middlesbrough ending in a draw of one goal all. There was every reason to expect that the English team would gain another victory, as owing to lameness O'Hagan was unable to play for Ireland, and thus a rearrangement of the forward line was necessary on the morning of the match...

The first half passed by without any score, but both points were scored immediately after the interval. Ireland's goal came from a corner taken by Kirwan. The ball was well placed, but Williamson should have cleared without difficulty. Instead of so doing he did not hold the ball at the first attempt, and in turning to gather it he stepped just over his own line, and so enabled the visitors to score through a bad error of judgment on his part. Directly afterwards Bloomer, profiting by a blunder on the part of McCartney, slipped by the Irish back, and at short range equalized with a shot which Scott had no chance of stopping...

Just at the finish Booth, meeting with an injury, had to be carried off the field. - The Times - Monday 27th February, 1905

 

Football League Division One 25 February 1905
Team	P	Pts
Everton	26	36
Newcastle United	25	34
Manchester City	25	34
Small Heath	25	33
Aston Villa	27	32
Sunderland	26	32
Sheffield United	27	32
Woolwich Arsenal	26	28
Derby County	29	28
The Wednesday	26	27
Preston North End	27	25
Blackburn Rovers	26	22
Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	21
Bury	26	19
Stoke	25	19
Nottingham Forest	27	18
Middlesbrough	25	17
Notts County	26	13

 

Division One matches played on 25 February 1905:

DERBY COUNTY 3-2 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Fletcher, Hall, nk (nk)
5,000 (Baseball Ground, Derby)

Derby were without Steve Bloomer, who scored England's equaliser against Ireland at Middlesbrough.

EVERTON 1-0 BLACKBURN ROVERS
Sharp
23,000 (Goodison Park, Liverpool)

Everton were without Billy Balmer, who was playing for England against Ireland at Middlesbrough, and McCartney and Scott, who were playing for Ireland, whilst Blackburn were without Sam Wolstenholme, who was also playing for England.

MANCHESTER CITY 3-2 BURY
Bannister 2, Meredith (nk)
16,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)

City were without Frank Booth, who was injured making his only appearance for England, against Ireland at Middlesbrough.

NEWCASTLE UNITED 1-0 PRESTON NORTH END
Appleyard
20,000 (St James' Park, Newcastle)

Newcastle were without Jack Carr, who was making his international debut for England against Ireland at Middlesbrough, and Bill McCracken, who was playing for Ireland, whilst Preston were without Dicky Bond, who was also making his international debut for England.

NOTTS COUNTY 3-4 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
4,000 (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)

SHEFFIELD UNITED 0-1 MIDDLESBROUGH
(Common pen.)
10,000 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

Middlesbrough were without Tim Williamson, who scored an own goal on his international debut for England against Ireland at Middlesbrough.

SMALL HEATH 0-3 ASTON VILLA
(Pearson, Hampton, Windmill)
32,000 (Coventry Road, Birmingham)

Villa were without Alex Leake, who was playing for England against Ireland at Middlesbrough.

STOKE 1-3 SUNDERLAND
Hall (Fullarton, Watkins 2)
5,000 (victoria Ground, Stoke)

Stoke were without James Sheridan, who was playing for Ireland against England at Middlesbrough.

WOOLWICH ARSENAL 3-0 THE WEDNESDAY
Coleman 2, Satterthwaite
20,000 (Manor Ground, London)

There was little to choose between the top three teams all in form, with City, in particular, on a run of eight straight wins.

Football League Division Two 25 February 1905
Team	P	Pts
Bolton Wanderers	26	45
Manchester United	24	40
Liverpool	23	39
Bristol City	24	32
Gainsborough Trinity	24	27
Lincoln City	25	25
Chesterfield Town	24	25
Blackpool	23	22
Barnsley	24	22
West Bromwich Albion	24	21
Burnley	25	21
Grimsby Town	24	20
Leicester Fosse	23	19
Bradford City	24	18
Glossop	23	18
Burslem Port Vale	23	17
Burton United	25	15
Doncaster Rovers	24	6

 

Division Two matches played on 25 February 1905:

BARNSLEY 0-0 MANCHESTER UNITED
5,000 (Oakwell, Barnsley)

United were without Charlie Roberts, who was playing for England against Ireland at Middlesbrough.

BLACKPOOL 1-0 BURTON UNITED
3,000 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)

BOLTON WANDERERS 2-0 BRADFORD CITY
10,000 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

BURNLEY 5-0 BURSLEM PORT VALE
R.Smith 3, McFarlane, Marshall
1,000 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

DONCASTER ROVERS 1-5 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY
3,000 (Intake Ground, Doncaster)

GRIMSBY TOWN 0-1 LIVERPOOL
(Parkinson)
6,000 (Blundell Park, Cleethorpes)

LINCOLN CITY 0-0 CHESTERFIELD TOWN
2,000 (Sincil Bank, Lincoln)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 0-0 BRISTOL CITY
4,172 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

 

 

 

 

The Second Division was also led by three outstanding teams, battling for two promotion places, and all three were from Lancashire.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 26 February 1905 that five men were lost at sea off the coast of Holyhead whilst sailing out to aid in the rescue of two distressed schooners during a fierce storm. Their boat was passed by a steam-powered lifeboat on its way to rescue the crew members of the schooners, but the sailboat was swamped by the conditions. All five men lived in the same street and the father of one of them was in the lifeboat that passed them. Four others were lost on the same night from vessels around the British coast.

Source Notes

Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Original Newspaper Reports
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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