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Saturday, 6 April 1907
Home International Championship 1906-07 (24th) Match

England 1 Scotland 1 
[1-1]
 

St. James' Park, Strawberry Place, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
Kick-off (GMT): '3.30pm'
Attendance: '35,829'
Receipts:
'£2725 12s. 9d'


 

Football League Record

Season Record
England's second visit to St. James' Park and Northumberland, but fifth visit to the north-east.
Bob Crompton won the toss x kicked off

[1≡1] Steve Bloomer 42
 '25-yard shot'
[0-1] Bob Crompton own goal 4
'in attempting to clear a Stewart centre, Crompton headed (or his back) into his own goal'
<27th equalising goal from England
fortieth home goal vs. Scotland
 
   
eleventh ever scoreless second half - 22nd ever scoreless half
 
   

"..." Sheffield Daily Telegraph

Officials        

England Team Records
Referee
Thomas Robertson

43 (9 December 1863), Baldernock, Stirlingshire, Scotland FA
P 20 of 21 - W 15 - D 5 - L 1 - F 56 - A 14. played for Scotland against England in 1890
 
Linesmen
Arthur George Hines
49 (22 January 1858), Radford (Nottinghamshire FA)
John Liddell
Queen's Park FC
 

England Team

 

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
    two changes to the previous match (Woodward & Hardman>Thornley & Wall) league position (25th March) ave FL pos: 11th¹⁰
  Hardy, Sam 24 26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC (FL1 12th) 3 2ᵍᵃ
  Crompton, Robert 27 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 16th) 14 0 ¹
the fifth own goal conceded by England
  Pennington, Jesse 23 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC (FL2 5th) 2 0
  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
  Veitch, Colin C.M. 25 22 May 1881 LH Newcastle United FC (FL1 TOP) 5 0
  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
  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.
 
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

 

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
  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
  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:

 

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
 
       Match Report The x

  To come
   

          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.

 
       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

 
Division One Table
Team P
Newcastle United 36 50
Everton 33 42
Aston Villa 35 42
Sheffield United 35 42
Bristol City 34 40
Woolwich Arsenal 33 40
Bolton Wanderers 36 40
Manchester United 35 38
Birmingham 35 37
Preston North End 37 34
Sunderland 34 33
Liverpool 34 32
The Wednesday 33 31
Manchester City 35 31
Middlesbrough 33 29
Blackburn Rovers 34 28
Bury 35 27
Notts County 32 25
Derby County 35 25
Stoke 34 22

Everton's chances of catching Newcastle were slipping away, though both suffered defeats. The Geordies secured the title, seven days later.
     
   
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
 
Division Two Table
Team P
Nottingham Forest 35 54
Chelsea 35 51
Leicester Fosse 35 47
Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 41
Bradford City 34 41
West Bromwich Albion 31 40
Burnley 34 36
Hull City 35 35
Barnsley 33 34
Stockport County 35 34
Grimsby Town 34 32
Leeds City 35 32
Gainsborough Trinity 35 32
Blackpool 35 30
Clapton Orient 36 28
Glossop 34 28
Burslem Port Vale 35 27
Lincoln City 34 27
Chesterfield Town 36 25
Burton United 35 18
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.
  
 
       Source Notes
TheFA
Scottish FA
England Football Factbook
Richard Keir's Scotland - The Complete International Record
Andy Mitchell's The Men Who Made Football
Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
London Hearts
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