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89 vs. Ireland
 90
 91 vs. Scotland

Monday, 18 March 1907
Home International Championship 1906-07 (24th) Match

England 1 Wales 1 [0-1]
 

 Match Summary
England Squad
Wales Squad
Team Records

Craven Cottage, Stevenage Road, Fulham, County of London
Attendance: 22,000; Receipts: exceeding £700; Kick-off 3.30pm GMT

Wales - Lot Jones ('Hardy saved a Meredith shot, it ran along the crossbar, Evans dropped it in front of goal for Jones to to put through' 25)
 England - Jimmy Stewart ('After a hot shot by Wall, Davies cleared the ball to Stewart, who beat Roose with a tremendous shot' 62)
Results 1901-14

England won the toss, Wales kicked-off.
 

Match Summary

Officials

England

Type

Wales
Referee - Robert T. Murray
Scotland

Linesmen - Arthur G. Hines (Nottingham) and J. Everall (Wales).

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England Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st		 Colours: White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Capt: Bob Crompton, seventh captaincy Selectors:
In Charge: Charles J. Hughes		 The seven-man FA International Selection Committee, on Monday, 11 March 1907, at 104 High Holborn alongside the draw of FA Cup semi-finals.
59th match, W 42 - D 11 - L 6 - F 196 - A 52.
England Lineup
  Hardy, Sam 24 26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC 2 1 GA
  Crompton, Robert 27 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC 13 0
  Pennington, Jesse 23 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC 1 0
  Warren, Benjamin 27 7 May 1879 RH Derby County FC 5 0
  Wedlock, William J. 26 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC 2 0
  Veitch, Colin C.M. 25 22 May 1881 LH Newcastle United FC 4 0
  Rutherford, John 22 12 October 1884 OR Newcastle United FC 3 0
  Bloomer, Stephen 33 20 January 1874 IR Middlesbrough FC 22 27
  Thornley, Irvine 23 11 October 1883 CF Manchester City FC 1 0
Stewart, James 24 15 January 1883 IL The Wednesday FC 1 1
  Wall, George 22 20 February 1885 OL Manchester United FC 1 0

reserves:

 Oxford University AFC's Kenneth Hunt and Tottenham Hotspur FC's Vivian Woodward (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.
 
2-3-5 Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Veitch -
Rutherford, Bloomer, Thornley, Stewart, Wall.

Averages:

 Age 25.1 Appearances/Goals 4.9 2.5

 

Wales Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 15th		 Colours: "wearers of the Welsh red."
Capt: Billy Meredith Selectors: Team selection chosen by Committee, on Monday, 4 March 1907, following the match against Scotland;
Wales Lineup
  Roose, Leigh R. 29 27 November 1877 G Stoke FC, England 15 22 GA
  Meredith, Samuel 34 5 September 1872 RB Leyton FC, England 8 0
  Davies, Lloyd L. 30 23 February 1877 LB Stoke FC, England 4 1
  Latham, George 26 1 January 1881 RH Liverpool FC, England 6 0
  Morgan-Owen, Morgan M. 30 20 February 1877 CH Corinthians FC, England 12 2
  Hughes, Edward 30/31 1876 LH Tottenham Hotspur FC, England 14 0
  Meredith, William H. 32 30 July 1874 OR Manchester United FC, England 25 8
Jones, William T. 24 28 June 1882 IR Manchester City FC, England 8 3
  Green, A. William 25 5 December 1881 CF Nottingham Forest FC, England 7 3
  Morris, A. Grenville 29 13 April 1877 IL Nottingham Forest FC, England 13 3
  Evans, Robert E. 21 19 October 1885
Born in Chester		 OL Aston Villa FC, England 4 0

reserves:

 reserves were probably Davies and Sam Meredith

team notes:

 Tha back-line of Derby County FC's Charlie Morris and Wrexham AFC's Horace Blew were replaced on the morning of the match, by Lloyd Davies and Sam Meredith.
Sam and Billy Meredith were brothers.
A resurgent Welsh team was thus far, the oldest and most experienced team to face England.
 
2-3-5 Roose -
S.Meredith, Davies -
Latham, Morgan-Owen, Hughes -
W.Meredith, Jones, Green, Morris, Evans.

Averages:

 Age 28.1-3 Appearances/Goals 10.5 1.7

 

    Match Report

Source Notes

Welsh Football Data Archive
 Original newspaper reports 
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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