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92 vs. Ireland
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94 vs. Scotland |
Monday,
16 March 1908
originally scheduled for 23 March,
17 February was also noted
Home International Championship 1907-08
(25th)
Match
Wales 1 England 7
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Match
Summary
Wales Party
England Party
Team Records |
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The Racecourse,
Mold Road, Wrexham, Denbighshire
Attendance:
7,000;
Kick-off
tbc |
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England -
Vivian Woodward
('luckily turned the ball into the net with the back
of his head from a Rutherford cross' 18, 'after Davies saved from
Hilsdon' 80, 85),
Jimmy Windridge ('from a Rutherford
cross' 25), Billy Wedlock
('rebound from a Rutherford shot' 30), George Hilsdon ('another
rebound from a Rutherford shot' 40, 'after a Rutherford shot hit the
post' 63)
Wales -
 Billy
Meredith
(missed penalty 43)
Wales - Tinker Davies
('a free-kick' 90) |
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Results 1901-14 |
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England won the toss, Wales
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
Wales |
Type |
England |
Referee -
David Phillips
Dunfermline,
Scotland
Linesmen -
W.H. Bellamy and unknown
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Goal Attempts |
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Attempts on Target |
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Hit Bar/Post |
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Offside Calls Against |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Possession |
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 Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
15th |
Colours: |
Red shirts and white shorts |
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Capt: |
Billy Meredith |
Selectors: |
Team
selection chosen by Committee. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Roose, Leigh R.
injured off 25-30 min. |
30 |
27 November 1877 |
G |
Sunderland AFC, England |
17 |
28 GA |
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Blew, Horace E. |
30 |
January 1878 |
RB |
Wrexham AFC |
18 |
0 |
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Morris, Charles R. |
27 |
29 August 1880
Born in Oswestry,
Shropshire |
LB |
Derby County FC, England |
18 |
0 |
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Hughes, Edwin
injured off 25-30 min. |
21/22 |
1886 |
RH |
Nottingham Forest FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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Latham, George |
27 |
1 January 1881 |
CH |
Liverpool FC, England |
7 |
0 |
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Parry, Maurice P. |
30 |
7 November 1877 |
LH |
Liverpool FC, England |
13 |
0 |
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Meredith, William H. |
33 |
30 July 1874 |
OR |
Manchester United, England |
26 |
8 |
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Matthews, William H. |
24/25 |
1883 |
IR |
Chester FC, England |
2 |
0 |
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Davies, William |
25 |
13 April 1882 |
CF |
Blackburn Rovers FC,
England |
4 |
1 |
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Morris, A.
Grenville |
30 |
13 April 1877 |
IL |
Nottingham Forest FC, England |
14 |
3 |
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Evans, Robert E. |
20 |
19 October 1885
Born in Chester |
OL |
Aston Villa FC, England |
6 |
0 |
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Wales
Substitute |
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Davies, David, on 46th-50th min. for Roose |
27/28 |
1880 |
G |
Bolton Wanderers FC, England |
3 |
5 GA |
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reserves: |
the unused
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
Manchester City FC's Lot Jones was the
original named inside-right, but he sustained an injury in a club
match against Liverpool FC, he was replaced by Billy Matthews.
Leigh Roose was charged by Vivian Woodward (one source states George
Hilsdon) after
fifteen (or twenty) minutes, and after suffering concussion, he
retired and Charlie Morris took over in goal. Roose did return, but
only for a short time as he was suffering. Teddy Hughes at this time
injured his back (or he had a bad cold) and both he and Roose retired
after 25 minutes (or half an hour!).
According to The Athletic
News, Woodward had offered the Welsh team the opportunity to bring on
two substitutes.
As Wales were now playing
with nine men, Dai Davies came into goal 'shortly after the restart'
and became the first ever international substitute.
Despite the
huge margin of victory, this is the most experienced team England have
faced thus far. |
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2-3-5 |
Roose (Davies) -
Blew, C.Morris
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Hughes, Latham, Parry -
Meredith, Matthews, Davies,
G.Morris, Evans.
