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Monday,
18 March 1907
Home International Championship 1906-07
(24th) Match
England 1 Wales 1
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Craven Cottage, Stevenage Road, Fulham,
County of London
Kick-off (GMT):
'3.30 p.m.';
Attendance: '22,000'; Receipts: 'exceeding £700.' |
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England's first visit to the Cottage, but sixteenth visit to London,
and second to the County. |
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Bob Crompton won the toss |
kicked off |
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[1-0] Lot Jones 25
'Hardy
saved a Meredith shot, it ran along the crossbar, Evans dropped it
in front of goal for Jones to to put through' |
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26th equalising goal
from England> |
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[1≡1] Jimmy Stewart 62
'After a hot shot by Wall, Davies
cleared the ball to Stewart, who beat Roose with a tremendous shot' |
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Daily News |
Officials |
England |
Team Records |
Wales |
Referee
Robert Taylor
Murray
33 (15
February 1874), Stenhousemuir, Scotland FA |
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Linesmen |
Arthur George
Hines
49 (22 January 1858), Radford (Nottinghamshire
FA) |
J
Everall
(Welsh FA). |
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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 |
Captain |
Bob Crompton |
Selection
member in charge: Charlie Hughes |
The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
P 6 of 21, W 3 - D 2 - L 1 - F
9 - A 6. |
P 59 of 195, W 42 - D 11 - L 6 - F 195 - A
54. |
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team chosen at 104 High Holborn on Monday, 11 March 1907, along with the FA Cup semi-final draw. |
England
Lineup |
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five changes to the previous match |
league position (11th March) |
ave FL pos:
11th⁹ |
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Hardy, Sam |
24 |
26 August
1882 |
G |
Liverpool FC |
2 |
1ᵍᵃ |
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Crompton, Robert |
27 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
13 |
0 |
326 |
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Pennington, Jesse |
23 207
days |
23 August 1883 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
1 |
0 |
the thirteenth Albionite to represent
England |
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Warren, Benjamin |
27 |
7 May 1879 |
RH |
Derby County FC |
5 |
0 |
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Wedlock, William J. |
26 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC |
2 |
0 |
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Veitch, Colin C.M. |
25 |
22 May 1881 |
LH |
Newcastle United FC |
4 |
0 |
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Rutherford, John |
22 |
12 October 1884 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC |
3 |
0 |
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Bloomer, Stephen |
33 |
20 January 1874 |
IR |
Middlesbrough FC |
22 |
27 |
the third Boro player to represent
England |
mst apps 1905-07 |
mst gls
1898-1907 |
327 |
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Thornley, Irvine |
23 158
days |
11 October 1883 |
CF |
Manchester City FC |
1 |
0 |
the third City player to represent
England |
only app
1907 |
328 |
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Stewart, James |
24 71
days |
15 January 1883 |
IL |
The Wednesday FC |
1 |
1 |
twelfth Wednesday
player to represent England |
329 |
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Wall, George |
22 35
days |
20 February 1885 |
OL |
Manchester United FC |
1 |
0 |
the second United player to represent
England |
reserves: |
Kenneth Hunt (Oxford University AFC) and
Vivian Woodward (Tottenham Hotspur FC). Both had also been named in the England Amateur
team to face Netherlands on Monday, 1 April. |
team notes: |
Steve Bloomer extends his tally as record appearance holder. |
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2-3-5 |
Hardy - Crompton, Pennington - Warren, Wedlock, Veitch -
Rutherford, Bloomer, Thornley, Stewart, Wall. |
Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
4.9 |
2.5 |
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Wales
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
15th |
Colours |
"wearers of the Welsh red." |
Captain |
Billy Meredith |
Selection |
Welsh Selection Committee. |
P 3 of 6, W 1 - D 1 - L 1 - F 5 - A 6. |
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team chosen in Wrexham, on Monday, 4 March 1907, following the
