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 Officials |
England |
Team Records |
Ireland |
Referee
Thomas
Robertson
43 (9 December 1863), Baldernock, Stirlingshire, Scotland FA |
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Linesmen |
John Lewis
51 (30 March 1855), Market Drayton (Lancashire FA) |
J. McAanerany
Ireland |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
1st |
Colours |
"England in white shirts and black
knickers." |
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Captain |
Bob Crompton |
Selection
member in charge: Charlie Hughes |
The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
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P 5 of 21, W 3 - D 1 - L 1 - F
8 - A 5. |
P 58 of 195, W 42 - D 10 - L 6 - F 194 - A
53. |
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team chosen at Stamford Bridge, on Monday, 28 January 1907, following the
trial match. |
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England
Lineup |
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nine changes to the previous match (only Crompton & Warren
remain) |
league position (28th January) |
ave FL pos:
11th⁹ |
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35 |
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Hardy, Sam |
24
174 days |
26 August
1882 |
G |
Liverpool FC |
1 |
0ᵍᵃ |
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321 |
the fifth Liverpool player to represent England |
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Crompton, Robert |
27 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
12 |
0 |
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Carr, John T. |
28
236
days |
25 June 1878 |
LB |
Newcastle United FC |
2 |
0 |
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final app 1905-07 |
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Warren, Benjamin |
27 |
7 May 1879 |
RH |
Derby County FC |
4 |
0 |
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322 |
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Wedlock, William J. |
26
111
days |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC |
1 |
0 |
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the second City
player to represent England |
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323 |
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Hawkes, Robert M. |
26
121
days |
18 October 1880 |
LH |
Luton Town FC |
1 |
0 |
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the first Lutonian to represent England |
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Rutherford, John |
22 |
12 October 1884 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC |
2 |
0 |
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324 |
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Coleman, John George |
25
113
days |
26 October 1881 |
IR |
Woolwich Arsenal FC |
1 |
0 |
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the second Woolwich player to represent
England |
only app
1907 |
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325 |
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Hilsdon, George |
21
190
days |
10 August 1885 |
CF |
Chelsea FC |
1 |
0 |
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the first Chelsea
player to represent England |
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Bache, Joseph W. |
27 |
8 February 1880 |
IL |
Aston Villa FC |
5 |
3 |
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Hardman, Harold P. |
24 |
4 April 1882 |
OL |
Everton FC |
2 |
1 |
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reserves: |
Colin Veitch (Newcastle
United FC) and
Irvine Thornley (Manchester City FC). |
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team notes: |
Harold Hardman is playing on his home ground, opposite his clubmate,
goalkeeper Billy Scott.. |
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2-3-5 |
Hardy -
Crompton, Carr -
Warren, Wedlock, Hawkes -
Rutherford, Coleman, Hilsdon, Bache, Hardman. |
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Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
2.9 |
0.3 |
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Ireland
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
16th |
Colours |
"The Irishmen played in royal blue with shamrock crests." |
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Captain |
Harold Sloan |
Selection |
Ireland Selection Committee |
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only match, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 0 - A 1. |
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team chosen on Wednesday, 6 February 1907 |
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Ireland
Lineup |
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Scott, William Edward |
24 |
17 May 1882 |
G |
Everton FC, England |
9 |
14ᵍᵃ |
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McCracken, William Robert |
22 |
29 January 1883 |
RB |
Newcastle United FC, England |
11 |
1 |
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McCartney, Alexander D. |
27 |
14 November 1879 |
LB |
Belfast Celtic FAC |
7 |
0 |
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Wright, John |
28 |
11 May 1878 |
CH |
Cliftonville FAC |
4 |
0 |
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Connor, James |
29 |
22 September 1877 |
RH |
Belfast Celtic FAC |
6 |
0 |
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McConnell, David English |
23 |
14 May 1883 |
LH |
Sunderland AFC, England |
5 |
0 |
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Blair, John W. |
25 |
19 November 1881 |
OR |
Cliftonville AFC |
1 |
0 |
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Harris, Valentine |
22 |
23 June 1884 |
IR |
Shelbourne FC |
2 |
0 |
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Sloan, Howard A. |
24 |
25 August 1882 |
CF |
Bohemians |
5 |
3 |
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O'Hagan, Charles |
25 |
28 July 1881 |
IL |
Aberdeen FC, Scotland |
6 |
1 |
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Young, Samuel |
24 |
14 February 1883 |
OL |
Linfield FAC |
1 |
0 |
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reserves: |
Bob Milne (Linfield AFC) and John Owens (Shelbourne FC). |
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team notes: |
Goalkeeper Billy Scott is playing on his home ground, opposite his
clubmate, Harold Hardman |
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2-3-5 |
Scott -
McCracken, McCartney -
Wright, Connor, McConnell
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Blair, Harris, Sloan, O'Hagan, Young |
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Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
5.4 |
0.5 |
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Match Report
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Match Report
The Times, Monday,
18 February 1907 |
Meeting
England at Liverpool on Saturday, in the first Association international
of the present season, Ireland suffered defeat by one goal to none.
