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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, 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, following the inter-league match, on Monday, 11 March 1907.
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 winter 1883 CF Manchester City FC 1 0
Stewart, James 22 summer 1884 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 cap holder
   
2-3-5 Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Veitch -
Rutherford, Bloomer, Thornley, Stewart, Wall.

Averages:

 Age 24.9 Appearances/Goals 4.9 2.5

 

Wales Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 15th		 Colours: Red shirts and white shorts
Capt: Billy Meredith Selectors: Team selection chosen by Committee, following a series of trial matches.
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

team notes:

 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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