Scotland match |
Wales
Lineup |
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Roose, Leigh Richmond |
29 |
27 November 1877 |
G |
Stoke FC, England |
15 |
22ᵍᵃ |
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Meredith, Samuel |
34 |
5 September 1872 in Trefonen,
England |
RB |
Leyton FC, England |
8 |
0 |
final app
1900-07 |
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Davies, Lloyd |
29
x days |
9 August 1877 |
LB |
Stoke FC, England |
4 |
1 |
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Latham, George |
26 |
1 January 1881 |
RH |
Liverpool FC, England |
6 |
0 |
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Morgan-Owen, Morgan Maddox |
30 |
20 February 1877 |
CH |
Corinthians FC, England |
13 |
2 |
final app
1897-1907 |
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Hughes, Edward |
31 |
11 July 1875 |
LH |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
14 |
0 |
final app
1899-1907 |
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Meredith, William Henry |
32 |
30 July 1874 |
OR |
Manchester United FC, England |
25 |
8 |
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Jones, William |
24
x
days |
28 June 1882 |
IR |
Manchester City FC, England |
8 |
3 |
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Green, Arthur William |
25 |
28 April 1881 |
CF |
Nottingham Forest FC, England |
7 |
3 |
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Morris, Arthur
Grenville |
29 |
13 April 1877 |
IL |
Nottingham Forest FC, England |
13 |
3 |
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Evans, Robert Ernest |
21 |
19 October 1885
in Chester, England |
OL |
Aston Villa FC, England |
4 |
0 |
reserves: |
reserves were probably Davies and Sam Meredith |
team changes: |
The back-line of
Charlie Morris (Derby County FC, England) and Horace Blew (Wrexham
AFC) were
replaced on the morning of the match, by Lloyd Davies and Sam
Meredith. |
team notes: |
Sam and Billy Meredith were brothers. Morgan Morgan-Owen's
younger brother, Hugh, also played for Wales (1906). |
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2-3-5 |
Roose - S.Meredith, Davies - Latham,
Morgan-Owen, Hughes - W.Meredith, Jones, Green,
Morris, Evans. |
Averages: |
Age |
oldest |
Appearances/Goals most experienced
Welsh |
10.5 |
1.7 |
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Match Report
The x |
Match Report
The Times, Tuesday,
19 March 1907 |
Owing to the poor play of the
forwards, England failed to beat Wales, at Fulham, yesterday, the match
ending in a draw of one goal all. During the first half, when a
strong wind blew at their backs, the Englishmen generally gave a
disappointing display. Such an advantage did winning the toss appear to
carry with it that England's prospect of escaping defeat looked rather
bad when they crossed over a goal behind ; but as it happened they
improved wonderfully. They were wanting in dash and certainty when
everything favoured them, they rose to the occasion splendidly on
realizing their danger, but they could do no more than avert defeat.
Except when breaking away three times Wales practically had to defend
all the second half ; yet they were only once beaten. The inability of
the English forwards to play effectively made the Welsh half-backs and
backs very good. Particularly in the first half, when the necessity to
dribble close and keep the ball low was most apparent, the Englishmen
constantly kicked high, attempting to rush through... W. Meredith often ran down the
right wing, Pennington rarely stopping him, and a shot by the outside
right led up to the Welshmen's goal. Hardy touched the ball, which went
across to Evans, from whose centre Jones scored... England's goal was in a sense
lucky, and in no way due to first-rate football. For once Wall shot hard
and straight, Davies kicking it out to Stewart, who returned it with
great force out of Roose's reach... There were well over 20,000
spectators, the receipts amounting to £700.
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In Other News....
It was on 18 March
1907 that William Slack, an ex-army officer with a previous assault
offence, murdered his ex-lover, Lucy Wilson with a hatchet as she walked
along a Chesterfield street with their baby in a pram, and then casually
walked off with the pram and child. Four months later, he became the
last person ever to be hanged at Derby prison. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
England Football Factbook Welsh Football Data Archive
Rothman's Yearbooks |
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The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
Ian Garland & Gareth M. Davies' Sons of Cambria |
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