Notes:
After half-time, Billy Matthews
took up the position vacated by Teddy Hughes, and the Welsh played
with a four-man forward line. |
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Averages:
(starting XI) |
Age |
27.0-2 |
Appearances/Goals |
11.7 |
1.0 |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
1st |
Colours: |
White
collared jerseys and navy blue shorts |
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Capt: |
Vivian Woodward, second captaincy |
Selectors:
In Charge:
Charles J. Hughes |
The seven-man FA
International Selection Committee, on Monday, 9 March 1908, at 104 High
Holborn, London, alongside the FA-Cup semi-final draw.
61st match, W 44 - D 11 - L 6 - F 206 - A 54. |
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England
Lineup |
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Bailey, Horace P. |
26 |
3 July 1881 |
G |
Leicester Fosse FC |
1 |
1
GA |
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Crompton, Robert |
28 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
16 |
0 |
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Pennington, Jesse |
24 |
23 August 1883 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
4 |
0 |
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Warren, Benjamin |
28 |
7 May 1879 |
RH |
Derby County FC |
8 |
0 |
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Wedlock, William J. |
27 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC |
5 |
1 |
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Lintott, Evelyn H. |
24 |
2 November 1883 |
LH |
Queen's Park Rangers FC |
2 |
0 |
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Rutherford, John |
23 |
12 October 1884 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC |
6 |
0 |
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Woodward, Vivian J. |
28 |
3 June 1879 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
11 |
10 |
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Hilsdon, George |
22 |
10 August 1885 |
CF |
Chelsea FC |
3 |
4 |
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Windridge, James E. |
25 |
21 October 1882 |
IL |
Chelsea FC |
2 |
1 |
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Hardman, Harold P. |
25 |
4 April 1882 |
OL |
Everton FC |
4 |
1 |
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reserves: |
Bolton Wanderers FC's
Sam Greenhalgh and
The Wednesday FC's
Frank Bradshaw. |
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team notes: |
Liverpool FC's
Sam Hardy was the original named goalkeeper, but an injury
prevented him taking his place in a club match against Manchester City
FC. His place went to Horace Bailey. |
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2-3-5 |
Bailey -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Lintott
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Rutherford, Woodward, Hilsdon, Windridge, Hardman. |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.5 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.6 |
0.9 |
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Match Report |
This match, which was played in
very unfavourable conditions at Wrexham, yesterday, was in every way
unfortunate for Wales, who lost two of their team during the first half
and suffered defeat by seven goals to one in a one-sided game that was
robbed of all interest. Heavy snow fell on Sunday, making the turf on
the racecourse very soft and muddy, and wretched weather yesterday made
matters worse, rain falling and the light becoming so bad that at times
the spectators, who numbered about 6,000, found much difficulty in
following the course of events. These circumstances caused all the more
disappointment as there seemed every promise of the strong England
eleven having a very hard fight. This anticipation was realized for the
first quarter of an hour, but then in a charge by V. J. Woodward L. R.
Roose received such a severe blow on the head that concussion of the
brain compelled him to retire. A further handicap soon completely
crippled the Welsh team, Hughes, who was suffering from a cold, becoming
so ill that he had to leave the field. Soon after ends had been changed
Davies, of Bolton Wanderers, came out and kept goal, but by then England
had obtained four goals. Considering that when they had only four
forwards Wales often troubled the English defence, the probability is
that the evenness that marked the early play would have extended right
through the game had the home eleven remained at full strength. With C.
Morris in goal and H. Blew alone at full back Woodward headed the first
goal from a centre by Rutherford. Windridge soon got the second after
more good work by the right wing, while Wedlock and Hilsdon each shot
through after Morris had failed to clear from Rutherford. Hilsdon and
Woodward (two) got the other goals for England, and W. Davies scored for
Wales from a free kick...
As England and Scotland have
each beaten both Wales and Ireland, their meeting in Glasgow on April 4
should prove most interesting.
- The Times - Tuesday 17th
March, 1908
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Source Notes |
Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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