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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
1st |
Colours |
"...the Englishmen, in white shirts and dark
knickers, speedily following." |
Captain |
Bob Crompton |
Selection
member in charge: Harry Walker
(Redcar) |
The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
P 7 of 21, W 3 - D 3 - L 1 - F
10 - A 7. |
P sixty of 195, W 42 - D 12 - L 6 - F 196 - A
55. |
first captain to score an own goal |
team chosen at 104 High Holborn on Monday, 25 March 1907. |
England
Lineup |
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two changes to the previous match (Woodward & Hardman>Thornley
& Wall) |
league position (25th March) |
ave FL pos:
11th¹⁰ |
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Hardy, Sam |
24 |
26 August
1882 |
G |
Liverpool FC
(FL1 12th) |
3 |
2ᵍᵃ |
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Crompton, Robert |
27 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 16th) |
14 |
0
¹ |
 |
the fifth own goal conceded by England |
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Pennington, Jesse |
23 |
23 August 1883 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL2 5th) |
2 |
0 |
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Warren, Benjamin |
27 |
7 May 1879 |
RH |
Derby County FC
(FL1 18th) |
6 |
0 |
|
Wedlock, William J. |
26 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC
(FL1 4th) |
3 |
0 |
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Veitch, Colin C.M. |
25 |
22 May 1881 |
LH |
Newcastle United FC
(FL1 TOP) |
5 |
0 |
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Rutherford, John |
22 |
12 October 1884 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC
(FL1 TOP) |
4 |
0 |
 |
Bloomer, Stephen |
33 76
days |
20 January 1874 |
IR |
Middlesbrough FC
(FL1 14th) |
23 |
28 |
England's oldest goalscorer
so far |
mst apps 1905-07 |
mst gls
1898-1907 |
final app 1895-1907 |
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Woodward, Vivian J. |
27 |
3 June 1879 |
CF |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(SL1 5th) |
9 |
6 |
|
Stewart, James |
24 |
15 January 1883 |
IL |
The Wednesday FC
(FL1 13th) |
2 |
1 |
|
Hardman, Harold P. |
24 |
4 April 1882 |
OL |
Everton FC
(FL1 2nd) |
3 |
1 |
reserves: |
Dick Duckworth
(Manchester United FC
(FL1 11th)) and
Alf Common (Middlesbrough FC
(FL1 14th)). |
team notes: |
The team was originally meant to be selected following the Welsh match
on 27 March, but the F.A. were so displeased at the English display,
that the selection was delayed for a week. Both Colin Veitch and
Jock Rutherford are playing on their home ground, against their
clubmate, Peter McWilliam. |
appearance notes: |
Steve Bloomer extends his tally as
England record appearance holder in his final outing. Bob Crompton is the
tenth player
to make fourteen appearances and Vivian Woodward is the 23rd player to
have made nine. Ben Warren
is the 41st to make six, whereas Colin Veitch is the 53rd player to
reach five, whilst Jock Rotherford is the eightieth
player to have now made four. 119 players have now made three
appearances and 187 players have done so more than once.
