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100 vs. Wales
Monday, 16 March 1908
Home International Championship 1907-08 (25th) Match

Wales 1 England 7
[0-4]
 
originally scheduled for 23 March, 17 February was also noted

The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, Denbighshire
Kick-off (GMT): 'tbc'
Attendance: 'about 7,000'.
Receipts: 'x'.






Football League Record
England's eleventh visit to The Racecourse, to Wrexham, & to Denbighshire; their fourteenth visit to Wales
kicked off won the toss

200th goal under the ISC>

Leigh Roose & Ted Hughes injury- nine men 25-30




[0-4] Billy Meredith missed penalty 43
[0-1] Vivian Woodward header 18
'luckily turned the ball into the net with the back of his head from a Rutherford cross'
[0-2] Jimmy Windridge 25
'from a Rutherford cross'
[0-3] Billy Wedlock 30
'rebound from a Rutherford shot'
[0-4] George Hilsdon 40
'another rebound from a Rutherford shot'
 
replacement permitted - ten men 46-50




[1-7] Tinker Davies direct free-kick 90
 
[0-5] George Hilsdon 63 BRACE
'after a Rutherford shot hit the post'
[0-6] Vivian Woodward 80 BRACE
'after Davies saved from Hilsdon'  
[0-7] Vivian Woodward 85 HATTRICK

 
 
 

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Officials         

Wales Team Records England
Referee
David Phillips
x (x), Dunfermline, Scotland FA
 
Linesmen
  W.H. Bellamy
 

Wales Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 15th
Colours Red shirts with white collared trim and white shorts
Captain Billy Meredith Selection Welsh Selection Committee
P 4 of 6, W 1 - D 1 - L 2 - F 6 - A 13.
   
Wales Lineup
  Roose, Leigh Richmond injured off 25-30 min. 30 27 November 1877 G Sunderland AFC, England 17 28ᵍᵃ
  Blew, Horace Elford 30 20 January 1878 RB Wrexham AFC 18 0
  Morris, Charles Richard 27 29 August 1880
in Oswestry, England
LB Derby County FC, England 19 0
  Hughes, Edwin injured off 25-30 min. 21 18 October 1886 RH Nottingham Forest FC, England 4 0
  Latham, George 27 1 January 1881 CH Liverpool FC, England 7 0
  Parry, Maurice Pryce 30
x days
7 November 1877
in Oswestry, England
LH Liverpool FC, England 13 0
  Meredith, William Henry 33 30 July 1874 OR Manchester United, England 26 8
5th (& missed) penalty kick against England
   
  Mathews, William 24/25 1883 IR Chester FC, England 2 0
final app 1905-08
Davies, William 25 13 April 1882 CF Blackburn Rovers FC, England 4 1
  Morris, A. Grenville 30 13 April 1877 IL Nottingham Forest FC, England 14 3
  Evans, Robert Ernest 22 19 October 1885
in Chester, England
OL Aston Villa FC, England 6 0
Wales Substitute
  Davies, David, on 46th-50th min. for Roose 27/28 1880 G Bolton Wanderers FC, England 3 5ᵍᵃ

reserves:

the unused reserves not known

team changes:

Lot Jones (Manchester City FC, England) was the original named inside-right, but he sustained an injury in a club match against Liverpool FC, he was replaced by Billy Mathews.

team notes:

Right back Horace Blew is playing on his home ground.
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!).

substitute notes:

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.
 
2-3-5
second half: 2-3-4
Roose (Davies) -
Blew, C.Morris -
Hughes, Latham, Parry -
Meredith, Mathews, Davies,
G.Morris, Evans.
Notes:
After half-time, Billy Mathews took up the position vacated by Teddy Hughes, and the Welsh played with a four-man forward line.

Averages: (starting XI)

Age   Appearances/Goals 11.7 1.0
most experienced opposing XI

 

England Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st
Colours White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Captain Vivian Woodward Selection
Member in charge: Charlie Hughes
The five-man FA International Selection Committee
P 2 of 14, W 2 - D 0 - L 0 - F 10 - A 2. P 62 of 195, W 44 - D 12 - L 6 - F 206 - A 57.
4 team chosen, at 104 High Holborn, on Monday, 9 March 1908, along with the FA Cup semi-final draw.
England Lineup
    two changes to the previous match (Bailey & Hardman>Maskrey & Wall) league position (9th March) ave FL pos: 8th
37   Bailey, Horace P. 26
257 days
3 July 1881 G Leicester Fosse FC 1 1ᵍᵃ
333 fifth keeper to face a penalty kick the first Leicester player to represent England
  Crompton, Robert 28 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC 16 0
  Pennington, Jesse 24 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC 4 0
  Warren, Benjamin 28 7 May 1879 RH Derby County FC 8 0
Wedlock, William J. 27 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC 5 1
  Lintott, Evelyn H. 24 2 November 1883 LH Queen's Park Rangers FC 2 0
  Rutherford, John 23 12 October 1884 OR Newcastle United FC 6 0
Woodward, Vivian J. 28 3 June 1879 IR Tottenham Hotspur FC 11 10
the 56th brace, 21st hattrick scored
Hilsdon, George 22 10 August 1885 CF Chelsea FC 3 4
the 55th brace scored
Windridge, James E. 25 21 October 1882 IL Chelsea FC 2 1
  Hardman, Harold P. 25
347 days
4 April 1882 OL Everton FC 4 1
final app 1905-08

reserves:

Sam Greenhalgh (Bolton Wanderers FC) and Frank Bradshaw (The Wednesday FC).

team changes:

Sam Hardy (Liverpool FC) was the original named goalkeeper, but an injury in a club match against Manchester City FC prevented him taking his place. His place went to Horace Bailey.

records:

Vivian Woodward is the second player to score three goals at The Racecourse, after John Veitch, all in 1894.
 
2-3-5 Bailey -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Lintott -
Rutherford, Woodward, Hilsdon, Windridge, Hardman.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 5.6 0.9
 
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          Match Report The Times, Tuesday, 17 March 1908

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.

 
       In Other News....
It was on 16 March 1908 that Florence Nightingale, immortalised as the founder of the modern nursing profession and as 'The Lady with the Lamp' as she maintained regular nightly rounds to check on wounded soldiers during the Crimean War, was honoured (at the age of 87 and bedridden) with the Freedom of London. It was bestowed with regret that the previous generations had not seen fit to make the award fifty years earlier when the Nightingale Fund was established for the training of nurses.
 
      
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Domestic Football Results (16 March 1908)
The Football League Division Two:
 
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 Burnley 1
   Molineux Grounds, Wolverhampton
(16,000)
Radford (2), Shelton, Hedley (2) ~ R.Smith

Wolves dominated their opponents, who still harboured ambitions of winning promotion, but it was Wolves who would end the season with success, by winning the FA Cup.
 
Division Two Table
Team P
Derby County 29 42
Bradford City 30 41
West Bromwich Albion 30 38
Leicester Fosse 29 38
Burnley 31 38
Hull City 31 38
Oldham Athletic 28 37
Fulham 28 37
Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 31
Stoke 28 28
Leeds City 30 26
Gainsborough Trinity 31 26
Clapton Orient 28 25
Barnsley 28 24
Stockport County 31 24
Glossop 29 22
Blackpool 29 19
Chesterfield Town 29 18
Lincoln City 30 17
Grimsby Town 27 17
  
 
       Source Notes
TheFA
England Football Factbook
Welsh Football Data Archive
Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
Ian Garland & Gareth M. Davies' Sons of Cambria
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