Inasmuch as victory had never
rewarded their efforts in the course of 25 former games between the two
countries, the Irish team were probably well satisfied with the result
of the encounter. They showed remarkably good powers of defence,
half-backs, backs, and goalkeeper alike acquitting themselves with skill
and judgment ; but unfortunately the excellence in this respect was to
some extent discounted by lack of combination among the forwards.
Individually the majority of the Irish front rank possessed pace and
ability in dribbling. The want of mutual understanding, however, robbed
their attack of real effectiveness, and until some advance is made in
this direction, Ireland are not likely to gain the long-delayed victory
over England. Still, the form of the visitors on Saturday was a notable
improvement upon that displayed at Belfast 12 months ago, when the
Englishmen, without especially distinguishing themselves, won by five
goals to none. As a matter of fact, although it cannot be said that they
ever looked like winning, Ireland were rather unfortunate in not
effecting a draw ; for the one goal obtained by England possessed some
element of luck and, during the last five minutes, the Englishmen
experienced the greatest difficulty in keeping their goal intact...
...Indeed it was not until the
second half had been in progress for some minutes that they secured the
one goal of the match.
The match, which attracted
about 23,000 people, took place in favourable conditions, for the state
of the turf, although rather soft, did not handicap the players, and the
breeze, though fairly fresh, blew across the ground. Of the 26 matches
now played between the two countries, England have won 24 and two have
been drawn. |
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In Other News....
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It was on 16 February 1907 that a new electric train in New York was derailed as it rounded a curve in the Bronx. Four carriages were turned onto their sides and dragged along for nearly two hundred yards, with dead and injured spilling out onto the tracks. The horrific scene was left with 24 dead, the bodies of many of whom were too mangled up in the wreckage to be identifiable. |
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England |
Domestic
Football Results (16 February 1907) |
The Football
League Division One:
Birmingham 0 Sheffield United 0
St. Andrew's, Birmingham
(13,000) |
Blackburn Rovers 2 Manchester United 2
Ewood Park, Blackburn (5,000)
Whittaker, Wilson
~ Meredith (2), Wall, Sagar |
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Rovers were without Bob Crompton |
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Bury 0 Aston Villa 3
Gigg Lane, Bury (13,442)
Cantrell, Hampton (2) |
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Villa were without Joe Bache |
Derby County 2 Stoke 1
Baseball Ground, Derby
(10,000)
G.Davis
(2) ~ Gallimore |
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County were without Ben Warren |
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Manchester City 1 Newcastle United 1
Hyde Road, Manchester
(40,000)
Jones ~ Brown |
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City were without Irvine Thornley |
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United were without Jackie Carr, Jock Rutherford and Colin
Veitch, as well as Bill McCracken |
Middlesbrough 2 Preston North End 1
Ayresome Park,
Middlesbrough (15,000)
Common
(2) ~ Danson |
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Sunderland 1 Bolton Wanderers 2
Roker
Park, Sunderland
(19,000)
Hogg
~ Shepherd, Weaver |
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Sunderland were without
English McConnell |
The Wednesday 2 Liverpool 3
Wednesday Ground, Owlerton
(12,000) |
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Liverpool were without Sam Hardy |
Woolwich Arsenal 1 Bristol City 2
Manor Ground, Plumstead (18,000)
Satterthwaite ~
Marr, Hilton |
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Arsenal were without Tim Coleman |
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City were without Billy Wedlock |
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enough in the tank to maintain their push for a second title in three
years. |
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The Football
League Division Two:
Blackpool 1 Hull City 1
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (1,500)
Francis ~
J.E.Smith |
Bradford City 1 Stockport County 0
Valley Parade, Bradford
(8,000)
Smith |
Burslem Port Vale 4 Burnley 4
Athletic Ground, Stoke (3,000)
Coxon, Carter, Dodds, Beats
~
Bell, Ogden, R.Smith (2) |
Burton United 1 Barnsley 1
Peel Croft, Burton (3,000)
Bradshaw ~
Hellewell |
Chesterfield Town 1 Glossop 3
Recreation Ground, Chesterfield
(2,000)
Marples
(pen) ~ McMillan, Callaghan |
Grimsby Town 4 Leeds City 0
Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
(4,000)
R.Morris, Rodger, Hopper,
Burnett |
Leicester Fosse 2 Clapton Orient 1
Filbert Street, Leicester
(9,000)
Wilcox,
Shanks ~ Oliver |
Lincoln City 0 Chelsea 5
Sincil Bank, Lincoln
(3,000)
Bridgeman, Robertson (3), Windridge |
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Chelsea were without George Hilsdon |
Nottingham Forest 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
City Ground, Nottingham (5,000)
West |
West Bromwich Albion 5 Gainsborough Trinity
0
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
(8,112)
Buck (2),
Jordan (3) |
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| Their biggest away win of the season, allied to a strong
home record with only one dropped point, meant that Chelsea were still in pole
position in their quest to win promotion in only their second season in the
Football League and to become only the second southern club in the First Division
(after Woolwich Arsenal). |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
England Football Factbook
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com |
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