Steve Bloomer is the first player to make 23 appearances under the
guidance of the ISC whereas Crompton is the x player to make thirteen
appearances. |
records: |
For the fourth time, England have
recorded two draws in a single season. |
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2-3-5 |
Hardy - Crompton, Pennington - Warren, Wedlock, Veitch -
Rutherford, Bloomer, Woodward, Stewart, Hardman. |
Averages: |
Age |
|
Appearances/Goals |
6.7 |
3.2 |
England teams
v. Scotland: |
1906: |
Ashcroft |
Crompton |
Burgess |
Warren |
Veitch |
Makepeace |
Bond |
Day |
Shepherd |
Harris |
Conlin |
1907: |
Hardy |
Pennington |
Wedlock |
Veitch |
Rutherford |
Bloomer |
Woodward |
Stewart |
Hardman |
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Scotland
Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
7th to 6th |
Colours |
"The Scotsmen, in Lord Rosebery's colours, rose and primrose,
entered the field..." |
Captain |
Charlie Thomson |
Selection
Trainer: J. Nutt |
The Scottish Football Association
Selection Committee, of nine members |
P 6 of 14, W 2 - D 1 - L 3 - F 5 - A 5. |
Selectors:
McCulloch, Liddell, Morrison, Lorimer, Brown, Watson, Steen, McLaughlan
and Campbell |
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team chosen in Glasgow,
on Monday, 25 March 1907, following the inter-league match |
Scotland
Lineup |
|
McBride, Peter Fisher |
32 |
16 November 1874 |
G |
Preston North End, England |
4 |
4ᵍᵃ |
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Thomson, Charles Bellany |
28 |
12 June 1878 |
RB |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
9 |
3 |
|
Sharp, James |
26 |
11 October 1880 |
LB |
Woolwich Arsenal FC, England |
3 |
0 |
|
Aitken, Andrew |
31
x days |
25 July 1875 |
RH |
Middlesbrough FC, England |
10 |
0 |
|
Raisbeck, Alexander Galloway |
28 |
26 December 1878 |
CH |
Liverpool FC, England |
8 |
0 |
final app
1900-07 |
|
McWilliam, Peter |
27 |
21 September 1879 |
LH |
Newcastle United FC, England |
4 |
0 |
|
Stewart, George Lindsay |
24 |
11 December 1882 |
OR |
Manchester City FC, England |
4 |
0 |
final app
1906-07 |
|
Walker, Robert Staig |
28 |
10 January 1879 |
IR |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
19 |
5 |
|
|
Wilson, Andrew |
26 |
10 December 1880 |
CF |
The Wednesday, England |
1 |
0 |
|
|
White, Walter |
24 |
15 May 1882 |
IL |
Bolton Wanderers FC, England |
1 |
0 |
|
Wilson, George Williamson |
23 |
8 September 1883 |
OL |
Everton FC, England |
5 |
0 |
reserves: |
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team notes: |
left half Peter McWilliam is playing on his home ground, against his
clubmates Colin Veitch and Jock Rutherford. |
|
2-3-5 |
McBride - Thomson, Sharp - Aitken, Raisbeck, McWilliam -
Stewart, Walker, A.Wilson, White, G.Wilson. |
Averages: |
Age |
|
Appearances/Goals |
6.2 |
0.7 |
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Match Report
The x |
Match Report
The Times, Monday,
8 April 1907 |
The
36th meeting between England and Scotland took place on Saturday, on
the ground of the Newcastle United Club, and ended in a draw of one
goal all. A considerable amount of
dissatisfaction arose in Scotland when the Scottish Football
Selection Committee decided to have only two players in their team
identified with Scotch club football, and more especially was this
the case in Glasgow, when for the first time in the history of the
game that city was unrepresented. As birth is the qualification for
international honours in Association football, the Association were
quite justified in selecting nine players from English clubs ; but
it is certain that if this course is carried on in the future this
match will lose much of its true international character. From the
Scottish point of view this is the great match of the year, and as
there are still a large number of first-class professionals in
Scotland, the disappointment there is quite easily understood. Although Scotland had rather
the better of the game at Newcastle, there was not much to choose
between the sides, as England seemed rather more dangerous than
their opponents when near goal, and the point secured by Scotland
was due to Crompton, the English full back, putting the ball through
his own goal. This was two minutes after the start... A few minutes before change of
ends Woodward passed neatly to Bloomer, and the famous forward sent
in a low hard shot from quite 25 yards out, and McBride was
completely beaten, and so, rather unexpectedly, the sides crossed
over with the score one goal all... In international matches this
year Wales have the best record, having won two games and drawn one.
England come second with one win and two drawn games.
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In Other News....
