Match Summary

Wales Team

England Team

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

 

Football League Division Two 16 March 1908
Team	P	Pts
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 North End	29	22
Blackpool	29	19
Chesterfield Town	29	18
Lincoln City	30	17
Grimsby Town	27	17

 

Division Two match played on 16 March 1908:

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 5-1 BURNLEY
Radford 2, Shelton, Hedley 2 (R.Smith)
16,000 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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.

Source Notes

Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports 
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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