It was on 7 April 1907
that Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the women's suffragette movement,
gave an emotive speech at a demonstration in Hyde Park, London, in which
she pointed out that men were only allowed to vote "because of the
accident of birth" and, in response to barracking and gauding that
"women should stay at home and cook the dinner instead of troubling
themselves about votes, she said that the putting of a cross on a ballot
paper once in five years would not seriously interfere with the cooking
of the dinner. At the present time, through the mismanagement of men,
the majority of the people had no dinners to cook". On the evening
before, an inquest in Bournemouth had reached a verdict that a 38-year-old
mother of seven had drowned herself and her infant son in a water tank
after concluding that they could not afford to eat. |
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England |
Domestic
Football Results (6 April 1907) |
The Football
League Division One:
Birmingham 1 Everton 0
St. Andrew's, Birmingham
(11,000) Green |
Everton were without Harold Hardman and
George Wilson, but started with Harry Makepeace, Walter
Abbott, Jack Sharp and Jimmy Settle |
Blackburn Rovers 0 The Wednesday 2
Ewood Park, Blackburn (6,000)
Bradshaw, Foxall |
Rovers were without Bob Crompton |
Wednesday were without Jimmy Stewart and
Andy Wilson |
Bolton Wanderers 1 Middlesbrough 0
Burnden Park, Bolton (6,507)
Marsh |
Wanderers were without
Walter White |
Boro were without Steve Bloomer, Alf Common and
Andy Aitken, but did start with
Tim Williamson and Billy Brawn |
Bristol City 2 Aston Villa 4
Ashton Gate, Bedminster
(18,000)
Maxwell, Burton ~ Hall, Hampton (3) |
City were without Billy Wedlock |
Villa started with Bill George, Alec Leake and Joe Bache |
Liverpool 2 Derby County 0
Anfield Road, Liverpool
(6,000)
Hewitt (2) |
Liverpool were without Sam Hardy and
Alex Raisbeck, but started with
Jack Cox |
County were without Ben Warren |
Manchester United 1 Manchester City 1
Bank Street, Manchester (40,000)
Roberts ~ Dorsett
(pen) |
United were without Dick Duckworth, but started with
Herbert Burgess, Charlie Roberts and George Wall |
City were without
George Stewart but did start with Irvine Thornley and Jimmy
Conlin |
Notts County 1 Newcastle United 0
Trentbridge Ground,
Nottingham
(12,000) Jones |
County started with Percy Humphreys |
United were without Jock Rutherford, Colin Veitch and
Peter
McWilliam,
but started with Jack Carr |
Stoke 3 Bury 1
Victoria Ground, Stoke
(3,000)
Chalmers, Gallimore, Arrowsmith
~ Hibbert |
Stoke started with Tom Holford |
Bury started with Frank Booth |
Sunderland 2 Woolwich Arsenal 3 Roker Park, Sunderland (12,000)
Bridgett, Holley ~ Sands, Freeman (2) |
Sunderland started with Billy Hogg and Arthur Bridgett |
Arsenal were without
Jimmy Sharp,
but did start with Jimmy Ashcroft and Tim Coleman |
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Everton's chances of catching Newcastle were
slipping away, though both suffered defeats. The Geordies secured the
title, seven days later. |
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The Football
League Division Two:
Blackpool 2 Lincoln City 0
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (2,000)
Grundy, Francis |
Blackpool started with Jack Parkinson |
Bradford City 1 Nottingham Forest 2
Valley Parade, Bradford
(18,000)
O'Rourke ~ Shearman (2) |
Forest started with Harry Linacre |
Chelsea 7 Chesterfield Town 1
Stamford Bridge, Fulham (12,000)
Robertson
(2),
Windridge
(3),
Hilsdon
(2) ~ Taylor |
Chelsea started with George Hilsdon |
Clapton Orient 1 Leeds City 1
Millfields Road, Hackney (6,000)
Martin ~
Lavery |
Gainsborough Trinity 0 Burnley 2
The Northolme, Gainsborough
(3,000)
R.Smith, Ogden |
Glossop 2 Burton United 2
North Road, Glossop
(2,000)
Robertson, Galvin
~ Wileman, Wilkins |
Hull City 4 Grimsby Town 2
Anlaby Road, Hull
(10,000) J.Smith
(2), Howe (2) ~ Swarbrick (pen), Hakin |
City started with Gordon Wright |
Stockport County 3 Burslem Port Vale 0
Edgeley Park, Stockport
(1,000)
Mitchell, Porter (2) |
Vale started with Billy Beats |
West Bromwich Albion 0 Leicester Fosse 1
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
(5,034)
Hubbard |
Albion were without Jesse Pennington |
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 Barnsley 1
Molineux, Wolverhampton (4,000)
Williams, Wooldridge
(2), Bishop (2 pens) ~ Hellewell |
Wolves started with Kenneth Hunt |
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Forest's victory secured their immediate return to the
First Division, following the previous season's relegation. Only the crowd at
the Manchester derby exceeded that at Bradford. Chelsea would follow them, seven
days later, though Forest won the title. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
Scottish FA England Football Factbook
Richard Keir's Scotland - The Complete International
Record Andy Mitchell's The Men Who Made Football |
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Rothman's Yearbooks The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
London Hearts |
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